Score: UAlbany 72, New Hampshire 80

Location: Lundholm Gymnasium | Durham, N.H.

Records: UAlbany (7-14, 3-3 America East), UNH (7-12, 3-3 America East)

Short Story: Despite an efficient shooting performance and a career-best effort from Miles Rose, the University at Albany men's basketball team was outscored 50-42 in the second half, falling on the road to New Hampshire.
 
Coach Killings: "You know, this week went from being an unbelievable week on Monday to being a really disappointing, frustrating week. You know, when we got to Saturday, we had a lot of optimism going into this road trip, and kind of walked away a little frustrated. Because I think what we did is we let some teams in the standings — teams that we want to create some separation from. It's great to get minutes from Miles, and with Makai recovered after being sick and not available at Maine, but it's all about winning. And you know, we have to put together a winning formula and a winning effort every night. I did not think our effort today was worthy of winning or up to the standard of what we've set for our program this year."
 
Key Stats:

• Miles Rose led the Great Danes with a career-high 20 points on 8-14 (57.1%) shooting from the field, adding three rebounds.
• Amir Lindsey anchored the backcourt with 16 points, shooting a perfect 8-8 from the free-throw line, while leading the team with five assists.
• Isaac Abidde reached double figures with 12 points on 5-8 shooting, including two three-pointers

• Okechukwu Okeke controlled the boards for UAlbany, securing a team-high six rebounds to go along with seven points.
• As a team, UAlbany shot 25-48 (52.1%) from the field, 4-14 (28.6%) from three-point range, and 18-23 (78.3%) at the free-throw line.
• New Hampshire shot 25-54 (46.3%) from the field and relied on a heavy outside attack, hitting 15-35 (42.9%) from beyond the arc.

 
How it Happened:

• The Great Danes and Wildcats opened Saturday's game with an exchange of baskets in the opening five minutes, with Abdoulaye Fall scoring four of the Great Danes' points before a three from Isaac Abidde pushed them ahead 9-8.
• UAlbany then took charge, going on a 10-4 run highlighted by two field goals from Ma'Kye Taylor; UNH's four points all came at the free-throw line, making it a 19-12 game with 8:12 remaining in the first.
• Over the next four minutes, the Wildcats responded with a 13-4 run to jump out to a 25-24 lead with 4:11 to play.
• UAlbany closed out the first half by outscoring UNH 7-5, with Okechukwu Okeke making a last-second layup to tie the game at 30 apiece.
• The Great Danes outplayed the Wildcats in the first five minutes of the second half, outscoring UNH 13-10 to take a 43-40 UAlbany lead.
• UNH answered back with an 8-3 run of their own to pull ahead 48-46 with 10 minutes to play.
• Six of the next seven UNH field goals came from beyond the arc over the course of 6:23, leading to a 24-8 run and a 72-54 lead with 3:38 to go.
• UAlbany closed out the game on a late 18-8 run, with 10 points coming from Miles Rose, but they weren't able to close the gap as New Hampshire took home the 80-72 win.

 
UP NEXT: UAlbany next hosts NJIT on Thursday, January 29^th, for the team's second Neon Night Game! Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 PM at Broadview Center in Albany, N.Y.
 
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