ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany women's basketball team will return home to host Marist for this year's Toys for Tots game on Saturday.
In accordance with the theme, Toys for Tots, any fan who donates a toy will receive a five-dollar ticket voucher.
Chalk Talks are back! Ahead of the game on Saturday, all fans will be welcome to join head coach
Colleen Mullen in conversation. This weekend's Chalk Talk will be located in the GDAC corner of the arena right as doors open at 1:00 pm.
GAME INFORMATION
Marist at UAlbany
DATE: Saturday, December 9
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 6-2, 0-0 America East | Marist 2-6, 0-0 MAAC
SERIES RECORDS: 6-1, Marist leads
STATS:
UAlbanySports.com
STREAM:
ESPN+
INT'L STREAM:
AE.TV
TICKETS:
UAlbanySports.com
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.
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Marist is a well-balanced team that has many offensive threats. They have a strong inside presence and we will need to lock down the paint for 40 minutes. Offensively, we want to have sharp execution with consistent pace and ball movement. We have to win all the 50/50 plays and play UA team defense."
LAST TIME OUT
- Defeating CCSU, 56-37, UAlbany earned a road victory on Wednesday.
- Graduate student Helene Haegerstrand and senior Kayla Cooper shared top-scoring honors with 14 points each.
- Cooper also led the team in rebounds with 12, including five offensive boards, and held a team-high three blocks.
- Graduate student Sarah Karpell tallied a team-best four assists while junior Lilly Phillips totaled two steals.
GREAT DANE REWIND
- UAlbany has started its season with six wins and two losses.
- The Great Danes opened their season with a down-to-the-buzzer win over Merrimack (Nov. 6) before falling to Fordham in a one-possession loss on November 10 and hosting Division III opponent Sarah Lawrence for a 91-point victory (Nov. 13).
- On a record-breaking night against the Gryphons, 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.
- After UAlbany took to the road to defeat St. Bonaventure, 66-56, on November 16, head coach Colleen Mullen and the Great Danes defeated Cornell (Nov. 22) for the first time in Mullen's tenure.
- UAlbany fell to fourth-ranked Stanford in California (Nov. 26) before besting Siena in the Grand Opening of the Broadview Center, 76-58, on December 2.
- Most recently, the Great Danes took down CCSU on the road on December 6.
- Senior Kayla Cooper leads the Great Danes with 13.1 points per game and 14 steals.
- Freshman Deja Evans holds a team-best 7.5 rebounds per game and nine blocks.
- Graduate student Sarah Karpell leads the team in transition with 28 assists and a 51.2% shooting percentage.
WATCH YOUR POCKETS
- UAlbany leads the America East with 73 steals (9.13 per game) and a 2.63 turnover margin.
- Turning defense into offense, the Great Danes have averaged 19.8 points off turnovers.
- Two Great Danes are ranked in the top 10 in steals in the conference:
AUTOMATIC SHOOTING
- The Great Danes are ranked second in the America East in Team 3-Point FG Percentage (36.0%).
- Accurate shooting has made UAlbany have the highest-scoring offense in the conference (66.1 ppg).
- UAlbany has leaders across all the shooting categories:
MILESTONE WATCH
- Kayla Cooper is 69 points away from scoring 1,000 career points. Averaging 13.1 points this season, Cooper could reach this milestone within the next six games.
- Cooper is one game shy of reaching 10 career 20+ point games.
- Having tallied 249 boards, Sarah Karpell is one shy of recording her 250 career rebounds.
- Helene Haegerstrand is one start away from recording her 100th career start for the Great Danes.
PLAY AS A TEAM, WIN AS A TEAM
- The Great Danes have utilized great teamwork to fuel their success so far this season.
- In seven contests, the Great Danes have had four different players lead the team in points.
- As a team, UAlbany's rank in the conference:
- 1st - 13.3 scoring margin
- 1st - 66.1 points per game
- 1st - .360 opponent FG percentage
- 1st - .762 FT percentage
- 1st - 6.1 rebounding margin
- 1st - 2.63 turnover margin
- 1st - 1.03 assist/turnover ratio
- T1st - 15.0 assists per game
- 1st - 9.13 steals per game
- 2nd - 14.0 offensive rebounds
- 2nd - 52.9 points allowed per game
- 2nd - .261 opponent 3-point percentage
- 2nd - .360 3-point percentage
ABOUT MARIST
- The Red Foxes own a 2-6 record so far this season.
- Marist began the year with a win at home over Army (Nov. 9).
- After falling to UPenn, the Red Foxes bounced back to defeat Lafayette (Nov. 15) on the road.
- The Red Foxes have since lost five consecutive games - Lehigh (Nov. 22), Mercer (Nov. 23), Yale (Nov. 28), St. John's (Dec. 2), Drexel (Dec. 6).
- Zaria Shazer leads Marist in four statistical categories - 16.1 points per game, 8.5 rebounds per game, 27 assists, and eight blocks.
- Jackie Piddock trails with 8.8 points per game and a team-high 10 steals.
- As a team, the Red Foxes are hitting 38.1 percent of shots from the field, including a 31.6 percent accuracy from outside the arc.
SERIES AGAINST THE RED FOXES
- Marist leads the all-time series, 6-1.
- The teams' last meeting was in 2020 (Dec. 15) with the Red Foxes winning the contest, 67-58.
- Returning student-athlete Helene Haegerstrand scored seven points with a team-high two blocks in the match.
- UAlbany's sole series win occurred in November of 2013 when the Great Danes won 69-59 at home.
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 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
- Three teams lead the conference with six wins.
- Seeing two fewer contests, UAlbany tops the league with a 6-2 record while Maine and Vermont follow with four losses.
- Sitting at .500, Bryant, NJIT, and New Hampshire are tied with a 5-5 record.
- Binghamton and UMBC are tied with two wins in nine contests.
- UMass Lowell rounds out the conference still fighting for its first win after eight contests.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Saturday
- Brown at New Hampshire, 12 pm
- Vermont at Manhattan, 12 pm
- Marist at UAlbany, 2 pm
- UMBC at Morgan State, 2 pm
- Sunday
- UMass Lowell at UMass, 12 pm
- Tuesday
- St. Peter's at NJIT, 7 pm
- Dartmouth at UAlbany, 7 pm
UP NEXT: The Great Danes will host Dartmouth on Tuesday, December 12.
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
