Retrievers

Stony Brook 56, UMBC 55 - Chris Martin made a free throw with 18 seconds left to give host Stony Brook a victory over UMBC last night. Matt Spadafora made a three-pointer with 46 seconds left to tie the score at 55 for the Retrievers (9-12, 3-6 America East). Muhammad El-Amin led the Seawolves (12-10, 4-5) with 15 points. Martin added 11. Darryl Proctor led UMBC with a game-high 20 points. Spadafora scored 11 points, and Justin Fry added 10 points and 12 rebounds. Stony Brook led 27-25 at half and never trailed, though the score was tied eight times.

The UMBC Retrievers' long climb back to respectability hit a serious detour last night in a showdown for second place with Big South rival Charleston Southern at UMBC Fieldhouse.The Buccaneers used a 21-2 run early in the second half to gain a 49-31 advantage and survived UMBC's furious late rally to win, 72-62, before a crowd of 1,728.It was the fifth straight conference victory for Charleston Southern (12-9, 8-3). UMBC dropped to 9-12, 6-5 in the league.And the Retrievers, who had used a suffocating defense to win eight of their previous 12 games, had the tables turned last night as they managed to shoot only 32 percent (21-for-65)

Morgan State's game plan against UMBC last night wasn't very complicated - the Bears simply wanted to make sure the Retrievers didn't get on a roll. That plan worked to perfection as Morgan State held UMBC to 20 field goals and 37 percent shooting. The Bears dictated the pace, stayed in command and never trailed en route to a 67-60 victory last night before 1,461 in their home opener at Hill Field House. Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman said the Bears wanted to keep a watchful eye on UMBC point guard Jay Greene, ranked fourth in the nation last year in assists per game.

UMBC 80, Hartford 63 -Senior guard Jay Greene continued his torrid week, leading four Retrievers in double figures with 22 points as UMBC won its third straight, over host Hartford. Darryl Proctor added 20 points, and Chauncey Gilliam (Hammond) scored 18 as UMBC (12-13, 6-7 America East) won for the first time after five losses at Hartford (6-21, 2-11). Greene hit five of six three-point attempts and seven of nine from the free-throw line, following up his 36 points in a win over New Hampshire on Tuesday.

The academic status of former UMBC basketball player Sonique Nixon was reported incorrectly in last Thursday's Sun. After the fall 1993 semester, Mr. Nixon's grade-point average fell below the school's newer, more stringent standards, and he was ruled ineligible and placed on academic probation for the spring 1994 semester. He remained a student at the school and is currently in good standing academically at UMBC.The Sun regrets the error.It seems to be a team that always walks around with a cloud over its head.

Carlee Cassidy scored 24 points, recording her fourth straight 20-point performance to start the season, but visiting UMBC shot just 28 percent in the second half and fell to Seton Hall, 81-70, in the championship game of the Seton Hall Basketball Classic yesterday. Cassidy and freshman guard Katie Brooks were named to the All-Tournament team. Brooks followed up her 28-point performance against Northern Illinois with 15 points and three assists against the Pirates (4-0). The Retrievers (2-2)

BINGHAMTON 71, UMBC 51 -Senior forward Darryl Proctor recorded his 10th double double of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds last night, but the cold-shooting Retrievers lost their final America East road game of 2008-09. The Bearcats (20-8, 13-3) won for the eighth straight time and clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. UMBC, the last team to defeat the Bearcats, fell to 12-16, 6-9. The Retrievers can still finish as high as fifth in the league if they beat Albany on Sunday and New Hampshire loses to Stony Brook.

Renee Tirocchi (Catonsville) scored with five seconds remaining yesterday to lift UMBC over Monmouth, 13-12, in come-from-behind fashion for its third consecutive Northeast Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship. The Retrievers (10-7) relied on a balanced attack and received multiple-goal performances from five players. Shannon Gallup, Loree Miller and Jamie Gerhart each scored three, and Tirocchi and Ashley Staines added two goals apiece. Staines, who scored a Northeast Conference Tournament-record eight goals in UMBC's semifinal victory over Sacred Heart, was named the most valuable player of the event.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- They're not going to win the 20 games that coach Earl Hawkins challenged them to reach, but two more efforts like the one the Retrievers had yesterday and UMBC could be in its first NCAA tournament.UMBC, seeded sixth in its first Big South Conference tournament, routed Campbell, 85-67, in the quarterfinals. The Retrievers will play Coastal Carolina -- a 79-66 winner over Charleston Southern -- in tonight's semifinals at 8, with the winner moving into tomorrow's championship.

DURHAM, N.C. -- When this journey began, the UMBC men's soccer team thought success would be measured by gaining respect. Yesterday, having had victory within reach, even "success" was no consolation for blowing a lead and an opportunity to oust No. 1 Duke at home.In the 102nd minute of the game, regulation having passed and the first overtime drawing to an end, Duke freshman midfielder Trevor Perea scored a bizarre, game-winning goal off a corner kick to give the top-seeded Blue Devils a 4-3 victory in the first round of the NCAA tournament.