SCORE: UAlbany 74, Marist 46
 
LOCATION: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-0, 0-0 America East | Marist 0-1, 0-0 MAAC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes tipped off the 2025-26 season with a statement win over Marist in the Broadview Center, Tuesday night. 
 
KEY STATS

• Sophomore Delanie Hill led all scorers with 20 points on 7-10 shooting, including 4-6 from three.
• Freshman Amaya Stewart added 17 points, five rebounds, and a team-high four blocks off the bench.
• Sophomore Martina Borrellas contributed 12 points and a team-high six rebounds.
• Freshman Anais Levasseur dished out a game-high seven assists as the team totaled 22.
• As a team, UAlbany shot 55.6% from the field and 42.9% from three.
• The Great Danes held Marist to 30.8% shooting with just 8 points in the paint.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UAlbany came out strong with a 7-0 run to start the game by setting an early tone with quick ball movement and a pressure defense.
• Martina Borrellas led the team throughout the first quarter with seven of the team's 17 points.
• Amaya Stewart hit a layup followed by a Delanie Hill three-pointer to make it an 11-point game just 92 seconds into the second quarter.
• Stewart hit her stride halfway through the quarter with a block and two consecutive layups at the tail end of an 11-point scoring run for UAlbany.
• Hill scored her second three-pointer before a Borrellas free throw closed the first half with a 39-22 Great Dane advantage.
• The second half opened with back and forth action but two consecutive three-pointers started what proved to be 11 UAlbany points in two minutes for a 27-point lead with 2:18 remaining.
• Holding on to their 27-point advantage headed into the fourth quarter, the Great Danes started the final quarter with nine points while holding the Red Foxes off the board through four minutes of play.
• Marist came back in the final minutes of the game but the game was sealed as a UAlbany victory, 74-46.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head on the road for their second game of the season. They are set to visit the Dome and play Syracuse on Friday (Nov. 7).
 
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