The UMBC Women's Basketball team looks open America East play on a high note when it hosts Binghamton on Thursday night at The Peake. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and fans can catch all the action on ESPN+.  

Last Time Out:

• KK White (Indianapolis, In.) had a season-best 18 points, while Kiara Bell (Santa Rosa, Calif.) had 13 points and season-high 11 rebounds as the UMBC Women's Basketball team closed non-conference play with a 76-52 win at Hartford last Thursday
• UMBC got the scoring started immediately as Laycee Drake (Hancock, N.Y.) grabbed the opening tip and took it in for an uncontested layup just seconds into the contest.
• White would hit a three to kick-start a 7-0 run that put the Retrievers up 11-4 just over four minutes in
• The Hawks fought back to trim the lead to 13-10, but Nia Staples (Cincinnati, Oh.) drilled a three to push the lead back to six
• Scoop Smith (Pemberton Township, N.J. had a late steal and layup as UMBC took a 22-18 lead into the second quarter.
• The Retrievers started the second quarter on fire, hitting 5-of-7 to start the frame as the lead grew to as much as 12.
• Hartford would again chip away, but UMBC continued to answer and lead 38-28 at the half.
• White led all scorers in the first half with 11 points
• The second half had a similar start as Drake had a quick steal and layup seconds in
• The lead would get blown open mid-way through the quarter when Keelah Dixon (Boston, Mass.) hit a three and Antonia May (Amsterdam, N.Y.) would hit a pair of layups shortly after to suddenly give the Retrievers a 20 point lead at 52-32
• UMBC would outscore the hosts 16-7 in the third quarter to take a 54-35 lead into the final ten minutes
• The game was never in doubt after that, as the Retrievers would lead by as much as 26 en route to the 76-52 win
• Drake filled the stat sheet with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. White and Smith each grabbed eight rebounds, while Ashia McCalla (Greenbelt, Md.) added seven points and three assists.

Scouting Binghamton:

• Sophomore forward Genevieve Coleman finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocks, pacing Binghamton (7-6) to 70-34 win over Hartford (0-13) in a women's basketball non-conference game last Tuesday night at Dr. Bai Lee Court at the Events Center. The contest concluded the Bearcats' non-conference schedule for the 2022-23 campaign.
• Binghamton is now a perfect 6-0 at home this year. It marks the Bearcats' best start at home to a season since also going 6-0 to start the 2019-20 season.
• Coleman shot 7-for-10 from the field, drained a three-point field goal and sank both of her free throws. She has now reached double figures in scoring five times in the past six games and is averaging a career-best 10.4 points per game.
• Senior forward Clare Traeger and freshman guard Anna Long each added 11 points. Traeger also added five rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Long, meanwhile, also had five rebounds and sank seven of her eight free throw attempts. The 11 points and five rebounds were both career highs for Long.

All-Time Series:

• Binghamton leads the all-time series, 28-13, and has won 12 of the last 14 matchups
• The last Retrievers win at home in the series was 2/1/17 when they pulled out a 53-45 win at The RAC
• Last year, BU completed the season sweep despite Dixon scoring a season-high 20 points, as a furious UMBC Women's Basketball rally came up short in a 58-48 setback at Binghamton to conclude the season.
• Graduate student Janee'a Summers (Bound Brook, N.J.) wrapped up her career in 11th place on the UMBC all-time scoring list with 1,245 points.
• She also contributed a season-best 10 rebounds to finish her career in seventh on the UMBC all-time rebounding list with 712.