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- Binghamton (3-7, 3-5 AE) split its home series against New Hampshire this past weekend, losing 57-52 on Sunday before winning 58-56 the following day. Senior forward
Kaylee Wasco scored a career-best 20 points in the victory while sophomore forward
Clare Traeger turned in her first career double-double (10 points and 10 rebounds). Sophomore guard
Denai Bowman, meanwhile, finished with 14 points, six rebounds and posted career highs in both steals (five) and assists (five) in the first game. For the weekend, Wasco averaged 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per night.
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- Bowman is tied for third in the America East with 13.0 points per game while Wasco is tied for eighth (12.1 ppg.). Bowman is also tied for seventh in assists (2.7 apg.) and is third with 1.7 steals per contest. Traeger is fifth in rebounding (7.0 rpg.) while Wasco is tied for fourth with 1.2 blocks per game. As a team, the Bearcats are second in the conference with 3.90 blocks per game.
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- UMass Lowell (7-4, 6-2 AE) swept Hartford last weekend, winning by scores of 81-45 and 74-52. Kharis Idom averaged 18.5 points, 5.0 assists and 1.5 during the pair of games.
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-Â Idom leads the River Hawks and ranks No. 13 in the conference with 11.1 points per game. She is also tied for seventh with 2.7 assists per contest. As a team, the River Hawks are third in the America East with 10.91 assists per game.
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- Binghamton leads the all-time series 13-5. Last season, the home team won each game with the River Hawks winning 66-56 on Jan. 11 but the Bearcats taking a 62-58 decision on Feb. 19. Bowman had 10 points and five rebounds in the first game playing in a reserve role. Binghamton enters the weekend having won its past five games at UMass Lowell.
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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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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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Junior guard Hayley Moore ranks fifth in the America East with 1.7 three-point field goals per game.
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Senior forward Kaylee Wasco has recorded a team-best two double-doubles so far this season.
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Binghamton had three players reach double figures in rebounding against Hartford on Jan. 2 -- senior forward Kaylee Wasco and sophomore forward Clare Traeger each pulled down 11 rebounds while sophomore forward Destiny Samuel finished with 10 rebounds.
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Sophomore forward Clare Traeger has reached double figures in rebounding four times this season.
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Binghamton has held the halftime lead in six games this season.
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Senior forward Kaylee Wasco has reached double figures in scoring a team-best seven times this season.
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Sophomore forward Clare Traeger ranks first on the team and fifth in the America East with 7.0 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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As a team, Binghamton blocked a season-best nine shots against New Hampshire on Jan. 10.
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Sophomore forward Destiny Samuels netted a career-high 11 points against Stony Brook on Dec. 20.
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Sophomore guard Denai Bowman has scored at least 20 points twice this season.
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Sophomore forward Birna Benonysdottir scored a career-high 22 points against UMBC on Dec. 28.
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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 35.7 minutes played per game.
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Binghamton grabbed a season-high 42 rebounds against UMBC on Dec. 27.
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Binghamton allowed a season-low 44 points against Hartford on Jan. 3.
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