ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team is set to host UMBC for the first home game of 2023.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UMBC at UAlbany
DATE: Wednesday, January 4
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: McDonough Sports Complex (HVCC) - Troy, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 8-8, 2-0 America East | UMBC 5-8, 2-0 America East
SERIES RECORD: 26-14, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AE.TV
 
All UAlbany students are welcome to enjoy all UAlbany Athletics events for FREE with their student ID. Come out and support the Great Danes with the scan of a card - tactile or mobile. This year, all HVCC students are welcome to UAlbany events FREE with their student ID.
 
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 60-46 victory over Vermont (12/29) before defeating New Hampshire, 71-46, on the road (1/1).
• Junior Kayla Cooper leads the team with a .526 field goal percentage and redshirt-junior Morgan Haney leads from outside the arc (43.8%).
• Ellen Hahne leads the team with 14.6 points per game, 36 assists, and 13 steals.
• Senior Grace Heeps and Haegerstrand are tied with a team-high six blocks while sophomore Freja Werth ties Hahne in transition with 13 steals.
• Cooper owns a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game from five contests. Hahne follows with 5.5 rebounds per game.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 42.2% from the field, 33.0% outside the arc, and 71.6% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 57.1 points per game and 32.6 rebounds per game with 11.6 assists per game, 5.4 steals per game, and 2.0 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT UMBC

• The Retrievers are 5-8 on the season with two conference wins.
• UMBC defeated Gettysburg (11/8) to start the 2022-23 season. Throughout the remainder of November, the Retrievers added one win to St. Francis Brooklyn (11/20) with losses to Virginia (11/11), Loyola (Md) (11/13), Richmond (11/17), and Lafayette (11/30). 
• Seeing Temple (12/3), Houston (12/7), Mount St Mary's (12/10), and American (12/18), the Retrievers added four losses before closing their non-conference slate with a win over Hartford (12/22).
• Coming back from a holiday break, UMBC opened conference play with wins over Binghamton (12/29) and Vermont (1/1).
• KK White leads the team with 11.5 points per game from 138 total points.
• Leading on defense with 17 blocks and 8.5 rebounds per game, Kiara Bell follows White with 10.2 points per game.
• Laycee Drake leads in transition with 34 assists and 24 steals.
• As a team, the Retrievers are hitting 38.5% from the field, 26.8% outside the arc, and 68.0% from the free-throw line. UMBC is averaging 58.4 points per game and 37.2 rebounds per game with 10.1 assists per game, 6.8 steals per game, and 3.0 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE RETRIEVERS

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 26-14.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 4-3 record against UMBC during her time with the Great Danes.
• UMBC and UAlbany met twice throughout the 2021-22 season. The Great Danes won both contests.
• The 2021-22 season was the first for head coach Mullen in which UAlbany won both contests against UMBC.
• On January 19, 2022, the Great Danes hosted the Retrievers for their Commitment to Education Day. With a crowd of school-aged kids, UAlbany defeated UMBC, 69-40.
• Heading to Maryland, UAlbany earned a road win, 51-41, on February 2, 2022.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• After two conference contests, four teams remain undefeated. UAlbany, NJIT, and UMBC have two wins while Maine has one.
• Binghamton sits in the middle with one win and one loss.
• Playing just one game in opening week, UMass Lowell has one loss.
• Vermont, Bryant, and New Hampshire round out the conference with two losses each.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Wednesday
  • UMBC at UAlbany, 7 pm
  • Vermont at Bryant, 7 pm
  • Binghamton at New Hampshire, 7 pm
  • UMass Lowell at Maine, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • New Hampshire at Vermont, 1 pm
  • UAlbany at UMass Lowell, 1 pm
  • Maine at NJIT, 2 pm
  • Bryant at UMBC, 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 head on the road to face UMass Lowell on Saturday, January 7.

 
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