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Binghamton (7-9, 2-1 AE) won 53-47 at Hartford last Wednesday. Imani Watkins poured in a game-high 19 points and added five rebounds, four assists and pair of steals. Sophomore forward Alyssa James finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds to record her team-best sixth double-double. Freshman guard Rebecca Carmody, meanwhile, added 15 points and eight rebounds.
 
James ranks third in the America East in scoring (16.9 ppg.), fourth in rebounding (8.8 rpg) and is first with 3.0 blocks. Watkins is fourth in the conference in scoring (16.8 ppg.), third in assists (4.9 apg.) and is fourth in steals (2.3 spg.). Senior guard Kim Albrecht is averaging 11.1 points per game and is tied for second in the America East with 2.2 three-point field goals per game and leads the conference with a .892 free throw percentage.

Albany (13-3, 4-0 AE) is the four-time defending America East champion. Most recently, the Great Danes defeated Maine 64-59 on Saturday behind a game-high 34 points by Shereesha Richards. Richards, who has been named the America East Player of the Year the past two seasons, leads the conference with 24.6 points per game and is third with 8.9 rebounds per contest. Her teammate Imani Tate, ranks second in the America East with 17.9 points per night.

Albany leads the all-time series 32-25, having won the past 10 meetings. The Great Danes swept last year's meetings 82-49 at the Events Center on Jan. 14 and 75-53 on Feb. 11 at SEFCU Arena. Binghamton's last win in the series was a 41-40 triumph at Albany on Feb. 20, 2011. At the Events Center, the Bearcats last defeated Albany 50-44 on Jan. 20, 2011.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

.892
Senior guard Kim Albrecht leads the America East with an .892 free throw percentage (33-of-37).

3.00
Sophomore forward Alyssa James leads the America East and ranks No. 11 on the NCAA Division I level with 3.00 blocks per game. 

3.50
As a team, Binghamton ranks second in the America East with a +3.50 turnover margin.

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Senior guard Kim Albrecht has scored at least 20 points four times during her career. Most recently, she scored 20 points against Misericordia on Jan. 4.

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Sophomore forward Alyssa James has posted six double-doubles so far this season.

9
Sophomore forward Kristin Ross grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against Brown on Dec. 3.

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Sophomore forward Alyssa James broke both the school and America East Conference records with nine blocks against Xavier on Nov. 28, 2015. It is also tied for the best performance by a NCAA Division I player this season.

12
Binghamton has already had a player score 20 or more points 12 times this season. Sophomore guard Imani Watkins has reached the mark seven times while sophomore forward Alyssa James has done so three times and senior guard Kim Albrecht has two such performances.

10.0 & 6.7
In the past six games freshman forward Rebecca Carmody has averaged 10.0 points and 6.7 rebounds.

20-10-10
Sophomore guard Imani Watkins recorded the program's first triple double since 1992 when she finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Nyack on Dec. 15.

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Sophomore forward Alyssa James scored a career-high 33 points against Columbia on Dec. 9, 2015, which is the highest total by a Binghamton player in a game since 2009.

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Sophomore guard Imani Watkins has played all 40 minutes in a game eight times during her career, most recently against Stony Brook on Jan. 6.