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- Binghamton (1-5, 1-3 AE) split its two-game series against UMBC at home this past weekend.  The Bearcats dropped the opener 57-54 on Sunday but bounced back to take Monday's contest 65-60. Sophomore guard Denai Bowman scored a game-high 18 points on Sunday and sophomore forward Birna Benonysdottir poured in a game-high and career-high 22 points on Monday.

- Bowman ranks third in the America East in scoring (13.5 ppg.), fifth in field goal percentage (.422), is tied for sixth in assists (2.8) and is tied for seventh in blocks. Senior forward Kaylee Wasco is tied for sixth in scoring (12.2 ppg.) while Benonysdottir is also tied for seventh in blocks.

- Hartford (2-2, 2-2 AE) swept a pair of games against visiting New Hampshire earlier this week. The Hawks won 53-50 on Monday and 64-57 the following day. Charlette Leurs led all scorers with 19 points in the first game while Jada Lucas had a team-best 14 points in the finale.

- Leurs leads the Hawks with 8.8 points per game, leads the America East with 2.2 blocks per game and is third in the conference with 8.4 rebounds per night. Nina Farkic is fourth in the conference with 3.4 assists per game. As a team, Hartford leads the America East in rebounding (41.8 rpg.) and blocks (4.4 bpg.).

- Hartford leads the all-time series 29-12 but the Bearcats swept both games last season, winning 80-44 at the Events Center on Jan. 29 as well as 78-65 at Hartford on Feb. 22. Bowman averaged 13.0 points in the pair of contests as well as 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals.

- In the Bearcats' four America East games so far this season, Bowman is averaging 12.5 points per game followed by Wasco (11.3 ppg.) and Benonysdottir (10.8 ppg.)

 
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Binghamton shot a season-best .463 against Fairleigh Dickinson in the season opener on Dec. 2.

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Senior forward Kaylee Wasco ranks third in the America East with a .521 field goal percentage.

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Sophomore guard Cassidy Roberts made her first career start against UMBC on Dec. 28 and scored a career-best eight points.

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Sophomore forward Clare Traeger has reached double figures in rebounding twice this season.

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Sophomore guard Cassidy Roberts ranks second on the team and No. 12 in the America East with 2.3 assists per game.

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Junior guard Hayley Moore ranks third in the America East with 2.0 three-point field goals per game.

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Binghamton has held the halftime lead in each of its last four games.

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Senior forward Kaylee Wasco has reached double figures in scoring a team-best four times this season.

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Sophomore forward Clare Traeger ranks first on the team and No. 10in the America East with 6.0 rebounds per game.

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Sophomore forward Birna Benonysdottir went 8-of-9 from the free throw line against UMBC on Dec. 28.

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Senior forward Kaylee Wasco recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against UMBC on Dec. 27.

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Sophomore forward Destiny Samuels netted a career-high 11 points against Stony Brook on Dec. 20.

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In two previous games against Hartford, sophomore guard Denai Bowman has averaged 13.0 points per game.

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Sophomore guard Denai Bowman scored 22 points in the season opener against Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 2.

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Binghamton posted its highest-scoring period with 24 points in the fourth period against UMBC on Dec. 27.

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Sophomore guard Denai Bowman ranks fourth in the America East with 35.2 minutes played per game.

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Binghamton grabbed a season-high 42 rebounds against UMBC on Dec. 27.