{"id":7086,"date":"2013-11-25T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/three-danes-earn-career-high-points-as-ualbany-holds-off-delaware-state-to-win-87-71-3\/"},"modified":"2013-11-25T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T12:47:42","slug":"three-danes-earn-career-high-points-as-ualbany-holds-off-delaware-state-to-win-87-71-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/three-danes-earn-career-high-points-as-ualbany-holds-off-delaware-state-to-win-87-71-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Danes Earn Career-High Points as UAlbany Holds Off Delaware State to Win 87-71"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three Danes Earn Career-High Points as UAlbany Holds Off Delaware State to Win 87-71<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Box Score<\/a> | Box Score (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ALBANY, N.Y. \u2013<\/strong> Matching its best start since the 2010-11 season, UAlbany had three players earn career-highs in scoring as the Great Danes prevailed against a scrappy Delaware State team to win 87-71 on Sunday at home.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the win, UAlbany, which shot a season-best 63% in the game, improves to 5-0, marking just the second time in the school\u2019s D-I history that the team has won its first five games.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew they were going to put up a lot of points,\u201d says UAlbany head coach <\/a>Katie Abrahamson-Henderson<\/a>. \u201cWe have had a different X-factor every game, and today Margarita [Rosario<\/a>]<\/strong> and Erin [Coughlin<\/a>]<\/strong> provided that, and it is neat to see more people step up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rosario earned a career-high 21 points, going a perfect 10-10 from the free throw line and 3-3 for three, adding a team-best seven assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are progressing every game,\u201d says Rosario. \u201cBut we cannot settle, we have to keep getting better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Shereesha Richards<\/a><\/strong> led UAlbany in scoring, matching a career-high 28 points off 11-14 shooting, adding a team-high six boards and three steals.\u00a0 Coughlin also had a career-high in scoring, netting 10 points, all in the first half, adding five assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early going, each offense had trouble getting set.\u00a0 UAlbany made its first two shots, but a 5-0 personal run by Raven Bankston, adding a Tierra Hawkins jumper and another Bankston basket, pushed DSU up 11-4 in the first five minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

UAlbany\u2019s defense started to hold as DSU was held without points for almost five minutes.\u00a0 Richards hit a trio of shots in a 9-0 run to give the Great Danes a 13-11 advantage.\u00a0 DSU countered quickly with Bankston and Hawkins hitting two shots each, combining for nine points as the Hornets led 20-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Danes kept attacking the basket, drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line.\u00a0 A 12-2 run, capped by a\u00a0Coughlin layup, put UAlbany back in front 25-23.<\/span><\/p>\n

Again DSU countered, with Hawkins adding a layup to help DSU go ahead 27-25 with 3:48 remaining in the half.<\/span><\/p>\n

UAlbany saw Coughlin and Rosario combine for a couple of threes to put the home team back in front, adding a trio of Richards free throws.\u00a0 DSU added four before the break, but UAlbany held the lead at halftime 37-33.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Sarah Royals<\/a><\/strong> went to the paint in the start of the second half, scoring the first four points of the period as the Great Danes did not allow a basket in the first four minutes of the half.\u00a0 Rosario added a pair of threes as UAlbany built a 13-point lead to go up 57-44 with 13:44 left.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two teams kept exchanging points, as Bankston and Hawkins kept scoring for DSU and UAlbany kept making layups.\u00a0 At 69-61 with six minutes remaining, a 6-0 run on Rosario free throws, a <\/a>Megan Craig<\/a><\/strong> layup and Royals free throws put UAlbany up 75-62 with 4:38 remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sides continued to go back and forth, but UAlbany never surrendered the lead, scoring the final six points of free throws, four by Rosario, to win 87-71.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to 63% shooting, the team shot 76.2% in the second half and 92.3% from the free throw line in the contest (24-26).\u00a0 Each game-mark is the best team performance in the America East this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Royals finished with 14 points, including 12 in the second half, and four assists.\u00a0 Craig blocked a career-high five shots, scoring eight points, while <\/a>Tammy Phillip<\/a><\/strong> earned six points, six boards and three assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

For DSU, Hawkins and Bankston scored 29 and 28 points respectively, combining to shoot 22-39 (56.4%) from the field.\u00a0 Jade Washington had four steals, six assists and two points.<\/span><\/p>\n

UAlbany hits the road before Thanksgiving, taking on Providence at Alumni Hall on Wednesday, November 27th<\/sup> at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\nThe Albany Student Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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