GAME NOTES

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- Binghamton (10-11, 5-3 AE) beat Maine 58-52 on Saturday to pull into a three-way tie for second place in the America East. Junior guard Imani Watkins netted a game-high 17 points to go along with four assists and three steals. Freshman guard Kai Moon finished with 13 points and Alyssa James pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds to go along with six blocks and three steals.

- Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks second in the America East and is No. 39 in the nation with 18.7 points per game. She is also tied for the conference lead with 2.3 steals per contest. Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina has America East lead and ranks No. 45 in the nation with 2.7 three-point field goals per game. Junior center Alyssa James, meanwhile, is tied for first in the conference with 1.7 blocks per game, is a tied for third in rebounding (6.7 rpg.) and is also third in steals (2.2 spg.).

- UMBC (9-12, 4-4 AE) lost 60-50 at first-place New Hampshire on Saturday. Taylor McCarley, who ranks fourth in the America East with 13.9 points per game, scored a team-best 17 points. For the season, McCarley is also ranked fourth in the conference in assists (4.3 apg.) and is tied with Watkins for the lead in steals (2.3 spg.). 

- Binghamton leads the all-time series 18-11, having won 69-62 at the Events Center back on Jan. 4 in the conference opener. Junior center Alyssa James finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks while freshman guard Carly Boland poured in a career-high 16 points. At UMBC, the Bearcats are 5-8 all time, having last won 66-57 back on Jan. 30, 2013.

- The Bearcats lead the America East and are No. 40 in the nation with 4.9 blocks per game. Binghamton also ranks first in the conference and No. 52 in the nation with 7.5 three-point field goals per game. In addition, it is third in the conference in both scoring (63.2 ppg.) and steals (9.5 spg.). 

- Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks fifth in program history with 1,295 points. She reached the 1,000-point mark against Sacred Heart on Nov. 23. In fourth place all time, with 1,341 career points, is current Binghamton Associate Head Coach Leah Truncale.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Junior center Alyssa James is tied for first in the America East with 1.7 blocks per game.

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Junior guard Imani Watkins ranks second in the conference and No. 39 in the nation with 18.7 points per game. 

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Senior forward Kristin Ross posted a pair of blocks against UMass Lowell on Jan. 7.

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Junior guard Imani Watkins is tied for first in the America East with 2.3 steals per game. 

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

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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.

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Binghamton is ranked second in the America East and No. 45 in the nation with a +3.86 turnover margin.

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Freshman forward Karlee Krchnavi has led Binghamton in rebounding four times this season.

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As a team, the Bearcats are averaging a conference-best 4.9 blocks per game. That ranks No. 40 in the nation and is on track to be the highest single-season total in program history.

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Binghamton is 6-4 on the road so far this season.

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Junior guard Imani Watkins reached the 20-point mark in scoring six straight games from Nov. 16-Dec. 6, something no other Binghamton player in program history has accomplished.

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

7.5
The Bearcats lead the America East with 7.5 three-point field goals per game.  

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Freshman guard Kai Moon dished out nine assists against Georgian Court on Dec. 30. 

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Binghamton is averaging 9.5 steals per game so far this season. That is on track to be the sixth-highest average in program history and the best mark during its 15-year NCAA Division I era.

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Junior center Alyssa James currently has 11 career double-doubles, including her 11-point, 13 rebound performance against Stony Brook on Jan. 22.

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Junior center Alyssa James has averaged 13.0 points in the past six games.

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Junior center Alyssa James grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds against Cornell on Jan. 1. 

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

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Binghamton came from 18 points down (34-16) to beat Fairleigh Dickinson 80-69 on Dec. 2. It represents the largest comeback during the program's 15-year Division I era.

63.2
Binghamton ranks third in the America East with 63.2 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.

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Binghamton has scored 70 or more points five times this season. Most recently, it had 73 points against Hartford on Jan. 25. 

126
With 126 career blocks, junior center Alyssa James ranks third all-time in program history.

147
Redshirt sophomore guard Jasmine Sina has hit 147 three-point field goals, which ranks sixth all time in program history. 

1,295
Junior guard Imani Watkins currently has 1,295 career points, which ranks fifth all time in Binghamton program history. She scored her 1,000th point against Sacred Heart on Nov. 23. In fourth place, with 1,341 career points is current Binghamton Associate Head Coach Leah Truncale.