Monday, November 17, 2008

Game 2: UAlbany vs. DePaul

Overview: It was quite the weather situation today on my way into work, bright skies, then snow and wind.

The Windy City is where the Great Danes are tonight for their contest with the second consecutive Big East opponent when the face DePaul at 8:30 p.m..

This is a return home for senior center Jimmie Covington, who is from Chicago and went to Morgan Park High School.

UAlbany played pretty well on Friday, considering they were playing a Top 25 team, on the road and two newcomers, junior Will Harris and freshman Anthony Raffa, led the team in scoring with 13 points apiece.

Raffa's 13 points are the highest by a UAlbany freshman in their first collegiate game since Jon Iati ('08) scored 15 against Siena in 2003.

The bad news is they will have to play just as good tonight to have a chance. Even though DePaul is picked to finished 15th in the Big East (amazing that the conference has 16 teams and still hasn't spilt into divisions), they will be a tough team.

The Blue Demons have two players from the Big East's All-Rookie squad from a year ago, Mac Koshwal and Dar Tucker. Koshwal (see below) and Tucker, who averaged 13.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game will probably be two of the most talented players on the floor tonight.

This will be the first game at on-campus McGrath Arena (capacity 3,000) since Nov. 20, 1999.

Records: UAlbany 0-1. DePaul 0-0

The Series: This is the first meeting between these two schools.

Player to Watch: Mac Koshwal, sophomore center. At 6-foot-10 Koshwal was selected to be a captain last season as a freshman (I've never heard of that) and averaged 10.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. He will be a hand full for Covington (6-foot-7) and junior Brett Gifford (6-11)

Injury Note: No injuries that I know of, besides red-shirt freshman Billy Allen will wear the mask he wore against Villanova. Allen played four minutes off of the bench on Friday and scored three points.

Prediction: Bills 27, Browns 17 - whoops sorry wrong sport.....DePaul 72, UAlbany 63 (DePaul is 5-0 all-time on Nov. 17 and UAlbany is 4-21 all-time against the Big East)

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