ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany women's basketball team is in California and ready to take on #4 Stanford.
GAME INFORMATION
UAlbany at #4 Stanford
DATE: Sunday, November 26
TIME: 4:00 PM ET
SITE: Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif.
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-1, 0-0 America East | Stanford 6-0, 0-0 Pac-12
SERIES RECORDS: 0-0, first meeting
STATS:
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STREAM:
Pac-12 Networks
INT'L STREAM: TBD
TICKETS:
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HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Stanford is an extremely dynamic team with a dominant inside presence and shooters to stretch the defense. They have a high-powered, high-output offense and rebound on both ends. We need to control the tempo, value the ball, and remain committed to our defensive game plan every possession. It is an amazing opportunity to compete against one of the best teams in the country! This will be a fun challenge and the trip will be a memorable experience."
GREAT DANE REWIND
- UAlbany started their season with four wins and one loss.
- The Great Danes opened their season with a down-to-the-buzzer win over Merrimack (Nov. 6).
- UAlbany fell to Fordham in a one-possession loss on November 10 before hosting Division III opponent Sarah Lawrence for a 91-point victory (Nov. 13).
- In a record-breaking night, the Great Danes notched the highest single-game point total (118), single-half point total (61), and single-game assist total (37) in program history.
- UAlbany took to the road on Thursday (Nov. 16) to defeat St. Bonaventure, 66-56.
- Most recently, head coach Colleen Mullen and the Great Danes defeated Cornell (Nov. 22) for the first time in Mullen's tenure.
- Senior Kayla Cooper leads the Great Danes with 12.4 points per game.
- Freshman Deja Evans holds a team-high 8.0 rebounds per game and six blocks.
- Graduate student Sarah Karpell leads the team in transition with 19 assists and 10 steals.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
- Recruits Deja Evans and graduate student Sarah Karpell have become defensive anchors for the new-look UAlbany women's basketball team.
- Starting since her first collegiate game, Evans leads the Great Danes with 8.0 rebounds per game and six blocks in five contests.
- Fitting in seamlessly with UAlbany's aggressive defense, Karpell owns the team-high in steals with 10.
- The graduate transfer has started the season scoring 7.8 ppg from 54.2% shooting.
WATCH YOUR POCKETS
- UAlbany leads the America East with 52 steals in only five contests (10.40 per game).
- Turning defense into offense, the Great Danes have averaged 22.0 points off turnovers.
- Four Great Danes are ranked top 20 in steals in the conference:
AUTOMATIC SHOOTING
- The Great Danes are ranked first in the conference in Team FG Percentage (44.2%) and second in Team 3-Point FG Percentage (36.6%).
- Accurate shooting has made UAlbany have the highest-scoring offense in the conference (72.4 ppg).
- UAlbany has leaders across all the shooting categories:
MILESTONE WATCH
- Kayla Cooper is 112 points away from scoring 1,000 career points. Averaging 12.4 points this season, Cooper could reach this milestone within the next 10 games.
- After her 21-point performance against St. Bonaventure, Cooper will hit 10 career 20+-point games with the next one.
- Having tallied 240 boards and 248 assists, Sarah Karpell is chasing 250 career rebounds and assists.
- Helene Haegerstrand is four starts away from recording her 100th career start for the Great Danes.
ABOUT #4 STANFORD
- Currently ranked fourth in the country, according to the Associated Press, the Cardinal is 6-0 on the season.
- Stanford started the season with home wins against Hawaii (Nov. 8), #9 Indiana (Nov. 12), Cal Poly (Nov. 16), and Duke (Nov. 19).
- Most recently, the Cardinal competed in the Ball Dawgs Classic with wins against Belmont (Nov. 22) and #13 Florida State (Nov. 24).
- Kiki Iriafen leads the team with 21.2 points per game. Four student-athletes average double-digit points.
- Cameron Brink leads with 11.0 rebounds per game. Iriafen follows with 10.5.
- Talana Lepolo serves as the team's biggest assister with 20.
- Brink tops the team in defensive maneuvers with five steals and 23 blocks.
SERIES AGAINST THE CARDINAL
- This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
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
- UAlbany leads the conference with four wins in five contests.
- NJIT follows with the same amount of wins and an additional loss.
- Maine and Vermont are tied with a 3-2 record while Bryant sits even with three wins and three losses.
- Three teams hold four losses - Binghamton, New Hampshire, and UMBC.
- The Bearcats and the Wildcats are tied with two wins and the Retrievers are slightly behind with one win.
- UMass Lowell rounds out the conference still on the hunt for their first win.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Saturday
- Vermont - 2023 Gulf Coast Showcase, TBA
- Maine vs Louisiana Tech, 12:30 pm
- UMass Lowell at Fordham, 1 pm
- NJIT at Hofstra, 2 pm
- Binghamton at Furman, 2:30 pm
- Sunday
- Vermont - 2023 Gulf Coast Showcase, TBA
- Dartmouth at New Hampshire, 1 pm
- UMBC at Maryland Eastern Shore, 2 pm
- Maine - Drake Tournament, 3 pm
- UAlbany at Stanford, 4 pm
- Wednesday
- Brown at Bryant, 6 pm
- Northeastern at New Hampshire, 6 pm
- Cornell at Binghamton, 6 pm
- Lafayette at UMBC, 7 pm
- NJIT at FDU, 7 pm
- Thursday
- Dartmouth at Vermont, 6 pm
- Indiana at Maine, 7 pm
UP NEXT: The Great Danes are set to return home for the Grand Opening of Broadview Center against Siena (Dec. 2).
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 & Threads - @ualbanywbb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyWBB
