VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton women's basketball team has released its complete 2019-20 schedule, which begins on Nov. 5 at Siena. The 13-game non-conference slate includes six games at Dr. Bai Lee Court at the Events Center as well as a Dec. 19-20 tournament hosted by Florida International University (FIU). America East play once again features home and away games against the other eight conference teams.
Three days after facing Siena, the Bearcats host Lafayette on Nov. 8 in their home opener. Other non-conference home games come against Bloomsburg (Nov. 12), Niagara (Nov. 16), St. Bonaventure (Nov. 27), Eastern Michigan (Dec. 1) and NJIT (Dec. 30).
Binghamton begins play at the FIU Tournament on Dec. 19 against Austin Peay in the first round. Also taking part in the tournament are the host school and Grambling State. Two days before the FIU Tournament, the Bearcats will travel to ACC member Miami (Fla.).
Other non-conference road games for the Bearcats are at Delaware State (Nov. 21), Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 23) and Cornell (Dec. 5).
America East Conference action begins on Jan. 5 at Albany in a rematch of last year's conference quarterfinal game. It marks the first of two straight road games to start America East play as the Bearcats head to UMBC three days later.
Binghamton's conference home opener is against UMass Lowell on Jan. 11 followed by a Jan. 15 road game at Vermont.
Two-time defending America East champion Maine visits the Events Center on Jan. 18. The Bearcats make the return trip to Orono on Feb. 9.
Other home conference games are against Stony Brook (Jan. 22), Hartford (Jan. 29), Albany (Feb. 5), Vermont (Feb. 15), UMBC (Feb. 26) and New Hampshire (Feb. 29).
On the road, the Bearcats also travel to New Hampshire (Jan. 25), Stony Brook (Feb. 12), UMass Lowell (Feb. 19) and Hartford (Feb. 22).
For the second straight year, the America East Tournament will take place on campus sites for each of the three rounds. The quarterfinals are set for March 4 with the semifinals and finals to follow on March 8 and March 13 respectively.
The Bearcats return four starters and eight letterwinners from their 2018-19 team. Senior guard
Kai Moon earned second-team, all-conference honors while sophomore forward
Annie Ramil was named to the America East All-Rookie Team.
NOTE: Binghamton also hosts LeMoyne on Nov. 1 in an exhibition game.