BU Women Meet UMBC Saturday
The Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team is seeded fifth and meets fourth seed UMBC at the Events Center Saturday evening, March 5 at 8:15 in an America East quarterfinal playoff game. The Bearcats finished the regular season Saturday with a loss at Maine. That put their conference record at 8-8. UMBC also finished at 8-8. A third team also had an 8-8 America East record. That was Stony Brook which was awarded the third seed by virtue of a 2-0 record versus Hartford after all other tie-breakers did not yield an advantage. Hartford finished at 7-9 or the Hawks would have been in the hunt for a higher seed as well.
The Bearcats and Retrievers split their series in the regular season. UMBC topped BU 62-51 in Catonsville, Md. Binghamton rolled to a 70-56 win over UMBC at the Events Center.
Here is how the quarterfinal round shapes up on Saturday, March 5: All games next weekend will be played at the Events Center.
Noon, #2 Maine vs #7 New Hampshire
2:15 PM, #3 Stony Brook vs #6 Hartford
6 PM, #1 Albany vs #8 Vermont
8:15 PM, #5 Binghamton vs #4 UMBC
Additional information including ticket purchasing, is available from America East at: americaeast.com