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- Binghamton (1-2) won 79-73 at Siena on Sunday afternoon in its final game of the America East-Metro Challenge. Senior forward Kendall Bennett turned in a 27-point, 13-rebound performance while senior guard
Bella Pucci added 22 points. Fellow senior guard
Yanniah Boyd, meanwhile, finished with 15 points and six rebounds.
- K. Bennett leads the Bearcats and is tied for first in the America East with 18.0 points per game. She also ranks third with 9.3 rebounds per night as well as first with 2.7 blocks. Pucci, meanwhile, is tied for sixth with 16.3 points per game and is tied for second with 2.7 steals per contest.
- Colgate (1-0) defeated SUNY Morrisville 91-61 in its season opener last Tuesday. Ella Mahaffey led five Raider players in double figures with 17 points while Ella Meabon finished with 16 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.
- Playing in the Patriot League, Colgate was picked to finish eighth out of 10 teams in this year's Preseason Poll. The Raiders finished 7-24 (2-16 PL) during the 2025-26 campaign.
- Dating back to 1975, Binghamton holds a 9-5 advantage in the all-time series against Colgate. Most recently, the Bearcats took an 82-54 decision at the Events Center on Dec. 20, 2025. K. Bennett led six Binghamton players in double figures with 14 points. She also added a game-high 12 rebounds.
- This marks Binghamton's first trip to Hamilton since Dec. 10, 2014. The Raiders won that contest 74-54.
- Mary Grimes is in her third season as the head coach at Binghamton and her sixth as a college head coach. She has gone 36-30 (17-15 AE) at Binghamton and is 92-60 overall. Grimes was the head coach at Le Moyne from 2021-24.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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Senior guard Bella Pucci has scored 20+ points in each of the past two games. She has averaged 22.5 points during that stretch.
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Current sophomore guard Carletta Bennett was named the America East Rookie of the Week twice last season (Dec. 15, 2025 & Feb. 2, 2026).
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Senior forward Kendall Bennett and senior guard Yanniah Boyd have both reached double figures in all three games so far this season.
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Junior center Abby Misier blocked a career-high four shots against UMass Lowell on Feb. 6, 2025.
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Senior forward Kendall Bennett blocked a career-high seven shots against Monmouth on Nov. 2.
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Senior guard Bella Pucci has posted eight career games with at least 20 points. She scored a career-best 31 points against NJIT on Feb. 7, 2026.
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Senior forward Kendall Bennett has posted eight career games with at least 20 points. She finished with a career-high 27 points against Siena on Sunday.
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Sophomore guard Ashley Redd finished with a career-high 12 points against Colgate on Dec. 20, 2025.
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Senior forward Kendall Bennett has turned in 19 career double-doubles. She has two so far this season.
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With 107 career blocks, senior forward Kendall Bennett ranks sixth all-time in program history. In fifth place, with 112 career rejections is Viive Rebane (2008-12).
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With 600 career rebounds, senior forward Kendall Bennett is currently ranked No. 13 all time in Binghamton program history. Rachel Laws (2002-06) is No. 12 with 624 rebounds while Jen Gaeta is No. 11 with 630 career rebounds.
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Senior guard Bella Pucci currently ranks No. 21 all time in Binghamton program history with 929 career points. Ranked No. 20, with 985 career points is Sherae Swinson (2011-15).
