They have the momentum; now it’s a question of whether it can translate.

Coming off its dominating victory on Sunday, the Binghamton men’s basketball team will look to keep up its strong play on the road in New Hampshire Thursday night.

The Bearcats (11-14, 4-9 AE), who showed what they were capable of on the defensive end in their 67-40 win against Maine, will need that same effort to take down the Wildcats. A little less than a month ago, New Hampshire (9-17, 5-8 AE) came into the Events Center and defeated Binghamton 75-72, shooting 63 percent in the second half to erase what was a 15-point deficit with 15:30 left in the game.

‘We need to get a similar type quality play when we go to New Hampshire,’ said head coach Al Walker. ‘We are coming down the stretch and we hope we have figured some things out and we can replicate our performance.’

The Wildcats are led by seniors Blajog Janev and Jermaine Anderson. Janev is averaging 14 ppg and scored 18 the last time these teams met, shooting 8-for-10. Anderson is averaging 13.7 ppg and is shooting 88 percent from the free-throw line, tops in the conference.

Giovanni Olomo, coming off his best defensive game of the season, in which he grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds, will get the defensive assignment against Janev. In their previous meeting, Olomo held Janev to just four points in the first half, but got himself into foul trouble. Janev caught fire in the second half, with Duane James guarding while Olomo was on the bench.

‘We really hope Gio can work as hard as he can and take on the mantle of stopping Janev the best that he can,’ Walker said.

New Hampshire is leading the America East in 3-point field goals, averaging 7.81 per game, while Binghamton is right behind them, averaging 7.48. Anderson is shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc and sophomore Tyrece Gibbs, who had 16 points, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range, against the Bearcats in January, is shooting 39 percent from deep.

‘We are going to have to be that much more aware and active and longer in regards to recovering space and get into a great shot challenge opportunity,’ Walker said.

While both teams can dial it in from long range, New Hampshire is also leading the league in 3-point field goal defense, holding teams to a 32 percent shooting percentage.

New Hampshire currently sits tied in sixth place, a game ahead of Binghamton. And while the first game between these teams was an offense battle, with both teams shooting over 50 percent for the game, the same cannot be expected on Thursday.