UAlbany WBB Comes Back Home to Take on Northeastern at SEFCU, Sunday, 2 p.m.

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ALBANY, N.Y. – UAlbany is back after a six-game road trip and will play its final non-conference home game of the season, playing Northeastern at the SEFCU Arena on Sunday, December 28 at 2 p.m.

Tickets for the game are $10 for chairbacks and $5 for reserved seats.  Students can enter free with a University ID, while faculty and staff may get a ticket free with a ticket purchase.  Tickets can be purchased online at ualbanysports.com, by calling 442-DANE or visiting the UAlbany ticket office in the SEFCU Arena during normal business hours.  The game will be broadcast for free online on AmericaEast.tv.

The Great Danes returned from California with a pair of wins, capped by a 71-49 victory over Cal State Fullerton last Sunday, to enter this contest at 7-4.  Northeastern fell on a buzzer beater at home on Monday to New Hampshire 63-62 to drop its fifth-straight and stand at 2-6.

UAlbany and Northeastern formerly are America East rivals, with the latter leaving for the CAA in 2005.  The two met for the first time since the conference switch in Boston on January 4, 2014, with UAlbany winning 75-66.  With that win, UAlbany leads the all-time series 5-4, taking the last four games.

As a team, UAlbany is 19th in all of Division I and first in the America East with a 46.7% field goal percentage, almost five percentage points higher than second-place UMass Lowell at 41.9%.  The team has shot at least 50% in six games this season, going 6-0 in those contests.  Two of the top-35 DI field goal percentage players are Great Danes.  Shereesha Richards is 17th in DI with a 57.5% field goal percentage this year for 17.5 points and 8.8 boards a game, while Imani Tate is 34th, shooting 55.6% from the field to average 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a contest.

Northeastern is under the first year of head coach Kelly Cole and is predicted to finish seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association this year.  The team is led by Preseason All-CAA senior guard A'lece Mark, who averages 14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, shooting 41.4% from the field.  Junior guard Tiffany Montagne, going 39.3% from behind the arc and getting 12.9 points a contest.  6-foot-2 center Francesca Sally is the team's top rebounder, averaging 7.1 boards and 7.9 points a contest.