WBB SID: Lisa Champagne [email protected] www.UVMathletics.com VERMONT CATAMOUNTS O: 802-656-1818 • C: 802-363-6368 Vermont (9-19, 6-9 AE) at Hartford (18-10, 9-6 AE) TIPOFF Probable Starters Radio: WVMT-620 AM - Rob Ryan (pxp) No Name Yr Pos Ht GP-GS PPG RPG APG STL FG% 3FG% FT% Internet Audio: SportsJuice.com 3 Tonya Conley Jr G 5-6 27/16 1.1 2.9 1.3 25 .211 .063 .625 Webcast: HartfordHawks.com ($$) 14 Niki Taylor So F 6-0 28/19 8.7 5.3 0.9 23 .357 .200 .796 Television: none 22 Tierra Shumpert So G/F 5-10 28/22 7.8 3.0 2.9 28 .268 .226 .765 SERIES INFO 24 Lauren Wheeler Sr G/F 6-0 27/23 4.5 3.2 2.1 16 .305 .313 .690 61st meeting between the two teams 32 Lauren Buschmann Sr F/C 6-2 28/28 9.0 6.1 1.4 40 .431 .000 .642 Vermont owns 35-25 advantage in series Reserves First Meeting: 1/22/96 - W. Hartford - W, 50-48 Last Season: No Name Yr Pos Ht GP-GS PPG RPG APG STL FG% 3FG% FT% 1/7/12 - W. Hartford - W, 57-50 00 Sam Simononis Jr G 5-8 20/11 4.4 1.7 0.7 10 .322 .365 .591 2/5/12 - Burlington - L, 52-63 2 Morgan Albert Sr G 6-0 13/1 0.2 0.8 0.5 3 .111 .000 .500 This Season: 1/30/13 - Burlington - L, 60-51 4 Shavonne White So G 5-8 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 .000 .000 .000 Gear McBride vs. Hartford: 1-4 10 Kylie Atwood Fr G 5-5 27/6 3.7 2.7 1.3 19 .276 .301 1.000 11 Sam Brenner Fr F 6-3 14/0 1.3 1.1 0.1 2 .235 .000 .769 TEAM COMPARISON 15 Annie Wheeler So F 6-2 27/0 5.2 2.7 0.4 6 .471 .000 .622 CATEGORY UVM UHART Overall Record 9-19 18-10 21 Kayla Burchill So F 6-1 22/0 3.5 1.6 0.4 7 .286 .277 .800 Conf. Record 6-9 9-6 23 Gracia Hutson Fr F 6-2 27/9 2.6 2.9 0.5 8 .437 .000 .346 Points Per Game 52.4 57.4 25 Kaylea Britton Fr F 6-0 27/0 2.7 1.4 0.4 6 .375 .167 .333 Opp. Pts. Per Game 62.2 54.7 12 Shanai Heber Sr G 5-10 5/5 6.2 7.8 3.4 13 .345 .000 .647 - INJ Scoring Margin -9.8 +2.7 * Conley transfered to UVM from Dayton last season and is eligible to play in 2012-13 Field Goal % 33.8 39.2 Head Coach - Lori Gear McBride (North Carolina ‘97), 3rd year Opp. Field Goal % 40.5 39.7 3PT FG % 26.6 28.5 Vermont Record: 24-64 (2 seasons) Opp. 3PT FG % 31.5 31.8 Free Throw % 67.8 68.7 SETTING THE SCENE: The Catamounts close out the regular season WHAT UVM LOST & RETURNS IN 2012-13 Rebounds Per Game 38.8 33.3 traveling to Hartford. Vermont stands at 9-19 overall and is 6-9 in the Category % Return %Lost Points 92.4 (1640) 7.6 (134) Opp. Reb. Per Game 36.2 35.1 league standings. UVM is coming off a 61-43 win over Binghamton Rebounds 91.6 (1135) 8.4 (103) Rebounding Margin +2.6 -1.8 on Wednesday. The Hawks are 18-10 on the year and 9-6 in league Assists 78.1 (285) 21.9 (80) Assists Per Game 12.6 12.6 play. Hartford clinched the No. 2 seed in the upcoming America East FGM 93.4 (583) 6.6 (41) Turnovers Per Game 19.6 15.5 Tournament with a 69-62 win at UMBC on Wednesday. 3FGM 94.0 (158) 6.0 (10) FTM 88.2 (316) 11.8 (42) 2012-13 VERMONT SCHEDULE LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 61, Binghamton 43: On “Senior Night” at Minutes 86.9 (5,237) 13.1 (787) Overall: 9-19 | America East: 6-9 Patrick Gymnasium senior Lauren Buschmann posted her 12th career double-double, and second in three games, with game-highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Vermont NOVEMBER (3-5) Catamounts to a 61-43 victory over visiting Binghamton. Fri 9 at Marist (ESPN3) L, 66-45 Sun 11 COLUMBIA (CaTV) W, 46-40 Wed 14 at Providence L, 92-76 Buschmann went 7-for-10 from the field and added four assists and four steals. Fellow senior Lauren Wheeler Sat 17 BROWN (CaTV) W, 66-56 added a season-high 15 points and made a career-high four 3-pointers. Sophomore Niki Taylor added 12 points Wed 21 at Jacksonville L, 78-67 on 6-for-11 shooting. Sat 24 at North Florida L, 64-61 Tue 27 at Fairfield L, 51-47 The Catamounts limited Binghamton to just four field goals and 19 percent shooting from the floor in the Fri 30 HOUSTON BAPTIST % (CaTV) W, 59-48 first half. UVM exploded for a season-high 36 points in the first stanza behind a 45.5 percent shooting effort DECEMBER (0-5) Sat 1 DREXEL % (WCAXtra) L, 66-49 from the floor. Wed 5 at Central Connecticut L, 67-41 Sun 16 at #15 Oklahoma State L, 83-30 UVM led from wire-to-wire, jumping out a 7-0 lead just three minutes into the game. Binghamton sliced the Thu 20 at Boston College L, 80-43 lead to two at the 16:32 mark, but the Catamounts quickly extended its lead to double digits with a 12-4 spurt. Sat 29 at Canisius L, 56-55 The Bearcats trimmed the lead back to single digits at the 8:06 mark, but did not score another field goal until JANUARY (4-4) Swain converted a layup with 12 seconds left in the half. Wed 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE * W, 63-60 (ot) Wed 9 at Boston U * L, 58-30 Sat 12 UMBC * (CaTV) W, 63-60 Vermont took a 36-15 advantage into halftime and Buschmann scored 15 of her 19 points in the first stanza. Wed 16 at Binghamton * W, 61-56 Sat 19 at Stony Brook * L, 68-53 The Catamounts’ lead grew to 25 in the opening minutes of the second half and Vermont cruised to its eighth Wed 23 MAINE * (CaTV) W, 61-53 win at Patrick Gymnasium. Sat 26 at Albany * (ESPN3) L, 59-32 Wed 30 HARTFORD * (CaTV) L, 60-51 MILESTONES: Senior Lauren Buschmann played in 100th career game in the first meeting against Hartford. FEBRUARY (2-5) She is the 33rd player in program history to reach the 100-career game milestone and is the only player to start Wed 6 at New Hampshire * L, 67-45 Sat 9 at UMBC * L, 71-55 every game this season. Buschmann also collected her 600th career rebound at New Hampshire, becoming the Wed 13 BOSTON U * (CaTV) L, 56-47 14th player in program history to reach the milestone. Buschmann enters the game with 950 career points, Sat 16 STONY BROOK * (WCAXtra) W, 46-43 653 career rebounds (T-10th all-time), 111 steals and 74 blocks (T-10th all-time). Wed 20 at Maine * L, 73-62 Sun 24 ALBANY * (CaTV) L, 68-52 SENIOR CLASS: The senior class of Morgan Albert, Lauren Buschmann, Shanai Heber and Lauren Wheeler has Wed 27 BINGHAMTON * (CaTV) W, 61-43 combined to win 62 games in their careers, won an America East title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament and MARCH are part of a special group of players who participated in the program’s first-ever NCAA victory with a win over Sat 2 at Hartford * 2:00 p.m. Fri 8 America East Tourney # TBA Wisconsin in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Sun 10 America East Tourney # TBA Sat 16 America East Championship ^ TBA CAT NIPS ABOUT HARTFORD: Nikkia Smith and Amber Bepko are the lead- AMERICA EAST STANDINGS Interesting facts about the Catamounts ing scorers for the Hawks, averaging over 10 points per game each. AmericaEast.com #2 Morgan ALBERT: Is a captain for the third straight Smith also leads the team in rebounding (5.3 rpg) and is shooting School Conf. Overall Pre year ... Only third player in program history to be a 45 percent from the field. Bepko is one of the team’s top 3-point #1 Albany 15-0 24-3 1 three-time captain ... Is the fourth Michigan native shooters, shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc. Boston U * 13-2 23-5 2 to play for the Catamounts in the history of the pro- #2 Hartford 9-6 18-10 3 gram ... Comes from an athletic family - sister played The Hawks are 4-2 in their last six games and clinched the No. 2 Stony Brook 6-9 14-14 9 basketball at Bowling Green (2011 graduate) ... One of seed in the upcoming America East Tournament with a 69-62 win at the founders of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes UMBC 6-0 10-18 6 organization on the Vermont campus. UMBC on Wednesday. As a team, Hartford is averaging 57.4 points Vermont 6-9 9-19 4 per game, while giving up 54.7 to its opponents. The Hawks are New Hampshire 5-10 10-17 4 #10 Kylie ATWOOD: Atwood was the Vermont Gato- shooting 39 percent from the field, 27.8 percent from 3-point range Binghamton 4-11 5-23 8 rade Player of the Year as a junior ... she garnered a and 68 percent from the foul line. Hartford is being out rebounded Maine 3-11 4-23 7 spot on the ESPN 100 Watch List and was an honorable 35.1 to 33.3. * Boston U is not eligible for the America mention selection for the Sporting News Magazine All- America Team as a sophomore and junior. East Tournament THE SERIES: This is the 61st meeting between the two teams in UVM INDIVIDUAL LEADERS #11 Sam BRENNER: Led New Hampton to a record of a series that dates back to the 1995-96 season. Vermont owns a 40-6 during her junior and senior years ... As a junior 35-25 advantage in the all-time series, but Hartford has won four IN AMERICA EAST she was named the team’s MVP while being selected to of the last five against Vermont. Scoring the New England Prep School All-Star Game. Lauren Buschmann 20/8.7 Earlier this season in Burlington, the Catamounts dropped a 60-51 Rebounding #32 Kaylea BRITTON: Is the first Kansas native to play Lauren Buschmann 10/5.9 at Vermont ... Was a 1,000-point scorer at Ulysses HS decision to the Hawks. Lauren Wheeler and Tierra Shumpert each Niki Taylor 12/5.4 as well as a decorated volleyball player, earning first scored 11 points to pace Vermont. UVM led by as many as 11 with team all-league honors twice and was among Kansas’ 3:28 remaining in the first half. Hartford closed to within two, Assists top track competitors in throwing events. 24-22, with 1:40 left , but Vermont pushed back out to a five-point Tierra Shumpert 9/2.9 advantage, 28-23, as the two teams headed to the locker room. Free Throw Percentage #21 Kayla BURCHILL: Was a 1,000-point scorer and Niki Taylor 2/79.6 led Deering High School to a record of 79-7 during her UVM led by six in the opening minutes of the second half, but Blocks high school career ... Burchill was named Miss Maine Hartford responded with six straight points to tie the game up at Lauren Buschmann 8/0.8 Basketball in 2011 and is a two-time Maine All-Star Gracia Hutson 9/0.8 3-Point Shooting Contest Champion. 37 and a three-point play by Nikkia Smith at the 6:50 mark gave Hartford its first lead, 43-42, wince the 18:52 mark of the first half. UVM IN AMERICA EAST TEAM STATS #32 Lauren BUSCHMANN: Her high school team was The Hawks continued to pressure UVM and a 3-pointer by Shanise unbeaten in league play all four years ... She finished Bultron capped a 17-5 run that game Hartford at 48-42 lead with Category Rk/Avg her career with a record of 107-11 ... Was an accom- 4:25 left. UVM closed to within four with just over two minutes to Scoring Offense 8/52.1 plished rower in high school ... Turned down rowing play, but Hartford out scored Vermont 10-3 over the final 1:54 to Scoring Defense 6/62.9 scholarships to Texas and Michigan State to play bas- secure the win. Scoring Margin 6/-10.8 ketball at Vermont. FT Percentage 3/68.0 FG Percentage 9/33.5 #3 Tonya CONLEY: A Burlington, Vt. native, she is a Last year, Vermont defeated the Hawks at Hartford, 57-50. Shanai Heber scored a game-high 14 points and added six rebounds, five FG Percentage Def. 8/40.9 walk-on transfer from the Univ. of Dayton ... Brother 3FG Percentage 8/26.6 Tyrone played basketball at New Hampshire. assists and five steals to lead the Catamounts. UVM used a 20-6 run to start the second half a erased a 15-point halftime deficit. 3FG Percentage Def. 4/31.6 #21 Shanai HEBER: Transferred to UVM from Seton Hartford came back to tie the game up, 45-45, with 4:00 remaining, 3FG Made 6/4.2 Hall ... Played in 31 games as a freshman at Seton Hall but the Catamounts added a 12-5 spurt to close out the game and Rebounding Margin 3/+2.6 and averagd 22 minutes per game as a sophomore with pick up the win. Blocks 2/2.9 the Pirates ... Was a 1,000-point scorer at Patterson Assists 4/12.4 Kennedy High School in New Jersey. BUSCHMANN DOUBLES UP: Lauren Buschmann has reached double Steals 6/7.3 Ast/TO Ratio 6/0.6 #23 Gracia HUTSON: Led Hopkins HS to back-to-back figures in the scoring column in five straight games.She is av- Class 5A state titles ... As a junior, Hopkins was No. 2 eraging 16.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during that in the final USA Today Top 25 Poll. stretch. Buschmann has 12 career double-doubles and two in the last three contests. #22 Tierra SHUMPERT: Father is Terry Shumpert who played 14 seasons in the Major Leagues (MLB) ... WINNING COMBINATION: Vermont has held its opponents to 60 points or less in all nine wins this season He spent five years with the Kansas City Royals, five and is allowing an average of 52 points to its opponents in the victories. years with the Colorado Rockies and had stints with Tampa Bay, Boston, San Diego and the Chicago Cubs TAKING CHARGE: Freshman Gracia Hutson provided UVM with a defensive spark in the win over Stony Brook ... Shumpert and classmate Shavonne White are the (Feb. 16). She grabbed seven rebounds and also drew three offensive charges in the game. second and third Colorado natives to play at Vermont and the first since the 1994 campaign. GETTING OFFENSIVE: As a team, the Catamounts lead the league in America East in offensive rebounds. #00 Sam SIMONONIS: Her father played baseball at UVM is collecting 15.1 offensive boards per game this season and ranks third overall in the conference in Penn State and held the school’s single-season records rebounding margin (+2.6). in home runs and batting average ... He was drafted in the 20th round by the Detroit Tigers in 1980 ... She is REDEMPTION: Lauren Buschmann earned a bit of redemption in the league opening win against New Hamp- just the second player in school history to wear #00. shire on Jan. 2. She posted her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead UVM #14 Niki TAYLOR: Was a two-time Maine Gatorade to the overtime victory against the Wildcats (63-60). One year ago, Buschmann suffered a torn ACL against Player of the Year, became just the fourth player to New Hampshire at Patrick Gymnasium in overtime. win the honor twice since its inception in 1986 ... She became York’s all-time leading scorer in 2010-11, fin- LEADING ROLE: 11 different players M.A.S.H UNIT: Head coach Lori Gear McBride has not had ishing her career with 1,444 points and breaking the have led the team in scoring this season. previous mark of 1,413 points set by former York and Additionally, eight different players a complete team available to her this year as injuries have Vermont standout Lani Boardman ‘05 (1997-2001) ... have grabbed a team-high in rebounds affected the Catamounts from the start of the season. Led York to a record of 79-6 over four years. this year. Player Injury # Gm Missed Replacement Kylie Atwodd Shoulder 1 #15 Annie WHEELER: Wheeler is the first native of Kayla Burchill Foot 6 Georgia to play for the Catamounts. SHUFFLING THE DECK: Head coach Lori Shanai Heber (starter) Shoulder 23 (season ending) Tonya Conley Gear McBride has had to use seven dif- Sam Simononois Leg 8 #4 Shavonne WHITE: Brother Sean played football at ferent starting lineups this season. Annie Wheeler Foot 1 Tennessee and her cousins is Chauncey Billups of the Shavonne White Lower Body 27 LA Clippers. Total Games Missed 66 CATAMOUNT DOUBLE-DOUBLES HUTSON HEATS UP: Freshman Gracia Hutson averaged 8.0 ppg, VERMONT’S TEAM HIGHS/LOWS Lauren Buschmann (12 career) 8.0 rpg, and 2.0 blocks, while shooting 50 percent from the field Points 11/24/10 at Dartmouth - 18p, 16r and 50 percent from the free throw line in the two-game swing High: 76 at Providence, 11/14/12 12/8/10 vs. Northeastern - 10p, 12r through Florida. In her first career start, at North Florida, Hutson Low: 30 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 2/17/11 vs. New Hampshire - 23p, 11r played a season-high 34 minutes and contributed nine points and 2/20/11 at Maine - 15p, 10r eight rebounds. 2/26/11 at Boston U - 18p, 13r Points in the First Half 3/4/11 vs. Boston U - 12p, 13r High: 36 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 11/18/11 vs. Colgate - 14p, 10r OH CANADA!: Vermont boasts two Canadian players on its roster Low: 11, 2x (last: at UNH, 2/6/13) 11/22/11 vs. Dartmouth - 28p, 11r for the 2012-13 season: 12/1/11 at Northeastern - 14p, 10r - Lauren Buschmann (Sr., St. Catharines, Ontario) and Lauren Points in the Second Half 12/29/11 vs. #15 Georgetown - 13p, 11r Wheeler (Sr., Ancaster, Ontario) High: 47 at Providence, 11/14/12 1/2/12 vs. Stony Brook - 11p, 13r A total of 20 Canadians have gone through the program and have 1/11/12 vs. Binghamton - 18p, 14r Low: 13, 2x (last: at #15 Ok St., 12/15/12) had a major impact on the Vermont women’s basketball program. 1/2/13 vs. New Hampshire - 17p, 11r 2/20/13 at Maine - 16p, 11r UVM’s all-time leaders in 10 statistical categories are Canadian, Rebounds 2/27/13 vs. Binghamton - 19p, 12r including Vermont’s all-time leading scorer (Karalyn Church ‘00) High: 52 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 and all-time leading rebounder (Sheri Turnbull ‘94). Both players Shanai Heber (5 career) Low: 28 at Albany, 1/26/13 are the only ones to have their number retired in the UVM women’s 11/16/11 vs. Fairfield - 17p, 11r 1/22/12 vs. UMBC - 14p, 15r basketball program. A Canadian has led UVM in scoring in 14 of Assists 2/1/12 at Boston U - 13p, 15r the last 20 years and a Canadian has led UVM in rebounding in 15 High: 20 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 2/5/12 vs. Hartford - 12p, 10r of the last 20 years. Low: 6 vs. Columbia, 11/11/12 11/21/12 at Jacksonville - 14p, 12r Niki Taylor (4 career) SHUMPERT AS A SOPHOMORE: Tierra Shumpert scored a career- Steals 11/25/11 at Houston Baptist - 16p, 15r high 21 points at North Florida. She dished out a career-high 10 High: 14 vs. Stony Brook, 2/16/13 1/28/12 at Stony Brook - 12p, 11r helpers in a win at Binghamton and also contributed seven points Low: 1 at Boston College, 11/20/12 2/5/12 vs. Hartford - 13p, 13r and six rebounds against the Bearcats. 11/17/12 vs. Brown - 15p, 10r Blocks Kayla Burchill (1 career) O-VER-TIME: Vermont is 16-17 in overtime games dating back High: 7 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 1/28/12 at Stony Brook - 14p, 10r to the 1981 season. UVM’s last overtime victory was against New Low: 0, 3x (last: at UNH, 2/6/13) Hampshire in the 2013 America East opener at Patrick Gymnasium 20-POINT GAMES Player 12-13 Career (1/2/13 - W, 63-60). Vermont’s last overtime win on the road came Turnovers Lauren Buschmann 2 7 on March 6, 2004 at Binghamton (W, 69-61). The Catamounts are High: 32 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 Lauren Wheeler 0 1 2-1 in double-overtime games and won the program’s only triple-ot Low: 8 at Fairfield, 11/27/12 Shavonne White 0 1 contest, an 82-77 victory over Dartmouth on Nov. 23, 2008. DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES Field Goals Made Player 12-13 Career COACH PILYPAITIS: Former Catamount Country Pilypaitis ‘10, ar- High: 28 at Providence, 11/14/12 Lauren Buschmann 11 42 guably one of the best players in program history, has returned to Low: 11, 2x (last: at Albany, 1/26/13) Shanai Heber 1 9 UVM. She begins her coaching career as an assistant to Lori Gear Niki Taylor 11 21 McBride after playing two seasons of professional basketball in Field Goal Percentage Sam Simononis 2 12 Lithuania. She spent the summer playing for Team Canada at the Kayla Burchill 3 12 High: 44.4 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Pilypaitis helped the Canadians Lauren Wheeler 3 20 Low: 22.4 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 Shavonne White 0 2 qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 12 years by scoring Tierra Shumpert 10 19 21 points in the final qualifying game to lift Canada past Turkey. 3PT Field Goals Made Kaylea Britton 2 2 Pilypaitis, who was named team MVP, averaged 12.6 points, 4.0 High: 9 at North Florida, 11/24/12 Annie Wheeler 4 4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and shot 42.3 percent from 3-point range in Low: 0 at Fairfield, 11/27/12 DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES five games during the tournament. As a player at Vermont, she led Player 12-13 Career UVM to back-to-back America East Championships and NCAA Tour- 3PT Field Goal Percentage Lauren Buschmann 4 20 nament appearances (2009 & 2010). She was named the America High: 50.0 at North Florida, 11/24/12 Shanai Heber 2 10 East Most Outstanding Player of the America East Championship Low: 10.0 vs. Drexel, 12/1/12 Niki Taylor 2 8 in 2009 and 2010 and was a four-time all-conference selection. Lauren Wheeler 0 1 She also led UVM to its first NCAA victory with an upset win over Kayla Burchill 0 1 Free Throws Made Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2010. High: 17, 3x (last: at Stony Brook, 1/19/13) GAMES PLAYED/STARTED Pilypaitis finished her career as the only player in NCAA Division Low: 5 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 Player 12-13 Career I Women’s Basketball to record over 1,900 points, 800 rebounds Morgan Albert 13/1 63/4 and 600 assists. She currently is the all-time leader at Vermont Kylie Atwood 27/6 27/6 Free Throw Percentage in assists (636), 3-point field goals (260), games played (131) and Sam Brenner 14/0 14/0 High: 88.9 at Canisius, 12/29/12 Kaylea Britton 27/0 27/0 minutes played (4,060). She also ranks second in steals (279) and Low: 52.4 vs. Stony Brook, 2/16/13 Kayla Burchill 22/0 50/16 third in points (1,993) and rebounds (905). Pilypaitis is also the Lauren Buschmann 28/28 107/75 only Catamount in the program’s history to record a triple-double, Tonya Conley 27/16 27/16 doing so three times in her career. Shanai Heber 5/5 35/33 Gracia Hutson 27/9 27/9 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: The 2012-13 season marks the 20th anniversary of UVM’s back-to-back undefeated seasons. Tierra Shumpert 28/22 58/37 The Catamounts posted undefeated regular seasons in 1991-92 (28-0) and 1992-93 (29-1). UVM won the program’s Sam Simononis 18/11 76/39 Niki Taylor 28/19 58/40 first America East titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the team’s history during those Annie Wheeler 27/0 50/0 years. Current Rhode Island and former Boston College head coach Cathy Inglese was the head coach at Vermont Lauren Wheeler 27/23 88/62 during those seasons. Shavonne White 1/0 24/0 AMERICA EAST ACADEMIC CUP CHAMPS: Vermont is the only school in America East history to have won the Academic Cup seven straight years (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and has a total of eight Academic Cups after winning the inaugural award in 1996 ... With the end of the spring semester of 2012, the Catamounts extended their streak of achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to 18 straight semesters ... The Vermont women’s basketball program has posted a 100% graduation rate (GSR) for the past two years.
WHY UVM ... WHAT IS A CATAMOUNT? The University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain and is 90 minutes from Montreal, Quebec ... WHY UVM? UVM is the popular nickname associated with the University of Vermont. The initials come from Universitas Virdis Montis, which is Latin for University of the Green Mountains ... WHAT IS A CATAMOUNT? Since 1926, the University of Vermont athletic teams have been nicknamed the Catamounts after a legendary mountain cat found in the state’s Green Mountains. Just one other Division I school shares the nickname - Western Carolina. 2012-13 Vermont Roster No Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/High School/Last School Pronunciations LORI 00 Sam Simononis Jr G 5-8 Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge sim-un-own-iss 2 Morgan Albert Sr G 6-0 Brighton, Mich./Brighton GEAR 3 Tonya Conley Jr G 5-6 Burlington, Vt./Burlington/Dayton McBRIDE 4 Shavonne White So G 5-8 Aurora, Colo./Cherry Creek Head Coach 10 Kylie Atwood Fr G 5-5 Irasburg, Vt./Lake Region Union 11 Sam Brenner Fr F 6-3 Nashua, N.H./New Hampton School 3rd Season 12 Shanai Heber Sr G 5-10 Paterson, N.J./Paterson Kennedy/Seton Hall sean-a hee-bur Twitter: @lagear33 14 Niki Taylor So G 6-0 York, Maine/York PERSONAL 15 Annie Wheeler So F 6-2 Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett Hometown: Sherbrooke, Quebec 21 Kayla Burchill So F 6-1 Portland, Maine/Deering 22 Tierra Shumpert So G 5-10 Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch Husband, Pat; Children: Allie, Jackson Family: 23 Gracia Hutson Fr F 6-2 Wayzata, Minn./Hopkins gray-sha 24 Lauren Wheeler Sr G/F 6-0 Ancaster, Ontario/Westdale EDUCATION 25 Kaylea Britton Fr F 6-0 Ulysses, Kan./Ulysses College: North Carolina, 1997 32 Lauren Buschmann Sr F/C 6-2 St. Catherines, Ontario/Governor Simcoe Graduate Degree: Seton Hall, 2000 Head Coach: Lori Gear McBride (North Carolina ‘97), 3rd season PLAYING EXPERIENCE Assistant: Shannon Bush (Holy Cross ‘06), 3rd season Assistant: Devin Jefferson (Seton Hall ‘01), 3rd season Collegiate Assistant: Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont ‘10), 1st season pil-ah-pie-tis 1993-97 - North Carolina Director of Operations: Sam Allen (Colby ‘10), 1st season - won the 1994 NCAA National Championship - three-time ACC Champions VERMONT QUICK FACTS 2011-12 HONOR ROLL - two-time co-captain General Information America East All-Defensive Team Location Burlington, Vermont Shanai Heber International Founded 1791 1995 - Canadian National Team America East All-Rookie Team Enrollment 10,461 Tierra Shumpert 1993-95 - Canadian Junior National Team National Affiliation NCAA Division I Niki Taylor - played in two World University Games Conference America East America East Player of the Week Professional Nickname UVM* Lauren Buschmann, Nov. 28 1997 - Club Amigo de Basketball, Portugal * Short for Universitas Virdis Montis, Latin for University of Lauren Buschmann, Jan. 16 the Green Mountains America East Rookie of the Week COACHING EXPERIENCE School Mascot Catamount School Colors Green & Gold Niki Taylor, Nov. 21 2010- Vermont, head coach Kayla Burchill, Nov. 28 Home Court Patrick Gymnasium (4,003) 2005-10 Colby College, head coach Shavonne White, Dec. 5 President Tom Sullivan 2004-05 Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS (N.J.), HC Niki Taylor, Jan. 22 Director of Athletics Dr. Robert Corran 2003-04 UNC Charlotte, assistant coach Niki Taylor, Feb. 6 Athletic Department Phone (802) 656-3075 1998-03 Seton Hall, assistant coach Athletic Department Fax (802) 656-0949 All-Tournament Teams Niki Taylor - TD Bank Classic HEAD COACHING RECORD Athletic Ticket Office (802) 656-4410 Shanai Heber - TD Bank MVP Patrick Gymnasium Press Row (802) 656-4173 Year School Overall Conf. Post Lauren Buschmann - Blue Sky Classic 2005-06 Colby 10-15 2-7 NESCAC Team Information 2006-07 Colby 6-17 1-8 2011-12 Overall Record 10-20 VERMONT’S SINGLE-GAME RECORDS 2007-08 Colby 9-16 2-7 NESCAC 2011-12 Conference Record/Place 4-12/6th Most Points 107 vs. Kent State (12/5/92) 2008-09 Colby 13-12 4-5 NESCAC Letterwinners Returning/Lost Points in a Half 59 vs. Boston U (1/18/92) Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 2009-10 Colby 24-5 7-2 NCAA Fewest Points 29 at Rutgers (11/25/00) Newcomers 4 TOTALS 5 yrs 62-65 16-29 Points in a Half 11 at Rutgers (11/25/00) Team History Field Goals 48 vs. Kent State (12/5/92) Year School Overall Conf. Post First Year of Women’s Basketball 1979-80 3PT Field Goals 14 vs. Albany (2/16/05) 2010-11 Vermont 5-25 5-11/7th AE 1st All-Time Record 510-399 (.561)/32 seasons Free Throws 39 vs. Drexel (1/31/93) 2011-12 Vermont 10-20 4-12/7th AE 1st NCAA Appearances 6 (‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘00, ‘09, ‘10) TOTALS 2 yrs 15-45 9-23 Last Result (2010) W, 64-55 Rebounds 79 vs. St. Lawrence (2/13/80) OVERALL 7 yrs 77-110 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin (1st Round) Assists 34 vs. Kent State (12/5/92) L, 84-66 at No. 2 Notre Dame (2nd Round) Blocks 11 vs. Siena (2/23/89) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WNIT Appearances 2 (‘02, ‘09) Steals 37 vs. Fresno St (11/25/93) - Has recruited the top recruiting class in America East Last Result (2009) L, 76-64 Fewest Turnovers 4 at UMass (12/9/09) according to All-Star Girls Report in back-to-back sea- at Boston College (2nd Round) sons. America East Championships 5 VERMONT INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS - Guided Colby College to DII national ranking and NCAA (‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘00, ‘09, ‘10) Points in a Game Tournament after inheriting program that had three America East Regular Season Championships 5 40, Sheri Turnbull vs. Harvard (12/21/93) straight losing seasons prior to her arrival. (1991-92, 1992-93, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2001-02) 40, Courtnay Pilypaitis vs. Boston U (2/2/08) - Led Colby to a 24-5 mark in 2009-10, setting a new Points in a Half Athletic Communications school record for most wins. 27, Aaron Yantzi at Stony Brook (2/10/04) Women’s Basketball Contact Lisa Champagne - Colby ranked second in New England, the highest rank- Field Goals Made ing in the program’s history, and also earned its first- Email [email protected] 19, Joann McKay vs. Brooklyn (1/4/84) ever national ranking in 2009-10. Colby climbed as high Office Number (802) 656-1818 3PT Field Goals Made as No. 20 in the USA Today/ESPN Division III Top 25 Cell Phone (802) 363-6368 8, 2x (last: Ashleigh Cunic vs. Albany (2/16/05) Coaches’ Poll. Fax Number (802) 656-8328 Free Throws Made - Spent five years at Seton Hall and one season UNC- Social Media 16, Sheri Turnbull vs. Harvard (12/21/93) Charlotte where she helped produce a top-30 recruiting Website www.UVMathletics.com Consecutive Free Throws Made class. Twitter @UVMathletics 13-13, May Kotsopoulos vs. Boston U (2/10/10) - Won a NCAA National Championship as a freshman at Facebook facebook.com/Vermont.Catamounts Rebounds North Carolina in 1994. YouTube youtube.com/uvmathletics 24, Heather Beynnon vs. Dominican (1/16/80) - Played on three ACC Championship teams and was a Assists WBB Twitter @UVMwbb co-captain as a junior and senior. 14, Carrie LaPine vs. Brown (12/6/92) - The Tar Heels went 105-24 in Gear McBride’s four year Blocks career. 8, 2x (last: Karena Zornow vs. URI (11/15/98) - Played professionally in Portugal for one year after Steals graduation. 9, 2x (last: Karalyn Church vs. Idaho (11/27/99) VERMONT SEASON & CAREER HIGHS #00 Sam Simononis 2012-13 Career #22 Tierra Shumpert 2012-13 Career Points 13 at Canisius, 12/29/12 14, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/22/12) Points 21 at North Florida, 11/24/12 21 at North Florida, 11/24/12 Reb 4 at North Florida, 11/24/12 8 vs. Texas Southern (11/26/11) Reb 6, 2x (last: at Binghamton, 1/16/13) 6, 3x (last: at Binghamton, 1/16/13) Assists 3 at North Florida, 11/24/12 4 vs. Texas Southern (11/26/11) Assists 10 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 10 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 Steals 3 vs. Drexel, 12/1/12 5 vs. Colgate (11/18/11) Steals 5 at Canisius, 12/29/12 5 at Canisius, 12/29/12 FGM 4 at Canisius, 12/29/12 5, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/22/12) FGM 7 at North Florida, 11/24/12 7, 3x (last: at North Florida, 11/24/12) 3FGM 2, 2x (last: at Canisius, 12/29/12) 4 vs. UMBC (1/22/12) 3FGM 4 at North Florida, 11/24/12 4, 4x (last: at North Florida, 11/24/12)
#2 Morgan Albert 2012-13 Career #23 Gracia Hutson 2012-13 Career Points none 8 vs. Boston College (11/20/10) Points 9, 2x (last: at N. Florida, 11/24/12) same Reb 3 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 3, 2x (last: at #15 Ok State, 12/15/12) Reb 9 vs. Boston U (2/13/13) same Assists 2 at Marist, 11/9/12 2, 3x (last: at Stony Brook, 1/28/12) Assists 2, 3x (last: at #15 Ok St, 12/15/12) same Steals none 2, 3x (last: at UMBC, 2/25/12) Steals 2 at North Florida, 11/24/12 same FGM none 3 vs. Boston College (11/20/10) FGM 4, 3x (last: at N. Florida, 11/24/12) same 3FGM none 1 vs. Boston College (11/20/10) Blocks 4 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 same
#3 Tonya Conley 2012-13 Career #24 Lauren Wheeler 2012-13 Career Points 4 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 same Points 15 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 22 at Binghamton (2/12/11) Reb 7, 2x (last: at Albany, 1/26/13) same Reb 8 vs. New Hampshire, 1/2/13 11 at Albany (1/30/11) Assists 4, 2x (last: vs. UNH, 1/2/13) same Assists 3, 3x (last: at SBU, 1/19/13) 7 at Northeastern (12/1/11) Steals 2, 3x (last: vs. Hartford, 1/30/13) same Steals 1 , 4x (last: vs. Hartford, 1/30/13) 4 at Dartmouth (11/24/10) FGM none same FGM 4, 2x (last: vs. Hartford, 1/30/13) 8 at Binghamton (2/12/11) 3FGM none same 3FGM 2 at Marist, 11/9/12 3, 3x (last: at Brown 12/7/11)
#4 Shavonne White 2012-13 Career #25 Kaylea Britton 2012-13 Career Points 23 at Northeastern (12/1/11) Points 14 at Boston College, 12/20/12 same Reb 5 at Northeastern (12/1/11) Reb 4 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 same Assists 2 vs. UMBC (1/22/12) Assists 2 vs. Hartford, 1/30/13 same Steals 2, 2x (last: at Stony Brook, 1/28/12) Steals 1, 2x (last: at #15 Ok St, 12/15/12) same FGM 9 at Northeastern (12/1/11) FGM 2, 2x (last: vs. Drexel, 12/1/12) same 3FGM 5 at Northeastern (12/1/11) 3FGM none same
#10 Kylie Atwood 2012-13 Career #32 Lauren Buschmann 2012-13 Career Points 9, 2x (last: at Binghamton, 1/16/13) same Points 21 vs. Albany, 2/24/13 28 vs. Dartmouth (11/22/11) Reb 8 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 same Reb 14 vs. UMBC, 1/12/13 16 at Dartmouth, 11/24/10 Assists 4 at Canisius, 12/29/12 same Assists 4 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 5 vs. vs. Binghamton (1/11/12) Steals 3 vs. Drexel, 12/1/12 same Steals 5 vs. New Hampshire, 1/2/13 5 vs. New Hampshire, 1/2/13 FGM 3, 3x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/12/13) same Blocks 3, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/12/13) 4 vs. Maine (1/20/11) 3FGM 3 at North Florida, 11/24/12 same FGM 9 vs. Albany, 2/24/13 9 , 3x (last: vs. UNH, 1/14/12)
#11 Sam Brenner 2012-13 Career Points 2 at Stony Brook, 1/19/13 same Reb 3 at Marist, 11/9/12 same Assists none same Steals none same FGM 1 at Stony Brook, 1/19/13 same
3FGM none same LAST TIME A VERMONT PLAYER ... Scored 40-49 Points - 40, Courtnay Pilypaitis at Boston U (2/2/08) - tied school rec. Scored 30-39 Points - 36, Courtnay Pilypaitis at Boston College (11/22/09) #12 Shanai Heber 2012-13 Career Had 20-29 Rebounds - 24, Heather Beynnon vs. Dominican (1/6/80) Points 14 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 17 vs. Fairfield (11/16/11) Had 15-19 Rebounds - 15, Ashley Hoyt vs. Albany (2/15/12) Reb 13 at Marist, 11/9/12 15, 4x (last: at UNH, 2/11/12) Had 10+ Assists - 10, Tierra Shumpert at Binghamton (1/16/13) Assists 7 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 7, 3x (last:at Jacksonville, 11/21/12) Had 5+ Steals - 5, Lauren Buschmann vs. New Hampshire (1/2/13) Steals 4, 2x (last: vs. Brown, 11/17/12) 5, 2x (last: vs. Hartford, 2/5/12) Had 5+ Blocks - 5, Karena Zornow vs. Northeastern (2/22/99) FGM 4 at Jacksonville, 11/21/12 7 vs. Fairfield (11/16/11) Made 10+ Field Goals - 11, Courtnay Pilypaitis vs. Boston College (11/22/09) 3FGM none none Made 5+ 3-Pointers - 6, Burchill vs. #15 Georgetown (12/29/11) Made 10+ Free Throws - 11, Kristine Lalonde vs. St. Joseph’s (11/19/11) #14 Niki Taylor 2012-13 Career Double-Double (points/assists) - 12p, 10a - Courtnay Pilypaitis vs. Manhattan (12/5/08) Points 15, 4x (last: vs. Bing, 2/27/13) 17 at Maine (1/16/12) Triple-Double (pts/reb/ast) - 12p, 17r, 10a - Courtnay Pilypaitis vs. Albany (1/10/10) Reb 10 vs. Brown, 11/17/12 15 at Houston Baptist (11/25/11) Assists 5 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 5 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 Steals 2, 2x (last: at Binghamton, 1/16/13) 5 vs. Maine (2/19/12) LAST TIME VERMONT ... FGM 6 vs. Binghamton, 2/27/13 7, 3x (last: at Maine 1/16/12) UVM Scored 100+ Points 107 vs. Kent State (12/5/92) 3FGM 1 vs. New Hampshire, 1/2/13 1, 3x (last: vs. UNH, 1/2/13) Opp. Scored 100+ Points 104 at UConn (3/22/09) UVM Scored 90+ Points 92 vs. Albany (1/10/10) #15 Annie Wheeler 2012-13 Career Opp. Scored 90+ Points 94 at #25 Nebraska (12/18/11) Points 14, 2x (last: at UNH, 2/6/13) 14, 2x (last: at UNH, 2/6/13) UVM Scored -50 Points 30 at at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 Reb 7 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 7 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 Opp. Scored -50 Points 48 vs. Houtson Baptist, 11/30/12 Assists 2, 2x (last: vs. Hartford, 1/30/13) 2, 3x (last: vs. Hartford, 1/30/13) UVM shot +50 FG % 50.7 vs. Albany (1/10/10) Steals 2 vs. Drexel, 12/1/12 2, 2x (last: vs. Drexel, 12/1/12) UVM shot -30 FG % 22.4 at #15 Oklahoma State, 12/15/12 FGM 6 vs. Houston Baptist, 11/30/12 6 vs. Houston Baptist, 11/30/12 UVM won by 40+ Points 45 vs. Albany (1/10/10) 3FGM none none UVM lost by 40+ Points 53 at #15 Oklahoma State (12/16/12) UVM won by 1 point 46-45 vs. Lafayette (12/8/07) #21 Kayla Burchill 2012-13 Career UVM lost by 1 point 56-55 at Canisius (12/29/12) Points 12 at Stony Brook, 1/19/13 20 vs. #15 Georgetown (12/29/11) UVM played in OT vs. New Hampshire (1/2/13 - W, 63-60) Reb 7 at Binghamton, 1/16/13 10 at Stony Brook (1/28/12) UVM played in 2OT vs. Boston U (3/15/08 - L, 76-74) Assists 2 vs. Hartford, 1/30/13 3 vs. Hartford (2/5/12) UVM played in 3OT vs. Dartmouth (11/23/08 - W, 82-77) Steals 1, 2x (last: vs. Brown, 11/17/12) 2, 2x (last: vs. Albany, 2/15/12) 5 starters in double figures vs. UMBC (3/3/04) FGM 3, 2x (last: at SBU, 1/19/13) 7 vs. #15 Georgetown (12/29/11) 5 players in double figures vs. Dartmouth (11/25/09) 3FGM 2, 5x (last: at SBU, 1/19/13) 6 vs. #15 Georgetown (12/29/11) 2 players with double-doubles vs. Hartford (2/5/12) Niki Taylor - 13p, 13r/Shanai Heber - 12p, 10r 2 players with 20+ points vs. Maine (1/7/10) - Kotsopoulos 24/Pilypaitis 22 Defeated a ranked team at #21 Hartford (3/13/10 - 55-50 - AE Finals) Vermont Basketball Vermont Season/Career Statistics (as of Mar 01, 2013) VERMONT CATAMOUNTSAll games 2012-13 Season/Career Statistics
STARTING LINEUPS (7 different lineups) GAME STARTERS Record 1-5 Buschmann, Wheeler, Taylor, Shumpert, Hebert 2-3 6-7 Buschmann, Wheeler, Simononis, Shumpert, Hutson 0-2 8-12 Buschmann, Wheeler, Simononis, Hutson, Atwood 1-4 13 Buschmann, Simononis, Hutson, Conley, Atwood 0-1 14 Buschmann, Simononis, Hutson, Conley, Shumpert 1-0 15-16 Buschmann, Simononis, Taylor, Conley, Shumpert 1-1 17-28 Buschmann, Wheeler, Taylor Conley, Shumpert 4-7 Vermont Basketball Vermont Season Box Score (as of Mar 01, 2013) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMESVERMONT9-19 CATAMOUNTS8-4 1-15 0-0 CONFERENCE 6-9 5-3 1-6 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE2012-13 Statistics3-10 9-19; 6-9 America3-1 East0-9 (8-4 home; 1-150-0 away; 0-0 neutral)