ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team returns to SEFCU to host Union on Tuesday.
 
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Union at UAlbany
DATE: Tuesday, December 28
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: SEFCU Arena - Albany, NY
RECORDS: UAlbany 6-4, 0-0 America East | Union 1-5, 1-2 Liberty League
SERIES RECORD: 17-6, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN+
 
*records as of 12/26

UAlbany game notes | Union game notes
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Union is a well-coached blue-collar team that plays hard at both ends of the floor. This is our first meeting with Union, and it will be exciting to have the local community there to support both teams. We need to be prepared to play against their many defensive schemes; and are confident it will be a great game for the Capital Region."
 
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).
• Before taking a holiday break, the Great Danes defeated Siena for the Albany Cup on December 12, Canisius on December 15, and Central Connecticut State on December 21.
• Junior Helene Haegerstrand leads the team with 121 points (12.1 per game), shooting a team-high 44.2% (19-43) from outside the arc.
• Redshirt-sophomore Abby Robinson leads the team, shooting 83.3% (5-6) from 20 minutes of play in seven games. Senior Lucia Decortes holds a 60.5% (23-38) from the field, leading all eight players who have seen the court in all 10 games this season.
• On the rebound, sophomore Kayla Cooper leads the team with 59 (5.9 per game). Cooper also leads with 38 defensive rebounds while Decortes leads with 23 offensive rebounds.
• Freshman Lilly Phillips owns a team-high 24 assists.
• Senior Ellen Hahne and Phillips are tied with a team-high 13 steals.
• Decortes owns a team-high 11 blocks while Haegerstrand (6), Cooper (5), Hahne (3), Heeps (2), and Robinson (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 588 points scored in 10 games, the bench has tallied 126 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 40.4% from the field, 33.3% outside the arc, and 64.3% from the free-throw line. 
• The Great Danes are averaging 58.8 points per game, 37.4 rebounds per game, and 13.6 assists per game.

 
ABOUT UNION

• The Dutchwomen are 1-5 on the season with a 1-2 conference record.
• A Division III team, Union opened the season with three losses to Hartwick (11/6), SUNY New Paltz (11/27), and St. Lawrence (12/3).
• The Dutchwomen tallied their first win hosting Clarkson on December 4.
• Prior to going on holiday break, Union fell in two road games - Vassar (12/7) and Trinity (Conn.) (12/10).
• Amber Raisner leads the team with 75 points (12.5 per game).
• Among those who have seen more than 40 minutes of play, Megan Lee leads shooting 55.8%.
• Olivia Pachla owns a team-high 35 rebounds, leading with 30 on the defensive glass. Lee leads the team with 13 offensive rebounds.
• Raisner owns the team-high 18 assists and Darby Leid leads with 10 steals.
• Defending the shot, Pachla leads the team with 11 blocks.
• As a team, Union is hitting 38.5% from the field, 27.4% outside the arc, and 54.9% from the free-throw line.
• The Dutchwomen are averaging 53.7 points per game, 38.5 rebounds per game, and 11.8 assists per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE DUTCHWOMEN

• The Great Danes hold the lead in the all-time series, 17-6.
• The entirety of the series was played during UAlbany's Division III days with the last game being a 72-62 win in 1995.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Stony Brook leads the conference with nine wins and one loss.
• UAlbany sits in second with a 6-4 record while Vermont (6-5) rounds out those with a winning record.
• NJIT sits in fourth with a 5-6 record.
• Binghamton is in fifth with four wins and six losses.
• New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, Maine have all tallied three wins. UMass Lowell has six losses while New Hampshire and Maine have seven non-conference losses.
• UMBC has one win on the season (1-9) while Hartford is still looking for their first win after 11 losses.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Tuesday
  • Union at UAlbany, 7 pm
• Thursday
  • Stony Brook at NJIT, 2 pm
  • UAlbany at Hartford, 5 pm
  • UMass Lowell at New Hampshire, 6 pm
  • Maine at Vermont, 6 pm
  • Binghamton at UMBC, 7 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