SCORE: UAlbany 62, UMass Lowell 38
 
LOCATION: Costello Athletic Center - Lowell, Mass.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 10-8, 4-0 America East | UMass Lowell 1-12, 0-3 America East
 
SHORT STORY: After a slow start and a low-scoring first half, the Great Danes' offense clicked in the third quarter to take a 23-point lead and the eventual victory, 62-38, Saturday afternoon.
 
COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: After a tough second quarter, I thought our team responded with a lot of energy and toughness to start the third quarter. Our pressure defense led to transition baskets. We shared the ball well and controlled the boards. Today was a terrific team win."
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Ellen Hahne led the Great Danes with 14 points and three steals.
• Senior Helene Haegerstrand added 12 points for the team.
• Senior Grace Heeps led the defense with six rebounds. Redshirt-junior Morgan Haney and junior Kayla Cooper followed with five rebounds each.
• Three Great Danes led with three assists each - Hahne, Haney, and Cooper.
• Graduate student Lucia Decortes, Haegerstrand, and Hahne each tallied one block.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After the Great Danes notched the first basket of the contest, the River Hawks followed with a three-pointer to take an early lead.
• Totaling five points in 14 seconds, UAlbany grabbed a four-point lead and never looked back.
• The Great Danes added nine points before the two-minute mark to make it a 10-point game, 19-9.
• In the final two minutes, the River Hawks added two baskets to close the advantage to 19-13 after 10 minutes of play.
• In a defensive quarter, both teams scored just four points in the second. UML tallied one field goal while senior Fatima Lee scored both of UAlbany's baskets.
• UMass Lowell came out of the break hot, scoring on its first possession, but 13 unanswered points in three minutes gave the Great Danes an advantage the River Hawks would not recover from.
• UAlbany closed the third quarter after scoring 10 additional points to outscore UML, 23-6. 
• In the final quarter, the River Hawks put together six-straight points to close the lead to 48-29 at 6:19.
• UMass Lowell added a second scoring run in the quarter, 5-0, but the Great Danes finished the game on a 10-4 scoring run to take a 62-38 win.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will return home to host Bryant on January 11 for a 7 pm contest.
 
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