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- Binghamton (5-18, 1-12 AE) lost 61-48 at Albany on Wednesday night. Junior forward Birna Benonysdottir netted a team-best 14 points while junior guard Hayley Moore added 11 points. Junior guard Denai Bowman, meanwhile, finished with eight points, five rebounds, five assists, a block and two steals.
 
- Benonysdottir ranks second in the America East with 14.7 points per game while junior guard Denai Bowman is third (13.7 ppg.). Bowman is also second in assists (3.8 ppg.) and is third in steals (1.9 spg.). Junior forward Clare Traeger is second the conference in rebounding (8.3 rpg.) while Benonysdottir is tied for ninth in blocks (0.9 bpg.).
 
- As a team, Binghamton is fourth in the conference in free throw percentage (.716). The Bearcats are also first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (.226).
 
- UMass Lowell (9-12, 6-6 AE) lost 60-50 to NJIT on Wednesday night at home. Denise Solis led all scorers with 22 points in that game.
 
- Solis leads the River Hawks and is tied for No. 20 in the America East with 10.3 points per game. She is also No. 19 in rebounding (4.5 rpg.).
 
- Binghamton leads the all-time series against UMass Lowell 14-7 but the River Hawks won the first game this season, 62-53 on Monday night at home. Bowman and Moore each finished with 11 points while Benonysdottir added 10 points.
 

BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (22.6%)
 
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Junior forward Clare Traeger ranks second in the conference with 8.3 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).
 
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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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.

31
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.