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- The game between Binghamton and Bryant marks the Bearcats' first-ever Youth Day Game. The event is open to grades K-8 in the Binghamton area.
 
- Binghamton (5-9, 0-1 AE) lost 70-55 to UMBC last Thursday at home in its conference opener last Thursday. Senior forward Kendall Bennett scored a team-best 11 points while redshirt sophomore guard Jadyn Weltz dished out a game-high six assists.
 
- Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer leads the Bearcats and is eighth in the America East with 12.5 points per game. Wanzer is also second with 3.0 three-point field goals per game. Weltz, meanwhile, leads the conference with 4.9 assists per game. 
 
- As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the America East with 7.7 three-point field goals per game. The Bearcats are also first with 15.5 assists per contest and second in the 65.2 points per game.
 
- Bryant (7-8, 0-2 AE) was edged 64-63 at home against UMBC last Saturday. Martina Boba posted 24 points while Mia Mancini added 19 points.
 
- Mancini, who has been named the America East Rookie of the Week five times this season - including last week - ranks second in the America East with 15.8 points per game. As a team, the Bulldogs are third in the conference in scoring (64.6 ppg.) and second in assists (15.0 apg.).

- Binghamton has won all five previous meetings against Bryant. Last year, the Bearcats won 57-56 at the Events Center on New Years Day as well as 62-51 on the road.

 
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
 
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks fourth all-time in Binghamton program history with a .397 three-point field goal percentage (120-of-302).
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Junior forward Genevieve Coleman ranks eighth all time in program history with a .468 field goal percentage (233-of-498).
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The Bearcats rank first in the America East with 7.7 three-point field goals per game, 15.50 assists per game and a 1.12 assists-turnover ratio.
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Two different Binghamton players have dished out 10 assists in a game this year -- Jadyn Weltz against Canisius on Dec. 8 and Meghan Casey against Army on Dec 20.
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer has seven career games with 20 or more points. Most recently, she netted 20 points at Army on Dec. 30.
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As a team, the Bearcats made a season-best 12 three-point field goals against St. Bonaventure on Nov. 18 and against Pittsburgh on Dec. 3.
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Freshman guard Bella Pucci finished with a career-high 13 points and a career-best nine rebounds against Chestnut Hill on Dec. 30.
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Graduate student forward Shannon O'Connor scored a season-high 14 points against Cornell on Nov. 29.
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks No. 10 all-time in program history with 120 career three-point field goals. In ninth place - with 129 three pointers - is Katrina Roggenbaum (1990-94).
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer scored a career-high 36 points against Loyola on Nov. 12.
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Graduate student forward Denai Bowman ranks ninth all time in program history with 76 blocks. In eighth place, with 79 career blocks is Alicia Koppenhoefer (1994-08).
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Graduate student guard Denai Bowman ranks seventh all time in Binghamton program history with 1,304 career points. In sixth place, with 1,341 career points is Leah Truncale (1998-02).