Score: Saint Joseph's 67, UAlbany 64
 
Location: Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Records: UAlbany (1-5) | Saint Joseph's (1-8)
 
Short Story: UAlbany men's basketball comes up just shy in a first-ever meeting with Saint Joseph's, 67-64.
 
Key Stats
 

• Jarvis Doles led UAlbany with 13 points
• Kellon Taylor scored 11 points with nine rebounds
• Jamel Horton made his first start of the season
• UAlbany shot 1-7 to close the first half, on a scoreless run of 2:50
• St. Joe's outscored UAlbany 18-10 in the paint in the first half
• St. Joe's shot 60% in the first half
• UAlbany went scoreless for the final 2:38, shooting 1-7 to close out the game
• St. Joe's closed the game on a 5-0 run

 
Coach Brown: "We got off to a slow start today, but from that point on we were solid.  We had too many self-inflicted mistakes and too many careless plays.  If there's a positive, we put ourselves in a position to win down the stretch again, but we didn't do it.  Saint Joseph's did a good job of not allowing us to get into any rhythm.  But our defense has put us in a position to win all these games this season, and the next step for us is to start hitting that 70-point marker.  We have to help ourselves out more than we're doing right now.
 
How it Happened
 

• Saint Joseph's opened the game on a 6-2 run.  With 17:14 left in the first, Antonio Rizzuto hit a three to cut UAlbany's deficit to one.  St. Joe's scored the next seven-straight points to take a 13-5 lead.
• With 10:25 left in the first, St. Joe's took its largest lead of the game, 10 points, capping off another 7-0 run.  UAlbany responded with a 13-3 run to tie the game at 26 with 6:31 left in the half when CJ Kelly hit a deep two.  Kellon Taylor gave UAlbany its first lead of the night shortly after, 30-28, with 5:01 left in the first.
• The Hawks took a one-point, 34-33 lead into halftime.  UAlbany closed the half shooting 1-7 from the floor and had gone scoreless for the final 2:50.  St. Joe's, however, also ended the half on a scoring drought which lasted the final 1:42.  The Hawks shot 60% from the floor in the first 20 minutes, and had outscored UAlbany 18-10 in the paint, but the Great Danes held a 7-2 advantage in second-chance scoring.
• UAlbany conceded the first four points of the second half but tied the game at 38 after a 5-0 run.  With 12:29 to go, Trey Hutcheson put UAlbany back on top with a jumper, 47-45, as part of a 7-0 Great Dane run.  A three from Rizzuto with 9:10 to go gave UAlbany their biggest lead of the night, 56-48.
• Trailing by seven, St. Joe's started clawing back with just under seven minutes left in the game.  They tied the score at 59 after a pair of free throws to cap off a 7-0 run with 5:48 remaining.  Rizzuto ended the Hawks' run with a three on the Great Danes' next possession.
• After CJ Kelly put UAlbany up 64-62 with 2:38 to go, St. Joe's held UAlbany scoreless for the remainder of the game, outscoring the Great Danes 5-0 down the stretch.  On three consecutive possessions, the Hawks grabbed offensive rebounds on missed free throw attempts, preventing UAlbany from mounting a late comeback attempt.  Rizzuto's three-point attempt at the buzzer to force overtime missed the mark, and St. Joe's held on to win 67-64.
• St. Joe's scored 21 points off of 17 UAlbany turnovers, and outscored the Great Danes 38-26 in the paint. Jarvis Doles led UAlbany with 13 points, and Taylor scored 11 to go with nine rebounds.  Kelly scored 11 as well, and led UAlbany with four assists.

 
Next: UAlbany will host America East newcomer NJIT on January 16 and 17 at SEFCU Arena.