ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team hosts NJIT for the National Girls and Women in Sports Day game. 
 
Following the conclusion of the game, the team will be signing autographs in the lobby of SEFCU Arena.
 
Masks are required inside all buildings on campus.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
NJIT at UAlbany
DATE: Saturday, January 29
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: SEFCU Arena - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 12-6, 5-2 America East | NJIT 10-8, 5-2 America East
SERIES RECORD: 4-1, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN3
 
*records as of 1/28
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"NJIT is a well-balanced team that has a strong inside-out attack. They have a talented backcourt and are disciplined offensively. We need to have great team defense, rebound and sharp execution on the offensive end 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 five losses on the road - Boston College (11/28), Cornell (11/24), Merrimack (11/16), Vanderbilt (12/8), and Hartford (1/17).
• 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.
• UAlbany closed its non-conference slate with a 41-point victory over Union (12/28).
• The Great Danes own a 5-2 conference record.
• UAlbany has beaten New Hampshire (1/8), UMass Lowell (1/12 & 1/26), NJIT (1/15), and UMBC (1/19) in league play.
• Sophomore Kayla Cooper (218, 12.1 per game) and junior Helene Haegerstrand (219, 12.2 per game) are neck and neck with their respective point tallies.
• Redshirt-sophomore Abby Robinson leads the team, shooting 85.7% (6-7) from 25 minutes of play in eight games. Senior Lucia Decortes holds a .567 (38-67) shooting percentage, leading all players who have seen the court for more than 40 minutes this season.
• Haegerstrand is shooting 39.3% (33-84) from outside the arc to lead the team.
• Cooper leads the team as the only player with over 100 rebounds. She has totaled 126 so far with 79 defensive and 47 offensive rebounds. 
• Freshman Lilly Phillips owns a team-high 46 assists. Redshirt-sophomore Morgan Haney is close behind with 45.
• Haney owns the transition spotlight with 26 steals. 
• Senior Lucia Decortes has compiled a team-high 25 blocks. Eleven players on the 13-person roster have totaled at least two 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 1,067 points scored in 18 games, the bench has tallied 243 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 41.7% from the field, 33.9% outside the arc, and 66.4% from the free-throw line. 
• The Great Danes are averaging 59.3 points per game, 35.9 rebounds per game, and 13.8 assists per game.

 
ABOUT NJIT

• The Highlanders are 10-8 overall with a 5-2 America East record.
• NJIT opened the season with two losses - Wagner (11/9) and Marquette (11/12) - before tallying its first win at Wisconsin (11/14).
• The Highlanders closed out November with a third loss - Fairleigh Dickinson (11/24) - and three wins - LIU (11/18), CCSU (11/21), and Saint Peter's (11/27).
• After three losses to begin December - Rider (12/1), Lafayette (12/4), and Monmouth (12/8) - NJIT began a five-game win streak.
• Once they closed non-conference play at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/11), the Highlanders returned to beat Stony Brook (12/30), Maine (1/2), Binghamton (1/8), and UMBC (1/12) for a 4-0 America East record.
• Since hosting the Great Danes, NJIT has tallied one win, against Binghamton, and one loss, against Vermont.
• Kenna Squier leads the team with 206 points (11.4 per game). 
• Kimi Evans owns the team-high shooting 55% (60-109) from the field while Kendle Dalrymple leads from outside the arc shooting 50% from 18 attempts. Evans also leads with 20 blocks.
• Lyzi Litwinko leads the team on the boards with 118 total rebounds and 108 defensive rebounds. 
• Squier owns team-highs with 33 offensive rebounds, 41 assists, and 25 steals.
• Evans leads defensively with 20 blocks.
• As a team, NJIT is hitting 42.2% from the field, 29.8% outside the arc, and 68.1% from the free-throw line.
• The Highlanders are averaging 59.5 points per game, 35.6 rebounds per game, and 10.3 assists per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS

• The Great Danes hold the lead in the all-time series, 4-1.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, saw her first game against NJIT earlier this season for a 62-54 victory on January 15.
• Prior to the Highlanders joining the America East conference, UAlbany beat NJIT, 75-64, on December 10, 2013.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• With a seven-game win streak, Stony Brook leads the conference with a 7-1 record.
• UAlbany and NJIT are tied for second with a 5-2 America East record.
• After each losing their most recent contest, Vermont sits fourth (5-3) and UMass Lowell is fifth (3-2) in the conference.
• Rounding out the teams with a winning league record, Maine is sixth (4-3).
• Hartford found it's second America East win over Binghamton (1/16) for a 2-5 record.
• New Hampshire has tallied one win for eighth in the conference.
• Binghamton and UMBC are still in the hunt for their first league win.
• Following the close of the non-conference season Stony Brook (9-1), UAlbany (7-4), and Vermont (6-5) were the only three teams with a winning record. NJIT (5-6), Binghamton (4-6), UMass Lowell (3-6), Maine (3-7), New Hampshire (3-8), UMBC (1-9), and Hartford (0-11) each had losing records before the start of the conference season.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Friday
  • New Hampshire at Stony Brook, 3 pm
• Saturday
  • NJIT at UAlbany, 2 pm
  • Hartford at UMass Lowell, 5 pm
  • Binghamton at UMBC, 5:30 pm
• Sunday
  • Vermont at Maine, 1 pm
• Monday
  • UMass Lowell at New Hampshire, 6 pm
  • UAlbany at Binghamton, 6 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

• UAlbany will head on the road for two games before returning home on Saturday, February 5. The Great Danes will visit Binghamton (Jan. 31) and UMBC (Feb. 2).

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