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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL FIVE-TIME AMERICA EAST CHAMPION CONTACT: Dave Vatz, Assistant Director of Media Relations O: (518) 442-3072 • C: (518) 391-5165 • Email: [email protected] 2017-18 Schedule/Results NOVEMBER (7-1) GAME #14 10 IONA W 69-67 GOTHAM CLASSIC 13 at Boston University W 88-74 UAlbany (11-2, 0-0 AE) @ RV/RV Louisville (8-2, 0-0 ACC) 17 YALE W 80-72 20 ONEONTA W 102-77 Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 9 p.m. ET 22 at Dartmouth W 91-73 TV: ESPNU/WatchESPN | Radio: 104.5 the Team 25 at Holy Cross W 78-62 KFC Yum! Center (22,000) - Louisville, Ky. 27 at Monmouth L 73-81 29 COLGATE W 75-69 UALBANY CHALLENGES LOUISVILLE IN GOTHAM CLASSIC UAlbany flies to Kentucky to play its final game in the Gotham DECEMBER (4-1) Classic, taking on Louisville on Wednesday, December 20th at 9 2 COLUMBIA W 86-82 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center. 6 BRYANT# W 84-68 9 at Siena#% W 74-69 This is the final non-conference road game for UAlbany before 12 at Memphis# L 58-67 the start of America East play in January. 16 CANISIUS W 68-65 20 at Louisville# 9 p.m. 28 KENT STATE 7 p.m. America East representative UAlbany got back in the win column on Saturday night with a 68-65 comeback victory over Canisius, JANUARY (0-0) resuming its top start in its Division I history at 11-2. Louisville, 3 HARTFORD* 7 p.m. receiving votes in both national polls, has won four straight 6 at New Hampshire* 1 p.m. games, the last an 81-72 victory vs. Memphis in the Gotham 10 STONY BROOK* 7 p.m. Classic feature game in New York City, to come in at 8-2 overall. 13 at Maine* 12 p.m. 15 at Binghamton* 7 p.m. UAlbany is 2-1 in the Gotham Classic, with wins over Bryant and 18 UMASS LOWELL* 7 p.m. Siena and a defeat at Memphis. Louisville is 3-0 in this tourna- 21 UMBC* 7 p.m. 24 at Vermont* 7 p.m. ment with wins against all three of the above. 27 at Stony Brook* 7 p.m. This is the first-ever meeting between UAlbany and Louisville. FEBRUARY (0-0) UAlbany last game against an ACC opponent was on December 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7 p.m. 31, 2014, a 58-46 defeat at Pittsburgh. UAlbany last played a 8 VERMONT* 7 p.m. Power Five opponent on November 11, 2016, an 87-81 win at 11 at Hartford* 2 p.m. Penn State. The last time Louisville took on an America East 15 at UMass Lowell* 7 p.m. member was November 17, 2015, an 87-52 win vs. Hartford. 18 at UMBC* 1 p.m. 24 MAINE* 7 p.m. POSSIBLE STARTERS 27 BINGHAMTON* 7 p.m. Player Pos. Ht. G/GS PPG RPG Notes #12 Devonte Campbell F 6-6 12/12 9.0 4.2 2016-17 AE All-Defensive Team MARCH (0-0) #13 David Nichols G 6-0 13/13 15.7 4.2 Lou Henson Watch List #24 Joe Cremo G 6-4 13/13 17.8 4.2 Joined 1,000-point club on Nov. 25 3 America East Quarters^ TBA #30 Travis Charles F 6-6 13/13 14.9 5.5 Shooting 61.1% from the field 6 America East Semifinals^ TBA #43 Greig Stire F 6-7 13/13 7.3 7.8 Two double-doubles on the year 10 America East Final^ TBA POSSIBLE RESERVES #0 Xavier Cochran G 6-6 5/0 1.0 0.4 Returns after redshirting in 2016-17 Home games in BOLD CAPS (SEFCU ARENA) #1 Costa Anderson G 6-2 13/0 3.3 0.6 40% three-point FG rate #2 Ahmad Clark G 6-1 13/1 3.9 1.3 Reserve point guard All games are Eastern Time #10 Brent Hank F 6-10 0/0 0.0 0.0 All-Star 5 at Trinity College (H.S.) * America East Conference Opponent #11 Cameron Healy G 6-3 0/0 0.0 0.0 Led Monteverde to title game app. ^ America East Tournament (Campus Sites) #14 Adam Lulka F 6-8 0/0 0.0 0.0 Will sit out 2017-18, offseason surgery #22 Nick Fruscio G 5-10 3/0 0.0 0.0 Albany Academy graduate # Gotham Classic (Campus Sites) #33 Matt Conway F 6-7 13/0 2.3 1.2 2nd Team All-Region 18 at Salt Lake CC % Albany Cup (Times Union Center - Albany, N.Y.) #34 Alex Foster F 6-8 13/0 5.0 4.5 Transfer from Bradley, Texas Tech 1 2017-18 UAlbany Men’s Basketball Game Notes - @ Louisville 12/20 Tale of the Tape HOT SHOOTING TEAM Through 13 games in the season, UAlbany stands with UAlbany Louisville the third highest scoring offense in the America East, earn- 11-2 Overall Record 8-2 ing 78.9 points per game, including six 80+ point games, 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 W-1 Streak W-4 with a league-best 48.3% field goal rate. 78.9 Points Per Game 80.1 71.2 Points Allowed Per Game 65.1 Currently, Joe Cremo (17.8 ppg), David Nichols (15.7 +7.7 Scoring Margin +15.0 ppg) and Travis Charles (14.9 ppg) are all in the top-13 in 37.8 Rebounds Per Game 40.8 the America East in scoring. 28.2 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 36.1 +9.6 Rebounding Margin +4.7 UALBANY RANKED #4 MID-MAJOR IN NATION 48.3% Field Goal Percentage 46.2% UAlbany is ranked #4 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid- 46.0% Opp. Field Goal Percentage 37.5% Major Top-25 on December 11th, released every Monday. 36.1% 3-Point Percentage 36.4% UAlbany is also the top-ranked mid-major team in the state 34.3% Opp. 3-Point Percentage 29.7% of New York and in the America East. UAlbany has stood 75.2% Free Throw Percentage 78.3% in the top-10 each of the past three weeks. 12.6 Assists Per Game 13.7 11.7 Turnovers Per Game 12.3 CREMO JOINS 1,000-POINT CLUB 11.5 Opposing Turnovers Per Game 14.4 With a 30-point performance vs. Holy Cross on Novem- -0.2 Turnover Margin +2.1 ber 25th, Joe Cremo surpassed the career 1,000-point 4.6 Steals Per Game 7.7 mark. Cremo now stands with 1,129 career points, having 1.4 Blocks Per Game 8.5 averaged 13.9 points per game in his career. Cremo earned the 1,000-point mark in 74 games played. 2017-18 UAlbany MBB Awards David Nichols currently has 869 points, including 625 Joe Cremo in the 2016-17 year, the second-highest single season in --America East Player of the Week 12/11 UAlbany history. Nichols is 131 points away from 1,000. --America East Player of the Week 11/27 --NBC Sports Preseason Honorable Mention All-American Along with Cremo, ten UAlbany players have scored --America East Preseason All-Conference Team over 1,000 points in the DI era. David Nichols NICHOLS NAMED TO LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST --Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List UAlbany junior guard David Nichols has been named --NBC Sports Preseason Third Team All-American to the 2017-18 Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List. --America East Preseason All-Conference Team The Lou Henson Award is given each year to the top Divi- sion I mid-major player. Greig Stire --America East Player of the Week 11/13 UALBANY PREDICTED TO FINISH 2ND IN AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL UAlbany has been predicted to finish second in the America East Conference in the 2017-18 season in the preseason coaches poll. UAlbany finished tied for third place last year with a 10-6 record. Finishing 21-14 overall, the Great Danes de- feated Hartford and Stony Brook in the AE Tournament to earn a berth in the title game, falling to Vermont. Vermont was unanimously picked to finish first in the league with eight first-place votes and 64 points. BOX OUT! Through 13 games, UAlbany has outrebounded its opponents in all contests, standing with the second-best rebounding margin in the America East at +9.5. UAlbany and Auburn are the only teams to outrebound their op- ponents in all games to begin the year. First in the league is New Hampshire at +9.7. Greig Stire (7.8) and Travis Charles (5.5) stand in the top-12 in the America East in rebounding. 2 2017-18 UAlbany Men’s Basketball Game Notes - @ Louisville 12/20 2017-18 America East Conference Standings 2017-18 UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL (as of 12/17) QUICK FACTS Team A-East Overall Streak GENERAL INFORMATION UAlbany 0-0 11-2 W-1 Location ................................................................... Albany, N.Y. Enrollment ....................................................................... 13,100 Binghamton 0-0 8-4 W-7 Founded ............................................................................. 1844 Hartford 0-0 5-6 W-2 Facility ................................................................. SEFCU Arena Maine 0-0 3-9 L-1 Capacity ............................................................................ 4,538 Nickname ............................................................... Great Danes New Hampshire 0-0 3-8 W-1 Colors ............................................................... Purple and Gold Stony Brook 0-0 4-8 L-2 Conference ........................................................... America East UMass Lowell 0-0 6-5 W-1 President ................................................ Dr. Havidán Rodríguez Athletic Director ..................................................... Mark Benson UMBC 0-0 8-5 W-2 Vermont 0-0 7-5 L-1 COACHING STAFF Head Coach .............................................................