SCORE: UAlbany 65, Northeastern 61
LOCATION: Cabot Center - Boston, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-0, 0-0 America East | Northeastern 0-1, 0-0 CAA
SHORT STORY: Led by two 19-point performances, the Great Danes' secured the nail-biting victory over Northeastern to start the season, Monday night.
KEY STATS
- Freshmen Alexia Bujold and Noa López Tallón led the team with 19 points each.
- Senior Madison Roman totaled a team-high eight rebounds. Junior Daria Shishkina and senior Lara Langermann followed closely with seven each.
- Langermann tallied a game-high seven assists while Bujold led with two blocks.
- López Tallón is the first Great Dane to total six three-pointers in a single contest since Lilly Phillips went 6-7 against Stonehill on December 1, 2024. She is only the third Great Dane to achieve this feat in nearly eight years and the fifth to do so since January 2009.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UAlbany held Northeastern scoreless for nearly two minutes, with two stops, while earning a 5-0 lead.
- The Huskies came back and took a four-point advantage with six minutes remaining in the first.
- Powered by three consecutive baskets from Great Dane freshman, UAlbany earned a one-point lead.
- Daria Shishkina put a cap on the first quarter with a layup from Lara Langermann to make it a 13-11 game with just four seconds on the clock.
- The game, and the lead, went back and forth throughout the second quarter with neither team scoring in consecutive possessions through the first half of the second quarter.
- After four ties and three lead changes, the Huskies entered halftime with a one-possession lead, 33-31.
- The Great Danes quickly tied and took the lead in the third quarter with layups from Alexia Bujold and Langermann.
- After two more layups in two possessions, UAlbany returned to its largest lead of the game, 39-34.
- The Great Danes continued to hold the advantage, including back-to-back three-pointers from Noa López Tallón, and closed the third quarter with a four-point lead, 51-47.
- The Huskies closed the gap and took the lead, 53-51, with 6:26 remaining, but UAlbany answered with a three-pointer from Langermann to give an advantage they would not give up.
- Northeastern tied the game once more with under two minutes remaining and López Tallón immediately came back with a three-pointer.
- Despite five additional shot attempts from the Huskies, the Great Dane defense held true to secure the 65-61 victory.
NEXT: The Great Danes will open the home slate against Manhattan on Thursday (Nov. 5) at 6:30 pm.
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