Score: UAlbany 98, SUNY Potsdam 59
 
Location: Broadview Center in Albany, N.Y.

Records: UAlbany 6-3 | SUNY Potsdam 1-7
 
Short Story: The University at Albany's basketball team hosted SUNY Potsdam Tuesday night, earning their fifth-straight win and their largest of the season.
 
Key Stats

• Five Great Danes scored double-digit points in the winning effort – Marcus Jackson (12), Tyler Bertram (12), Amar'e Marshall (11), Jonathan Beagle (11), and Sebastian Thomas (10).
• Beagle registered a team-high in rebounds with nine, including two offensive boards.
• Jack Margoupis (9 points), Zane Adnan (8 points), and Muneer Newton (6 points) all broke their career single-game scoring high.
• As a team, UAlbany had season-highs in field goals (36), points (98), bench points (54), and steals (17)
• The Great Danes shot 39-73 (53.4%) from the field
• UAlbany earns its first five-game winning streak since winning five-straight from January 27-February 8, 2016

Head Coach Dwayne Killings: "It has been a lot of fun playing here.  Our message to our team was to try to win the week.  And to do that, we needed to take advantage of this opportunity and handle it with maturity, which I thought we did for the most part.  The next piece in order to win the week is to do a really good job academically with finals.  And then we need to prepare for what will be a huge game for our program on a big stage playing Temple at the Barclays Center.  We tried to get guys more minutes tonight.  It was great to see Jack Margoupis do some good things and it was awesome to see Justin Neely out there on the floor.  It wasn't exactly perfect basketball, but we'll take it and I think we can build on it for the weekend."
 
How it Happened

• The Great Danes jumped to an early 12-6 lead heading into the first media timeout. Sebastian Thomas started hot on both sides of the ball recording four points from 2-3 shooting while also tallying two steals.
• With 14:48 remaining in the first half, and more than one year removed from his season-ending injury, Justin Neely subbed in for Marcus Jackson, marking his first appearance since November 12, 2022.  Neely played 13 minutes, scoring five points, grabbing two rebounds, and recording three steals.
• UAlbany went on an 11-2 scoring run to build their lead to 26-12.  Fueled by a strong first-half stint from Amar'e Marshall who scored nine points from 50% shooting.
• Potsdam found their rhythm with five minutes remaining before halftime, going on a 7-4 run to set the score at 38-23.
• The Great Danes closed out the first half with a 13-2 scoring run to hold a 56-29 advantage heading into the break.  Marshall led UAlbany scoring with nine points followed by Thomas with eight.  The Great Danes shot 56.8% (21-37) from the field while going 4-10 from behind the arc.  The Bears shot 32.4% (12-37) while going 3-13 from three.
• With 11:53 remaining in the second, Tyler Bertram made his second three-pointer of the half to give UAlbany a 71-41 advantage and the first 30-point lead of the night.  
• With five minutes remaining in the contest, the Great Danes held an 83-49 lead.  UAlbany outscored the Bears 42-30 in the second half.
• The Great Danes won the game by 39, 98-59, led by top point-scorers Bertram and Marcus Jackson, both of whom scored 12 points.  

Next: UAlbany will hit the road this weekend for the NABC Brooklyn Showcase to take on Temple at the Barclays Center on Sunday.