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- Binghamton (1-0) defeated Charleston 69-62 on Tuesday night in the debut of first-year head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. Senior forward Rebecca Carmody led all scorers with 16 points while sophomore forward Olivia Ramil finished with 10 points. Junior guard Karlee Krchnavi grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds while junior guard Carly Boland turned in a nine-point, six-rebound, five-assist, four-block, two steal performance.
 
- Cornell opens its season having gone 7-20 overall in 2017-18. Samantha Widmann is the top returning scorer for the Big Red, having averaged 14.5 points per game a year ago.
 
- Binghamton leads the all-time series against Cornell, having won 66-58 in overtime on Dec. 18, 2017 in Ithaca. Current senior forward Rebecca Carmody netted 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the victory. Cornell, however, has taken the past two meetings at the Events Center -- with victories during the 2012-13 and 2016-17 campaigns.
 
- With the victory over Charleston, the Bearcats won their season opener for the first time since the 2011-12 season. The last time they started a season 2-0 came during that same year.

- This season marks the first time during its 18-year NCAA Division I era that Binghamton has played its first two games at home.
 
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

.805
For her career, junior guard Kai Moon is shooting .805 from the free throw line (198-246), which ranks fourth all time in program history.

1
Bethann Shapiro Ord begins her first season as the head coach at Binghamton University.

2
Junior guard Kai Moon has reached the 20-point mark in scoring twice during her career. Most recently, she scored 20 points against UMBC on Jan. 24, 2018.

2
Binghamton returns a pair of starters from the 2017-18 squad -- senior forward Rebecca Carmody and junior guard Kai Moon.

2
Binghamton has ranked second in the America East in average home attendance in each of the past three seasons. In 2017-18, the Bearcats averaged 1,269 fans per home game.

3
Junior guard/forward Karlee Krchnavi has reached double figures in rebounding three times during her career. Most recently, she had 10 rebounds against Charleston on Tuesday.

4
Junior guard Carly Boland tied a career-high with four blocks against Charleston on Tuesday.

5
Binghamton was picked to finish fifth in the 2018-19 America East preseason poll.

6.8
Senior forward Rebecca Carmody ranked fifth in the America East during the 2017-18 season with 6.8 rebounds per game.

8
Junior guard Carly Boland has reached double figures in scoring eight times during her career.

8
Sophomore Kaylee Wasco netted a career-high eight points against Charleston on Tuesday.

10
Playing in her first career game at Binghamton, sophomore forward Olivia Ramil scored 10 points against Charleston on Tuesday.

10.0
For her career, junior guard Kai Moon is averaging 10.0 points per game, which ranks No. 16 all-time in Binghamton program history.

15 and 13
Senior forward Rebecca Carmody scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the Bearcats' most recent game against Cornell on Dec. 18, 2017.

22
Senior forward Rebecca Carmody netted a career-high 22 points against UMBC on Jan. 24, 2016.

57-41
In her last three years as the head coach at Weber State (2015-18), Bethann Shapiro Ord went 57-41 with a pair of trips to the WBI.