The UMBC Women's Basketball team welcomes UAlbany to Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Wednesday for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and fans can watch on ESPN+. The back-to-back America East champion UMBC Volleyball and Softball teams will be honored at halftime. 

Scouting the Retrievers:

• Returning to play after its second extended hiatus of the season, the Retriever women's basketball team fell, 67-44, to visiting Binghamton at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.
• Junior guard Keelah Dixon (Boston, Mass.) scored 14 of her season-high 17 points in the first half as the short-handed Retrievers forged a 29-all deadlock with the Bearcats.
• But Binghamton broke the game open by outscoring UMBC, 20-5, in the third quarter.
• The contest was UMBC's first since January 19. Earlier in the campaign, UMBC did not compete from December 21-January 12.
• Jatarrikah Settle (Frederick, Md.) finished with nine points
• Graduate student Janee'a Summers (Bound Brook, N.J.) added eight points, and team-highs in rebounds (6) and steals (3).

Scouting the Great Danes

• After a slow start to the game, UAlbany (14-6, 7-2 AE) used a 22-2 second quarter to defeat host Binghamton on Monday night
• Sophomore Kayla Cooper topped the Great Danes with 15 points and six rebounds, including four defensive rebounds and two offensive rebounds.
• Junior Helene Haegerstrand was close behind with 11 points, nine of which came from three-point baskets.
• Redshirt-sophomore Morgan Haney shot a team-high 66.7% from the field while owning five assists and two steals - also team-highs.
• Haegerstrand and senior Lucia Decortes each tallied a block.

All-Time Series

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 25-14, with teams alternating wins and losses for the last seven contests.
• Playing their third road game in the span of five days, the UMBC women's basketball team fell, 69-40, to UAlbany on 1/19
• Summers led the Retrievers with 12 points and moved into thirteenth place on UMBC's all-time scoring list.