SCORE: Maine 65, UAlbany 60
 
LOCATION: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 11-8, 1-5 America East | Maine 10-10, 5-2 America East
 
SHORT STORY: UAlbany shot 48 percent and matched Maine through three quarters before a late Black Bears surge from deep nudged the visitors ahead in a tight finish, Thursday night.
 
KEY STATS

• Freshman Amaya Stewart led UAlbany with a team-high 20 points on 8-10 shooting, adding four rebounds.
• Sophomore Martina Borrellas posted 15 points and a game-high nine rebounds, going 6-12 from the field.
• Sophomore Delanie Hill added eight points, three assists, and one steal.
• Senior Gabriela Falcão tallied six points and three assists.
• UAlbany shot 48.0 percent from the floor and held a 29-26 edge on the glass.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Delanie Hill set the tone early with a three-point play at the rim to give UAlbany the first basket of the night.
• Graduate student Júlia Palomo Vicente and junior Lara Langermann each knocked down early jumpers as the Great Danes matched Maine in the paint.
• In the closing minutes, Martina Borrellas powered in back-to-back layups and added a free throw for a five-point burst that pulled UAlbany within four, 18-14, after one.
• Hill opened the frame with a three from the wing as UAlbany continued to attack confidently on the offensive end.
• Amaya Stewart brought a spark off the bench with seven points in the period, cashing in at the line and finishing at the rim to keep the Great Danes within one or two possessions.
• Borrellas converted a second-chance layup, and Langermann raced out for a transition and-one before Stewart beat the horn in the final minute, sending UAlbany into halftime tied 29-29.
• Gabriela Falcão buried two midrange jumpers to start the half and give UAlbany a two-point edge.
• Borrellas went to work inside with three strong finishes and two made free throws while the Great Danes shot 70 percent in the quarter.
• Stewart continued her surge with seven third-quarter points, including an and-one finish in traffic, as UAlbany matched Maine shot for shot and headed to the fourth tied 48-48.
• Falcão drove for an early layup, and Stewart answered a Maine run with back-to-back finishes at the rim to keep the game within one or two possessions.
• Borrellas scored through contact with just over two minutes left, and Stewart added two more late buckets as UAlbany continued to attack the paint.
• The Great Danes stayed aggressive to the final buzzer, closing on a Stewart layup and a clean look for Palomo Vicente in the final seconds before Maine sealed the 65-60 final at the line.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue at home with their National Girls and Women in Sports Day game against New Hampshire on Saturday (Jan. 24).
 
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