Score:  UAlbany 59, Maine 70 

Location:  Broadview Center| Albany, N.Y.   

Records:  UAlbany (10-19, 6-8 America East), Maine (8-21, 6-8 America East)  

Short Story:  The University at Albany men's basketball team dropped its second-to-last regular-season home game to the Black Bears, 70-59, on Thursday night. 

Coach  Killings:  "This was an embarrassing loss. We spent three days preparing for their zone and man-to-man coverages, and even though Jaden was unavailable due to a minor hip injury, that's no excuse. They outplayed us for all 40 minutes, and we set the tone early with mistake after mistake, forcing a timeout just a few minutes in. We weren't ready to play, and I'm extremely disappointed in our effort. With 17 turnovers, a lack of pace and grit, and a freshman putting up 22 points and seven rebounds against us, this was completely inexcusable." 

Key Stats:  

• Isaac Abidde led the squad with 18 points. 
• Okechukwu Okeke tallied a team-best eight rebounds, followed closely by Abidde with seven. Okeke also picked up three blocks. 
• The Great Danes were led by Amir Lindsey in minutes with 39. Over those 39 minutes, he tallied 12 points, five rebounds, and six assists. 
• As a team, UAlbany went 23-48 from the field (47.9%), 5-20 from three (25%), and 8-12 on free throws (66.7%) 
• Maine went 27-49 from the field (55.1%), 9-20 from three (45%), and 7-12 (58.3%) on free throws. 
• The Great Danes out rebounded the Black Bears 32-19. 

How it Happened: 

• Maine took control of the game early, jumping out to a 14-5 lead just over six minutes into the game. 
• From 13:25-10:12, UAlbany was able to cut into the lead down to five and make the score 21-16 with just over 10 left in the first. 
• The Great Danes were able to cut the lead down to for with 6:48 to go, but the Black Bears responded with eight unanswered to stretch the lead back out to 12 at 32-20. 
• UAlbany answered back with an 11-5 run, highlighted by a three from Tarique Foster, that lasted from 4:17 to the end of the half and cut the lead down to 37-31 at the break. 
• Coming out of the break, each team tallied four points in the first four minutes of the second half to push the score to 45-39. 
• Following a Maine dunk at 15:50, neither team was able to score for over two and a half minutes. The stalemate was finally broken when the Black Bears made a three to push the lead to 49-39. 
• Maine kept up the momentum and went on a 9-3 run that lasted from 13:19-9:37 and extended the lead to 56-42. 
• The Great Danes countered with a 10-2 run that lasted from 9:20-4:56 and brought the score to 59-52. 
• The Black Bears outpaced UAlbany 11-7 over the last 4:32 of the game and walked away with a 70-59 win. 

UP NEXT: UAlbany's men's basketball takes their home court for the last time in the regular season when they take on New Hampshire on Saturday, February 28th, before closing the regular season out at Vermont on Tuesday, March 3rd.

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