ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany women's basketball team hits the road to face Maine and New Hampshire.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Maine
DATE: Thursday, February 20
TIME: 6:00 PM
SITE: The Pit in Memorial Gymnasium - Orono, Maine
RECORDS: UAlbany 20-5, 10-2 America East | Maine 12-13, 7-5 America East
SERIES RECORD: 33-23, UAlbany leads
STATS: GoBlackBears.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AmericaEast.TV
TICKETS: GoBlackBears.com
 
UAlbany at New Hampshire
DATE: Saturday, February 22
TIME: 12:00 PM
SITE: Lundholm Gymnasium - Durham, N.H.
RECORDS: UAlbany 20-5, 10-2 America East | New Hampshire 9-17, 3-10 America East
SERIES RECORD: 39-18, UAlbany leads
STATS: UNHWildcats.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AmericaEast.TV
TICKETS: UNHWildcats.com
 
*records as of February 18

UAlbany game notes (PDF)
 
LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

• The Great Danes added a win to their record after defeating the River Hawks at home during their Commitment to Education game.
• During UAlbany's triumph over UMass Lowell, graduate student Kayla Cooper paved the way with 19 points, eight rebounds, and four assists. 
• Fellow graduate student Lilly Phillips shot over 50% for 17 points while adding a team-high three steals. 

 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• With two weeks remaining in the regular season, UAlbany is 20-5 with a 10-2 conference record.
• The Great Danes ended the non-conference season with just three losses while securing the best 10-game start in Division I history (9-1).
• During the 2024 portion of the schedule, UAlbany competed against three Power-Four teams. The team beat Syracuse (11.20) and fell to Wisconsin (12.20) and #6 LSU (12.29).
• The Great Danes went undefeated throughout the month of November.
• UAlbany kicked off the conference season with six consecutive wins. UMBC broke the win streak with an upset on the road (1.23).
• Since the loss in Maryland, the Great Danes have completed regular-season sweeps over Bryant, Binghamton, and UMass Lowell and split the regular-season series against Vermont.
• Kayla Cooper leads with 17.9 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per game, 72 assists, and 38 steals.
• Fellow graduate student Kaci Donovan follows with 11.4 points per game and is tied for second in rebounds per game (3.9) with Jessica Tomasetti.
• Tomasetti is also second on the team with 49 assists and 30 steals.
• Junior Gabriela Falcão owns a team-high 29 blocks.
• As a team, the Great Danes are shooting .448 from the field, with a 33.3% accuracy from downtown, and .779 from the line.

 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Senior Laycee Drake is three assists away from making it 100 in her career.
• Jessica Tomasetti is 16 points away from 1250 career points while Lilly Phillips is 11 points from 750 in her career.
• Junior Gabriela Falcão needs six more blocks to hit 50 career blocks. 

 
MULLEN MAGIC

• Head coach Colleen Mullen won her 20th game of the season against UMass Lowell on February 13.
• The win marked Mullen's fourth consecutive season with 20+ wins.
• She is the second UAlbany women's basketball coach to achieve four 20-win seasons, both consecutive and overall. Former head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson was the first to do this for the women's basketball program during the 2014-15 season.
• Throughout the history of both UAlbany basketball programs, Mullen is just the third coach to achieve four consecutive 20+-win seasons. UAlbany men's basketball's Will Brown was the second UAlbany basketball coach to achieve four consecutive 20-win seasons in 2017-18.
• The legendary Doc Sauers was the first UAlbany basketball coach to achieve four 20-win seasons. He is the only UAlbany basketball coach to achieve this accomplishment without doing so in consecutive seasons. 
  • Brown earned his fourth 20-win season in 2014-15. The 2014-15 season would prove to be the first of his four-year 20-win season streak.
• Overall, Mullen's arrival at four 20-win seasons is the second fastest in UAlbany basketball history. Taking seven seasons to accomplish this, she is behind only Abrahamson-Henderson who did it in five seasons. 

 
HISTORY MADE

• The Great Danes finished a spectacular performance in the non-conference season, fueled by the leadership of head coach Colleen Mullen.
• After defeating St. Bonaventure on Saturday (12.14), UAlbany sealed the best 10-game start in Division I program history with just one loss. 
• Previously, the best 10-game start in Division I program history was 8-2, including one season under head coach Colleen Mullen. Five teams earned the 8-2 start: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2023-24.

 
HAPPY AT HOME

• The Great Danes have paved the way for a historic season with an incredible record at home as they remain undefeated through the 2024-25 season in the Broadview Center.
• UAlbany has lost just five games at home since the start of the 2021-22 season.
• Going undefeated at home in non-conference play, Maine took the second-to-last regular-season home game of the 2021-22 season.
• Flipping the book for the 2022-23 season, UAlbany fell to Colgate and Cornell at "home" (Saint Rose and HVCC, respectively) while Broadview Center was undergoing its transformational overhaul. 
• The Great Danes fell only twice during the 2023-24 season at home; both times being against Vermont.

 
ABOUT MAINE

• The Black Bears finished the non-conference season with five wins and eight losses.
• Both Maine and UAlbany faced Boston U, Stonehill, and Rhode Island. The Great Danes emerged victorious in all three contests while the Black Bears picked up two wins but lost to BU (11.21). 
• Finishing the non-conference slate strong, Maine beat Coppin State (12.29). 
• The Black Bears opened conference play with back-to-back wins against UMass Lowell (1.2) and Bryant (1.4) before losing two to Binghamton (1.9) and UAlbany (1.11). 
• Maine has only swept UMass Lowell in the regular season. The team has split their series against NJIT, UMBC, and Vermont. 
• The Black Bears face UAlbany, Binghamton, and UNH at home before finishing their season at Bryant.  
• Caroline Bornemann is leading Maine by averaging 13.6 points and 7.9 rebounds. Bornemann has also tallied the most blocks with seven. 
• Paula Gallego owns a team-high 90 assists for the Black Bears and follows Bornemann with an average of 10.4 points per game.
• Asta Blauenfeldt is leading Maine in steals with 38. 
• Collectively, the Black Bears are shooting 41.8% from the field, 32.7% from three-point range, and maintaining a 71.4% free-throw percentage.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE BLACK BEARS 

• The Black Bears lead the series, 32-24. . 
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 5-12 record against Maine during her time with UAlbany.
• During the 2023-24 season, each team won their home contests and during the 2022-23 season, the Great Danes knocked Maine out of the America East Tournament after beating the Black Bears at the Pit for the AE title in 2022. 
• Earlier this year, UAlbany and Maine battled in a close contest for the Great Dane victory, 60-55. The Purple and Gold were down four points at the end of the third quarter before tying the score at 6:20 and taking the lead with just 5:25 remaining in the contest.

 
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE

• The Wildcats concluded their non-conference schedule with a 6-7 record.
• Both UNH and the Great Danes faced Merrimack, Boston U, Dartmouth, and Stonehill. UAlbany defeated all four opponents while UNH beat all except Merrimack.
• New Hampshire opened the season with wins against Worcester State (11.4) and UMass (11.7) before adding two more against Northeastern (11.14) and BU (11.16).
• Throughout the next eight games, the Wildcats beat just two opponents - Dartmouth (12.1) and Stonehill (12.30).
• New Hampshire opened conference play with four consecutive losses before earning back-to-back wins against UMBC (1.16) and NJIT (1.18). 
• So far, the Wildcats have been swept by Bryant and Vermont and they have split their series against UMBC, NJIT, and UMass Lowell. 
• This week, New Hampshire hosts Binghamton and UAlbany before closing out the regular season at Maine. 
• Eva DeChent is leading the team with 17.5 points per game, 43 steals, and 13 blocks.
• Clara Gomez tops the team's defense with 7.6 rebounds per game while assisting with the most shots (51). 
• Maggie Cavanaugh follows DeChent in scoring by averaging 9.5 points per game. 
• Collectively, the Wildcats are shooting 35.2% from the field, 25.2% from three-point range, and maintaining a 74.5% free-throw percentage.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE WILDCATS

• The Great Danes lead the series, 34-18.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 13-2 record against UNH during her time with UAlbany. Both losses came in the 2019-20 season with margins of one and three.
• After beating New Hampshire, 59-32, the Great Danes tied their longest win streak in the series against the Wildcats. They have totaled 11 wins having been undefeated since the 2020-21 season.

 
PAST CONNECTIONS

• Head coach Colleen Mullen both attended and graduated from New Hampshire.
• Following two years of play at Rhode Island, Mullen concluded her collegiate career as a two-year captain for the Wildcats. Within just two seasons, she achieved the 14th-highest mark in program history with 218 assists as a Wildcat.

 
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 and Vermont are tied at the top of the table (10-2).
• Maine (7-5) and NJIT (7-6) each have seven wins making them tied for third. 
• UMBC, Binghamton, and Bryant all have six wins. The Retrievers hold the slight edge with six losses to the Bearcats' and the Bulldogs' seven.
• New Hampshire (3-10) and UMass Lowell (1-11) round out the conference battling for the final spot in the tournament.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Thursday
  • UAlbany at Maine, 6 pm
  • Vermont at Bryant, 6 pm
  • UMass Lowell at UMBC, 6 pm
  • Binghamton at New Hampshire, 6 pm
• Saturday
  • UAlbany at New Hampshire, 12 pm
  • Binghamton at Maine, 1 pm
  • UMBC at NJIT, 1 pm
  • Vermont at UMass Lowell, 2 pm

 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes return home to close out the regular season - UMBC on Thursday (2.27) & NJIT on Saturday (3.1).
 
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