Score: No. 13 Virginia 66, UAlbany 46

Location: John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia
 
Records: UAlbany (5-10, 0-0 America East) | #13 Virginia (9-2, 1-1 ACC)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team had an impressive first half against the No. 13 ranked Virginia Cavaliers, but second half woes saw the Great Danes eventually fall by a score of 66-46. UAlbany led by as much as four points in the opening frame before a scoring drought, that continued into the second half, killed all the team's momentum.


Head Coach Dwayne Killings: "For 16 minutes and 20 seconds I thought we did a great job executing our game plan. We doubled the post some, we pressured them, we were right where we wanted to be coming out of the media time out with 3:40 left… I think one of the hardest things is, when we play these kinds of teams, they make the game so hard, and they wear you down. Once they open the game up it's hard to get back in."

Key Stat Lines

• Da'Kquan Davis led all UAlbany scorers with 11 points. He went 3-9 from beyond the arc and had a team-high six rebounds.
• Jonathan Beagle finished with nine points, grabbing two rebounds on 4-6 shooting.
• Malik Edmead provided an early spark off the bench, finishing with nine points, three assists, and a rebound.
• Gerald Drumgoole Jr. and Trey Hutcheson each finished with seven points.
• UAlbany shot 30.8% (16-52) from the field and 22.2% (6-27) from three. Virginia shot 48.1% (25-52) from the field and 27.8% (5-18) from three.
• Virginia won the rebounding war 38-30.
• The Great Danes were 8-11 on free throws while the Cavaliers went just 11-20.

How it Happened:

• The Great Danes scored the first points of the game, a fadeaway jumper from Gerald Drumgoole Jr. By the first media TO, UVA had built an 8-3 advantage. Malik Edmead was fouled before the break in action, going to the line once the game resumed – sinking both free throws.
• UAlbany was able to go on a 6-0 run to take a 9-8 advantage before UVA rattled off a quick four points. That score was brough into the U12 media TO moments later. Edmead, who came off the bench, scored four points of the run and dished an assist to Sarju Patel for the final bucket.
• The Great Danes went on an 8-0 run to force a TO from the UVA sideline. Trey Hutcheson and Da'Kquan Davis made back-to-back threes before Davis hit another jumper to make the score 19-15.
• The scoreboard read 24-24 with 3:40 remining in the half. Davis led all scorers with eight points off the bench.
• After the score was tied at 24, UVA rattled off seven straight points to force a UAlbany TO with just over a minute left. Two-straight steals from UVA's Kihei Clark got the crowd roaring back in the Cavaliers' favor.
• UAlbany did not score in the final 3:40 of action, resulting in a 24-33 deficit going into the locker room.
• UAlbany shot 39.1% (9-23) from the field and went 3-12 from three in the first half. UVA shot 44.8% (13-29) from the field and went just 1-7 from three.
• UAlbany had 12 points off the bench in the first half compared to UVA's six.
• Virginia came out of the locker room rolling, five straight and forcing the Great Danes to call an early TO.
• The Great Danes were only able to muster up two points before the first media TO. The Cavaliers expanded the lead to 43-26 with 15:11 remaining. UAlbany began the second half going just 1-5 from the field, while UVA went 4-7.
• At the U12 media TO the board read 28-51 in favor of the Cavaliers, who were shotting over 60% from the field.
• The Great Danes trailed 60-32 heading into the final media TO of the evening.
• UAlbany shot just 24.1% (7-29) from the field and 20% (3-15) from three in the second half. Virginia shot 52.2% (12-23) from the field and 36.4% (4-11) from three.
   

Next: The Great Danes kick off America East Conference play this Saturday with a home matchup against New Hampshire. Tip is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College. 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.