ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team is headed on the road to face New Hampshire.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at New Hampshire
DATE: Sunday, January 1
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Lundholm Gymnasium - Durham, N.H.
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-8, 1-0 America East | New Hampshire 5-8, 0-1 America East
SERIES RECORD: 29-18, UAlbany leads
STATS: UNHWildcats.com
TICKETS: UNHWildcats.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AE.TV 

HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"UNH is a scrappy, tough team that loves to change defenses. We must maintain our composure and take care of the ball. We want to have 40 minutes of defensive intensity and control the boards. Offensively, we need to have solid ball and player movement when we see different defensive looks."
 
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.
• Closing out November, UAlbany visited Canisius for its fourth victory (11/30). The Great Danes came back from a 10-point deficit in the beginning of the second half to take the 11-point victory.
• Hosting its final non-conference game of 2022, UAlbany fell in a close matchup to Cornell (12/3).
• The Great Danes saw a five-game road streak throughout December. Beginning with a win at Dartmouth (12/6) and a loss at Boston College (12/10), UAlbany defeated Stonehill (12/14) before falling to #3 Ohio State (12/16). 
• The Great Danes closed the non-conference season with a loss at Syracuse (12/21).
• Most recently, UAlbany opened America East play with a 6-46 victory over Vermont (12/19).
• Sophomore Freja Werth leads the team with a .484 field goal percentage and redshirt-junior Morgan Haney leads from outside the arc (45.5%).
• Ellen Hahne leads the team with 15.0 points per game and 34 assists.
• Senior Grace Heeps and Haegerstrand are tied with a team-high six blocks while sophomore Lilly Phillips leads in transition with 12 steals.
• Cooper owns a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game from four contests. Hahne follows with 5.7 rebounds per game.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 42.3% from the field, 32.1% outside the arc, and 71.3% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 56.1 points per game and 32.4 rebounds per game with 11.3 assists per game, 5.2 steals per game, and 1.9 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE

• The Wildcats started the conference season with a loss at NJIT (12/29) after going 4-8 in non-conference play.
• After defeating Colby-Sawyer (11/7) in the season-opener, UNH fell to Siena (11/10) and beat Dartmouth (11/13).
• With four-straight losses - Holy Cross (11/16), Northeastern (11/19), Southern Florida (11/22), and Boston U (11/27) - on their schedule, New Hampshire closed November with a win over CCSU (11/30). 
• December saw rotating results from the Wildcats. With wins over Wagner (12/5) and Merrimack (12/21), UNH fell against Stonehill (12/3), #3 Ohio State (12/8), and NJIT.
• Avery O'Connor leads the Wildcats with 12.2 points per game. Brooke Kane follows closely with 11.2 points per game.
• Kane leads on defense with 5.8 rebounds per game and 14 blocks. O'Connor follows with 5.6 rebounds per game.
• Breezie Williams owns two team-highs with 28 assists and 27 steals.
• As a team, the Wildcats are hitting 35.5% from the field, 27.1% outside the arc, and 70.0% from the free-throw line. New Hampshire is averaging 55.3 points per game and 35.2 rebounds per game with 8.7 assists per game, 7.1 steals per game, and 2.5 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE WILDCATS

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 29-18.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns an 8-2 record against New Hampshire during her time with the Great Danes.
• New Hampshire and UAlbany met three times throughout the 2021-22 season.
• The Great Danes won all three contests, including one in the postseason. 
• On January 8, 2022, the Great Danes hosted the Wildcats for a 50-39 win. On February 19, UAlbany won the series with a 55-46 victory.
• The teams met in the postseason for the quarterfinal round at SEFCU Arena. In a close matchup, fourth-quarter scores from Kayla Cooper and Freja Werth made the difference in the 49-44 win.

 
PAST CONNECTIONS

• Head coach Colleen Mullen attended and graduated from New Hampshire. After playing at Rhode Island for two years, Mullen closed out her collegiate career as a two-year captain for the Wildcats. In just two seasons, she made her way to the 14th-highest mark in program history with 218 assists as a Wildcat.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• UAlbany, Maine, UMBC, and NJIT opened the conference season with a win while Vermont, Binghamton, Bryant, and New Hampshire fell. UMass Lowell will begin its America East play on January 1.
• Overall:
• Vermont (8-5) is the only team in the conference with a winning record.
• Binghamton sits even (7-7) while UAlbany (7-8) and NJIT (6-7) are just one win away from 500.
• Maine, Bryant, and New Hampshire each have 5-8 overall records.
• UMBC (4-8) and UMass Lowell (1-9) round out the conference.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Sunday
  • UMBC at Vermont, 2 pm
  • UAlbany at New Hampshire, 2 pm
  • Bryant at Binghamton, 2 pm
  • NJIT at UMass Lowell, 2 pm
• Wednesday
  • UMBC at UAlbany, 7 pm
  • Vermont at Bryant, 7 pm
  • Binghamton at New Hampshire, 7 pm
  • UMass Lowell 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 to host UMBC on January 4.

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