GAME NOTES

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- Binghamton (1-2) won 61-48 at defending Ivy League champion Penn on Wednesday night. Junior guard Imani Watkins, who is averaging a team-best 21.0 points per game, poured in a game-high 26 points against the Quakers. Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina added 16 points while freshman guard Kai Moon pulled down a team-high and career-best 10 rebounds.

- Providence (2-0) defeated visiting North Dakota State 86-63 on Wednesday night. Maddie Jolin came off the bench to lead the Friars with 18 points, making 6 of 11 shots in the process. Jovana Nogic is averaging a team-best 17.0 points per game while Jolin is pumping in 16.5 points per night. Providence opened up the season with a 93-86 double overtime victory over Colgate on Nov. 11.

- Binghamton and Providence meet for the first time in women's basketball program history. The Friars are the first team from the BIG EAST the Bearcats face since they traveled to Xavier on Nov. 28, 2011.

- As a team, the Bearcats have averaged only 9.7 turnovers per game so far this year. On the other end of the court, they have recorded 11.7 steals per contest, including 16 in Wednesday's win against Penn.

- Junior guard Imani Watkins enters the game against Providence with 966 career points, which ranks No. 16 all time in program history. In 15th place is Sherae Swinson (2011-15) with 985 career points. Watkins is 34 points away from becoming the 15th player in Binghamton program history to reach the 1,000-point mark.

- Junior center Alyssa James currently has 96 career blocks. She needs four more rejections from becoming just the fourth player in Binghamton program history with 100 career blocks.

- Redshirt sophomore Jasmine Sina has 99 career three-point field goals. She needs one more trey to become the 11th player in program history to reach the century mark. Sina also needs six more three-point field goals to tie Emily Szewczyk (1998-02) for 10th place all time in Binghamton program history.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Binghamton and Providence meet for the first time in program history.

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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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Binghamton recorded 16 steals against Penn on Wednesday -- its highest total in a game since 2010.

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Through three games, the Bearcats have averaged only 9.7 turnovers per game. 

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Sophomore forward Rebecca Carmody grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds against Bucknell on Nov. 11

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Freshman guard Kai Moon scored 13 points in her debut against Bucknell on Nov. 11.

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Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 17 career 20-point games, including her 26-point performance against Penn on Wednesday.

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With 96 career blocks, junior center Alyssa James is just four rejections away from becoming the fourth player in Binghamton program history to reach the 100-block mark.

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Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina has already hit 99 three-point field goals, which ranks No. 11 all time in program history. 

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Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 966 career points, which ranks No. 16 all time in Binghamton program history. In 15th place with 985 points is Sherae Swinson.