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- Binghamton (5-17, 1-11 AE) lost 62-53 at UMass Lowell on Monday night. Senior guard
Hayley Moore and junior guard
Denai Bowman each finished with 11 points. Bowman added four rebounds, three assists a block and two steals. Junior forward
Birna Benonysdottir finished with 10 points while fellow junior forward
Clare Traeger pulled down a team-best seven rebounds.
- Benonysdottir and Bowman rank second and third in the America East in scoring with 14.7 points and 14.0 points per game respectively. Bowman is also third in steals (1.9 spg.) and fourth in assists (3.7 apg.) while Benonysdottir is tied for ninth in blocks (0.8 bpg.). Traeger, meanwhile, leads the America East in rebounding (8.5 rpg.).
- As a team, the Bearcats continue to rank first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (.220).
- Albany (17-8, 10-4 AE) lost 63-55 at Vermont on Monday evening. Helene Haegerstrand netted a team-best 12 points while Lucia Decortes added 11 points.
- Kayla Cooper leads the Great Danes and ranks eighth in the America East with 11.9 points per game and is fourth in rebounding (7.1 rpg.). Decortes, meanwhile, leads the conference with 1.6 blocks per game.
- As a team, the Great Danes are first in the nation in scoring defense (48.4 ppg).
- Albany leads the all-time series against Binghamton 45-27. Earlier this season, the Great Danes won 52-41 at the Events Center on Jan. 14. Bowman had a game-high 18 points while Benonysdottir added 10 points in that game.