Photo courtesy of Associated Press

This is normally a blog for high school basketball, but I want to take time out to spotlight a former Torrington High School star Sarah Royals.

It has been a year to remember for Royals, who is a freshman at the University at Albany. On Saturday night, the Lady Danes played in the America East Tournament's championship game against the University of Maryland Baltimore County. At stake was an NCAA Tournament berth.

Royals may not have had her best game (16 minutes, 0 points, 0-for-1 FGs, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 foul, 2 turnovers), but Albany topped UMBC to claim its first-ever America East title and NCAA tournament bid.

To read more about the game and Royals' numbers leading into Saturday night's game, click here.

Albany finds out who it will play in the NCAA Tournament on Monday night when the seedings are announced at 7 on ESPN.

- Kevin D. Roberts