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- Binghamton (3-3) lost 63-40 at Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night. Junior forward Birna Benonysdottir led the Bearcats with 15 points while junior guard Denai Bowman added 12 points. Junior forward Clare Traeger, meanwhile, recorded a career-high six steals.

- Traeger ranks fourth in the America East with 12.5 points per game, is second with 8.7 rebounds and first with 2.7 steals per contest. Junior guard Denai Bowman is No. 14 with 11.0 points per game. She is also third with 3.8 assists per game, tied for sixth with 0.8 blocks per contest and is fourth with 2.2 steals per game. As a team, Binghamton is second in the conference in scoring (64.7 ppg.), assists (14.8 apg.) and steals (10.00 spg.).

- Lehigh (5-3) is currently ranked No. 19 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll. On Wednesday, however, the Mountain Hawks lost 65-60 to Villanova. Emma Grothaus led the Mountain Hawks with 16 points while Frannie Hottinger, who leads the team with 16.8 points per game, added 12 points. Grothaus is the team's top rebounder (8.0 rpg.) and blocker (1.5 bpg.).

- Lehigh leads the all-time series 9-3, having swept the past seven meetings. Most recently, the Mountain Hawks won 65-55 at the Events Center on Nov. 21, 2018. The last Bearcat win was a 72-48 decision back on Dec. 8, 2005.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
 
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Junior forward Clare Traeger leads the America East with 2.6 steals per game.

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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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Binghamton currently ranks second in the America East in both scoring (64.7 ppg.) and steals (10.0 spg.).

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Two Binghamton players have been named the America East Rookie of the Week so far this season - Genevieve Coleman (Nov. 15) and Ella Wanzer (Nov. 29).

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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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Junior forward Clare Traeger ranks second in the America East with 8.7 rebounds per game.

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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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As a team, the Bearcats recorded a season-best 14 steals against Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 1.

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Freshman guard Ella Wanzer scored a career-high 15 points against Mansfield on Nov. 23.

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Junior forward Birna Benonysdottir finished with a career-high 27 points against Mansfield on Nov. 23.

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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.