ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team returns home to welcome Bryant to SEFCU Arena.
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
TOYS 4 TOTS
On Wednesday, December 1, UAlbany Athletics will partner with the Capital Region Toys 4 Tots organization with a collection drive during the women's game against Bryant. A representative will collect toy donations in SEFCU Arena on Wednesday. Fans are encouraged to bring toys to donate to the organization, and those who bring a toy to the box office can receive a 'Buy One, Get One FREE' ticket offer for White Level seating during Wednesday night's game.
The Capital Region Toys 4 Tots campaign covers 15 counties around the Capital Region and serves over 200,000 children in need each year, and previously has been recognized as the best Toys 4 Tots campaign in the nation.
GAME INFORMATION
Bryant at UAlbany
DATE: Wednesday, December 1
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: SEFCU Arena
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-3, 0-0 America East | Bryant 1-6, 0-0 NEC
SERIES RECORD: 1-0, Bryant leads
STATS:
UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS:
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STREAM:
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Bryant game notes
All UAlbany students are welcome to enjoy all UAlbany Athletics events for FREE with their student ID. Come out and support the Great Danes with the scan of a card - tactile or mobile.
*records as of 11/30
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Bryant is a talented team with a strong post presence and many threats from beyond the arc. We need to be ready to protect the paint and contest shooters. Offensively, we need to execute our sets and show patience against their scrappy defense."
GREAT DANE REWIND
- UAlbany opened the season with a 29-point victory over Hofstra (11/10), beating the Pride for the first time in program history.
- Most recently, the Great Danes closed a three-game road streak with a loss at Boston College (11/28) after falling from a buzzer-beating three-pointer at Cornell (11/24) and a loss at Merrimack (11/16).
- Junior Helene Haegerstrand leads the team with 47 points (11.8 per game), shooting a team-high 50% (9-18) from outside the arc.
- Senior Lucia Decortes holds team-highs in both offense and defense. Her 22 rebounds (5.5 per game), 13 offensive, lead the team. On offense, Decortes leads shooting 66.7% from the field.
- Redshirt-sophomore has a team-high 19 defensive rebounds.
- Freshman Lilly Phillips (13 assists) and senior Ellen Hahne (8 steals) lead the team with their respective stats.
- Decortes and Haegerstrand have tallied three blocks while sophomore Kayla Cooper and Hahne have totaled two and redshirt-sophomore Abby Robinson has one on the season.
- Every single player from the 13-person roster saw action and contributed with a point or an assist in the season-opening game.
- Of the 233 points scored in four games, the bench has tallied 85 points. This includes half (26) of the 52 points scored at Merrimack.
- As a team, UAlbany is hitting 39.9% from the field, 36.3% outside the arc, and 56.4% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 58.25 points per game, 38.5 rebounds per game, and 13.5 assists per game.
ABOUT BRYANT
- The Bulldogs are 1-6 on the season.
- Bryant opened the season with five straight losses - Iona (11/9), UMass Lowell (11/13), Brown (11/16), Michigan State (11/19), and Notre Dame (11/21).
- After finding their first victory over Fisher (11/24), the Bulldogs fell to Holy Cross (11/28).
- Brooke Bjelko leads the team with 12.7 points per game. Alana Perkins follows closely behind with 12.6 points per game.
- Mariona Planes Fortuny is shooting 56.4% to lead the team in the field while Nicole Gallagher (38.2%) leads from outside the arc.
- Bjelko also leads with 55 rebounds, including team-highs in both offensive (29) and defensive (26) rebounds.
- Jallow Fatou has tallied 25 assists, Perkins owns a team-high 12 steals, and Fortuny has the team-high with nine blocks.
- As a team, Bryant is hitting 40.2% from the field, 34.7% outside the arc, and 66.3% from the free-throw line. The Bulldogs are averaging 61.6 points per game, 37.6 rebounds per game, and 14.9 assists per game.
SERIES AGAINST THE BULLDOGS
- The first meeting between Bryant and UAlbany was in 2019-20 in Rhode Island.
- The Bulldogs took a 13-point victory at their home court.
- Of those still on the team, Helene Haegerstrand started totaling four points and seven rebounds while Lucia Decortes and Taniya Hanner also saw time.
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- Stony Brook leads the conference with seven wins; the Seawolves are the only undefeated team in the America East.
- Binghamton and New Hampshire follow with 3-2 records each.
- NJIT rounds out the top four with four wins and three losses.
- UMass Lowell (5), Vermont (6), and Maine (7) have each compiled two wins out of their respective game totals.
- UAlbany (1-3) and UMBC (1-4) each have one win.
- Hartford rounds out the conference looking for its first win after six losses.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Wednesday
- New Hampshire at Brown, 6 pm
- UMBC at American University, 7 pm
- Hartford at Providence, 7 pm
- Bryant at UAlbany, 7 pm
- Binghamton at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 pm
- NJIT at Rider, 7 pm
- UMass Lowell at Cornell, 7 pm
- Thursday
- Stony Brook at Fordham, 7 pm
- Friday
WHAT'S UP, PRESEASON
- The Great Dane women's basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the conference in the preseason coaches' poll. With six first-place votes and 78 total points, Stony Brook was voted to finish first with Maine just behind (74 points, three first-place votes).
- UAlbany added four new players to the roster for the 2021-22 season - Koi Sims, Lilly Phillips, Abby Ray, and Freja Werth
DRIVE THE LANE WITH UALBANY HOOPS
- UAlbany has expanded its partnership with ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team and City Line Bar & Grill.
- Coaches Colleen Mullen and Dwayne Killings, along with select student-athletes, will join ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team's Charlie Voelker and Dan Bahl every Monday from 6-7 pm live from City Line Bar & Grill for a weekly segment entitled 'Drive the Lane with UAlbany Hoops'.
- Fans are invited to come out to City Line Bar & Grill to join Coach Mullen, Coach Kills, the student-athletes, and the ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team crew.
- Food and drink specials will be available on a weekly basis as the teams embark on their new seasons and talk hoops every Monday.
UP NEXT
- The Great Danes will head to Colgate for a Sunday afternoon game on December 5.
For more information on the University at Albany women's basketball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanywbb
Instagram - @ualbanywbb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyWBB
