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- Binghamton (5-11, 0-3 AE) lost 60-58 this past Saturday to first-place UAlbany. Graduate student guard
Denai Bowman finished with a team-best 21 points while redshirt sophomore guard
Ella Wanzer added 10 points. Fellow redshirt sophomore guard
Jadyn Weltz chipped in nine points, a team-best seven rebounds as well as a pair of steals.
- Wanzer leads the Bearcats and is eighth in the America East with 12.1 points per game. She also ranks second in the conference - and is tied for No. 18 in the nation - with 2.88 three-point field goals per game. Weltz, meanwhile, leads the America East with 4.8 assists per game.
- As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the America East with 7.3 three-point field goals per game. The Bearcats are also first with 14.69 assists per contest and as well as a 1.05 assists-to-turnover ratio.
- Vermont (11-7, 3-1 AE) won 68-55 at NJIT last Saturday. Emma Utterback netted a game-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds and three assists. Anna Olson added 18 points.
- Utterback leads the Catamounts and is second in the America East with 15.8 points per game. She is also second with 4.7 assists per contest. As a team, Vermont is second in the conference in scoring defense (54.6 ppg.) and blocks (3.78 bpg.).
- Vermont leads the all-time series 28-17, having won the past five meetings. Last season, the Catamounts won 63-56 at home on Jan. 25 as well as 67-54 at the Events Center on Feb. 22. Binghamton's last win over Vermont was a 76-53 home decision on Feb. 15, 2020. The Bearcats' last win in Burlington was a 59-50 triumph on Feb. 23, 2019.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks fourth all-time in Binghamton program history with a .399 three-point field goal percentage (124-of-311).
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The Bearcats rank first in the America East with 7.3 three-point field goals per game, 14.69 assists per game and a 1.05 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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Graduate student guard Denai Bowman scored 21 points against UAlbany this past Saturday.
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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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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks No. 10 all-time in program history with 124 career three-point field goals. In ninth place - with 129 three pointers - is Katrina Roggenbaum (1990-94).
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Graduate student guard Denai Bowman ranks seventh all time in Binghamton program history with 1,329 career points. In sixth place, with 1,341 career points is Leah Truncale (1998-02).
