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This is a game that plenty of people should be looking forward too.

It will also be a hard ticket to come by, as it was reported that by mid-afternoon on Friday, there was only 150 tickets remaining.

UAlbany has a chance to make a statement on Saturday and in the process, try to draw a game closer to first-place Stony Brook.

If the Seawolves win, it all but ends the Great Danes' chance of winning the regular season title, as UAlbany would fall three games behind and lose the tiebreaker, in essence four games back, with five to play.

Stony Brook have lost just one of its last 12 games and that came at Boston University, on Jan. 14, in a 61-55 setback.

15TH ANNUAL BIG PURPLE GROWL
UALBANY VS. STONY BROOK

When: Tonight, 7 p.m.
Where: SEFCU Arena (4,538), Albany 
TV: Time Warner-3
Radio: WOFX 980-AM
2011-12 Records: Stony Brook (9-1, 14-7) UAlbany (7-3, 15-9)
Last Meeting: Stony Brook 81, UAlbany 68 at Pritchard Gymnasium, Stony Brook, on Jan. 8, 2012 — UAlbany leads the all-time series 35-21
Notable: UAlbany is 10-4 all-time in Growl Games. Women’s Game vs. Stony Brook tips at 4:30 p.m.

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
STONY BROOK

No.    Name    Pos.    Yr.    Ht.,    Avg.
10    Bryan Dougher    G    Sr     6-1     14.0
5    Dave Coley     G    So.     6-2    9.6
24     Tommy Brenton     G/F     Jr.     6-5    7.8
23    Dallis Joyner    F     Sr.    6-7    8.0
21    Al Rapier    F     Sr.     6-8     9.0 

UALBANY

No.    Name     Pos.    Yr.    Ht.,    Avg.   
10    Mike Black    G     Jr.    6-0    13.0
2    Logan Aronhalt     G     Jr.    6-3     15.9
20    Gerardo Suero     G     Jr.    6-4    21.6
11    Luke Devlin     F     So.    6-8     6.3
21    Blake Metcalf     C     Jr.    6-8     4.1 

AMERICA EAST STANDINGS

School    Conference    Overall
Stony Brook    9-1    14-7
Vermont    8-2    14-10
UAlbany    7-3    15-9
Boston U.     7-3     11-13
Maine     4-5     10-10
Hartford    4-6    4-18
New Hampshire     2-7    3-18
UMBC     2-7     3-18
Binghamton    0-10     0-22

Today’s Games

Hartford at Vermont, 1 p.m.
Maine at UMBC, 3:30 p.m.
Stony Brook at UAlbany, 7 p.m.
Boston U. at Binghamton, 7 p.m.