ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team returns home to host their Breast Cancer Awareness game against Binghamton.
 
The women's basketball team will be honoring the field hockey team for its historic run to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in November. Join the field hockey program at halftime as they sign autographs after a first-half celebration ceremony.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Binghamton at UAlbany
DATE: Saturday, February 11
TIME: 4:00 PM
SITE: McDonough Sports Complex - Troy, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 16-10, 10-2 America East | Binghamton 13-11, 6-5 America East
SERIES RECORD: 47-27, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN3
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.
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"Binghamton is a strong offensive team with many weapons. We need to play lockdown defense for 40 minutes and defend their tendencies. Offensively, we want to have a balanced attack with great ball and player movement. We need to control the boards at both ends."
 
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), they defeated Stonehill (12/14) before falling to #3 Ohio State (12/16). 
• UAlbany closed the non-conference season with a loss at Syracuse (12/21).
• The Great Danes started conference play with eight-straight victories for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
• UAlbany tied a season-high with 73 points in a 73-54 win over NJIT (1/14).
• Traveling to Maine (1/28), the Great Danes saw their first conference loss in a one-point game, 50-49.
• Nearing an end to the regular season, UAlbany swept the series against New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, and Bryant while splitting against Vermont. In the series against the Catamounts, each team won its home game.
• Throughout conference play, the Great Danes earned double-digit victories in seven contests - Vermont (12/29), New Hampshire (1/1), UMass Lowell (1/7), Bryant (1/11), NJIT (1/14), New Hampshire (1/25), and Bryant (2/8).
• Junior Kayla Cooper leads the team with a .525 field goal percentage and senior Helene Haegerstrand leads from outside the arc (39.5%).
• Haegerstrand leads the team with 14.5 points per game. Cooper follows closely with 14.4 points per game while graduate student Ellen Hahne (12.0) also averages above 10 points per game.
• On defense, Cooper owns a team-high 7.7 rebounds per game.
• Hahne owns team-highs with 58 assists and 28 steals while Haegerstrand leads with 17 blocks.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 42.1% from the field, 32.8% outside the arc, and 73.0% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 58.6 points per game and 34.5 rebounds per game with 11.4 assists per game, 6.3 steals per game, and 2.6 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT BINGHAMTON

• The Bearcats are 13-11 on the season with six conference wins in 11 contests.
• Binghamton opened the season with four wins in five contests. Tallying victories over Bloomsburg (11/7), Army (11/10), Pittsburgh at Johnstown (11/16), and Canisius (11/20) the Bearcats fell at Syracuse (11/14).
• Evening out their record, BU saw three losses to close out November - Florida Atlantic (11/25), Butler (11/26), and Cornell (11/30).
• In December, the Bearcats won at home and fell on the road with losses at Siena (12/5) and St. Bonaventure (12/9) and wins over Fairfield (12/3), Navy (12/7), and Hartford (12/20).
• Starting out conference play, the Bearcats fell at UMBC (12/29) before earning two wins against Bryant (1/1) and New Hampshire (1/4).
• Before going on a three-game losing streak to the top three teams in the conference - UAlbany (1/18), Maine (1/21), and Vermont (1/25), the Bearcats saw a loss against NJIT (1/11) and a win at UMass Lowell (1/14).
• Answering with a three-game win streak, Binghamton has most recently seen Bryant (1/25), UMBC (2/1), and New Hampshire (2/8).
• Denai Bowman leads the team with 12.6 points per game. Ella Wanzer (12.0) and Genevieve Coleman (10.8) also average in the double-digits.
• Clare Traeger owns a team-high 8.9 rebounds per game.
• Jadyn Weltz tops the team in transition with 103 assists and 55 steals. 
• Bowman has tallied a team-high 23 blocks.
• As a team, the Bearcats are hitting 39.6% from the field, 33.5% outside the arc, and 66.1% from the free-throw line. Binghamton is averaging 61.7 points per game and 37.4 rebounds per game with 13.6 assists per game, 8.9 steals per game, and 2.7 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE BEARCATS

• The Great Danes lead the all-time series, 47-27.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, has led the Great Danes through eight wins over, and two losses to, Binghamton.
• UAlbany swept the series against the Bearcats throughout the 2021-22 season. With an 11-point road victory on January 31, the Great Danes welcomed Binghamton for a 61-48 victory on February 16.
• Earlier this season, UAlbany defeated the Bearcats on the road, 64-60, on January 18. In a close matchup, the Great Danes' second quarter proved the most useful as they outscored Binghamton 15-5 before the Bearcats worked for a comeback throughout the second half.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• With no undefeated teams left in the conference, UAlbany remains in first with a 10-2 record.
• After Wednesday's contests, Vermont took a slight lead over Maine with a 9-2 record to the Black Bears' 8-3.
• UMBC sits just behind Maine with a 8-4 standing.
• Binghamton and NJIT are tied for the fifth-place spot with six wins in 11 contests.
• New Hampshire is in sixth place with a 2-9 record.
• UMass Lowell holds a slight advantage after a bye on Wednesday over Bryant. Having played one more game, the Bulldogs have one more loss while each team has one win.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Saturday
  • UMBC at Bryant, 1 pm
  • NJIT at Maine, 1 pm
  • Vermont at UMass Lowell, 1 pm
  • Binghamton at UAlbany, 4 pm
• Monday
  • Maine at New Hampshire, 12 pm
• Wednesday
  • UAlbany at UMBC, 7 pm
  • Vermont at New Hampshire, 7 pm
  • UAlbany at UMBC, 7 pm
  • Binghamton at NJIT, 7 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 close the UMBC series (Feb. 15).

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