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- Binghamton (5-8, 0-0 AE) has a season-best three-game winning streak. Most recently, the Bearcats won 68-54 against visiting Chestnut Hill this past Saturday. Junior forward
Genevieve Coleman finished with a team-high 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds while freshman guard
Bella Pucci finished with career highs in both points (13) and rebounds (nine). Sophomore guard
Meghan Casey, meanwhile, added 10 points.
- Redshirt sophomore guard
Ella Wanzer leads the Bearcats and is ninth in the America East with 12.9 points per game. Weltz is No. 11 with 10.8 points per game and ranked second in the conference with 4.8 assists per game. Wanzer is also second with 3.2 three-point field goals per game while Weltz is sixth with a .475 field goal percentage.
- As a team, Binghamton ranks first in the America East with 8.1 three-point field goals per game. The Bearcats are also first with 15.6 assists per contest and second in the 66.0 points per game.
- Winners of its past two games, UMBC (4-8, 0-0 AE) defeated St. Francis 85-53 last Friday. Trinity Palacio led all scorers with 19 points, followed by Jaliena Sanchez (17) and Anna Blount (13).
- Blount is eighth in the conference with 13.0 points per game, is tied for second with 7.5 rebounds per game and sixth with 1.7 steals per contest.
- Binghamton leads the all-time series against UMBC 29-14. Last year, the home team won both games. UMBC took a 73-69 decision on Dec. 29 but the Bearcats got even with a 80-70 victory on Feb. 1. Wanzer averaged 16.0 points in the pair of meetings.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
.398
Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks fourth all-time in Binghamton program history with a .398 three-point field goal percentage (119-of-299).
.467
Junior forward Genevieve Coleman ranks eighth all time in program history with a .467 field goal percentage (230-of-492).
1
The Bearcats rank first in the America East with 8.1 three-point field goals per game, 15.54 assists per game and a 1.14 assists-turnover ratio.
2
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.
7
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.
12
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.
13 and 9
Freshman guard Bella Pucci finished with a career-high 13 points and a career-best nine rebounds against Chestnut Hill on Dec. 30.
14
Graduate student forward Shannon O'Connor scored a season-high 14 points against Cornell on Nov. 29.
15-of-28
Freshman guard Kaylee Krysztof has made 15 of her 28 three-point field goal attempts so far this season (.536).
36
Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer scored a career-high 36 points against Loyola on Nov. 12.
76
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).
1,304
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).