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- Binghamton (12-15, 7-7 AE) defeated UMass Lowell 79-48 last Thursday. Graduate student guard
Denai Bowman and redshirt sophomore guard
Ella Wanzer scored 21 and 20 points respectively while sophomore guard
Camryn Fauria and redshirt sophomore guard Jadyn Welz each grabbed seven rebounds.
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-Â Bowman leads the Bearcats and is No. 10 in the America East with 11.5 points per game. Wanzer ranks second in the conference with 2.4 three-point field goals per game and a .365 three-point field goal percentage. Weltz, meanwhile, is first with 4.5 assists per game and is tied for first with a 1.5 assists-to-turnover ratio.
- Bowman has 1,466 career points and now is only 10 points away from tying Kai Moon (2016-20) for fifth place all-time in Binghamton program history with 1,476 points.
- As a team, Binghamton is third in the America East with 62.6 points per game. The Bearcats are also second with 6.7 three-point field goals per contest and third with a 0.99 assists-to-turnover ratio.
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- Maine (19-9, 12-2 AE) defeated NJIT 72-46 on Saturday. Adrianna Smith led the Black Bears with 25 points and 13 rebounds. Anne Simon also recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
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- Simon leads Maine and ranks first in the conference with 18.4 points per game and ranks second with 2.5 steals per game. Smith, meanwhile, leads the America East and is tied for ninth in the nation with 11.2 rebounds per game. She also ranks third in the nation with 20 double-doubles this season.
- As a team, the Black Bears are ranked first in the conference in points per game (65.1 ppg.), rebounds per game (37.7 rpg.), and assists per game (14.61 apg.).Â
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- Maine leads the all-time series 33-15, having won the past eight meetings. Earlier this season, the Black Bears won 59-56 at the Events Center on Jan. 27. Binghamton's last victory over Maine was a 73-63 home decision on Jan. 18, 2020. The Bearcats have not won at Maine since defeating the Black Bears 66-62 on Jan. 6, 2018.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks sixth all-time in Binghamton program history with a .376 three-point field goal percentage (139-of-365).
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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.Â
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Binghamton had two players record a double-double against NJIT on Feb. 1 - graduate student guard Denai Bowman (16 points & 11 rebounds) and junior forward Genevieve Coleman (10 points and 10 rebounds).
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer has nine career games with 20 or more points. Most recently, she netted 20 points against UMass Lowell on Feb. 22, 2024.
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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 Jadyn Weltz scored a season-high 20 points at UMass Lowell on Jan. 20.
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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 eighth all time in program history with 89 blocks. In seventh place, with 95 career blocks, is Alicia Brennan
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks ninth all-time in program history with 144 career three-point field goals. In eighth place, with 179 three-point field goals, is Cathy Mackin (1994-98).
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Graduate student guard Denai Bowman ranks sixth all time in Binghamton program history with 1,466 career points. In fifth place, with 1,476 career points, is Kai Moon (2016-20).Â
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