The Blue Devils came up big today in overtime to defeat the Great Danes of Albany 70-68. The play that really broke the game for Albany was with 21 seconds left in the second half. The Great Danes were up by two points when Derrek Tartt missed a dunk off of the back rim and the Blue Devils rebounded and eventually scored two points on free throws at the other end to send it to overtime.
In overtime the Blue Devils ended up getting the victory by two with a huge performance by transfer sophomore Vince Rosario who led the team with 17 points. Rosario made 5 key three pointers for the Blue Devils including hitting a 3 with 41 seconds left in overtime that gave the Blue Devils a 4 point lead (67-63).
The clutch play and leadership of Shemik Thompson really helped push the team as he scored 16 points for the Blue Devils and made all four of his free throws towards the end of the game.
David Simmons came into the game averaging seven rebounds and in today's game brought down 16 rebounds. He also added 11 points as well which most of came off of his five offensive rebounds.
Also, scoring double figures for the Blue Devils was Robby Ptacek. He scored 12 points in today's game after coming off of the bench for the first time this season.
The Great Danes had four players in double figures for scoring including Tim Ambrose (16), Mike Johnson (12), Brett Gifford and Fran Urli (both 10 a piece).
In a game that went back and forth the whole entire game this was a huge win for the Blue Devils as they made their home debut.
Freshman Devan Bailey and Senior Co-Captain Joe Seymore both added key minutes towards the end of the game and during overtime.
Up next for the Blue Devils is a trip to Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, December 22, against Northwestern University. The Blue Devils will be looking to bring in a big win against a Big 10 opponent which would be a nice Christmas present for everyone.
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