ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team heads on the road for their final Wednesday game of the regular season.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at UMBC
DATE: Wednesday, February 15
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena - Baltimore, Md.
RECORDS: UAlbany 17-10, 11-2 America East | UMBC 12-12, 9-4 America East
SERIES RECORD: 27-14, UAlbany leads
STATS: UMBCRetrievers.com
TICKETS: UMBCRetrievers.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AE.TV
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"UMBC is a dynamic offensive team with many players who can create their own shot. They love to push the ball in transition and play pressure defense. We need to slow them down and control the tempo. We want to limit turnovers and win the battle of the boards on 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, Binghamton, 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 eight contests - Vermont (12/29), New Hampshire (1/1), UMass Lowell (1/7), Bryant (1/11), NJIT (1/14), New Hampshire (1/25), Bryant (2/8), Binghamton (2/11).
• UAlbany's most recent contest against the Bearcats resulted in the first overtime game since November 5, 2019 - a win over Columbia.
• Junior Kayla Cooper leads the team with a .523 field goal percentage and senior Helene Haegerstrand leads from outside the arc (40.7%).
• Haegerstrand and Cooper lead the team with 14.6 points per game. Graduate student Ellen Hahne follows with 12.0 points per game.
• On defense, Cooper owns a team-high 7.8 rebounds per game.
• Hahne owns team-highs with 60 assists and 30 steals while Haegerstrand leads with 19 blocks.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 42.1% from the field, 33.0% outside the arc, and 72.4% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 58.3 points per game and 34.8 rebounds per game with 11.5 assists per game, 6.4 steals per game, and 2.9 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT UMBC

• The Retrievers are 12-12 on the season with nine conference wins in 13 games.
• 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).
• With just three games left in the conference season, UMBC has closed the series against Binghamton, Vermont, Bryant, Maine, and NJIT. Sweeping Bryant and NJIT, the Retrievers split the series against Vermont, Binghamton, and Maine. 
• Earlier this season, UMBC fell to UAlbany (1/4) and defeated New Hampshire (1/21) and UMass Lowell (1/18).
• KK White leads the team with 11.2 points per game from 258 total points.
• Leading on defense with 38 blocks and 8.5 rebounds per game, Kiara Bell follows White with 11.0 points per game.
• Laycee Drake leads in transition with 61 assists and 44 steals.
• As a team, the Retrievers are hitting 41.4% from the field, 26.2% outside the arc, and 70.0% from the free-throw line. UMBC is averaging 61.5 points per game and 35.8 rebounds per game with 10.3 assists per game, 7.5 steals per game, and 3.1 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE RETRIEVERS

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 27-14.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 5-3 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.
• Earlier this season, the Great Danes hosted UMBC for a 61-53 victory on January 4, 2023.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• UAlbany and Vermont are in a race to finish first in the conference. The Great Danes currently hold one more win with one more game (11-2) while the Catamounts follow (10-2).
• Maine and UMBC are tied for the final hosting slot with a 9-4 record.
• NJIT owns a 7-5 record for fifth place.
• Binghamton sits with an even 6-6 record.
• New Hampshire is in seventh place with a 2-10 record.
• UMass Lowell and Bryant are battling for the final postseason slot. A game behind, the River Hawks (1-11) hold the slight lead with one less loss than the Bulldogs (1-12).

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Wednesday
  • UAlbany at UMBC, 7 pm
  • Vermont at New Hampshire, 7 pm
  • Bryant at UMass Lowell, 7 pm
  • Binghamton at NJIT, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • NJIT at Vermont, 2 pm
  • UMass Lowell at Binghamton, 2 pm
  • New Hampshire at UMBC, 2 pm
  • Maine at UAlbany, 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 return home for the final home game of the regular season - Maine (Feb. 18).

 
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