In two games four days apart last week, UMBC's Jay Greene made a statement that is certain to reverberate across the America East Conference.

The diminutive point guard took decidedly different paths to two conference victories and came up huge each time. He took only three shots and scored just six points in a four-point win over Albany on Wednesday. On Saturday, when leading scorer Brian Hodges was sidelined by injury, Greene scored a career-high 26 points in a two-point decision at Vermont.

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Not Worth The Shot?

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