Maine men rally for win at Binghamton

January 6, 2018

 

Wednesday night the University of Maine mens basketball rallied from 20 points down in the second half at Stony Brook to take a lead late only to lose by a point. Maine rallied again Saturday, but this time captured a 76-73 win at the Events Center over Binghamton at Vestal, New York.

Illker Er had 23 points to help Maine break a five game losing streak and improve to 1-1 in America East play, 4-13 overall. The Maine rally wasn’t as big this time, rallying from nine down with 11:30 left.

Er shot 10-14 from the floor. Aaron Calixte scored 18 points and dished out four assists, while Isaiah White had 13 points.

J.C. Show had 20 points for Binghamton (9-7, 0-1). Thomas Bruce added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Maine will host UMBC at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Cross Insurance Center.

 

UME     27  49- 76

BIN       34  39- 73