ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team continues their four-game home streak hosting Canisius on Wednesday.
 
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Canisius at UAlbany
DATE: Wednesday, December 15
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: SEFCU Arena - Albany, NY
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-4, 0-0 America East | Canisius 2-6, 0-0 MAAC
SERIES RECORD: Canisius leads, 4-3
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN+
 
UAlbany Game Notes | Canisius Game Notes

*records as of 12/14
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Canisius is a blue-collar, feisty team that plays very hard. I've been impressed with their backcourt play. We need to be focused on the defensive end and have great team defensive rotations. Offensively, we need to value every possession and have sharp execution."
 
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.
• The Great Danes collected a win against Colgate (12/5) on the road after defeating Bryant at home (12/1).
• UAlbany has four losses on the road - Boston College (11/28), Cornell (11/24), Merrimack (11/16), and Vanderbilt (12/8).
• Most recently, the Great Danes defeated Siena for the Albany Cup on December 12.
• Junior Helene Haegerstrand leads the team with 100 points (12.5 per game), shooting a team-high 47.4% (18-38) from outside the arc.
• Senior Lucia Decortes leads the team with a 54.8 field goal percentage (17-31).
• On the rebound, sophomore Kayla Cooper leads the team with 48 (6.0 per game). Cooper also leads with 30 defensive rebounds and 18 offensive rebounds.
• Freshman Lilly Phillips (21 assists) and senior Ellen Hahne (12 steals) lead the team with their respective stats. Phillips sits in close second with 11 steals.
• Decortes owns a team-high seven blocks while Cooper (5), Haegerstrand (4), Hahne (3) have tallied multiple blocks.
• 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 458 points scored in eight games, the bench has tallied 165 points. This includes half (26) of the 52 points scored at Merrimack and almost half (29) of the 60 points scored against Bryant.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 39.9% from the field, 35.1% outside the arc, and 63.7% from the free-throw line. 
• The Great Danes are averaging 57.3 points per game, 37.1 rebounds per game, and 12.9 assists per game.

 
ABOUT CANISIUS

• Traveling to UAlbany for their final non-conference contest, the Golden Griffins are 2-6 on the season.
• Canisius opened the season with three road losses - Buffalo (11/9), Binghamton (11/13), and St. Bonaventure (11/17).
• The Golden Griffins came home to win two straight games against Colgate (11/20) and Detroit Mercy (11/23) before falling in their three most recent games - Robert Morris (11/27), Duquesne (12/1), and Youngstown State (12/8).
• Dani Haskell leads the Griffins offense with 123 points (15.4 per game), while Kayla Jackson leads shooting 44.1% from the field.
• Cheyenne Stubs owns a team-high .500 three-point percentage.
• Jackson leads the team with 57 rebounds (7.1 per game). She owns the team-high in both defensive rebounds (16) and offensive rebounds (41).
• Shaunae Brown has served the team with 22 assists while Haskell leads in transition with 12 steals. 
• As a team, Canisius is hitting 35.8% from the field, 29.2% outside the arc, and 60.9% from the free-throw line. 
• The Golden Griffins are averaging 56.4 points per game, 35.3 rebounds per game, and 9.0 assists per game.

 
PAST CONNECTIONS

• Executive Coach for Program Development and Player Relations Gina Castelli spent her college years with the Golden Griffins. 
• Castelli currently sits fifth in program history with 1,524 points. She also ranks in the top-10 in numerous categories, including: made field goals (682 – 2nd), free throw percentage (.829 – 3rd), assists (578 – 3rd), steals (273 – T-4th), scoring average (13.1 – 9th), and field goal percentage (48.8 – 10th).

 
SERIES AGAINST THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS

• Canisius holds the slight 4-3 lead in the all-time series. 
• In their last meeting, the Great Danes beat the Golden Griffins, 70-53, on the road in 2019. 
• In December 2018, UAlbany hosted Canisius for the first time. The Griffs took the 48-42 victory at SEFCU Arena.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Stony Brook leads the conference with eight wins and one loss.
• Vermont sits in second with a 5-4 record.
• UAlbany rounds out the top three with an even 4-4 record.
• NJIT sits in fourth with a 5-6 record.
• Binghamton is in fifth with four wins and five losses.
• Both New Hampshire and UMass Lowell have tallied three wins, the former with five losses and the latter with six..
• Maine follows with a 2-7 record.
• UMBC has one win on the season (1-7) while Hartford is still looking for their first win after nine losses.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Tuesday
  • UMBC at Howard, 7 pm
• Wednesday
  • Canisius at UAlbany, 7 pm
• Friday
  • Hartford at Central Connecticut State, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • UMBC at Syracuse, 11 am
  • SUNY Canton at UAlbany, 2 pm
• Sunday
  • Dartmouth at Maine, 1 pm
  • Vermont at UMass, 3:30 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 at home against SUNY Canton on December 18.

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