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 While UAlbany's women's basketball team has yet to play at SEFCU Arena, the Lady Danes accepted a last second invitation to play Seton Hall, out of the Big East, on Sunday.

Coach Colleen Mullen's club cashed in, upsetting the Lady Pirates, 71-66, to even their record at 1-1 on the young season.

Grace Heeps started for the Lady Danes, but had just 2 points. Fellow frosh Logan Thayne (Hoosick Falls) didn't play, as Mullen opted not to put her on the floor.

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Speaking of UAlbany, Jarren Williams was promoted from the Giants' practice squad for Sunday's game vs. Arizona as they needed help in the defensive secondary.

Unfortunately, the defense could not contain Kyler Murray or the Cardinals' offense, and the Giants fell out of 1st in the NFC Least with a 26-7 loss. The Washington Deviants move into first after beating San Francisco.

Albany native Dion Lewis scored the only touchdown for Big Blue, atoning for losing a fumble earlier in the game.

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What the NCAA giveth, it also taketh away.

The 2021 women's basketball tournament will be played in a bubble in Texas, meaning that the tournament will not be at Times-Union Center or the Albany Capital Center in March.

Seeing as how Texas hasn't exactly been a safe haven for its citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, this decision wasn't the smartest.

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After getting swept by Fairfield over the weekend, the Siena College women's basketball team didn't need any more bad news.

But, a day after the men's team's series this weekend at the ARC vs. Canisius was postponed, the women won't be heading to Buffalo to play the Lady Griffins after all. Their series has also been postponed.

Here, then, is the official statement from Siena:

It's like the old Morton's Salt commercials. When it rains, it pours.

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Albany native Bobby Fish is back on the DL in WWE's NXT division.

Fish underwent surgery last week to repair a torn tricep muscle, an injury sustained during NXT Takeover: War Games on December 6. Fish will be out of action, though he might still be available for interviews, until February at the earliest.