Score: Saint Joseph's 99, UAlbany 79

Location: Hagen Arena in Philadelphia, Pa.  
 
Records: UAlbany (2-3, 0-0 America East) | Saint Joseph's (2-1, 0-0 A-10)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team fell to to Saint Joseph's University on the road on Thursday night, 99-79. The Hawks were able to build an early lead in the opening minutes and never looked back. Da'Kquan Davis led the Great Danes in scoring with 32 points, going 6-11 from three-point range.
 
Head Coach Dwayne Killings
"Disappointed with our offensive performance in the first half… We got ourselves in a really deep hole really fast. I thought we got some pretty good looks, but then the ball got kind of stagnant… I thought we got a pretty good rhythm in the second half."
 
Key Stat Lines

• Da'Kquan Davis led the UAlbany offense with 32 points, shooting 8-15 from the field and 6-11 from beyond the arc. He had a team-high 35 minutes of time on the court. He also went 10-14 on free throws.
• Aaron Reddish finished with 15 points, going 5-9 from the field. He collected three rebounds while going 4-6 from the charity stripe.
• Tairi Ketner provided a spark off the bench early to get the offense going. He finished with eight points and a team-high six rebounds.
• Ny'Mire Little had a season-high 22 minutes of action, scoring nine points.
• SJU won the rebounding war, 38-34.
• There were 56 personal fouls called in the game, 35 in the first half alone. UAlbany finished with 29, SJU finished with 27.

How it Happened:

• SJU jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead before UAlbany called it's first timeout. Cameron Brown started off with five for the Hawks.
• SJU pushed the lead to 12-0 before the first media timeout at the 15:30 mark. UAlbany started 0-6 from the field.
• The lead was extended to 20-4 by the U12 timeout. Ny'Mire Little and Da'Kquan Davis each collected a bucket for UAlbany.
• SJU made the score 35-6 by the U8 timeout with the Hawks shooting 52.6% from the field.
• From the 7:40 to 3:35 marks, the Great Danes went on a 17-9 run to bring the score to 44-23. Davis led UAlbany with 10 points, Tairi Ketner followed with six off the bench.
• SJU pushed their lead to the largest of the night, 30, by halftime. They entered the locker room with a 60-30 advantage.
• UAlbany shot just 27.6% (8-29) from the field and went 1-10 from three in the first half. SJU shot 59.3% (16-27) from the field and 61.5% (8-13) from deep.
• 35 personal fouls were called in the first half alone, 18 against UAlbany and 17 against SJU.
• UAlbany came out of the locker room hot, going 5-5 from the field and 3-3 from three by the first TO on the court.
• SJU maintained a 30-point lead by the midway point of the second half. By that point, Da'Kquan Davis increased his point total to 27 points.
• The Great Danes shot 54.8% (17-31) from the field and 47.1% (8-17) from three-point range in the second half. The Hawks shot 55.6% (15-27) from the field and 33.3% (4-12) from three-point range.

 
Next: The Great Danes travel to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a two-game tournament in the Sunshine Slam. Stay up to date with UAlbany men's basketball by following the team on Twitter (@UAlbanyMBB) and Instagram (@ualbany_mbb) for all of the latest news and highlights throughout the season.