ALBANY, N.Y. - The #1 UAlbany women's basketball team is set to host #2 Vermont for the Jersey Mike's America East Women's Basketball Championship.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
#2 Vermont at #1 UAlbany
DATE: Friday, March 14
TIME: 5:00 PM
SITE: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 26-5, 14-2 America East | Vermont 20-12, 13-3 America East
SERIES RECORD: 28-27, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPNU
INT'L STREAM: Not available
TICKETS: Ticket Return
 
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*records as of March 12
 
LAST TIME OUT

• UAlbany earned a championship appearance after defeating #4 Maine in the Jersey Mike's America East Women's Basketball Semifinals.
• The Great Danes put on a show with two double-digit performers - Kayla Cooper (17) and Kaci Donovan (12).
• Holding it down on defense, Cooper and Jessica Tomasetti grabbed eight boards a piece alongside a game-high four steals from Delanie Hill.
• As a team, the Great Danes held Maine to just 15 field goals, including only 16 points in the paint.

 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany ended its regular season 24-5 with a 14-2 conference record for the America East Regular Season title.
• 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 completed regular-season sweeps over Bryant, Binghamton, UMass Lowell, Maine, New Hampshire, and NJIT and split the regular-season series against Vermont and UMBC.
• Most recently, UAlbany ended two playoff runs in the Broadview Center - #8 New Hampshire and #4 Maine.
• Kayla Cooper leads with 17.2 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, 106 assists, and 50 steals.
• Kaci Donovan follows as the team's second-leading scorer averaging 11.5 points per game.
• Jessica Tomasetti ranks second in rebounds with 4.4 per game, in assists (68), and in steals (33).
• Junior Gabriela Falcão owns a team-high 31 blocks.
• As a team, the Great Danes are shooting .457 from the field, with a 33.4% accuracy from downtown, and .740 from the line.

 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Senior Laycee Drake is three assists away from making it 100 in her career.
• Junior Gabriela Falcão needs four more blocks to hit 50 career blocks. 
• Kayla Cooper is seven field goals away from 750 in her career.
• Kaci Donovan is nearing two milestones - seven three-pointers away from 200 in her career and 14 points away from 1,250.

 
GREATNESS RANKED

• The team has been dominant defensively and ranks eighth in the nation in scoring defense by allowing just 52.9 points per game while also holding opponents to 26.5% from three, the 11th best mark in the country.
• Their success is reflected in their .839 winning percentage, tied for 23th nationally, while their efficiency on offense has led to a 45.7% field goal percentage, ranked 34th in the country.

 
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 VERMONT

• The Catamounts finished the non-conference season with five wins and nine losses.
• Seeing one overlapping opponent, both Vermont and UAlbany competed at Dartmouth - the Great Danes tabbed a three-point win while the Catamounts went home with a 24-point victory.
• Three of UVM's wins came in the first two weeks of competition - Missouri (11.4), Holy Cross (11.16), and Dartmouth (11.18).
• Beginning with the ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout (11.22-23), the Catamounts went 2-7 to end the non-conference slate.
• Vermont lost to UAlbany (1.2) to open America East play. 
• After their first game of 2025, the Catamounts won seven consecutive contests, including a regular-season sweep over Binghamton before a loss in Maine (2.1) split their series.
• The Catamounts went on to sweep New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, NJIT, and UMBC but only found one win against UAlbany, Maine, and Bryant.
• Anna Olson is averaging 12.8 points per game to lead the Catamounts' scoring efforts. 
• Bella Vito fuels the defensive efforts with two team-highs - 5.8 rebounds per game and 66 steals.
• Catherine Gilwee leads in assists (128) while Nikola Priede owns the team-high in blocks (35). 
• Collectively, the Catamounts are shooting 46.4% from the field, 33.7% from three-point range, and maintaining a 70.0% free-throw percentage.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS

• UAlbany currently leads the series by one win for an overall record of 28-27.
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 6-9 record against Vermont during her time with UAlbany.
• The Catamounts were the only team in the conference to sweep the Great Danes during the 2023-24 season. They were also the only team to beat UAlbany at home that same season.
• Vermont ended the Great Danes America East Tournament run in both 2023 and 2024. UVM defeated UAlbany in the championship matchup in Burlington in 2023 before beating UAlbany in the semifinal round at Broadview Center in 2024.

 
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 TOURNAMENT

• Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 6
  • #1 UAlbany 66, #8 New Hampshire 44
  • #2 Vermont 70, #7 UMBC 39
  • #3 Bryant 66, #6 Binghamton 63
  • #4 Maine 65, #5 NJIT 51
• Semifinals - Monday, March 10
  • #1 UAlbany 49, #4 Maine 41
  • #2 Vermont 62, #3 Bryant 45
• Championship - Friday, March 14
  • #2 Vermont at #1 UAlbany, 5 pm

 
UP NEXT: Win or lose, the Great Danes' season is not over. A win in the championship would give UAlbany the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. A loss would mean they use their automatic bid to the WBIT as the AE Regular Season Champions. 
 
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