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-Binghamton (9-14, 4-6 AE) was defeated 60-52 by UAlbany on Thursday. Junior forward
Genevieve Coleman scored 17 points while graduate student guard
Denai Bowman added 15 points. Redshirt sophomore guard
Jadyn Weltz dished out a game-high five assists and freshman forward
Kendall Bennett tied her career high with three blocks.
- Bowman leads the Bearcats and is ninth in the America East with 11.7 points per game. Redshirt sophomore guard
Ella Wanzer ranks second in the conference with 2.6 three-point field goals per game and a .392 three-point field goal percentage. Weltz, meanwhile, is first with 4.5 assists per game and tied for first with a 1.5 assists-to-turnover ratio.
- As a team, Binghamton ranks third in the America East with 62.6 points per game and is fourth with 13.70 assists per game. The Bearcats are also second with 6.8 three-point field goals per contest and third with a 1.00 assists-to-turnover ratio.
- Bryant (11-12, 4-6 AE) defeated New Hampshire 71-68 on Thursday. Mariona Planes-Fortuny led the Bulldogs with 24 points while Mia Mancini added 17 points. Also finishing in double figures were Kemari Reynolds (14 points) and Nia Scott (10 points).
- Planes-Fortuny leads Bryant and is ranked second in the America East with 16.8 points per game. She is also third in blocks (1.2 bpg) and seventh in rebounds (6.5 rpg). As a team, the Bulldogs are third in assists per game (13.87 apg).
- Binghamton leads the all-time series 5-1. Earlier this season, however, the Bulldogs took home a 62-51 decision at the Events Center on Jan. 11. Binghamton's last victory over Bryant was a 62-51 triumph in Smithfield on Jan. 28, 2023.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer ranks fourth all-time in Binghamton program history with a .389 three-point field goal percentage (136-of-350).
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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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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 eight career games with 20 or more points. Most recently, she netted 24 points against New Hampshire on Jan. 24, 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 85 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 136 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 1,424 career points. In fifth place, with 1,476 career points, is Kai Moon (2016-20).
