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VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (7-4, 0-0 AMERICA EAST) AT ST. BONAVENTURE (7-2, 0-0 ATLANTIC 10) > 12 DEC. 16, 2017 -- 4:00 P.M. -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- BLUE CROSS ARENA (11,215) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 7-4 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 0-0 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com HOME: 2-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Sam Hyman ROAD: 2-4 VERMONT ST. BONAVENTURE Internet Broadcoast: NEUTRAL: 3-0 CATAMOUNTS BONNIES Bonnies Sports Network/A-10 Network O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (7-4, 0-0 AE) (7-2, 0-0 A-10) Play by Play: Gary Nease O. 29 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 92-64 Color Commentator: Don Scholla N. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 102-53 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT N. 12 at Kentucky (ESPN) L, 73-69 W, 81-57 W, 75-67 JUMP BALL vs. Siena (12/11/17) vs. Yale (12/9/17) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont faces its second Atlantic 10 N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS opponent of the season after beating N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game Richmond on Nov. 29. N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Anthony Lamb, 15.6 Matt Mobley, 19.6 N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Ernie Duncan, 11.7 Jaylen Adams, 18.0 The game is a homecoming for UVM N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Trae Bell-Haynes, 11.6 Courtney Stockard, 11.3 star sophomore Anthony Lamb, who D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game was a two-time Great Rochester Player Anthony Lamb, 5.8 LaDarien Griffin, 7.2 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 of the Year. Payton Henson, 5.7 Courtney Stockard, 5.7 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Bell-Haynes/Ev. Duncan, 3.8 Idris Taqqee, 4.9 D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game The Catamounts and Bonnies square off D. 16 at St. Bonaventure 4 p.m. Trae Bell-Haynes, 5.2 Jaylen Adams, 6.7 for only the second time in the all-time D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Ernie Duncan, 2.6 Matt Mobley, 3.3 series. J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) 7 p.m. Stef Smith, 1.6 Nelson Kaputo, 1.8 J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. The Green and Gold will try to stay un- J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH beaten in neutral site games this season J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) 7 p.m. John Becker Mark Schmidt after sweeping the inaugural Islands of Overall: 152-117 Overall: 255-236 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. the Bahamas Showcase from Nov. 17-19. UVM: 146-73 SBU: 173-146 J. 15 MAINE* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 18 at New Hampshire* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS J. 21 at Hartford* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. J. 24 ALBANY* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 31 at Binghamton* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 3 at UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 8 at Albany* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 11 UMASS LOWELL* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. F. 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 18 HARTFORD* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (2017-18) F. 21 BINGHAMTON* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable F. 24 at Stony Brook* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, Fr.) G 6.0 2.2 1.6 Career-high 20 pts (6-6 3PT) at Marquette F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G 1.7 0.6 0.3 Avg. 20 ppg & 7 rpg last yr at Gould Acad. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 11.6 3.8 5.2 Matched career-high w/10 asts at Yale 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 15.6 5.8 1.1 Scored career-high 32 pts at Northeastern America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.5 1.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 3.2 1.7 0.2 Scored 13 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F -- -- -- Won 2015-16 NEPSAC Champ. at VT Acad. M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 2.1 0.9 0.7 Scored season-high 17 pts vs. UML last yr 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F -- -- -- Second Team IndyStar Super Team M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 11.7 2.5 2.6 Scored season-high 21 pts at Richmond 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 5.8 3.8 0.5 7 pts, 3 rebs vs. Coastal Car. 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.8 1.7 0.5 Scored 11 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 8.0 3.1 1.0 Set new career-high w/15 pts vs. Coastal Car. *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 10.5 5.7 1.4 Registered double figures in 4 out of last 5 gms 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.2 1.5 0.5 Career-high 14 pts vs. Bingh. (2/17/16) # Islands of the Bahamas Showcase + highest seeds hosts on campus sites 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2017-18 AMERICAConf. EASTPct. FINALOverall STANDINGSPct. Strk Albany 0-0 0.000 10-2 0.833 L1 Binghamton 0-0 0.000 7-4 0.636 W6 Vermont 0-0 0.000 7-4 0.636 W1 UMass Lowell 0-0 0.000 6-5 0.545 W1 UMBC 0-0 0.000 6-5 0.545 L1 Hartford 0-0 0.000 5-6 0.455 W2 Stony Brook 0-0 0.000 4-7 0.364 L1 Maine 0-0 0.000 3-8 0.273 W1 New Hampshire 0-0 0.000 2-8 0.200 L2 LAST TIME VS. ST. BONAVENTURE LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 GAMES VS. THE A-10 | ALL-TIME: UVM TRAILS 28-98 Date Team Result UVM High Scorer 11/29/17 at Richmond W, 71-65 Ernie Duncan, 21 D. 8, 2015: Despite 19 points from Kurt Steidl 12/21/14 at St. Louis L, 58-55 Ethan O’Day, 18 and three other Catamounts in double fig- 11/22/14 at St. Joseph’s L, 68-60 Hector Harold, 10 ures, the Vermont men’s basketball team 11/9/13 vs. St. Joseph’s L, 74-64 Clancy Rugg, 17 couldn’t outgun sharp-shooting St. Bonaven- ture and fell to the Bonnies in non-conference 12/1/12 at Rhode Island L, 76-66 Clancy Rugg, 16 action 80-68. His 19 points tie a career-high 12/7/11 at St. Louis L, 62-43 Luke Apfeld, 13 which was set in his freshman season against Sonoma State. Trae Bell-Haynes had 13 points 12/27/08 vs. George Wash. (Rainbow Classic - Honolulu) W, 82-78 Maurice Joseph, 18 and six assists while Drew Urquhart played 12/30/03 at Rhode Island L, 94-56 Taylor Coppenrath, 22 his best game of the season chipping in nine 12/2/03 at UMass L, 76-64 Taylor Coppenrath, 23 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. 2 Vermont closed out 2016-17 with the most wins among New England schools. UVM’s 29 wins were four more than Rhode Island and nine more than Providence. America East ri- val New Hampshire trailed with 20 victories. MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES UVM ALL-TIME VS. CURRENT MAAC LOOKING FOR AN A-10 SWEEP LAST TIME OUT The Catamounts have struggled against cur- With a win, Vermont can complete its first ever rent members of the Atlantic 10 and face a 28- season sweep of current A-10 opponents in the 98 all-time mark. Prior to topping Richmond same year. earlier this season, UVM’s last win against the A-10 was against George Washington in the NCAA RPI RANKINGS Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii on Dec. 27, 2008. The Catamounts are listed at No. 58 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. UVM is ranked Team Rec. Last Meeting first among America East teams (Albany - Dayton 0-1 Feb. 4, 1984 No. 120) and second in New England (Rhode Duquesne 0-1 Nov. 26, 2001 Island - No. 25). Fordham 0-5 Jan. 14, 1981 George Mason 0-2 Nov. 15, 2008 NEUTRAL SITE SUCESS George Wash. 1-0 Dec. 27, 2008 La Salle 0-7 Nov. 30, 1984 The Green and Gold are 3-0 in neutral site UMass 21-43 Dec. 2, 2003 games this season after sweeping the Island Richmond 1-0 Nov. 29, 2017 of the Bahamas Showcase from Nov.