Score: Maine 74, UAlbany 71 (OT)

Location: Broadview Center in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (13-17, 5-10) | Maine (14-16, 6-9)
 
Short Story: Sebastian Thomas drops 21 and Aaron Reddish scores 20 but men's basketball falls on Senior Day to Maine in the first overtime game in Broadview Center, 74-73.

Key Stat Lines

• Sebastian Thomas led all scorers with 21 points.
• Aaron Reddish just missed a double-double, finishing with 20 points and eight rebounds
• Four of Reddish's rebounds came on the offensive glass
• Tyler Bertram tallied a team-high four assists
• Muneer Newton scored a season-high 13 points on 6-7 shooting
• The Great Danes shot 90% (18-20) from the free-throw line, compared to the Black Bears' 69.6% (16-23).
• Maine's Kellen Tynes, the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Year, finished with 14 points, three blocked shots, and two steals.
• Maine's Peter Filipovity finished just short of a double-double with a team-high 20 points and seven boards.

Head Coach Dwayne Killings: "A lot of respect for Maine to find a way to win what was a pretty good college basketball game.  It was a pretty evenly-played game; both teams had 11 turnovers, and the rebounding margin was pretty even.  When it comes down to making winning plays, they made more than we did.  We've gotten better in this last stretch, and our only focus is to win this conference tournament.  I think we can get it done, we're going to play with a chip and we're going to go after it."

How it Happened

• In a brief pregame ceremony, the UAlbany men's basketball team honored three members of the 2023-24 squad's senior class: Will Amica, Tyler Bertram, and Marcus Filien.  The team also recognized the senior class members of the team manager group, as well as senior class members of the UAlbany spirit band and cheer and dance squads
• The start of the contest saw both sides trading baskets with the score even at 9-9, five minutes into the contest.
• Coming out of the first media timeout, both teams looked to attack the paint for scoring opportunities. Aaron Reddish stepped past the defenders to score a layup, giving the Great Danes a 15-13 lead.
• The Black Bears scored nine unanswered points to build a 22-15 lead with 9:26 on the clock. UAlbany responded through Muneer Newton who scored the next seven points for the Great Danes.
• UAlbany closed out the first half by going on a 6-2 scoring run but still trailed Maine, 34-26. Reddish led the Great Danes in scoring with eight points, followed by Newton with seven.
• As a team, UAlbany shot 29.6% (8-27) from the field while going 1-8 from behind the arc. The Black Bears shot 50% (15-30) while going 2-11 from three.  
• Coming out of halftime, Maine slowly extended their lead, 40-30, in the opening two minutes as the two sides traded baskets.
• The Great Danes scored six straight points to fight back into the game with four of them coming from Aaron Reddish. However, the Black Bears answered back with an 8-4 run to reclaim control of the momentum with 13 minutes remaining.
• Thomas and Newton combined for the next 12 points as the Great Danes started to wrestle back control with 7:51 minutes left in the contest. Maine answered back with seven straight points as they hoped to hold on for the win.
• UAlbany went on a 12-2 scoring run thanks to accurate shooting from the charity stripe by Sebastian Thomas and Tyler Bertram to equalize the score with only twenty seconds remaining.
• With time winding down, and the game locked at 64, Maine's Jaden Clayton drove to the basket but missed his layup.  The rebounded landed out of bounds in favor of the Black Bears with just nine-tenths of a second on the clock.  Maine's ensuing in-bounds pass found Kellen Tynes, but Newton sent the game to overtime after blocking Tynes' jumper. The Great Danes had outscored the Black Bears, 38-30, in the second half.
• Maine took a three-point lead after converting on back-to-back layups in the opening two minutes of overtime.
• The Great Danes retook the lead with 1:40 remaining after Amar'e Marshall made two free throws but the Black Bears took it back a minute later with their own successful trip to the charity stripe.
• Maine held on to win the contest, 74-71. Thomas finished with a game-high 21 points from 40% shooting.  
• Saturday was UAlbany's first overtime game since February 11, 2022 at Binghamton.

Next: UAlbany closes the 2023-24 regular season at Bryant on March 5.