2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFORMATION OVERALL RECORD 19-12 Television: ESPN3 Play-by-Play: Eric Frede CONFERENCE 11-5 Analyst: Frank Sullivan HOME 10-3 2015-16 Radio: ESPN 101.3 FM ROAD 8-8 Play-by-Play: AJ Kanell Analyst: Bernie Cieplicki NEUTRAL 1-1 VERMONT STONY BROOK CATAMOUNTS SEAWOLVES Internet Audio O. 31 KEISER (EXH) W, 78-67 (19-12, 11-5) (8-21, 4-12) 1013espn.com N. 7 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 85-56 N. 13 Eastern Michigan L, 70-50 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Hall of Fame TipOff W, 76-62 L, 78-66 THE OPENING TIP (Mackey Arena - West Lafayette, Ind.) at Stony Brook at Binghamton N. 15 #23/24 Purdue L, 107-79 • Winners of the five straight, the Ver- LEADERS LEADERS N. 18 QUINNIPIAC W, 83-70 mont Catamounts begin their quest for Points per Game Points per Game a sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament Hall of Fame TipOff Trae Bell-Haynes, 11.7 Isac Vann, 15.8 (Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Conn.) Ethan O’Day, 11.4 Kevin Little, 14.7 by hosting #6 Maine in the quarterfi- N. 21 Niagara W, 85-67 Ernie Duncan, 11.2 Aaron Calizte, 10.6 nal round of the America East Playoffs. N. 22 Buffalo L, 77-71 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game • Vermont swept the regular season Hall of Fame Tip-Off Ethan O’Day, 6.3 Devine Eke, 6.8 series with the Black Bears winning (Stephen C. O’Connell Center - Gainesville, Fla.) Kurt Steidl, 5.1 Issac Vann, 5.8 both games by a combined 35 points. N. 25 Florida L, 86-62 Dre Wills, 4.8 Shaun Lawton, 3.8 • This will be the tenth time Vermont N. 29 MARIST W, 86-60 Assists per Game Assists per Game has played on the ESPN family of Net- D. 2 Dartmouth W, 68-63 Trae Bell-Haynes, 3.4 Aaron Calixte, 2.8 works this season (4-5 record). D. 5 Yale L, 72-54 Ernie Duncan, 2.8 Kevin Little, 2.6 D. 8 St. Bonaventure L, 80-68 • The last time Vermont played Maine Dre Wills, 2.4 Shaun Lawton, 2.0 D. 16 UCSB W, 75-68 in the postseason was in 2012 in West D. 19 FISHER COLLEGE W, 84-37 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Hartford, Conn. UVM won the game D. 22 Northeastern L, 77-65 John Becker Bob Walsh 50-40 and went on to capture the D. 29 SIENA W, 73-64 America East title the next weekend J. 3 Harvard W, 65-62 Overall: 106-61 Overall: 213-111 J. 6 Maine* W, 90-72 UVM: 106-61 Maine: 11-48 at Stony Brook. J. 9 ALBANY* L, 69-57 CAT STAT J. 16 Hartford* W, 83-68 J. 18 UMASS LOWELL* L, 93-82 J. 21 Binghamton* W, 61-52 J. 24 UMBC* W, 79-72 J. 27 New Hampshire* W, 66-50 J. 30 STONY BROOK* L, 72-61 F. 3 MAINE* W, 85-68 F. 6 Albany* L, 75-71 F. 8 UMass Lowell* L, 100-93 F. 14 HARTFORD* W, 92-81 F. 17 BINGHAMTON* W, 78-64 F. 20 UMBC* W, 99-54 F. 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 73-67 F. 27 Stony Brook* W, 76-62 M. 2 #6 MAINE TBA M. 7 America East Playoffs TBA M. 12 America East Playoffs TBA Home Games in BOLDFACE CAPS *Indicates America East Conference Game 1 NUMERICAL ROSTER LAST TIME OUT No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Ernie Duncan matched a career-high with 23 points and Vermont wrapped up the regular season in style 1 Josh Hearlihy! (6-8, 213, Jr.) G/F -- -- -- Transfer from Tulane posting a 76-62 win at Stony Brook Saturday night. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes* (6-2, 170, So.) G 11.7 2.5 3.4 All-Conference Third Team Duncan scored 16 of his game-high 23 in the first half 4 David Urso (6-2, 195, So.) G 0.0 0.5 0.7 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher and shot a blistering 8-of-12 for the game including 5 Dylan Sinnickson (6-5, 195, Gr.) F 1.4 1.9 0.1 First career start last time vs. UNH 4-of-4 from downtown. Trae Bell-Haynes finished with 16 points and Ethan O’Day chipped in with 10 12 Daren Payen* (6-8, 217, R-Jr.) F 6.8 4.3 0.3 10+ points in three of six games points and four rebounds while limiting three-time America East Player of the Year Jameel Warney to 9 3P FGs in last three games (9-of-13) 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 155, So.) G 9.2 2.6 2.4 just 13 points. 20 Ernie Duncan* (6-3, 192, R-Fr.) G 11.2 2.7 2.8 America East All-Rookie Team In two meetings this season, Vermont has held New 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 165, Fr.) G 1.8 1.1 0.2 Shooting 61.5% in league play Hampshire to just 30.1% shooting. 24 Dre Wills (6-1, 177, Jr.) G 8.7 4.8 2.4 America East All-Defensive Team Stony Brook got the 17-point lead all the way down to 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 219, So.) F 5.3 3.2 0.7 10 rebounds at Harvard six in the second half after a Vermont turnover led to 32 Ethan O’Day* (6-9, 201, Sr.) F 11.4 6.3 1.2 All-Conference Third Team an Ahmad Walker transition dunk with 5:29 to play. 34 Kurt Steidl* (6-6, 181, Jr.) F 11.0 5.1 1.0 All-Conference Third Team A John Becker timeout calmed the troops and the Cats finished the game on a 15-7 run featuring a pair 35 Payton Henson! (6-8, 215, Jr.) F -- -- -- Transfer from Tulane of old-fashioned three-point plays for Bell-Haynes to 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 205, R-So.) F 3.6 1.9 0.5 Career-high 14 pts vs. Binghamton ice the game and put the Cats up by as many as 18 late in the contest. *Denotes Probable Starter ! Will sit out the 2015-16 season because of NCAA transfer rules LAST MEETING VS. MAINE F. 3 - 2016: On his 22nd birthday, Darren Payen turned in a career performance and Vermont began its second tour through the America East with an 85-68 win over the visiting Maine Black Bears. Payen played his best game in a Catamount uniform notching his first career double-double with 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting and 13 re- bounds – both career-highs. Ethan O’Day went for 23 points and eight rebounds to go along with four assists and three blocks. Dre Wills (11p/4r/4a), Trae Bell-Haynes (11p/8a) and Drew Urquhart (10p/4r) also reached double-figures for the Cats. Vermont went on a 22-4 run to take a 63-49 lead in the second half. Wills scored nine of his 11 points in the midst of the run including a momentum-shifting two-handed slam to Ernie Duncan matched his career-high with 23 points last time out against Stony Brook. He shot a sizzling 8-of-12 ignite the crowd and Vermont’s defense. The from the field and made all four of his attempts from beyond the arc. Duncan scored 23 points in both road games Cats held Maine to just 2-of-9 shooting during against Albany and Stony Brook this season. (Photo by Pete Estes/UVM Athletics) the run. AMERICA EAST WEEKLY AWARDS UVM VS. THE AMERICA EAST CURRENT CATS VS. MAINE N. 16: Ernie Duncan - Rookie of the Week • Against current members of the America N. 23: Trae Bell-Haynes - Player of the Week Player Games Points/Reb/FG% East, Vermont is 313-181 all-time. J. 18: Ethan O’Day - Player of the Week Bell-Haynes 4 11.5/3.8/.680 F. 22: Cam Ward - Player of the Week F. 29: Ernie Duncan - Rookie of the Week Albany 24-16 Er. Duncan 1 5.0/3.0/.500 Binghamton 28-8 Ev. Duncan 1 3.0/0.0/.500 SERIES HISTORY VS. MAINE Hartford 45-23 O’Day 8 12.8/6.5/.590 • Maine leads the all-time series against Vermont, which dates back to the 1949-50 Maine 63-70 Payen 2 11.0/6.5/.733 season, 70-63. UMass Lowell 4-2 Rohrer 1 6.0/1.0/.600 • Since the 2006-2007 season, the Cata- UMBC 28-4 Sinnickson 1 0.0/1.0/.000 mounts have won 18 of 21 meetings against the Black Bears. New Hampshire 97-48 Steidl 6 9.3/3.5/.513 • John Becker is 10-1 in his career vs. Maine Stony Brook 24-10 Urquhart 4 5.3/2.8/.500 which includes a win in the America East Urso 2 0.0/0.0/.000 Quarterfinals during the 2012 run to the Ward 4 9.0/2.0/.481 NCAA Tournament. • Maine’s last win in Burlington came on Jan. Wills 5 9.2/4.4/.769 11, 2011 (72-58). Since then, Vermont is 5-0 at Patrick Gym vs. Maine. 2 SCOUTING MAINE • Maine enters Wednesday’s quarterfinal with on overall record of 8-21 and the Black Bears went 4-12 in league play to secure the No.6 seed. • After going 4-4 during the first run through the league schedule, Maine went 0-8 in the second half.