ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team is set to continue on the road at Boston College.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Boston College
DATE: Saturday, December 10
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Conte Forum - Chestnut Hill, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 5-5, 0-0 America East | Boston College 7-4, 0-1 ACC
SERIES RECORD: 1-0, Boston College leads
STATS: BCEagles.com
TICKETS: BCEagles.com
STREAM: ACCNX
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Boston College is a long, athletic team that likes to change defenses and pressure. They are aggressive rebounders and like to press and run. We need to maintain our composure when they try to speed us up. In order to win the game of possessions, we need to control the tempo by executing well, keeping them off the offensive glass, and limiting our turnovers."
 
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).
• Most recently, the Great Danes began a five-game road streak with a win at Dartmouth (12/6).
• Coming back from an injury, graduate student Lucia Decortes leads the team with a .571 field goal percentage from seven attempts. Senior Helene Haegerstrand follows with a .466 field goal percentage and leads the team with a .400 three-point percentage.
• Graduate student Ellen Hahne owns two team-highs - 14.2 points per game and 28 assists.
• Sophomore Freja Werth leads on defense with 5.6 rebounds per game and 11 steals.
• Senior Grace Heeps owns a team-high six blocks.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 41.1% from the field, 29.9% outside the arc, and 71.8% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 55.2 points per game and 32.8 rebounds per game with 10.7 assists per game, 5.6 steals per game, and 1.9 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE

• The Eagles hold a 7-4 record on the season.
• BC opened the season hosting UMass Lowell (11/7) for a victory before falling at Harvard (11/10) and against #14 Ohio State (11/13).
• After winning four-straight games against Northeastern (11/16), Providence (11/20), Holy Cross (11/23), and Morgan State (11/25), the Eagles fell against Stephen F. Austin (11/26).
• Most recently, #7 Virginia Tech grabbed the victory in Massachusetts to open conference play after Boston College added two double-digit wins against Rutgers (11/30) and Boston University (12/4).
• Dontavia Waggoner leads the team with 12.6 points per game while Maria Gakdeng is the most accurate with a 58.1% success rate from the field.
• Gakdeng also leads on defense with a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game and 19 blocks.
• Taina Mair leads with 82 assists and Waggoner owns a team-high 42 steals.
• As a team, the Eagles are hitting 42.1% from the field, 26.9% outside the arc, and 66.8% from the free-throw line. Boston College is averaging 67.6 points per game and 38.7 rebounds per game with 14.2 assists per game, 11.2 steals per game, and 4.0 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE EAGLES

• Boston College leads the all-time series, 1-0.
• Head coach Colleen Mullen began the series with a game on November 28, 2021.
• In the lone game of the series, the Eagles and the Great Danes played a close contest. After 30 minutes of play, the third quarter ended with a one-possession lead for Boston College. The Eagles took a significant advantage in the final quarter to win the game, 77-65.

 
PAST CONNECTIONS

• Before making her most recent stop at Boston College, head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee served as the Great Danes' head coach for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• During the 2016-17 season, Bernabei-McNamee coached UAlbany to win the America East Championship and take on the NCAA Tournament. The Great Danes finished with a 21-12 overall record and a 12-4 conference record.
• In 2017-18, her team tallied just eight losses with 24 wins overall.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Vermont (7-3) and Binghamton (6-5) are the only America East teams with a winning overall record.
• UAlbany rounds out the top three with an even 5-5 record.
• NJIT and Bryant are tied for fourth with a 4-6 record.
• New Hampshire (4-7), Maine (3-7), UMBC (2-6), and UMass Lowell (1-7) round out the conference.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Friday
  • Binghamton at St. Bonaventure, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • Vermont at Duquesne, 1 pm
  • NJIT at Saint Peter's, 2 pm
  • UAlbany at Boston College, 2 pm
  • UMBC at Mount St. Mary's, 4 pm
• Sunday
  • Army at Maine, 1 pm
  • Stonehill at Bryant, 1 pm
  • Holy Cross at UMass Lowell, 2 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 continue on the road at Stonehill (12/14) and #3 Ohio State (12/16).

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