Score: Seton Hall 96, UAlbany 71

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.   
 
Records: UAlbany (1-2, 0-0 America East) | Seton Hall (3-0, 0-0 Big East)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team gave Big East foe Seton Hall a tough battle, but fell to the Pirates by a final score of 96-71 at the Prudential Center.
 
Coach Dwayne Killings
"Seton Hall did everything they needed to do, they followed their game plan very well. They wanted to drive the ball and post the ball, and I don't think our defensive effort was there to beat a Big East team… I think we are learning some lessons here through two really hard buy games. We got a big stretch here coming up. We have a lot of film to watch, got to learn."
 
Key Stat Lines

• Local product Amar'e Marshall led the team in scoring with 21 points, going 7-16 from the field and 2-6 from deep. The sophomore added six rebounds and dished out two assists.
• Aaron Reddish finished with 12 points on 4-9 shooting, going 3-4 from the charity stripe.
• Big man Jonathan Beagle led the team in rebounds with seven, grabbing four offensive boards.
• The Great Danes shot 41% (25-61) from the field and 28.6% (8-28) from three. Seton Hall shot 62.1% (36-58) from the field and 35.7 (5-14) from three.
• The Pirates out-rebounded the Great Danes 33-29.
• UAlbany committed 13 turnovers, Seton Hall committed nine.

How it Happened:

• The Great Danes got out to a quick lead thanks to back-to-back threes from Amar'e Marshall. Seton Hall would bounce back to take a 15-9 lead into the first media timeout.
• Marshall scored eight of UAlbany's first 12 points with Tyler Bertran burying a three to also get on the board.
• With 3:47 remaining in the first half, Seton Hall had extended its lead to 47-29 thanks in large part to 50% shooting from the field.
• The Great Danes would battle back, but still trailed 39-54 heading into the locker room at the half.
• The Great Danes shot 43.3% (13-30) from the field in the first half, going 6-17 from three. Seton Hall shot 70% (21-30) from the field and went 2-6 from deep. 34 of Seton Hall's points came from within the paint.
• Marshall led the Great Danes in scoring with 12 points heading into the locker room. Seton Hall's Kadar Richmond led all scorers with 13. Eight different Great Danes recorded at least two points in the first half.
• Both teams exchanged blows in the second half before the Pirates rattled off an 8-0 run in just under a minute of action midway through the period to take a 71-48 advantage.
• The lead moved to 78-53 in favor of the Pirates with nine minutes remaining. The Great Danes put up 14 points in the first 11 minutes, shooting 35.3% (6-17) from the field.
• With 3:22 remaining the scoreboard read 89-65 after four straight points from the Great Danes, all from the hands of Marshall.
• UAlbany shot 38.7% (12-31) from the floor and went 2-11 from three in the second half. Seton Hall shot 53.6% (15-28) from the floor and went 3-8 from three.

 
Next: The Great Danes are set to travel to Quinnipiac this Sunday, Nov. 19, to take on the Bobcats in the first game of the Doc Sauers Classic. Stay up to date with UAlbany men's basketball by following the team on X (@UAlbanyMBB) and Instagram (@ualbany_mbb) for all of the latest news and highlights throughout the year.