The America East’s top team will be on the road when the Albany Great Danes (14-4) head to Cross Insurance Center to face the Maine Black Bears (5-11). Action begins at 12:00 pm ET on Friday, Jan. 15.
The Black Bears enter this game hoping for similar success after topping Massachusetts-Lowell 95-81 on Wednesday. Devine Eke was the game’s leading scorer with 25 points on 10-for-13 shooting. The Great Danes, meanwhile, are coming off an 80-75 win against New Hampshire on Tuesday. Evan Singletary led the team in scoring by registering 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting.
Kevin Little has taken his game to another level over the last five games for the Black Bears. During that stretch, he has averaged 18.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.0 steals, and 3.2 three-pointers.
It will be a showdown of conflicting tempos, as the up-and-down Black Bears (ranked fourth in the nation in possessions per game) will look to push the slow-paced Great Danes (302nd in possessions per game).
Notes
The Albany Great Danes have a defensive rating of 96.5 (ranked 61st), while the Maine Black Bears have an offensive rating of 97.0 (ranked 301st).
Maine averages 78.3 possessions per game, scoring .970 points on each possession. While Albany averages fewer possessions per game with 66.8, they score more points per possession with 1.099.
Albany has an average effective field goal percentage of 49.7%. Maine is an abysmal 3-9 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
Ranked 17th in the country, Maine makes 8.7 steals per game. In games where it allows 8 or more steals, Albany is undefeated at 4-0.
