Albany (15-9) vs. Stony Brook (14-7)

Filed under Game Preview on February 3rd, 2012

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Saturday is a big day for Great Danes basketball as the Great Danes host the Seawolves in an America East free-for-all. It takes place at 7:00 EST.

A win here would help close the gap with Stony Brook in the America East, who are in 1st place and just above Albany in 3rd place. The Great Danes are 15-9 overall and are 7-3 in the America East. The Seawolves maintain a record of 14-7 and are a very good 9-1 in the conference. Albany has a home record of 9-0 while Stony Brook is 3-7 on the road. RPI ranks the Great Danes at #203 and the Seawolves at #197. Stony Brook has won five straight.

Albany has played Stony Brook already, and lost to them 81-68 on January 8th. Last year, the Great Danes had a record of 2-1 on the Seawolves. In four seasons, Albany has a record of 4-7 against Stony Brook, and 1-0 at home.

• Blake Metcalf is ranked 3rd in the America East in blocks
• It must sting. Albany has blown out Stony Brook by 20 points or more on 3 occasions since 2005.
• Albany is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on Albany is 216 lbs compared to 206 lbs for Stony Brook.
• The Albany blocks leader (Blake Metcalf) has more blocks than the Stony Brook blocks leader (Dallis Joyner).

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