SYRACUSE - The University at Albany will square off against its second Top 10 opponent in a five-day stretch on Tuesday.

The Great Danes take on No. 5 Syracuse, in the NIT Preseason Tip-Off, with a trip to Madison Square Garden on the line.

UAlbany junior transfer Gerardo Suero helped lead UAlbany to its first win of the season, scoring a game-high 29 points, in a 77-68 victory over Brown on Monday.

Suero is now averaging 23 points per game, through his first two games as a Great Dane.

Here's a link to the game story in today's print edition of The Record.

Here's a link to a story written by The Daily Orange, the student newspaper.

UAlbany will play Syracuse, who throttled Manhattan, 92-56.

Senior Kris Joseph (right) surpassed the 1,000-point mark and the Orange improved to 2-0.

The game can be seen on Time Warner-3, in the Capital District.

UAlbany has never beaten Syracuse (0-8) and never defeated a ranked team (0-12).

Here's a link to The Daily Orange's story of last night's Syracuse game.

Here's the game story from The Post-Standard's Mike Waters.