SYRACUSE - The University at Albany started off the game well and continued to play a solid first half.

The No. 5 team in the country showed why they are ranked that high, as the half went on.

James Southerland leads Syracuse with 14 points, while Kris Joseph added 11.

Gerardo Suero led the Great Danes with 16 first-half points, while Logan Aronhalt added 11.

UAlbany coach Will Brown talked about winning segments of the game. There is a TV timeout after every four minutes.

Below are the scores for those segments and the time that the clock was stopped.

First Media – 10-9 Cuse – 15:49
Second Media – 10-7 Cuse – 11:31
Third Media – 16-7 Cuse – 7:33
Fourth Media – 7-9 UAlbany – 3:22
Half – 8-2 Cuse

The Great Danes trailed by only nine, before the final few minutes, as the Orange ended the half on a 13-5 run.