Score: UAlbany 62, Vermont 68

Location: Broadview Center | Albany, N.Y.

Records: UAlbany (12-13, 4-6 America East), Vermont (13-11, 6-3 America East)

Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team fell to Vermont, 68-62, at home for the Great Dane's inaugural Hometown Heroes game. 

Coach Dwayne Killings: "We got a lot better, and for parts of the game, I think you saw a team that is capable of winning a championship here. This one hurt, hurt the kids, hurt the staff because it was right within our hands... Why Vermont is good is because they don't beat themselves in the last two minutes... It's about the team that finishes the season right and gets better and better and better, and that's a team that will win, and that will be the team that will be fortunate to win our league."

Key Stats:

• Amar'e Marshall led the scoring for the Great Danes with 20 points.
• Kacper Klaczek also finished with double digits with 12 points.
• Justin Neely recorded a team-high in rebounds (6), followed by DeMarr Langford Jr. (5), Byron Joshua (4), and Klaczek (4).
• Joshua tallied the most steals on the team with two, and Klaczek had the high in assists (4)
• Marshall and Klaczek had a block each.
• The Great Danes shot 24-56 (42.9%) from the field, 8-28 (28.6%) from beyond the arc, and 6-8 (75.0%) from the line.

How it Happened:

• Amar'e Marshall opened the scoring with a field goal, but the Catamounts were quick to take control and went on a 12-point run.
• Kacper Klaczek and DeMarr Langford Jr. combined for six points which cut Vermont's lead to only four points.
• Field goals from Justin Neely and Marshall, along with a three-pointer from Klaczek, put the score back even at 17-17.
• The Great Danes found a ten-point run, which put them on top 27-20
• For the next three minutes, Vermont came back with 15 points to retake the lead.
• The Catamounts kept their lead going into the second half and went up 37-36.
• Both teams traded points back and forth throughout the first five minutes of the half, but Vermont outscored UAlbany 6-5 for a 43-41 lead.
• The Catamounts went on an eight-point run to remain on top, 51-43.
• After the previous run, the Great Danes managed to outscore Vermont 8-2 for the next four minutes to cut their deficit to two points.
• Byron Joshua and Marshall combined to put up six points and tie the game 57-57 with just under over minutes remaining.
• In the last four minutes of play the Catamounts put up 11 points while UAlbany put up five. Vermont took the win 68-62.

UP NEXT: UAlbany's men's basketball team travels to Lowell, Mass., to take on the UMass Lowell River Hawks on Thursday, February 13, at 6:00 pm.
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