BALTIMORE, Md. — The University at Albany men’s basketball team has shown the ability to score the ball this season.

For the second straight game, the Great Danes set a season-high in points, defeating the University of Maryland-Baltimore Country 89-72 on Thursday evening.

The victory puts UAlbany (10-6) at 2-0 in America East Conference play for the first time since the 2005-06 season, when the team earned their first trip to the NCAA tournament.

“This was a big one to get,” said UAlbany coach Will Brown. “I’m proud of our guys.”

The Great Danes, won their 10th game last year on Jan. 20, when they were 10-12 overall.

“We just did a good job overall,” Brown said. “A lot of guys contributed.”

Leading the way, as has been for most of the year, was the trio of Logan Aronhalt, Gerardo Suero and Mike Black.

The three juniors all scored 22 points to lead the Great Danes offense.

Early in the game, though, it didn’t look good.

UMBC (1-1, 2-12) jumped out to a 10-0 lead through the first five minutes.

“When it rains, it pours,” Brown said. “They were coming off a big win versus New Hampshire.”

UAlbany quickly turned things around though and after falling behind by 14, 23-9, ended the half on a 42-17 run to take a 51-40 lead into the break.

The Great Danes did a lot of their damage at the free throw line, finishing 30-for-40 (75%) from the stripe.

“We’re at our best when we’re attacking the basket,” Brown said.

Chase Plummer scored a game-high 25 points for the Retrievers. 

“Plummer’s good,” Brown said. “He shot the lights out tonight.”

Luke Devlin added 10 points for the Great Danes, which improved to 8-1, when they score more than 75 points this season.

“We can score,” Brown said. “Especially, when we share the basketball.”

UAlbany travels to Stony Brook on Sunday, in what will be an early season matchup of the only 2-0 teams in the league.

“We have a big one on Sunday, against Stony Brook,” Brown said.