January 23 vs. Hartford (11 a.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell women's basketball team hosts Binghamton in the program's Fifth Annual Health & Fitness Field Trip Day on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.
Kharis Idom (Orlando, Fla.) set career highs with 17 points and five three-pointers, but the River Hawks could not keep pace with Hartford in the 66-44 loss.
Katherine Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind.) added 15 points in the effort, and Bri Stiers (Denver, Colo.) grabbed a personal best nine rebounds.
A Win Would..
- Snap the River Hawks' six-game skid against the Bearcats
- End UMass Lowell's three-game skid on Field Trip Day
River Hawks on NESN
This contest marks the second time in the 2018-19 season that UMass Lowell will appear on NESN, and the first matchup at home in program history. In December, the River Hawks' contest at Dartmouth was also on the channel.
A Look at the River Hawks
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Brianna Rudolph (Lynn, Mass.) is averaging 12.2 points, along with recording 34 steals
-Rudolph and Bri Stiers are grabbing 5.4 rebounds per game
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Ren'Cia Rolling has 93 assists and 30 steals
-Rolling,
Kharis Idom and
Linda Svenne (Riga, Latvia)have combined for 66 of the team's 82 three-pointers
-The River Hawks are shooting 37.7 percent from the field and 29.1 percent from beyond the arc
Helping Herself
With her 99 helpers,
Ren'Cia Rolling (Lansing, Ill.) is 48 assists away from setting the program's all-time single-season assist record, set in 2012-13 by Bianca Simmons (146). In her first season as a River Hawk, Rolling is already fourth all-time in the DI era for assists in a season.
Checking the Boxes
The victory in Baltimore marked the River Hawks first win over an America East team other than Vermont since 2015, and was the first conference road win for the program since 2015, as well.
20-20 Vision
The efforts by
Brianna Rudolph and
Katherine Smith at UMBC marked the first time that the team had two players score 20 or more points in a single game since December 10, 2014.
Shannon Samuels and
Jasmine McRoy recorded 31 and 20, respectively, in a win against Bryant.
Scouting Binghamton
-The Bearcats are 7-11 and 2-3 in America East play
-Rebecca Carmody leads the team with 13.3 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game, 52 assists and 28 steals
-Carly Boland has recorded 21 blocks and 28 three-pointers
-Binghamton is shooting 38.7 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from three-point range
So Offensive
In the win against UMBC, UMass Lowell set season highs with 19 second chance points and 21 rebounds on the offensive glass.
Turning Mistakes into Points
The River Hawks matched their season high with 24 points off of turnovers in the win at Massachusetts. UMass Lowell out gained the Minutewomen, 24-3, for the team's largest advantage of the season.
Rolling All the Way to the Top
With her 10 assists against Fisher,
Ren'Cia Rolling became the program' s DI single-game leader and the first player to reach double digit assists in a game since 2012.
Helping Each Other Out
The 25 team assists by UMass Lowell set a new Division I team high and is the most by a River Hawk team since 2016.
Stealing a Spot in the Records
With her six steals against Bryant,
Brianna Rudolph now holds the Division I single-game mark. She now sits sixth in DI career history with 52 swipes.
Stealers and Helpers
The River Hawks have recorded 10+ steals and assists in three contests in 2018-19, a feat the team achieved four times in 2017-18.
Speeding Up the Fast Break
In the first 19 games of the season, UMass Lowell has already surpassed the team's total fast break output from last year, scoring 113 points on the break. In 2017-18 the River Hawks scored 97 and averaged 3.2 points per game.
Notables
The four points the River Hawks allowed in the third quarter against UNH marks a program low since switching from halves ... Garrick became third fastest coach in program history to pick up his first win with UMass Lowell.