ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team returns to New York State with a midweek contest at Canisius.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Canisius
DATE: Wednesday, November 30
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: Koessler Athletic Center - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 3-4, 0-0 America East | Canisius 2-4, 0-0 MAAC
SERIES RECORD: 4-4, series tied
STATS: GoGriffs.com
TICKETS: GoGriffs.com
STREAM: ESPN+
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Canisius is a tough, scrappy team. We will need to play solid team defense and control the boards. Offensively, we need a high level of execution with a balanced attack. Playing on the road again absolutely means we need to compete for 40 minutes."
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany opened the season 3-0 with victories over Merrimack (11/11), Siena (11/13), and Navy (11/16).
• Before heading to the UNLV Thanksgiving Tournament to compete against UNLV (11/25), ETSU (11/26), and Stetson (11/17), the Great Danes hosted Colgate (11/19) for their first loss of the season.
• Sophomore Freja Werth leads the team with a .441 field goal percentage and 6.3 rebounds per game.
• Coming back from an injury, senior Helene Haegerstrand leads the team from downtown with a 60% success rate in 51 minutes throughout three contests. 
• Graduate student Ellen Hahne leads the team with 15.0 points per game.
• Senior Grace Heeps owns three team-highs with 17 assists, seven steals, and two blocks.
• Hahne is a close second to Heeps with 16 assists and six steals.

 
ABOUT CANISIUS

• The Golden Griffins are 2-4 to start the season.
• After a season-opening victory over UB (11/7), Canisius lost three straight against Toledo (11/11), Detroit Mercy (11/13), and Binghamton (11/20).
• The Griffs split last week with a win at Colgate (11/22) and a loss at Robert Morris (11/26).
• Dani Haskell leads the team with a .411 field goal percentage and 16.6 points per game. 
• Sisi Eleko leads on the boards with 6.0 rebounds per game
• Vannessa Garrelts owns two team-highs with 21 assists and nine steals while Rhay Porter has added eight blocks.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS

• The all-time series is tied, 4-4.
• UAlbany has won the last two matchups, in 2021 and 2019, to tie the series.
• Current head coach Colleen Mullen is 2-1 against the Canisius.
• In December 2018, the Great Danes hosted Canisius for the first time. 

 
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), assists (578 - 3rd), steals (273 - T-4th), free throw percentage (.829 - 5th), scoring average (13.14 - 9th), and field goal percentage (48.8 - 10th).

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Binghamton, NJIT, and Vermont lead the conference with a 4-3 overall record.
• Maine and UAlbany are tied with a 3-4 start.
• UMBC has won 40% of its games with a 2-3 record.
• Bryant currently sits seventh with three wins and New Hampshire follows with two wins. Both have five losses.
• Seeing five games in 2022, UMass Lowell is on the hunt for its first win.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Wednesday
  • UMBC at Lafayette, 6 pm
  • New Hampshire at CCSU, 7 pm
  • UAlbany at Canisius, 7 pm
  • UMass Lowell at Harvard, 7 pm
  • Fairleigh Dickinson at NJIT, 7 pm
  • Binghamton at Cornell, 7 pm
• Thursday
  • Vermont at Dartmouth, 7 pm
• Friday
  • Princeton at Maine, 7 pm

 
WHAT'S UP, PRESEASON

• With seven first-place votes and 59 total points, the Great Dane women's basketball team was picked to finish first in the conference in the preseason coaches' poll. Maine was just behind them with 54 points while Vermont came in third with 46 points and one first-place vote.
• Last season's offensive and defensive leaders, respectively, Helene Haegerstrand and Kayla Cooper were named to the America East Preseason All-Conference Team.
• UAlbany added three new players to the roster for the 2022-23 season - Taylor Moffat, Karyn Sanford, and Marie Sepp.

 
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 return home for their final home non-conference game of the season on December 3.

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