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- Binghamton (2-1) lost 67-57 to Cornell on Wednesday night. Junior forward Clare Traeger led the Bearcats with 14 points and six rebounds. Freshman forward Genevieve Coleman - the current America East Rookie of the Week - added 10 points.

- Traeger leads the Bearcats and ranks fourth in the America East with 14.3 points per game. She also ranks second in the conference with 8.3 rebounds per game. Junior guard Denai Bowman is tied for sixth in the America East in scoring (13.7 ppg.), ranks first with 3.0 steals per game and is tied for fifth with 4.0 assists per contest. 

- St. Bonaventure (3-1) won 67-59 at Canisius on Wednesday night. Asianae Johnson, who leads the Bonnies with 14.8 points per game, netted a team-best 16 points in the victory. In the process, she became the 23rd player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career.

- St. Bonaventure leads the all-time series 9-1. Most recently, the Bonnies took a 67-57 decision at home on Dec. 16, 2020. The Bearcats' win in the series was a 78-67 triumph on Nov. 27, 2019.

- Binghamton is in the midst of a five-game home stand, which is the longest of its 21-year NCAA Division I era. The Bearcats' conclude the current stretch against Mansfield on Tuesday.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Current junior guard Denai Bowman was named first-team all-conference last season. In the process, she became the first Binghamton underclassman to earn first-team status since Rachel Laws in 2004.

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Senior guard Hayley Moore averaged a team-best 1.8 three-point field goals per game last season.

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Binghamton has started a pair of newcomers this season - junior forward Jalyn Van Dyke and freshman forward Genevieve Coleman.

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Junior guard Cassidy Roberts averaged a team-best 2.6 assists per game last season.

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Junior Denai Bowman currently ranks first in the America East with 3.0 steals per game. 

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Binghamton is in the midst of a five-game home stand - its longest during its 21-year NCAA Division I era.

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Junior guard Denai Bowman has reached the 20-point mark in scoring five times during her career at Binghamton, including a career-high 23 points against Siena on Nov. 9. 

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Freshman guard Ella Wanzer scored a career-high eight points against Cornell on Nov. 17.

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Junior forward Clare Traeger ranks second in the America East with 8.3 rebounds per game.

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Binghamton leads the America East with 8.7 steals per game.

9-of-9
Junior guard Denai Bowman made all nine of her free throw attempts against Siena on Nov. 9.

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Junior guard Zahra Barnes tied her career high with 10 points against Siena on Nov. 9.

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Junior forward Clare Traeger finished with a career-high 21 points and added nine rebounds against Canisius on Nov. 13.

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The 31 points scored in the fourth period against Canisius on Nov. 13 is the highest total ever recorded by the Bearcats in a period since the NCAA went to four quarters for women's basketball in 2015.