ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball season begins on Wednesday, November 10 at SEFCU Arena.
 
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Hofstra at UAlbany
DATE: Wednesday, November 9
TIME: 7:00 PM ET
SITE: SEFCU Arena - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 0-0, 0-0 America East | Hofstra 0-0, 0-0 CAA
SERIES RECORD: 6-0, Hofstra leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN+
 
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HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Our players and staff are excited to welcome back our friends, family, and fans to SEFCU Arena on Wednesday night. Hofstra has athleticism at every position and they like to play a high-pressure, uptempo style. It should be an exciting and challenging home opener!"
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• Over a third of the 2021-22 Great Danes are veterans to the program but the four freshmen, as well as the excitement of welcoming fans back to SEFCU and summer training, have brought a new attitude and chemistry to the team.
• UAlbany returns its leaders in points (Helene Haegerstrand), defensive and total rebounds (Ellen Hahne), offensive rebounds (Lucia Decortes), assists (Ellen Hahne), and blocks (Lucia Decortes).
• Four of the five starters from last year return - Haegerstrand, Hahne, Decortes, and Grace Heeps.
• Playing in all 18 games as an important reserve, Kayla Cooper will see the court again.
• Fatima Lee and Taniya Hanner, two important reserves who saw at least 10 games on the court, will return for the 2021-22 season.
• Injured during her freshman season in 2019-20, Morgan Haney will make her return after three surgeries and two years off the court. As a freshman, Haney started all seven games she was available for, totaling 56 points (8.0 per game) and 20 rebounds (2.9 per game) with 13 assists and eight steals. 

 
ABOUT HOFSTRA

• The Pride will open the season against UAlbany.
• Finishing 8-12 in the 2020-21 season, Hofstra returns all five starters - JaKayla Brown, Jaylen Hines, Jahsyni Knight, Jaala Henry, and Rosi Nicholson. 
• Knight finished second in the CAA with 2.6 steals per game.
• Brown led the team with 16.3 points per game while Hines followed with 13.0 as well as a team-high 7.4 rebounds.
• Knight was a CAA All-Defensive pick and Brown was named to the CAA Second Team All-Conference.
• Hofstra will return 2019-20 CAA All-Rookie honoree, Sorelle Ineza, after she sat out last season due to injury.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE PRIDE

• Hofstra leads the series, 6-0.
• Most recently, the Pride hosted the Great Danes for a defeat on December 11, 2020. Ellen Hahne led the team with a double-double - 15 points and 11 rebounds - against Hofstra.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Eight teams will begin their season on Tuesday, November 9 - New Hampshire, Maine, Binghamton, UMass Lowell, Vermont, Stony Brook, NJIT, and UMBC.
• The remaining two - UAlbany and Hartford - will start with night games on Wednesday, November 10.
• Reigning tournament champion, Stony Brook, was picked to finish first in the conference preseason poll. Maine followed with four points less.
• UAlbany was picked fifth with UMass Lowell (3) and Vermont (4) ahead of them.
• Binghamton (6), New Hampshire (7), NJIT (8), UMBC (9), and Hartford (10) rounded out the America East.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Tuesday
  • New Hampshire at Iowa, TBA
  • Maine at Nebraska, 1 pm
  • Siena at Binghamton, 5:30 pm
  • UMass Lowell at Boston U., 6 pm
  • Merrimack at Vermont, 6 pm
  • Delaware State at Stony Brook, 6:30 pm
  • Wagner at NJIT, 7 pm
  • Gettysburg at UMBC, 7 pm
• Wednesday
  • Sacred Heart at Hartford, 7 pm
  • Hofstra at UAlbany, 7 pm
• Friday
  • Stony Brook at Longwood, 12 pm
  • NJIT at Marquette, 6 pm
• Saturday
  • Colgate at UMBC, TBA
  • Canisius at Binghamton, 12 pm
  • Dartmouth at New Hampshire, 1 pm
  • Bryant at UMass Lowell, 1 pm
  • Providence College at Maine, 1 pm
  • Vermont at American, 3 pm
• Sunday
  • NJIT at Wisconsin, 1 pm
  • St. John's at Stony Brook, 2 pm
  • Penn at Hartford, 2 pm
  • Vermont at Marist, 2 pm

 
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 continue on the road at Merrimack on Tuesday, November 16.

 
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