The UAlbany women's basketball team defeated Siena to win back the Albany Cup on December 12, 2021 at SEFCU Arena in Albany, N.Y.
Valmaria Strobel/UAlbany Athletics
64
Winner UAlbany ANY 2-0,0-0 America East
57
Siena Siena 1-1,0-0 MAAC
Winner
UAlbany ANY
2-0,0-0 America East
64
Final
57
Siena Siena
1-1,0-0 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UAlbany ANY 18 13 20 13 64
Siena Siena 9 8 18 22 57

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Wins Second-Straight Albany Cup

SCORE: UAlbany 64, Siena 57
 
LOCATION: UHY Center - Loudonville, N.Y.

RECORDS: UAlbany 2-0, 0-0 America East | Siena 1-1, 0-0 MAAC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes came out of the gates strong to gain the lead. As Siena was unable to take the lead, despite multiple attempts, UAlbany will take the Albany Cup for the second year in a row, Sunday afternoon.
 
COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: "I'm so proud of our team's effort and focus tonight. Siena played a fast-paced, high pressure style of basketball, which at times, created turnovers and forced us to quick shoot. Despite their frenetic style, we maintained our composure and executed our game plan. We built a sizable lead but credit Siena - they never gave up and kept chipping away. The Albany Cup is such a fun rivalry for the players and for the Capital Region. This is what college athletics is all about!"
 
KEY STATS
  • Graduate student Ellen Hahne led the team with 23 points from nine field goals, including two three-pointers, and three free throws.
  • Sophomore Freja Werth topped the team with 11 rebounds while junior Taniya Hanner and Hahne followed with eight each.
  • Senior Grace Heeps and Hahne added a block each.
  • Hahne tallied two steals to lead the transition team. Werth and sophomore Lilly Phillips followed with one each.
  • Hahne and Phillips shared the team-high with four assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The scoring began in the second minute of play with a three-points from Ellen Hahne.
  • A second three, from Freja Werth, a minute later, added to the Great Danes' lead.
  • As scoring started moving back and forth, UAlbany earned a double-digit lead, 16-6, with over three minutes left in the first quarter.
  • Starting out the second quarter with an 18-9 advantage, freshman Karyn Sanford sank a three-pointer 11 seconds into the quarter to extend the Great Danes' lead.
  • Adding four successful free throws, UAlbany held a 10-point lead, 25-15, at the midway mark of the quarter.
  • The Great Danes combined for three-straight layups to gain a 31-17 advantage before halftime.
  • For the third quarter in a row, the first points came from a UAlbany three-pointer. This time the basket was credited to Grace Heeps.
  • After five-straight possessions leading to points, the Great Danes held on to their 14-point lead, 38-24.
  • Siena started closing in on the point gap but two three-pointers and a layup made it a 46-28 game with less than five minutes to go in the third.
  • With sparse scoring from both teams in the latter half of the quarter, UAlbany had extended its lead to 16 with a 51-35 advantage.
  • In the fourth quarter alone, the Saints outscored the Great Danes, 22-13.
  • Play remained back-and-forth in the early half of the final quarter but Siena put together a seven-point scoring run to close the lead to seven points with 4:25 on the clock.
  • UAlbany brought back their composure and the Saints were unable to put the final score in their favor. The Great Danes won, 64-57.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head on the road for a game at Navy on November 16 before returning home to host Colgate on November 19.
 
For more information on the University at Albany women's basketball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanywbb
Instagram - @ualbanywbb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyWBB
 
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