SCORE: UAlbany 56, Bryant 36
 
LOCATION: Chace Athletic Center - Smithfield, R.I.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 16-10, 10-2 America East | Bryant 7-18, 1-11 America East
 
SHORT STORY: Kayla Cooper led with her fourth double-double of the season as the Great Danes defeated Bryant, and swept the series against the Bulldogs, Wednesday night.
 
COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: "We competed and played together for four quarters tonight. Offensively, we struggled from the outside early, but I was very pleased with how we shared the ball and had a balanced inside/out attack. We controlled the boards at both ends and defended the three-point line for 40 minutes. This was a total team road win."
 
KEY STATS

• Junior Kayla Cooper went 8-10 from the field to lead the Great Danes with 21 points and add 12 rebounds. 
• Graduate student Ellen Hahne led the defense with 13 rebounds. She added three assists and two steals in transition.
• Senior Grace Heeps tallied a team-high four assists.
• Four Great Danes notched one block - Cooper, Hahne, Heeps, and senior Helene Haegerstrand.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bulldogs grabbed the first basket with 7:44 on the clock.
• After six minutes of action, Bryant gained a 6-2 lead.
• Putting together a 7-0 scoring run, UAlbany took the lead, 9-6 with less than two minutes remaining in the first quarter.
• After finishing the first with a one-point lead, 11-10, the Great Danes went scoreless for over three minutes in the second.
• Kayla Cooper broke the gap with a jumper at 6:34.
• The Great Danes went on to complete a 13-0 scoring run through much of the remainder of the quarter.
• In the low-scoring second quarter, UAlbany held the Bulldogs to just four points - the first and last basket of the quarter - to own a double-digit lead, 24-14, headed into halftime.
• Bryant came out of the break looking to close the point gap, and they did just that. Tallying a 7-2 scoring run, the Bulldogs closed the advantage to 26-21.
• UAlbany answered with baskets from Haegerstrand and graduate student Lucia Decortes.
• Continuing to make their way back, the Bulldogs closed the quarter down, 32-25.
• Closing strong, the Great Danes outscore Bryant, 24-11, in the final quarter.
• Starting the fourth with 10 points in three minutes, UAlbany gained a 42-25 advantage.
• After scoring back-and-forth with the Bulldogs, the Great Danes held a 51-36 lead with 43 seconds remaining.
• UAlbany finished strong in scoring five unanswered points, including a layup from sophomore Freja Werth, to finish with the 20-point win, 56-36.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to return home on Saturday, February 11 for a 4 pm matchup against Binghamton.

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