GAME NOTES

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- Binghamton (0-1) lost its season opener 67-57 on Friday evening against a Bucknell team favored to win the Patriot League. Junior guard Imani Watkins poured in a game-high 26 points while freshman guard Kai Moon netted 13 points in her debut.
 
- Binghamton returns four starters and nine letterwinners from last year's squad that went 14-17 and tied for third in the America East Conference after being picked last (ninth) in the preseason poll. The Bearcats advanced to the conference semifinal for the first time since 2012 and were the eighth most improved NCAA Division I program in the nation.
 
- Yale opens its season against Binghamton following a 14-17 finish in 2015-16. In the Ivy League Preseason Poll, the Bulldogs were picked to finish sixth out of eight teams.
 
- Binghamton has been picked to finish fourth in the America East this season -- its highest prediction since the 2011-12 campaign. In addition, junior guard Imani Watkins was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
 
- In the only previous meeting between the two programs, Binghamton won 75-68 in New Haven on Jan. 2, 2001. Current Binghamton Associate Head Coach Leah Truncale was a junior forward on that team and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds, a block and three steals against the Bulldogs. Teammate Bess Greenberg, meanwhile, drained a three program-record eight three-point field goals and finished with 30 points.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
 
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Binghamton and Yale meet for the first time since Jan. 2, 2001. The Bearcats won that game 75-68 in New Haven.
 
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Binghamton was picked fourth in the America East preseason poll, marking its highest projection since the 2011-12 season.
 
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Binghamton has four players on its roster who have either been named all-conference or all-rookie by the America East during their careers (Jasmine Sina, Imani Watkins, Alyssa James and Rebecca Carmody).
 
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Junior center Alyssa James currently has eight career double-doubles. Most recently, she finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds against UMass Lowell on Feb. 20, 2016.
 
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During the 2015-16 season, Binghamton was the eighth-most improved Division I program.
 
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Freshman guard Kai Moon scored 13 points in her debut on Friday against Bucknell.
 
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Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 16 career 20-point games, including her 26-point performance against Bucknell on Friday.
 
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Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina has already hit 90 three-point field goals, which ranks No. 11 all time in program history.
 
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With 94 career blocks, junior center Alyssa James already ranks sixth all time in program history. In fifth place, with 95 career rejections, is Alicia Brennan (1986-90)
 
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Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 929 career points, which ranks No. 17 all time in Binghamton program history.