ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's basketball team heads on the road for a weekend game at Vermont.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Vermont
DATE: Saturday, February 4
TIME: 12:00 PM
SITE: Patrick Gymnasium - Burlington, Vermont
RECORDS: UAlbany 15-9, 9-1 America East | Vermont 15-6, 7-2 America East
SERIES RECORD: 27-21, UAlbany leads
STATS: UVMAthletics.com
TICKETS: UVMAthletics.com
STREAM: ESPN3
INT'L STREAM: AE.TV
 
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN
"UVM is a well-balanced team that has a great inside-out attack. They like to get out in transition and shoot the three very well. They play physical on the defensive end and rebound the ball well. We need to execute our game plan and defend them for 40 minutes."
 
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 opened America East action with two double-digit wins over Vermont (12/29) and New Hampshire (1/1) before taking UMBC in an eight-point win, 61-53 (1/4).
• Returning to double-digit victories, the Great Danes took UMass Lowell (1/7), 62-38, and Bryant (1/11), 63-50.
• The Great Danes tied a season-high with 73 points in a 73-54 win over NJIT (1/14) before defeating Binghamton (1/18) and closing the series over New Hampshire (1/25).
• Traveling to Maine (1/28), UAlbany saw its first conference loss in a one-point game, 50-49.
• Closing the UMass Lowell series, the Great Danes defeated the River Hawks (2/1) and swept the series.
• Junior Kayla Cooper leads the team with a .511 field goal percentage and senior Helene Haegerstrand leads from outside the arc (40.3%).
• Haegerstrand leads the team with 15.0 points per game. Cooper (13.6) and graduate student Ellen Hahne (12.6) each average above 10 points per game.
• On defense, Cooper owns a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game.
• Hahne owns team-highs with 54 assists and 24 steals while Haegerstrand leads with 15 blocks.
• As a team, UAlbany is hitting 42.5% from the field, 34.3% outside the arc, and 73.2% from the free-throw line. The Great Danes are averaging 58.6 points per game and 33.9 rebounds per game with 11.4 assists per game, 6.3 steals per game, and 2.6 blocks per game.

 
ABOUT VERMONT

• The Catamounts are 15-6 on the season with seven conference wins in nine contests.
• After opening the season with a victory over Saint Michael's (11/4), the Catamounts fell to #11 Indiana (11/8) and Miami (Ohio) (11/11). 
• Hosting five-straight home games, Vermont earned wins over AIC (11/15), Army (11/21), Stonehill (11/26), and Siena (11/27) with just one loss to Delaware (11/18).
• The Catamounts added five games in December. Working for just one loss against Duquesne (12/10), Vermont notched victories against Dartmouth (12/1), Marist (12/4), Saint Francis (12/8), and Holy Cross (12/20).
• After starting America East play with losses to UAlbany (12/29) and UMBC (1/1), Vermont has won its last seven contests - Bryant (1/4), New Hampshire (1/7), UMass Lowell (1/11), Maine (1/18), NJIT (1/21), Binghamton (1/25), and UMBC (1/28).
• Emma Utterback leads the team with 14.0 points per game, 92 assists, and 21 steals.
• Maria Myklebust owns a team-high success rate from the field (55.6%) while Anna Olson follows (51.1%).
• Olson leads the Vermont defense with 6.1 rebounds per game. 
• Delaney Richason owns a team-high 18 blocks. Ryana Dizon follows closely with 17.
• As a team, the Catamounts are hitting 43.2% from the field, 37.9% outside the arc, and 67.6% from the free-throw line. Vermont is averaging 62.0 points per game and 34.7 rebounds per game with 13.7 assists per game, 6.0 steals per game, and 3.1 blocks per game.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 27-21.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 5-3 record against Vermont during her time with the Great Danes.
• Vermont and UAlbany met three times throughout the 2021-22 season.
• The regular season was split, 1-1, with the two games happening in a three-day span. Each team won its home game. 
• On February 12, 2022, the Great Danes hosted the Catamounts for a 54-52 win. On February 14, Vermont defeated UAlbany, 63-55, in Burlington.
• The teams met in the postseason for the semifinal round at SEFCU Arena. After a close first quarter, the Great Danes took a gradual lead throughout the final three quarters for a 67-54 victory on March 8, 2022.
• Earlier this season, UAlbany hosted Vermont to start conference play. The Great Danes played the Catamounts to a double-digit victory, 60-46.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• With no undefeated teams left in the conference, UAlbany remains in first with a 9-1 record.
• Maine follows closely with an 8-1 America East record.
• Vermont rounds out the top three with a 7-2 record.
• UMBC and NJIT both have four losses but the Retrievers hold the slight edge with six wins while the Highlanders have five.
• Binghamton sits with an even 5-5 record.
• New Hampshire, Bryant, and UMass Lowell all have one win with UNH holding the slight edge with eight losses to Bryant and UML's nine.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Saturday
  • UAlbany at Vermont, 12 pm
  • Bryant at New Hampshire, 1 pm
  • Maine at UMBC, 2 pm
  • UMass Lowell at NJIT, 3 pm
• Wednesday
  • Maine at Vermont, 6 pm
  • UAlbany at Bryant, 7 pm
  • New Hampshire at Binghamton, 7 pm
  • MBC 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 continue on the road for Bryant (Feb. 8).

 
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