Score: UAlbany 83, NJIT 58
 
Location: Broadview Center in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (12-13, 4-6) | NJIT (7-16, 3-8)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team completed the season-sweep of NJIT on Thursday night, taking down the Highlanders by a score of 83-58.
 
Key Stats

• Sebastian Thomas narrowly missed a triple-double, finishing with 16 points, eight re-bounds, and nine assists.  All 16 points came in the second half, and Thursday was Thomas' fourth game this season with nine or more assists.
• Amar'e Marshall scored 18 points on 6-12 shooting.
• Tyler Bertram scored 20 points, including 14 in the first half on 6-10 shooting from three.
• UAlbany shot 53.3% from the floor, including 56.7% in the second half.
• UAlbany outscored NJIT 13-2 in transition.
• The Great Danes' defense held NJIT to 5-20 shooting from three.

Head Coach Dwayne Killings: "We're really proud of our guys for responding. Going through a tough time here after the last few games. It was great to have student support out there, I thought we had a pretty good turnout on a cold Thursday night… I'm proud of one of our better defensive efforts in league play, and we get a really good home win."
 
How it Happened

• UAlbany got off to a hot start, jumping out to an 8-0 lead before forcing an NJIT timeout just two minutes in. Tyler Bertram started the game going 2-2 from beyond the arc.
• Bertram stayed hot, hitting his third three of the night shortly after the timeout. The Great Danes held a 16-10 edge when play stopped with 13:50 on the clock after Bertram pick-led up his fourth field goal of the night on a driving layup that drew a foul.
• The Great Danes pushed their lead to 29-21 with 6:09 remaining in the first half. Bertram led all scorers with 14 while Amar'e Marshall joined the action as a sharpshooter, going 2-2 from three.
• UAlbany used an 8-4 to push the lead to 37-25 with 2:44 on the clock. Muneer Newton con-tributed four points over the run, making himself a presence low in the paint.
• The Great Danes entered the locker room at the half up 41-28. UAlbany shot 50% (15-30) from the field in the first half, going 6-12 from deep. NJIT shot 34.5% (10-29) from the field and went 3-13 from deep.
• UAlbany out-rebounded NJIT in the first half, 20-15.
• NJIT was able to outscore UAlbany 10-9 at the start of the first half, shooting 57% from the field.
• Sebastian Thomas got into a rhythm in the second half, scoring eight of UAlbany's first 15 points. Help helped push the Great Danes lead to 56-40 eight minutes in.
• Thomas scored the next five points for UAlbany, a three and a putback layup.
• An 11-4 run, fueled by another two three-pointers from Betram, put UAlbany up 72-49 at the five-minute mark.
• UAlbany shot 56.7% (17-30) from the field and went 4-11 from three in the second half. NJIT shot 38.2% (13-34) from the field and went 2-7 from deep.

Next: The Great Danes travel south to America East foe UMBC for a Saturday afternoon matchup. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Stay up to date with UAlbany men's basketball by following the team on X (@UAlbanyMBB) and Instagram (@ualbany_mbb) for all of the latest news and highlights throughout the year.