ALBANY - The University at Albany football team is not unbeatable.

After rolling off six victories in a row, it was starting to look like the Great Danes might be.

Bryant ended that on Saturday afternoon, with a 31-17 victory that knocked UAlbany back towards the Northeast Conference pack.

The Bulldogs (4-2, 6-3) outscored the Great Danes (5-1, 6-3) 21-0 in the second half to erase a 17-10 halftime deficit.

Jordan Brown rushed for 155 yards for Bryant, but the real story receiver Jordan Harris, who set a single-game record with 224 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

UAlbany quarterback Dan Di Lella threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, but was also intercepted twice.

The Great Danes are still in control of their own destiny, with two games to play, but they need to turn things around in a hurry.

UAlbany football coach Bob Ford talks about his team's upcoming game against Bryant.

Overview: The Great Danes haven't won five games in a row since the end of the 2006-07 season and that's what they'll try to do Monday night against the team they beat to begin their current four-game winning streak. 

The Bulldogs are coming off of a 30-point loss to No. 2 Connecticut. 

As if playing your first season at the Division I level isn't hard enough coach Tim O'Shea and Bryant have 12 of 15 games on the road to begin the year. 

Add to that, a stretch of upcoming games against Boston College, Rutgers, Providence and Maryland and it's welcome to the game Bulldogs.

It's a big difference from playing Assumption, Le Moyne, Pace and Adelphi and also The College of Saint Rose last year in Division II. 

Bryant is led by junior forward Cecil Greshman (Bloomfield, Ct.), who is averaging more than 19 points per game and scored a game-high 19 against Connecticut. 

The Bulldogs also got 20 points and 11 rebounds in the first meeting against the Great Danes from sophomore guard Barry Latham. 

In that same game, UAlbany sophomore guard Tim Ambrose scored a game-high 24 points and is averaging 20 points per game over the Great Danes' four wins. 

Anthony Raffa and Louis Barraza also scored nine for UAlbany in the earlier victory.  

Records: UAlbany 4-2. Bryant 1-3 

The Series: This is the second all-time meeting, UAlbany won 76-67 on Nov. 19 of the season. 

Player to Watch: Tim Ambrose, sophomore UAlbany. Ambrose started this winning streak by matching a career day against this team and has started to become a consistent scoring threat for this Great Danes team. In the winning streak, he's scored 24 points twice and hit the game-winning shot against Central Connecticut. 

X-factor: Humble Pie. UAlbany has won four in a row, they've already beaten this team on the road, so it's over right. As ESPN College Football analyst Lee Corso would say....not so fast. If the Great Danes, who are still a young team and learning how to win, overlook Bryant, don't be too surprised if this is a lot closer than it should be. Remember, UAlbany played just yesterday, so we'll see how they bounce back in this one.  

Prediction: UAlbany 73, Bryant 60 (My UAlbany record is 5-1. I picked against the Great Danes on Saturday, not again)  

Overview: This will be Bryant's first game ever in Division I. Coming from Division II and the Northeast-10 Conference, which is where The College of Saint Rose plays. 

Not to be confusing, but the Bulldogs have accepted a position to become a member of the Northeast Conference and will become a full-time member in the 2012-13 season. 

Bryant is coached by former Ohio University coach Tim O'Shea. O'Shea brought the Bobcats to the NCAA Tournament in 2005 and had a record of 120-85. 

The Great Danes are still in search of a victory, but know they can not overlook this team. 

"We're 0-2 right now," junior guard Mike Johnson said just before UAlbany was about to depart for Rhode Island. "We definitely have to play just to get a win."   

The Great Danes need to limit the turnovers, after committing 20 in each of their first two games.

"If we could have cleaned up some of our decisions on opening night, I thought (the Villanova game) should have been a single-digit game," UAlbany coach Will Brown said. "Last night, I thought if we would have done a better job valuing the basketball, we could have been in a position to win that game, shoot we were down six with 1:50 to go. We had plenty of opportunities against both Big East teams." 

These two teams will meet at SEFCU Arena on Monday, Dec. 1. Brown said he likes the idea of playing a home-and-home with a non-conference team because it has the feel of a conference matchup in terms of making adjustments. 

Brown said he will look to schedule another one next year. 

Records: UAlbany 0-2. Bryant 0-0 

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

Player to Watch: Mike Johnson, UAlbany junior guard. Johnson almost tallied a triple-double against DePaul. Johnson totaled 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. It will be interesting to see how he fares. 

"My comfort level was definitely better the second game," Johnson said. "I just with played with energy and made shots." 

UAlbany has never had a player record a triple-double since moving to the Division I level. 

X-Factor: Experience. While Bryant doesn't have any Division I experience, their players have experience with four upperclassmen in the starting five. Juniors Chris Birrell and Cecil Gresham both averaged more than 10 points per game last season.    

Injury Note: UAlbany freshman Logan Aaronhalt won' t play tomorrow, but he's getting back into practice. 

"I want to get him to the point where he knows what we're doing and I can put him in there for two or three minutes at a time because he's as good of a shooter as we have and we're going to need him," Brown said. 

Brown also said that he doesn't see Allen playing against Central Connecticut on Saturday, but he might see action against Columbia (Nov. 25) or the following Saturday against Penn (Nov. 29).  

Prediction: UAlbany 72, Bryant 57 (The Great Danes got their first ever Division I victory against Elon College on Nov. 26, 1999 - Bryant won't get it here)