BALTIMORE – UMBC graduate student forward Tra'Von Fagan scored a team-high 18 points, but the No. 4 seeded Retrievers were edged by the No. 5 seeded Binghamton Bearcats, 67-65, in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Jersey Mike's America East Playoffs at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Saturday evening.
 
The defeat stopped UMBC's streak of five consecutive appearances in the conference semifinals. The Bearcats (13-17) will move on to face top-seeded Vermont on Tuesday evening in Burlington.
 
The Retrievers, who defeated Binghamton twice during the regular season, notched 18 victories for the second straight year and finished 18-14 overall.
 
Fagan, who grabbed seven boards, hit 6-of-7 field goals while swishing both of his 3-point attempts. Graduate student guard Craig Beaudion II was the only other Retriever in double-figures with 12 points. Senior forward Yaw Obeng-Mensah added eight points and a team-best nine caroms.
 
All-Conference guard Jacob Falko paced four Bearcats in double-figures with 16 points and also added nine boards. Forward Miles Gibson had 13 points and eight rebounds while guard Dan Petcash and forward Christian Hinckson recorded 11 points each.

How It Happened (First Half)
- The visitors jumped out to a 16-7 lead at the 15:41 mark of the opening half behind six points from Gibson.
- The Retrievers fought their way back and evened the score at 22-22 on a driving layup by senior wing Jacob Boonyasith with 6:14 left in the stanza.
- Obeng-Mensah followed with a turnaround jumper in the paint to give the hosts their first lead of the game with 5:08 left.
- Gibson scored the next five points to give the visitors a 27-24 lead and they carried a 30-28 advantage to the locker room at the break.
 
How It Happened (Second Half)
- UMBC opened the stanza with six straight points, four by graduate student guard Colton Lawrence, to grab a 34-30 lead at the 18:32 mark.
- The Retrievers took their largest lead of the game, 46-41 after freshman guard Dion Brown drained a triple from the right-corner with 12:09 left.
-The Bearcats responded with seven consecutive points to take the lead back at 48-46 following a trifecta by Christian Hinckson.
- UMBC took their final lead, 52-50, after Obeng-Mensah's fastbreak layup off a turnover with 8:32 left.
- The visitors went on a 12-4 run that put them up 62-56 with just 3:37 left.
- The Retrievers did not go away as they managed to even the game at 62-62 after a layup by junior guard Matteo Picarelli with 1:53 left.
- Binghamton then made 3-of-4 free throws to grab a 65-62 edge with 18 seconds left.
- Beaudion converted two free throws with 13 ticks left to bring UMBC within 65-64, but guard Dan Petcash hit two free throws with seven seconds left on the other end.
- Beaudion was intentionally fouled with 2.2 seconds left and the Retrievers down 67-64. He made the first and missed the second intentionally. The missed shot got tipped out of bounds as the final horn went off.