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.

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.

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

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.

Tim Moore Jr. finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds to propel NJIT to an 83-62 victory UMass Lowell on Thursday night. Tariq Francis made three 3-pointers and scored 21 for the Highlanders (5-17, 2-5 America East Conference).

Dan Hurley's UConn team has lost three of its last six, while Shaka Smart's Marquette squad is humming heading into a showdown against the Huskies. John Fanta breaks down the Big East ahead of a loaded weekend.

Vermont Catamounts (12-10, 7-1 America East) at Maine Black Bears (11-10, 6-2 America East) Orono, Maine; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maine faces Vermont after Caroline Dotsey scored 30 points in Maine's 65-54 victory over the New Hampshire Wildcats.

The Binghamton Bearcats ended a 22 game losing streak to the Vermont Catamounts, and a 5 game losing streak in the America East with a 75-72 win on Thursday at home.