Score: UAlbany 59, Army 67
 
Location: Christl Arena | West Point, N.Y. 

Records: UAlbany (0-1,0-0 America East) | Army (1-0,0-0 Patriot League)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team fell on the road to Army West Point in the team's season opener on Monday Night.

Key Stat Lines:

• Byron Joshua led the Great Danes finishing the night with 15 points going 6-11 from the field and 1-3 on three-pointers.
• The guard also recorded two steals, two assists, and two rebounds.
• Sully Adewale was heavy on their Glass grabbing eight rebounds.
• Zach Matulu was the Purple and Golds leader in assists with three.
• Both Adewale and DeMarr Langford Jr. finished with one block each.
• UAlbany finished the night going 22-60 (36.7%) from the field, 4-24 (16.7%) from behind the arc and 11-16 (68.8%) from the free throw line.
• A total of 30 points for the Great Danes were scored in the paint with nine points coming from second-chance points.
• A total of six lead changes occurred in the game.
   

How it Happened:

• Army made the first field goal of the contest 25 seconds into the game
• Sully Adewale answered back with a layup to make it a 2-2 contest early on.
• As both teams traded field goals, Army would go on a 9-2 run to take a 14-8 lead with 14:32 left in the half.
• The Great Danes answered back bringing the deficit back to within two at 14-12 before another nine-point run from the Black Knights brought their lead to 23-12 with 9:51 remaining in the first.
• Down 25-14, Byron Joshua, DeMarr Langford Jr., and Amar'e Marshall all contributed field goals to make it a one-score game 25-22 with 3:37 to go before the half.
• UAlbany and Army both traded two good free throws making it a 27-24 game after 20 minutes with Joshua making the two successful free throws for the Purple and Gold.
• To start the second Army would score four unanswered points before a layup from Sully Adewale kept the Great Danes in it 31-26.
• Five minutes into the half, a three-pointer from Kheni Briggs would cut the Great Danes' deficit to one point, 37-36.
• A step-back jumper from Adewale would give the Great Danes its first lead since early in the first at 28-27 with 14 14-minutes left to play.
• UAlbany's biggest lead of the game came at 11:38 when a layup from Briggs made it a 46-39 seven-point Great Danes lead.
• UAlbany would take another seven-point lead at 7:44 with another layup from Joshua.
• Army slowly chipped away at its deficit before tying the game 49-49 with 5:27 to play.
• Two successful free throws from Adewale with 2:16 to play made it a 59-56 Army lead.
• Army would end the night on an 8-3 run to win the game 67-59.

 
Next: The Great Danes return home on Saturday, November 9 for the home opener vs SUNY Oneonta. Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm.
 
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