National Basketball Association
Albany 63, Washington 62
When: 9:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Daryl Gelinas, # Chris Rastatter, # Jeff Wooten
Attendance:
7041
By SportsDirect Inc.
Albany 63, Washington 62: Mike Black scored two of his game-high 22 points with five seconds left and the Great Danes handed the Huskies a rare home loss.
After Abdul Gaddy scored to put Washington ahead 62-61 with 12 seconds left, Black took the inbound pass and scored on a layup to complete the upset. The loss was only the Huskies’ 29th in their last 177 home games.
Jacob Iati scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, for Albany, which shot 45.1 percent from the field and won despite being outrebounded 35-20.
There were 10 lead changes in the first half, which ended when Black scored on a layup right before the buzzer to give Albany a 31-27 lead. Black shot 8-of-13 from the field and had six assists and five rebounds.
Gaddy had 16 points and Aziz N’Diaye had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Washington, which led 40-35 with 15:55 remaining on a C.J Wilcox dunk.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Huskies guard Scott Suggs left the game early in the first half with a concussion after taking an inadvertent elbow to the head. … The Great Danes were picked to finish fourth in the America East Conference preseason poll. …Washington shot only 57.7 percent (15-of-26) from the free-throw line.
Top Game Performances
Albany |
|
Washington |
Mike Black 22 |
Scoring |
Abdul Gaddy 16 |
Mike Black 6 |
Assists |
Andrew Andrews 4 |
Mike Black 5 |
Rebounds |
Aziz N'Diaye 11 |
Mike Black 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Andrews 7 |
Blake Metcalf 2 |
Steals |
Abdul Gaddy 2 |
Blake Metcalf 3 |
Blocks |
Aziz N'Diaye 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Albany
|
63 |
45.1 |
7-19 |
10-16 |
14 |
20 |
5 |
6 |
13 |
Washington
|
62 |
41.5 |
3-12 |
15-26 |
10 |
35 |
4 |
4 |
15 |