Score: Vermont 87, UAlbany 68

Location: McDonough Sports Complex on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (6-19, 1-9 America East) | Vermont (13-10, 7-2 America East)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team fell to the University of Vermont in the 2023 Big Purple Growl by a score of 87-68.

Head Coach Dwayne Killings: "I want to thank everyone for coming out. I thought we had a really good crowd, ran into some people who have traveled from pretty far out… We did not have toughness today… We're trying to do some different things [on defense] but it just hasn't shown up,"

Key Stat Lines

• Gerald Drumgoole Jr. led all scorers with 27 points. The Rochester native shot 8-15 from the field and went 5-9 from deep. He led the team in minutes (35) and assists (2).
• Jonathan Beagle finished with 12 points and team highs in rebounds (9), assists (2), and steals (3). He also played a team-high of 35 minutes.
• Aaron Reddish finished with nine points, hitting two threes.
• UAlbany shot 47.1% (24-51) from the field and 30.4% (7-23) from three. Vermont shot 60.7% (34-56) from the field and 46.4% (13-28) from three.
• Vermont won the rebounding war, 27-23.
• UAlbany finished with 13 turnovers, Vermont had 10.

How it Happened:

• Vermont got the upper hand early, cruising out to a 9-0 lead before a Marcus Jackson floater got the Great Danes on the board three minutes in.
• The Catamounts extended the lead to 12-2 by the first media TO on a three-pointer from Matt Veretto.
• Head Coach Dwayne Killings was forced to call TO with 11:53 on the clock after Vermont extended the lead to 16 points, 23-7. Vermont started the game by going 9-11 from the field and 3-5 from deep.
• Coach Killings was once again forced to call TO with 4:36 remaining, the Great Danes down 40-17, after Vermont's Dylan Penn knocked down a three-pointer. Penn led all scorers with 15.
• The Catamounts brought a 44-25 lead into the locker room at halftime.
• UAlbany shot 28.0% (7-25) from the field and went just 2-13 from three in the first half. Vermont shot 66.7% (18-27) and went 6-13 from three.
• Vermont's Penn led all scorers with 15 points, UAlbany's Gerald Drumgoole Jr. was next with 10 in the first half.
• UAlbany came out of the locker room with a hot hand, going 5-8 from the field and 2-3 from deep. Vermont was able to match the shooting success however, going 5-7 from the field and 3-5 from deep. By the first media TO, UAlbany only outscored Vermont 13-12.
• Vermont pushed the lead to 31 points by the U12 media TO, 70-39, following a 12-0 run over a 3:16 scoring drought for UAlbany.
• UAlbany's Marcus Jackson fouled out with 7:48 remaining in the game.  
• Vermont's lead remained around 30 points late in the game, up 87-62 with three minutes remaining.
• UAlbany shot 65.4% (17-26) from the field and went 5-10 from three in the second half. Vermont shot 55.2% (16-29) from the field and went 7-15 from three.

 
Next: The Great Danes play at home once again next Wednesday night with a matchup against new America East member Bryant. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. 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.