Score: UAlbany 60, Merrimack 73
Location: Broadview Center | Albany, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (2-1, 0-0 America East), Merrimack (1-2, 0-0 Metro)
Short Story: The University at Albany men's basketball team rallied in the second half, but ultimately fell to Merrimack,73-60, Sunday afternoon.
Key Stats:
- Junior Ollie Engen led the team with 17 points and added three rebounds and three assists.
- Freshman U-Mier Graham followed closely with 16 points and tallied a team-high eight rebounds.
- Freshman Tyler Jones finished the day with 12 points and a pair of rebounds and assists.
- As a team, the Great Danes collected 37 rebounds while Merrimack had 21.
How it Happened:
- Both teams traded points to start the game and were tied, 5-5, three minutes in.
- Merrimack took the lead with a 9-2 run that lasted three and a half minutes to make it 14-7 at the 13:16 mark.
- Ollie Engen put up eight points over the next three minutes, including a pair of three-pointers, to cut into the lead and make it 20-15.
- Neither team was able to score for just shy of four minutes until Alexander Lesburt Jr. of the Warriors made a three-pointer to extend the Merrimack advantage to 23-15 with 7:05 left in the half.
- UAlbany outscored Merrimack 11-7 over the remainder of the half, powered by five from Tyler Jones and four from U-Mier Graham to push the score to 30-26 at the half.
- Coming out of the break, the Warriors continued to add to their lead with a 10-4 run to make it 40-30 just over three and a half minutes in.
- The Great Danes answered with a 13-3 run that lasted nearly four minutes and featured seven points from Zach Matulu to tie the game at 43-43 with 12:26 left.
- Following a Merrimack timeout, the Warriors retook control of the game with seven unanswered over the next two minutes to make it 50-43.
- UAlbany countered with five unanswered of its own to make it 50-48 at the 9:05 mark.
- Merrimack responded with a 12-4 run that lasted over four minutes and extended the lead to 62-52 with 4:12 left in the game.
- The Great Danes were unable to close the gap, and the Warriors walked away with a 73-60 win.
Next Up: UAlbany will next host Dartmouth on Wednesday, November 11 at Broadview Center. Tip-off is set for 1 pm.
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