SCORE: UAlbany 61, Binghamton 48
 
LOCATION: SEFCU Arena - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 18-8, 11-4 America East | Binghamton 5-18, 1-12 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes grabbed an early lead over the Bearcats and continued to dominate to earn another win at home, Wednesday night. 
 
COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: "I am so proud of the way we bounced back and stayed together tonight. Offensively, we moved the ball well and I was very impressed with the way we were able to make defensive adjustments throughout the game."
 
KEY STATS

• Junior Helene Haegerstrand led the team with 15 points while senior Ellen Hahne and sophomore Kayla Cooper followed with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
• Cooper and Haegerstrand led the defense with 7 rebounds apiece.
• Senior Lucia Decortes led the team with three blocks.
• Hahne and Cooper tallied a pair of steals apiece.
• Freshman Lilly Phillips owned a team-high of four assists.
• As a team, the Great Danes outrebounded the Bearcats, 41-23, including a 14-7 advantage in offensive rebounds.
• Off the bench, the team tallied 28 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes scored nine, with baskets from Kayla Cooper, Grace Heeps, Helene Haegerstrand and Ellen Hahne, before the Bearcats got on the board at 6:36.
• UAlbany held onto their lead for the remainder of the first quarter to finish with a 17-12 lead.
• The Bearcats began the second quarter with a basket from three-point range, before the Great Danes scored back-to-back baskets, extending their lead to 22-15.
• At 5:16, a jumper by Binghamton ended a 9-0 run for UAlbany, 26-17.
• The teams traded baskets as Binghamton would cut into UAlbany's lead.
• Throughout the second quarter alone, the Great Danes outrebounded the Bearcats, 12-6.
• UAlbany entered halftime with a 33-27 lead.
• Haegerstrand opened the third quarter with a jumper, to put the Great Danes ahead eight points. 
• Binghamton committed a personal and a technical foul at 8:01. Of the four attempts awarded, the Great Danes tallied two points from the free-throw line.
• The Great Danes continued to out-rebound the Bearcats with a 10-5 advantage in the third quarter.
• Freshman Koi Sims came off the bench with a hot hand scoring a pair of layups for UAlbany to start the final quarter of game-play.
• A Bearcat basket ended a 5-0 Great Dane scoring-run at 5:56.
• UAlbany held onto their lead in the final quarter out-scoring Binghamton, 14-11, for a final score of 61-48.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head to New Hampshire for their final regular season road game.

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