SCORE: Syracuse 64, UAlbany 45
 
LOCATION: JMA Wireless Dome - Syracuse, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-1, 0-0 America East | Syracuse 2-0, 0-0 ACC
 
SHORT STORY: UAlbany scored 27 points in the final quarter but it was not enough and the Orange won its home contest, Friday night.
 
KEY STATS

• Sophomore Delanie Hill led the team with 17 points, all of which were scored in the fourth quarter.
• Sophomore Martina Borrellas followed with 15 points, including all eight Great Dane points in the third quarter. She also tabbed the team-high nine rebounds. 
• Júlia Palomo Vicente led in assists (six) and steals (two). 
• Borrellas and freshman Amaya Stewart logged UAlbany's two blocks of the game. 
• In the final quarter, the Great Danes bounced back with an .800 field goal percentage and a .600 three-point percentage. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gabriela Falcão opened the scoring for both teams with a field goal almost a minute and a half into the game. 
• Syracuse netted their first point of the game at 6:56 from a free throw. The Great Danes held the Orange without a field goal until 6:39.
• Amaya Stewart tied the game, 4-4, with just over six minutes left in the quarter. 
• Syracuse proceeded to go on a 12-point run over the final six minutes to go into the second quarter up 16-4. 
• Stewart recorded the first point of the second quarter after sinking a free throw. 
• Over the following four minutes the Orange outscored the Great Danes, 7-5, making the overall score 23-10 in their favor. 
• Although UAlbany held Syracuse to just 11 points in the second quarter, the Orange entered halftime with a 17-point lead.
• Martina Borrellas scored three layups in three minutes, including the first points of the third, to make it 35-16 at 6:50.
• Syracuse entered the final quarter with a 52-18 advantage after Borrellas got the final say with a bucket so close to the final buzzer the officials had to review it.
• In the first four minutes of the fourth quarter both teams went back and forth, each scoring nine points. 
• From 5:42 to 2:20, the Great Danes went on a 15-point run to cut Syracuse's 33-point lead to an 18-point lead. 
• In the last two minutes of the game both teams put up a matching three points, bringing the final score to 64-45 in favor of the Orange. 

 
NEXT: The Great Danes return home to host Dartmouth on Monday (Nov. 10) at Broadview Center.
 
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