ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Mike Black hit 9 of 11 from the field and 5 of 7 from beyond the arc en route to a game-high 23 points as Albany picked up an 83-55, nonconference win over South Carolina State Tuesday night.
Black wasn't alone in his sharpshooting. The Great Danes (4-2) shot 53.4 percent (31 of 58) from the field, including 51.7 percent (15 of 29) on 3-pointers. Jayson Guerrier added 18 points and Jacob Iati 14 for Albany, and both players made 4 of 8 3-point tries.
Shaquille Mitchell led the Bulldogs (3-2) with 13 points, followed closely by Adam Adams and Khalif Toombs with 12 apiece. South Carolina State shot 43.9 percent (25 of 57) from the field but made just 3 of 16 3-point attempts, including a 0 for 5 showing in the second half.
Albany outrebounded the Bulldogs 37-26.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Albany (4-2) « | 45 | 38 | 83 |
| South Carolina State (3-2) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
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| Albany Great Danes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Metcalf, C | 25 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Puk, C | 14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Black, G | 29 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| J. Guerrier, G | 27 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Iati, G | 26 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Rowley | 20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| L. Devlin | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Evans | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Hooley | 12 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| G. Johnson | 12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Wiegmann | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Page | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 31-58 | 6-11 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 83 | |
| 53.4% | 54.5% | ||||||
| South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hezekiah, F | 29 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Radovic, F | 25 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Toombs, G | 39 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| S. Mitchell, G | 30 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Adams, G | 20 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Myers | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Palmer | 23 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Campbell | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Linton | 2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-57 | 2-8 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 55 | |
| 43.9% | 25% | ||||||
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