ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team will close the non-conference portion of their schedule hosting Central Connecticut State.
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
GAME INFORMATION
Central Connecticut State at UAlbany
DATE: Tuesday, December 21
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: SEFCU Arena - Albany, NY
RECORDS: UAlbany 5-4, 0-0 America East | CCSU 2-6, 0-0 NEC
SERIES RECORD: 2-1, UAlbany leads
STATS:
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TICKETS:
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STREAM:
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*records as of 12/20
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"CCSU has a nice inside-out attack with a strong front line and surrounding players that can stretch the defense with their ability to shoot the three. We need to be focused defensively and control the boards for 40 minutes."
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 before beating Canisius on December 15.
- Junior Helene Haegerstrand leads the team with 108 points (12.0 per game), shooting a team-high 46.2% (18-39) from outside the arc.
- Senior Lucia Decortes leads the team with a .595 field goal percentage (22-37).
- On the rebound, sophomore Kayla Cooper leads the team with 53 (5.9 per game). Cooper also leads with 34 defensive rebounds while Decortes leads with 22 offensive rebounds.
- Freshman Lilly Phillips and redshirt-sophomore Morgan Haney are tied with 21 assists to lead the team.
- Senior Ellen Hahne and Phillips are tied with a team-high 12 steals.
- Decortes owns a team-high 10 blocks while Cooper (5), Haegerstrand (5), Hahne (3), and Heeps (2) 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 523 points scored in nine games, the bench has tallied 197 points. This includes half (26) of the 52 points scored at Merrimack, almost half (29) of the 60 points scored against Bryant, and almost half (32) of the 65 points scored against Canisius.
- As a team, UAlbany is hitting 40.6% from the field, 33.7% outside the arc, and 63.7% from the free-throw line.
- The Great Danes are averaging 58.1 points per game, 37.0 rebounds per game, and 13.4 assists per game.
ABOUT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
- The Blue Devils are 2-6 on the season.
- CCSU went 1-4 in November, seeing a 67-60 win at Brown (11/18) and falling to UMass (11/9), Quinnipiac (11/13), NJIT (11/21), and UMass Lowell (11/24).
- The Blue Devils opened December with a loss at Syracuse (12/5) before falling at Rutgers (12/14).
- Most recently, CCSU beat Hartford 73-50 on December 17.
- Ashley Berube leads the team with 134 points (16.8 per game). Her 49.5% shooting percentage and 42.9% from outside the arc serve as team-highs.
- Berube also leads with 50 rebounds (6.3 per game), 20 offensive and 30 defensive.
- Forever Toppin leads the team with 33 assists and 11 steals while Eden Nibbelink leads with 10 blocks.
- As a team, CCSU is hitting 36.9% from the field, 29.7% outside the arc, and 70.3% from the free-throw line.
- The Blue Devils are averaging 59.5 points per game, 34.3 rebounds per game, and 11.9 assists per game.
SERIES AGAINST THE BLUE DEVILS
- The Great Danes hold the lead in the all-time series, 2-1.
- Each game has been played in the last four seasons with the first contest being a 12-point win in November of 2017.
- The Blue Devils earned their sole victory during the 2018-19 season before UAlbany tallied a 10-point victory during the 2019-20 season.
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- Stony Brook leads the conference with nine wins and one loss.
- UAlbany sits in second with a 5-4 record while Vermont (5-5) rounds out those with a .500+ winning percentage.
- NJIT sits in fourth with a 5-6 record.
- Binghamton is in fifth with four wins and five losses.
- New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, Maine have all tallied three wins. UMass Lowell has five losses, New Hampshire has six, and Maine has seven non-conference losses.
- UMBC has one win on the season (1-9) while Hartford is still looking for their first win after 10 losses.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Monday
- UMass Lowell vs Ohio, 1 pm
- Tuesday
- Vermont at Bryant, 11 am
- Binghamton vs Ohio, 11 am
- UMBC at Mount St. Mary's, 7 pm
- CCSU at UAlbany, 7 pm
- Wednesday
- UMass at Hartford, 12 pm
- Northeastern at Maine, 1 pm
- Merrimack at New Hampshire, 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 open the conference season at Hartford on December 30.
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
