SCORE: UAlbany 62, Manhattan 61
LOCATION: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 2-0, 0-0 America East | Manhattan 1-1, 0-0 Metro
SHORT STORY: The University at Albany women's basketball team took home a one-point win in a back-and-forth contest, Thursday evening.
KEY STATS
- Senior Madison Roman led the team with 16 points, 16 rebounds, and three steals while shooting a team-high 66.7% from the field.
- Junior Daria Shishkina followed closely with 14 points, and added a pair of rebounds and a steal.
- Freshman Alexia Bujold tallied 13 points, five rebounds, and a steal.
- As a team, UAlbany shot 40.4% from the field (23-57) while Manhattan shot 33.8% (23-68).
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UAlbany started the game hot and took a 9-3 lead just over four minutes in.
- Manhattan responded with a 7-3 run that lasted three minutes to cut into the lead.
- With six steals in the first quarter alone, the Great Danes held a 16-13 advantage after one.
- Both teams kept pace with each other by scoring nine points through seven minutes in the second to push the score to 25-22 in UAlbany's favor.
- The Great Danes outscored the Jaspers, 6-3, over the last 2:41 of the half to hold a 31-25 lead.
- The second half started as a defensive stalemate, with both teams only scoring three points for over four minutes.
- Manhattan ended the drought with eight unanswered to tie the game, 36-36, with 3:39 in the third.
- The Great Danes ended the third on a 9-5 run capped off by a Noa López Tallón three-pointer in the closing seconds of the quarter to make it 45-41.
- Manhattan started the fourth with a three-minute 7-3 run to tie the game at 48-48.
- With 3:43 left, a three-pointer from the Jaspers put them in the lead for the first time all game, 53-50.
- UAlbany continued to battle and, with 29 seconds left, a layup from Madison Roman put the Great Danes back in the lead, 60-59.
- On the next possession, a layup from the Jaspers put them back in the lead, 61-60, with 16 seconds on the clock.
- After getting the ball back, Roman drew a foul and went 2-2 from the free-throw line to once again put UAlbany up, 62-61, with eight seconds remaining.
- The Great Dane defense held strong for the last few seconds to keep Manhattan off the board and walk away with a 62-61 win.
NEXT: UAlbany will head on the road to close out the America East-Metro Challenge at Mount St. Mary's on Sunday (Nov. 8).
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