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– Binghamton (2-3) will play in a seasonal tournament outside the United States for the first time since the 1999 Bahamas Classic. Puerto Rico is in Atlantic Standard Time (AST), so the games against Appalachian State (3-1) and Furman (3-3) will be at 2:30 p.m. local time and 1 p.m. ET. Finishes in 30 minutes.
– The Bearcats suffered a 66-59 loss to Navy on Tuesday night.Redshirt sophomore guard Ella Wanzer Junior forward scored a team-high 17 points. Genevieve Coleman The redshirt sophomore guards each added 13 points.graduate student guard Denai BowmanMeanwhile, they scored 11 points.
– Wanser leads the Bearcats, who rank fifth in the America East with 15.2 points per game, and Coleman ranks eighth in the conference with 13.5 points per game. Wanzer ranks third with a .395 3-point field goal percentage and second with 3.4 3-point field goal percentages per game. Meanwhile, Coleman ranks third in field goal percentage at .559 and leads the America East in free throw percentage at .938.
– Bowman ranks 14th in the America East in scoring with 10.3 points per game, fifth in field goal percentage at .468 and tied for ninth with 2.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. Wertz is tied for third with 4.0 assists per game and fourth with 1.2 assists per game.
– As a team, the Bearcats rank second in the America East with 68.2 points per game. He also leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage of .410 and 8.2 3-point field goals made per game.
– This is the first time the Bearcats will play either Appalachian State or Furman in women’s basketball.
– Appalachian State defeated Furman 68-63 on Thursday in the Puerto Rico Sports Tours Clasico opener. Faith Austin led three Mountaineers in double-digit scoring with 17 points. Meanwhile, Niveya Henry scored a game-high 19 points for the Paladins.
– Appalachian State, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, finished the 2022-23 season with an 11-20 record (6-12). Furman, on the other hand, plays in the Southern Conference and finished 11-19 (3-11) last year.
Bowman enters the Puerto Rico Sports Tour’s Clasico with 1,266 career points. She is three points away from tying Kathy Mackin (1994-98) for seventh place all-time in Binghamton program history with 1,269 career points.
– Wanzer currently ranks sixth in program history with a .388 3-point field goal percentage. She made 95 of her 245 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.
– Coleman is one of the most accurate field goal shooters in the history of the Binghamton program. For her career, she has shot .464 (201-433), which ranks eighth all-time.
– Bowman also ranks 15th in Binghamton program history with a career average of 11.5 points per game.Meanwhile, Wanzer is 17thth He moved up the rankings with 10.4 points per game. Additionally, Bowman’s 299 career assists rank sixth all-time in Binghamton program history.