ALBANY, N.Y. - The #1 UAlbany women's basketball team is set to host #4 Maine for the semifinals of the Jersey Mike's America East Women's Basketball Playoffs.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
#4 Maine at #1 UAlbany
DATE: Monday, March 10
TIME: 6:30 PM
SITE: Broadview Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 25-5, 14-2 America East | Maine 15-15, 9-7 America East
SERIES RECORD: 32-25, Maine leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AmericaEast.TV
TICKETS: Ticket Return
POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE: AmericaEast.TV
 
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*records as of March 9
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Great Danes knocked #8 New Hampshire out of the Jersey Mike's America East Women's Basketball Playoffs in a commanding 22-point victory, 66-44.
• Four Great Danes scored double digits - Lilly Phillips (15), Meghan Huerter (14), Kayla Cooper (12), and Kaci Donovan (11). 
• As a team, UAlbany shot 53.7% from the field including a 47.1% accuracy from beyond the arc.

 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• One week into the postseason, UAlbany is 25-5 with a 14-2 conference record.
• UAlbany ended the 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.
• The Purple and Gold started the postseason hot with a home victory over #8 New Hampshire to knock the Wildcats out of the America East playoffs.
• Kayla Cooper leads with 17.3 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, 102 assists, and 47 steals.
• Kaci Donovan follows as the team's second-leading scorer averaging 11.5 points per game.
• Jessica Tomasetti ranks second in rebounds with 4.3 per game, in assists (67), and in steals (32).
• Junior Gabriela Falcão owns a team-high 31 blocks.
• As a team, the Great Danes are shooting .460 from the field, with a 33.7% accuracy from downtown, and .738 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. 
• Kaci Donovan is nearing two milestones - eight three-pointers away from 200 in her career and 16 points away from 1,250.
• Kayla Cooper is 14 field goals away from 750 in her career.

 
GREATNESS RANKED

• The team has been dominant defensively and ranks seventh in the nation in scoring defense by allowing just 53.6 points per game while also holding opponents to 26.2% from three, the eighth-best mark in the country.
• Their success is reflected in their .833 winning percentage, tied for 25th nationally, while their efficiency on offense has led to a 46.0% field goal percentage, ranked 31st 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 MAINE

• The Black Bears finished the regular season at 14-15 overall and 9-7 in the America East.
• 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 swept only UMass Lowell in the regular season and UAlbany swept them. The team has split their series against NJIT, UMBC, Vermont, Binghamton, New Hampshire, and Bryant.
• The Black Bears claimed victory over #5 NJIT at home to advance to the semifinals against UAlbany.
• Caroline Bornemann is leading Maine by averaging 12.3 points and 7.8 rebounds. Bornemann has also tallied the most blocks with seven. 
• Paula Gallego owns a team-high 104 assists for the Black Bears and follows Bornemann with an average of 10.0 points per game.
• Asta Blauenfeldt is leading Maine in steals with 49. 
• Collectively, the Black Bears are shooting 41.4% from the field, 33.0% from three-point range, and maintaining a 71.8% free-throw percentage.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE BLACK BEARS

• The Black Bears lead the series, 32-25. 
• Current head coach, Colleen Mullen, owns a 6-12 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. 
• In their first meeting this season, 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.
• UAlbany completed their regular-season sweep with a 16-point victory over the Black Bears in Maine behind a double-double performance by Jessica Tomasetti. 
• Maine and UAlbany have seen each other four times since Mullen took over the program in 2018-19. 
• After two consecutive road postseason losses during the semifinal round, the Great Danes upset Maine on the road for the championship victory in 2022.
• The most recent postseason meeting was a semifinal win at HVCC in 2023.

 
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
  • #3 Bryant at #2 Vermont, 6 pm
  • #4 Maine at #1 UAlbany, 6:30 pm
• Championship - Friday, March 14
  • Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, 5 pm

 
UP NEXT: If the Great Danes win against Maine, they will host the America East Championship on Friday (Mar. 14). The opponent will be the winner of the Bryant-Vermont matchup.
 
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