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Birna Benonysdottir
Larissa Biette

Women's Basketball Hosts Vermont

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Birna Benonysdottir

Bearcats and Catamounts tip off Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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- Binghamton (5-14, 1-8 AE) lost 48-46 to Maine on Sunday afternoon at the Events Center. Junior guard Denai Bowman finished with a game-high 17 points and added seven rebounds, three assists, a pair of blocks and a steal. Junior forward Clare Traeger netted 10 points.
 
- Bowman ranks second in the America East in scoring (14.7 ppg.), is third in assists (3.8 apg.) and tied for fifth in steals (1.8 spg.). Junior forward Birna Benonysdottir is third in scoring (14.4 ppg) and eighth in blocks (0.9 bpg.). Traeger, meanwhile, is second in rebounding (8.1 rpg.).

- As a team, Binghamton is third in the conference in scoring (58.3 ppg.) and fourth in blocks (3.16 bpg). The Bearcats are also first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (.211).
 
- Vermont (13-9, 7-4 AE) defeated UMass Lowell 56-55 on Saturday. Anna Olson led the Catamounts with 19 points while Josie Larkins added 18 points.
 
- Larkins ranks seventh in the America East in scoring with 11.9 points per game. Anna Olson is seventh in rebounding (6.6 rpg.) and second in blocks (1.3 bpg.). As a team, the Catamounts lead the conference with 14.50 assists per game.
 
- Vermont and Binghamton have not squared off since the 2019-20 season, having had both of their games last season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Catamounts lead the all-time series 23-17.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (21.1%)
 
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Junior forward Clare Traeger ranks second in the conference with 8.1 rebounds per game while junior guard Denai Bowman is second with 14.7 points per game.
 
 2
Binghamton has started a pair of newcomers this season - junior forward Jalyn Van Dyke and freshman forward Genevieve Coleman.
 
 3
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.
 
 8
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.
  
10
Junior guard Zahra Barnes tied her career high with 10 points against Siena on Nov. 9.
  
11-10- 6
Junior guard Cassidy Roberts finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and six steals against Hartford on Jan. 26.
 
14
As a team, the Bearcats recorded a season-best 14 steals against Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 1.
  
15
Freshman guard Ella Wanzer scored a career-high 15 points against Mansfield on Nov. 23.
  
16
Senior guard Hayley Moore scored a career-high 16 points against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 10.
 
16.9
Junior guard Denai Bowman has averaged 16.9 points over the past seven games.
 
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.

 
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