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- Binghamton (5-15, 1-9 AE) lost 47-24 to Vermont on Wednesday night at the Events Center. Junior forward
Birna Benonysdottir netted a team-high 15 points while junior forward
Clare Traeger pulled down a game-high and career-best 18 rebounds.
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- Benonysdottir ranks second in the America East with 14.5 points per game while junior guard
Denai Bowman is third (14.2 ppg.). Bowman is also fourth in assists (3.6 ppg.) and tied for third in steals (1.8 spg.). Traeger leads the conference in rebounding (8.6 rpg.) while Benonysdottir is tied for ninth in blocks (0.9 bpg.).
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- As a team, Binghamton is fourth in the conference in scoring defense (58.4 ppg.). The Bearcats are also first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (.211).
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- New Hampshire (4-17, 1-9 AE) lost 64-48 at NJIT on Wednesday night. Amanda Torres led a balanced offense with 13 points.
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- Torres ranks No. 14 in the America East in scoring (11.1 ppg.), is tied for seventh in assists (2.9 apg.) and is second in steals (2.9 spg.). New Hampshire leads the conference with 8.86 steals per game.
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- Binghamton leads the all-time series against New Hampshire 25-18, having won the past three meetings at Lundholm Gym. Last year, the two teams split a pair of games at the Events Center. The Wildcats won 57-52 on Jan. 10 but the Bearcats took a 58-56 decision the following day.
 BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (21.0%)
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Junior forward Clare Traeger ranks first in the conference with 8.6 rebounds per game.
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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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Freshman forward Genevieve Coleman has been named the America East Rookie of the Week three times this season (Nov. 15, Jan. 10 & Jan. 31).
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 3.30
Binghamton had an overall team GPA of 3.30 during the Fall 2021 semester. Freshman forward Genevieve Coleman earned a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Junior guard Denai Bowman has reached the 20-point mark in scoring eight times during her career at Binghamton. Most recently, she netted 21 points against Maine on Feb. 2.
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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 11-10- 6
Junior guard Cassidy Roberts finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and six steals against Hartford on Jan. 26.
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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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Senior guard Hayley Moore scored a career-high 16 points against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 10.
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Junior forward Clare Traeger grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against Vermont on Feb. 6.
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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.
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