ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany women's basketball team continues on the road against its second Atlantic-10 opponent.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at St. Bonaventure
DATE: Thursday, November 16
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: Reilly Center - St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 2-1, 0-0 America East | St. Bonaventure 1-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10
SERIES RECORDS: 4-1, St. Bonaventure leads
STATS: GoBonnies.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: Atlantic10.com
TICKETS: GoBonnies.com
 
UAlbany game notes

HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"We are looking to use the momentum for our convincing win over Sarah Lawrence to earn a road victory over a balanced A-10 team. St. Bonnie's likes to spread the floor and we know playing disciplined half-court defense and controlling the glass will be key. Offensively, we want to have great pace and play from the inside out. This will be another great test for our young team."
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• In three contests, the Great Danes are 2-1 on the season.
• Opening action on November 6 with a hard-fought 58-55 win over Merrimack, UAlbany fended off a fourth-quarter resurgence by Merrimack to seal the first victory of the season. 
• Graduate student Sarah Karpell led the team with 17 points, three assists, and two steals.
• Making her presence known, freshman Deja Evans collected a team-high six rebounds, including three offensive boards.
• UAlbany competed against Fordham for a one-possession loss on Friday (11.10). 
• Senior Kayla Cooper competed for the all-around performance with 13 points and seven rebounds.
• Graduate student Helene Haegerstrand and Evans led with 14 points and nine rebounds, respectively.
• Most recently, the Great Danes hosted Division III opponent Sarah Lawrence on Monday (Nov. 13).
• In a record-breaking night, UAlbany notched the highest single-game point total (118), single-half point total (61), and single-game assist total (37) in program history.
• With 29 total steals, four Great Danes tallied at least four steals apiece as the team compiled 59 points off the turnovers.
• Junior Lilly Phillips (18), graduate student Fatima Lee (16), and sophomore Gabriela Falcão (16) led the scoring while freshman Hailee Ford (8), Evans (7), and Falcão (7) tallied the highs in rebounds.

 
WHAT'S UP, PRESEASON

• With 48 total points, the UAlbany women's basketball team was picked to finish third in the America East preseason poll.
• The Great Danes trail Vermont and Maine. The Catamounts led the conference with 63 points, including seven first-place votes, and the Black Bears followed with 58 points including two first-place votes.
• Returning stat leader Kayla Cooper was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team after leading UAlbany on offense (15.2 points per game and a .486 FG%) and defense (8.3 rebounds per game).

 
ABOUT ST. BONAVENTURE

• The Bonnies tallied a 1-1 record in the first week of action.
• After winning an exhibition game against D'Youville, SBU opened the season with a loss at Niagara (11.8) before taking a home-opening win over Robert Morris (11.11).
• A transfer from Canisius, Dani Haskell leads the team with 23.0 points per game. 
• Seeing one contest on the court, Nadechka Laccen owns a team-high 9.0 rebounds per game. Through two games, Isabellah Middleton leads with 7.0 rebounds per game and two blocks.
• Maddie Dziezgowski remains in the lead with five assists and three steals while averaging 26.0 minutes.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE BONNIES

• St. Bonaventure owns the lead with four wins in five contests.
• After four consecutive wins from the Bonnies, the Great Danes tallied their first win in 2017. 
• With 20-point contests, former Great Danes Mackenzie Trpcic and Jessica Féquière combined for over half of UAlbany's points in the 69-52 home victory on December 17.

 
DRIVE THE LANE WITH UALBANY HOOPS

• UAlbany will continue its partnership with ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team and City Line Bar & Grill for the third consecutive year.
• 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.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Nearing 10 full days of basketball, Maine leads the conference with a 3-1 record after three consecutive wins.
• Holding a 2-1 record, four America East teams are tied for second - Bryant, New Hampshire, NJIT, and UAlbany.
• Vermont sits even at .500 after two matchups.
• Falling in their most recent contests, Binghamton and UMBC are tied just below even (1-2).
• UMass Lowell rounds out the conference with a 0-3 record.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Wednesday
  • Rider at NJIT, 7 pm
  • Loyola (Md.) at UMBC, 7 pm
  • New Hampshire at Colorado State, 8:30 pm
• Thursday
  • UAlbany at St. Bonaventure, 7 pm
• Friday
  • Vermont at Quinnipiac, 4 pm
  • CCSU at Bryant, 6 pm
• Saturday
  • Wagner at NJIT, 1 pm
  • St.Bonaventure at Binghamton, 1 pm
  • Le Moyne at UMass Lowell, 1 pm
  • New Hampshire at UNLV, 5 pm
• Sunday
  • Saint Rose at Vermont, 1 pm

 
UP NEXT: After nearly a week off, the Great Danes will visit Cornell for a 2 pm contest on Wednesday (Nov. 22).
 
For more information on the University at Albany women's basketball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanywbb
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Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyWBB