Coach Colleen Mullen's team has relied on standout Kayla Cooper to lead it so far this season. The Great Danes are 17-4 overall.

Rafael Pinzon dropped his 3rd 30 point game of the season and Earl Timberlake had a double-double as the Bryant Bulldogs overcame a slow start in the first half and beat the Binghamton Bearcats by a final score of 83-69.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Connor Withers and Rafael Pinzon each had 18 points, and Bryant beat UMBC 92-86 on Thursday night for its seventh straight win.

Quion Burns had 26 points to lead Maine to a 71-46 victory over New Hampshire on Thursday night, upping the Black Bears' win streak to six.

Great Danes will play host to conference opponent Binghamton. The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.

After claiming the program’s first championship since 2018, UAlbany has been picked first in the America East Softball Preseason Poll. The conference also released its inaugural

Softball starts its season Feb. 7 at the Stetson Tournament in Deland, Fla while baseball begins Feb. 14 at Texas State.

Albany Great Danes (17-4, 7-1 America East) at Binghamton Bearcats (11-10, 3-5 America East) Binghamton, New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jadyn Weltz and Binghamton host Kayla Cooper and Albany in America East action Saturday.

NJIT Highlanders (7-14, 4-4 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (11-10, 4-4 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Alejandra Zuniga and NJIT take on Mia Mancini and Bryant on Saturday.

We will find out in the next two weeks if the UAlbany men's baseball team can make a run at finishing in the top half of the America East Conference.

America East play sees the UAlbany men play at home against NJIT and the UAlbany women play at NJIT this weekend

NJIT hosts the Bryant Bulldogs after Tim Moore Jr. scored 24 points in NJIT's 83-62 win against the UMass-Lowell River Hawks