ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany women's basketball team readies for the final game in a three-game road streak.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Boston University
DATE: Tuesday, December 10
TIME: 6:00 PM
SITE: Case Gym - Boston, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-1, 0-0 America East | Boston U 4-3, 0-0 Patriot League
SERIES RECORD: 20-5, Boston U leads
STATS: GoTerriers.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: PatriotLeague.com
TICKETS: Ticketmaster
 
*records as of December 9
 
LAST TIME OUT

• On Saturday, December 7, the Great Danes seven-game win streak ended at Siena in the Albany Cup.
• UAlbany shot over 50% while allowing 43% of Siena's shot but the Saints out-rebounded the Great Danes, 37-26, including 19 offensive rebounds. The Saints scored 21 second chance points.
• Graduate students Kayla Cooper (18), Kaci Donovan (16), and Lilly Phillips (16) led the team on offense while Cooper totaled a team-high eight rebounds.
• Cooper went 7-10 from the field; Phillips followed with six out of 10 attempts, including 2-3 from outside the arc.

 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• In the team's best start since the 2013-14 season, UAlbany was unbeaten through the first seven games of the season. The team's one loss of the season came in its most recent contest at Siena (12.7).
• Going undefeated in November, UAlbany earned a double-digit season-opening victory against Rhode Island (11.8) while adding head coach Colleen Mullen's first win over a Power Four (Five) at Syracuse (11.20). Additional wins in November were against Dartmouth (11.13), Sacred Heart (11.16), Cornell (11.23) and RPI (11.27). 
• The Great Danes opened December with a win at Stonehill on December 1.
• Kayla Cooper leads with 19.4 points per game, 8.8 rebounds per game, and 17 assists.
• Junior Gabriela Falcão owns a team-high 12 blocks.
• Four-year Great Dane Lilly Phillips (11.4) makes it two Great Danes averaging double-digit points.
• Graduate student point guard Jessica Tomasetti currently leads the team with 13 steals.
• As a team, the Great Danes are shooting .464 from the field, with a 36.9% accuracy from downtown, and .811 from the line.

 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Kaci Donovan (3 away) and senior Laycee Drake (11 away) are closing in on 100 career assists while Kayla Cooper has to earn 16 more assists for 200 in her career and Lilly Phillips is nearing 100 career steals (11 away).
• On a roll in recent games, Phillips is just nine made three-pointers from 100 in her career.
• Donovan is 27 points away from joining the 1000-point club. Cooper is nearing 1500 points (10 points away).

 
VIDEO GAME NUMBERS

• UAlbany is ranked 27th in the country in three-point field goal percentage (.368) and 40th in the country in field goal percentage (.464).
• The Great Danes lead the America East in nearly all shooting categories: scoring margin (12.6), field goal percentage (.464), three-point field goal percentage (.369), and free throw percentage (.811). They are second in scoring offense (68.5) and scoring defense (54.9).
• UAlbany has leaders across all the shooting categories in the conference:
  • Kayla Cooper
    • 1st - .621 FG percentage
    • 2nd - 19.4 points per game
    • 2nd - .860 FT percentage
  • Kaci Donovan
    • 2nd - .415 3PT FG percentage
    • 3rd - 2.1 3PT FG per game
    • 16th - 10.6 points per game
  • Lilly Phillips
    • 4th - .508 FG percentage
    • 8th - 1.6 3PT FG per game
    • 11th - 11.4 points per game
  • Meghan Huerter
    • T9th - 1.4 3PT FG per game

 
COOP-SANITY

• The 2024-25 season has been unforgettable for Kayla Cooper, whose explosive performances have ignited "Coop-sanity" across the America East. The five-year Great Dane ranks in the top 50 of the nation in two different stats as well as nearing the top of the league in multiple categories.
• Cooper was named AE Player of the Week in the first three weeks of the season - a feat only accomplished once before by the Great Dane's all-time leading scorer, Shereesha Richards. She is the first athlete in the conference to achieve this accomplishment since Blanca Milan (Maine) in 2019.
• National rankings:
  • 13th - .621 FG%
  • 35th - 19.4 points per game
• In the America East:
  • 1st - .621FG%
  • 2nd - 19.4 points per game
  • 2nd - 8.8 rebounds per game
  • 2nd - .860 FT%
  • T12th - 1.4 steals per game
  • T19th - 2.1 assists per game
  • T17th - 0.4 blocks per game

 
IN THE RECORD BOOK

• Kayla Cooper is ranked in the record book in four different stats.
  • 5th - 1490 points
  • T6th - 13.1 points per game
  • 4th - 820 rebounds
  • T7th - 7.2 rebounds per game
• In 2023-24, two Great Danes put up single-season numbers good enough to be ranked in program history.
  • Kayla Cooper
    • 7th - 509 points
    • 10th - 15.9 points per game
    • 8th - .528 field goal percentage
  • Meghan Huerter
    • 2nd - .459 three-point field goal percentage

 
ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

• The Terriers are 4-3 on the season.
• Going back and forth on results, the longest win streak BU has earned is its most recent two consecutive wins - Rider (12/1) and Le Moyne (12/5).
• Throughout November, the Terriers notched wins over Northeastern (12/4) and Maine (12/21) with losses to #2 UConn (12/7), New Hampshire (12/16), and Georgetown (12/27). 
• Boston U added an exhibition win against Emmanuel (12/12).
• Alex Giannaros leads the team with 15.4 points per game.
• Allison Schwertner leads on defense with 6.0 rebounds per game and 15 steals while following Giannaros with 10.3 points per game.
• Aoibhe Gormley owns a team-high 21 assists and Anete Adler has a team-high six blocks.
• As a team, BU is shooting .400 from the field, including 36.8% accuracy from downtown, with a .718 free throw percentage.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE TERRIERS

• Boston University leads the all-time series, 20-5.
• This will be head coach Colleen Mullen's second meeting against the Terriers after a 60-58 loss at SEFCU Arena on November 20, 2019.

 
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 fourth consecutive year.
• Coaches Colleen Mullen and Dwayne Killings, along with select student-athletes, will join ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team's Dan Bahl and Michael Johnson Jr. 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 Killings, 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.

 
AMERICA EAST STANDINGS

• UAlbany remains at the top of the league after their first loss in eight games. 
• Bryant follows with two losses in nine contests.
• UMBC is currently on a three-game win streak for a 6-4 record.
• Binghamton (5-4) and New Hampshire (5-5) lost their most recent matchups to hold their respective records.
• Vermont sits just below .500 with a 5-6 record.
• Maine (3-6) and NJIT (2-8) are currently on multi-game losing streaks.
• UMass Lowell rounds out the conference with a 1-8 record after winning their first game on Saturday (12/7).

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEKEND

• Monday
  • Monmouth at NJIT, 7 pm
  • Maine at St. Joseph's, 7 pm
• Tuesday
  • Bryant at Brown, 4 pm
  • UAlbany at Boston U, 6 pm
  • Iona at UMass Lowell, 6 pm
• Thursday
  • Boston U at UMass Lowell, 6 pm
  • NJIT at Wagner, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • St. Bonaventure at UAlbany, 2 pm
• Sunday
  • Bryant at Boston College, 12 pm
  • Quinnipiac at Vermont, 2 pm
  • Binghamton at Siena, 2 pm

 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes will return home to host the first game (2 pm) in a UAlbany doubleheader.
 
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