GAME NOTES

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- Binghamton (5-7) closed out 2016 with a 74-53 win over Georgian Court on Friday at the Events Center. Junior center Alyssa James finished with a team-best 16 points while junior guard Imani Watkins added 15 points and five steals. Freshman guard Kai Moon, meanwhile, nearly had a triple-double with nine points, seven rebounds and nine assists.

- Junior guard Imani Watkins leads the America East and ranks No. 19 in the nation with 20.5 points per game. She is also first in the conference and No. 26 in the nation with 3.0 steals per game. Redshirt guard Jasmine Sina is second on the team and ninth in the conference with 12.2 points per game. Sina and Watkins rank first and second in the America East with 3.2 and 2.9 three-point field goals per game respectively. Sophomore forward Rebecca Carmody, meanwhile, is tied for sixth in the conference with 6.0 rebounds per game and is fourth with 2.0 steals per contest. 

- Cornell (7-4) ended 2016 with a 66-65 double-overtime loss at Stony Brook, also on Friday. Nia Marshall, who leads the Big Red with 14.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, poured in 25 points against the Seawolves. 

- Binghamton leads the series against Cornell 8-7. The Big Red, however, has taken the past three meetings. Most recently, it won 64-57 at home on Dec. 30, 2015. The Bearcats' last win in the series was a 61-48 triumph at Cornell on Nov. 30, 2011.

- The Bearcats lead the America East and are No. 17 in the nation with 8.7 three-point field goals per game. They made a season-high 12 three-point field goals at Ohio on Dec. 19.

- As a team, Binghamton ranks second in the America East with 65.3 points per game, which is on track to be its best average since the 2005-06 season (66.9 ppg.). The Bearcats also rank second in the conference in blocks (4.3 bpg.) and third in steals (9.7 spg.).  

- Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks No. 12 in program history with 1,149 points. In 11th place is Erica Carter (2006-10) with 1,150 points. Watkins, who reached the 1,000-point mark against Sacred Heart on Nov. 23, has seven games this season with at least 20 points including a program-record six straight from Nov. 16-Dec. 6.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Freshman guard Kai Moon is shooting a team-best .826 from the free throw line, which ranks sixth in the America East. 

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Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks first in the conference and No. 19 in the nation with 20.5 points per game. That mark is on track to be the second-highest scoring average in program history, trailing only Bess Greenberg's 21.3 points per game during the 1999-00 campaign

3.0
Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks first in the conference and is tied for No. 26 in the nation with 3.0 steals per game. That is on track to be the seventh-best, single-season total in Binghamton program history and the highest average during its Division I era. 

3
Freshman center Payton Husson blocked a career-high three shots against Misericordia on Dec. 17.

3
As a team, the Bearcats have three games this season with fewer than 10 turnovers. The most recent instance was a season-low eight turnovers against Columbia on Dec. 10.

4
Freshman forward Karlee Krchnavi has led Binghamton in rebounding a team-best four times this season.

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Binghamton is ranked second in the America East with a +4.00 turnover margin.

4.3
As a team, the Bearcats are averaging 4.3 blocks per game. That is their highest team average since also averaging 4.3 blocks during the 1998-99 season.

6.0
Sophomore forward Rebecca Carmody is currently sixth in the America East with 6.0 rebounds per game.

7
Redshirt sophomore Jasmine Sina drained a career-high seven three-point field goals against Ohio on Dec. 19.

8.7
The Bearcats lead the America East and are ranked No. 17 in the nation with 8.7 three-point field goals per game.  

14
Dating back to March 1, 2016, junior forward Imani Watkins has 14 consecutive games of scoring in double-figures. That is the sixth-longest streak in program history.

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

65.3
Binghamton ranks second in the America East with 65.3 points per game. That total is on track to be the ninth-highest mark in program history and the best average since it scored 66.9 points per game during the 2005-06 season.

101
With 101 career blocks, junior center Alyssa James ranks fourth all-time in program history.

128
Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina has hit 128 three-point field goals, which ranks seventh all time in program history. In sixth place, with 129 treys, is Katrina Roggenbaum (1994-98).

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Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 1,149 career points, which ranks 12th all time in Binghamton program history. She scored her 1,000th point against Sacred Heart on Nov. 23. In 11th place with 1,150 points is Erica Carter (2006-10).