ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team heads on the road for two games in three days. Their first stop is Binghamton on Monday, January 31.
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GAME INFORMATION
UAlbany at Binghamton
DATE: Monday, January 31
TIME: 6:00 PM
SITE: Dr. Bai Lee Court at Events Center - Vestal, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 13-6, 6-2 America East | Binghamton 5-10, 1-4 America East
SERIES RECORD: 44-27, UAlbany leads
STATS:
BUBearcats.com
TICKETS:
BUBearcats.com
STREAM:
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LISTEN:
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*records as of 1/30
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Binghamton is a talented offensive team with a variety of players that have the ability to score. We need to be ready to play solid team defense and limit them to one shot. Offensively, we need to have a balanced inside-out attack."
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 & 1/29), and UMBC (1/19) in league play.
- Sophomore Kayla Cooper (232, 12.2 per game) and junior Helene Haegerstrand (227, 11.9 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 .569 (41-72) shooting percentage, leading all players who have seen the court for more than 40 minutes this season.
- Haegerstrand is shooting 38.4% (33-86) from outside the arc to lead the team.
- Cooper leads the team as the only player with over 100 rebounds. She has totaled 134 so far with 82 defensive and 52 offensive rebounds.
- Freshman Lilly Phillips owns a team-high 47 assists. Redshirt-sophomore Morgan Haney is close behind with 45.
- Cooper owns the transition spotlight with 28 steals.
- Senior Lucia Decortes has compiled a team-high 26 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 1,124 points scored in 19 games, the bench has tallied 265 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 41.3% from the field, 33.3% outside the arc, and 66.5% from the free-throw line.
- The Great Danes are averaging 59.2 points per game, 36.1 rebounds per game, and 13.6 assists per game.
ABOUT BINGHAMTON
- The Bearcats are 5-10 overall with a 1-4 America East record.
- Binghamton opened the season with two home wins against Siena (11/9) and Canisius (11/13) before hosting Cornell (11/17) and St. Bonaventure (11/20) for two losses.
- After a win against Mansfield (11/23), the Bearcats fell at Fairleigh Dickinson (12/1) and Lehigh (12/4).
- Binghamton completed its non-conference slate with a win over Pittsburgh-Johnstown (12/7) and a loss against Eastern Michigan (12/10) and Ohio University (12/21).
- The Bearcats saw a loss against NJIT (1/8) for their first America East contest and continued with three losses against Stony Brook (1/19), NJIT (1/22), and Hartford (1/26).
- Most recently, Binghamton beat UMBC (1/29) for their first conference win of the season.
- Denai Bowman leads with 207 points but Birna Benonysdottir holds a team-high 16.8 points per game.
- Clare Traegers has totaled 130 rebounds (8.7 per game) to lead the team. She holds team-highs with 30 offensive rebounds and 100 defensive rebounds.
- Zahra Barnes shoots the best from the field (52.2%) and from outside the arc (40%).
- In addition to holding the most points, Bowman has tallied a team-high 63 assists, 28 steals, and 11 blocks.
- As a team, Binghamton is hitting 38.5% from the field, 29.6% outside the arc, and 73.2% from the free-throw line.
- The Bearcats are averaging 61.8 points per game, 36.3 rebounds per game, and 13.7 assists per game.
SERIES AGAINST THE BEARCATS
- The Great Danes hold the lead in the all-time series, 44-27.
- Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, saw three wins against Binghamton in her first season at the helm. This includes an America East Quarterfinal win in 2019.
- During both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, the Great Danes split the wins, going 1-1 each year.
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- With an eight-game win streak, Stony Brook leads the conference with an 8-1 record.
- UAlbany follows with six wins and two losses in conference play.
- Vermont and NJIT are tied for third with a 5-3 America East record.
- 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 its second America East win over Binghamton (1/16) for a 2-5 record.
- Binghamton tallied its first conference win against UMBC to move to eighth bump New Hampshire to ninth in the America East.
- UMBC is still in the hunt for its 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
- Sunday
- Monday
- UMass Lowell at New Hampshire, 6 pm
- UAlbany at Binghamton, 6 pm
- Wednesday
- Maine at UMass Lowell, 11 am
- Vermont at NJIT, 5 pm
- UAlbany at UMBC, 7 pm
- New Hampshire at Hartford, 7 pm
- Stony Brook at Binghamton, 7 pm
- Friday
- Maine at Binghamton, 7 pm
- Saturday
- NJIT at Stony Brook, 2 pm
- UMass Lowell at Vermont, 2 pm
- Hartford at UAlbany, 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
- UAlbany will continue on the road at UMBC on February 2 before returning home to host Hartford on February 5.
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
