News & notes

 Coming off an ugly loss to UMBC, UAlbany rebounded with a 89-63 win over UMass-Lowell on Sunday. Sarju Patel, a 5th year player, led four Great Danes in double figures with 22 points, a season high.

The men's win completed a weekend sweep for the Great Danes, as the women won, 62-38, on Saturday.

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It was a weekend sweep for Siena, too. The men sit atop the MAAC standings after downing Rider, 68-63, in a Sunday matinee at MVP Arena. On Saturday, the women defeated Marist, 74-67, and are now in a 3-way tie for 1st in the league with Fairfield, whom the Lady Saints beat a week ago, and Iona. Siena will next play in a businessman's lunch special, or, kids' day, matinee at Manhattan on Thursday. The men continue their homestand at MVP Arena Friday vs. Fairfield.

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Troy High had a chance to make a statement in the Suburban Council on Friday night, but lost to Ballston Spa, 81-76, dropping their 3rd straight game. Stetson Merritt led three Troy players in double figures with 24 points.

On a brighter note, the Flying Horses bounced right back on Saturday, snapping a 3-game losing streak in beating Gloversville, 73-70. We do not have a box score presently.

Meanwhile, LaSalle's hockey team shut down Albany Academy in the 1st half of the Battle of The Cadets, 5-0. Freshman Chase Rose scored two goals and added an assist to claim the team lead in points with 19, and the league lead in goals with 14.

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The Albany FireWolves dropped the first half of a home & home series with Halifax, 14-11, as Halifax remains undefeated on the young season. The two teams will meet again in Nova Scotia on Friday.

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Sad to report the passing of former Troy Middle School phys ed teacher Dennis Wood, 78, due to complications from COVID last week. Wood taught in the early years of the middle school, when it was known as the W. Kenneth Doyle Middle School.

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Listening to part of Saturday's RPI-Cornell broadcast online, you can tell that some of the quality drops when their lead announcer isn't there. You had a student subbing on play-by-play, and he acknowledged that the sight lines for the announcers at Houston Field House isn't the best in the world, and I haven't been to the Field House in years, so I wouldn't know the current outlay of the arena.

Oh, by the way, Cornell beat RPI, 6-4.