SCORE: UAlbany 68, Dartmouth 57
LOCATION: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 8-2, 0-0 America East | Dartmouth 4-5, 0-0 Ivy League
SHORT STORY: Three Great Danes led with double-digit points as UAlbany's offense came out strong and did not falter on their way to a double-digit point victory over Dartmouth, Tuesday night.
KEY STATS
- Tallying 11 points after just one quarter, junior Meghan Huerter led the Great Danes with 20 total points. The Capital Region native went 7-10 from the field including a 6-8 accuracy from outside the arc. All three numbers (20 points, 7 FG made, 6 3PT FG made) are career-highs.
- Huerter is the first in head coach Colleen Mullen's tenure to successfully make six three-pointers in one game.
- Close behind Huerter, graduate student Helene Haegerstrand totaled 18 points while going 7-15 from the field (4-8 from outside).
- Senior Kayla Cooper added 16 points with a team-high nine rebounds.
- Graduate student Sarah Karpel (4) and Haegerstrand (3) combined for half of the team's total assists.
- As a team, the Great Danes shot 52.0% from the field and 58.8% from outside the arc.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Dartmouth began the game with the scoring advantage. After taking the first two field goals, the Big Green added a 6-2 scoring run to earn a 10-4 lead after four minutes of action.
- With two consecutive baskets from Meghan Huerter, including a three-pointer, the Great Danes put the game within one less than a minute later.
- The Big Green answered with a field goal but added pressure from the UAlbany defense held Dartmouth scoreless for over three minutes as the Great Danes took the lead with three baskets - a jumper from Helene Haegerstrand and two three-pointers from Huerter.
- After a Dartmouth layup, the Great Danes ended the first quarter with a one-possession lead, 17-14.
- Continuing to roll on both sides of the court, UAlbany allowed just two field goals while scoring five in the first half of the second quarter.
- With a driving layup from Sarah Karpell, the Great Danes took a double-digit point lead with 5:17 on the clock.
- Dartmouth attempted to close that scoring gap with a jumper just after the halfway mark but an 8-0 scoring run from UAlbany extended its lead to 37-20 with less than two minutes in the half.
- The Big Green saw three field goals in the final 90 seconds of first-half action but it was not enough to get rid of the Great Danes' double-digit point lead.
- Coming back from halftime up, 39-27, the Great Danes traded points with the Big Green for about two minutes.
- Seeing three baskets from outside the arc - one from Haegerstrand and two from Huerter - UAlbany extended their lead to 53-34 just about halfway through the third quarter.
- Dartmouth tallied a five-point scoring run while kicking up its defense to hold the Great Danes to just five points in the four minutes remaining.
- Forcing a UAlbany timeout at 7:00, the Big Green opened the final quarter with an 8-2 scoring run to close the point gap to 60-47.
- After four consecutive points from the Great Danes, the teams went back and forth to close out the game.
- Dartmouth outscored UAlbany 18-10 in the fourth quarter, including a 10-4 advantage in the final three and a half minutes but the Great Danes held their place in the lead to take the game, 68-57.
NEXT: The Great Danes will finish a three-game home streak against Stonehill on Saturday (Dec. 16).
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