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MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL MAINE BLACK BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL Maine Black Bears (6-25, 3-13 AE) at Vermont Catamounts (25-6, 15-1 AE) March 3, 2018 • Patrick Gymnasium • Burlington, Vt. • ESPN 3 MBB CONTACT: RYAN LONG | [email protected] | OFFICE: 207-581-4849 | CELL: 570-332-3078 MAINE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS - 5747 MEMORIAL GYM - ORONO, ME 04469 @BLACKBEARMBB | WWW.GOBLACKBEARS.COM 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (6-25, 3-13 AE) GAME 32 NOVEMBER 10 AT BOSTON COLLEGE L, 85-65 AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINALS 14 AT TEXAS TECH L, 83-44 18 VS. SOUTH ALABAMA^ L, 68-48 18 VS. SACRED HEART^ L, 69-68 (OT) All-Time Series: Maine, 70-69 22 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 78-69 Live Video: ESPN 3 26 AT QUINNIPIAC W, 78-72 28 AT GEORGETOWN L, 76-55 Radio: 1230 WGUY-AM DECEMBER Live Stats: uvmathletics.com 2 AT FORDHAM L, 67-66 (OT) Venue: Patrick Gymnasium (3,228 cap.) 5 UMAINE PRESQUE ISLE W, 75-55 8 DARTMOUTH L, 73-66 10 UMAINE AT MACHIAS W, 104-51 17 AT SAINT JOSEPH’S L, 72-59 20 AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L, 84-57 MAINE BLACK BEARS 22 AT UMASS L, 74-63 30 AT COLUMBIA L, 83-71 PROJECTED STARTERS PPG RPG APG 2 G Celio Araujo 1.4 1.3 1.9 JANUARY 1 G Aaron Calixte 17.1 3.1 3.2 3 AT STONY BROOK* L, 71-70 6 AT BINGHAMTON* W, 76-73 14 G Isaiah White 10.8 4.7 0.9 10 UMBC* L, 72-67 11 F Ilija Stojiljkovic 4.2 5.0 0.9 13 UALBANY * L, 84-66 0 F Andrew Fleming 9.8 5.3 1.4 15 AT VERMONT* L, 83-62 18 HARTFORD* L, 86-68 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 69-68 Head Coach: Bob Walsh (Hamilton ‘94) - Fourth season 27 AT UMBC* L, 86-74 School Record: 24-99/4th season; Career: 228-162 (13th season overall) 31 UMASS LOWELL* L, 88-64 FEBRUARY VERMONT CATAMOUNTS 3 BINGHAMTON* W, 81-79 (OT) PROJECTED STARTERS PPG RPG APG 8 AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* L, 71-56 2 G Trae Bell-Haynes 14.9 4.1 3.9 11 STONY BROOK* L, 64-61 15 AT HARTFORD* L, 67-63 20 G Ernie Duncan 11.4 2.6 2.3 21 AT UMASS LOWELL* L, 88-76 21 G Everett Duncan 6.2 3.9 0.5 24 AT UALBANY* L, 89-79 25 F Drew Urquhart 10.6 4.9 1.6 27 VERMONT* L, 74-62 35 F Payton Henson 12.1 5.7 1.7 MARCH 3 AT VERMONT 7:00 P.M. Head Coach: John Becker (Catholic ‘90) - Seventh season 6 AT AE SEMIFINALS TBA 10 AT AE CHAMPIONSHIP TBA School Record: 164-75/7th season ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN HOME GAMES ARE PLAYED AT CROSS INSURANCE CENTER BOLD DENOTES HOME GAMES * - AMERICA EAST CONTEST ^ - HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT - PLAYED AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA IN UNCASVILLE, CONN. • Maine Black2012-13 BearsFive Maine Time at Vermont SoConWomen’s CatamountsChampions Basketball - Burlington, • • Page Page 1 1Vt. • Page 1 MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL TIPPING OFF: After squaring off on Tuesday night at the Cross Insurance Center, the Maine Black CareerCAREER Double-Doubles DOUBLE-DOUBLES Bears (6-25, 3-13 AE) and Vermont Catamounts (25-6, 15-1 AE) switch venues, battling at Patrick Gymnasium on Saturday night in the quarterfinal round of the America East Playoffs. The opening tip 5.................................. Andrew Fleming is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Burlington. 1.................................................Ilker Er 1 ....................................Ilija Stojiljkovic LAST TIME OUT: The UMaine men’s basketball team put together a strong overall performance against America East regular-season champion Vermont, but the Black Bears ultimately fell 74-62 on Tuesday night at the Cross Insurance Center. Aaron Calixte led Maine with 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor, while also distributing six assists. Andrew Fleming netted a season-high Career 10+ Point Games 18 points, grabbing seven rebounds, while adding a block and two steals. Isaiah White and Ilija 55.....................................Aaron Calixte Stojiljkovic also registered double-figures in scoring, pouring in 10 points each. White added two 29................................ Andrew Fleming steals, while Stojiljkovic was just one rebound away from a double-double. On the stat sheet, Maine led in points in the paint (36-24), bench points (15-10), offensive rebounds (14-8), steals (6-4), and 15............................................... Ilker Er had fewer turnovers (14-13). Vermont held significant advantages in field goal percentage (47.1% 10.......................................Isaiah White to 38.5%), along with free throw percentage (81.8% to 58.3%). Four Catamounts reached in double- 9..................................... Ilija Stojiljkovic figures in scoring, with America East Player of the Year Trae Bell-Haynes leading the pack with 16 7....................................... Danny Evans points. Ernie Duncan and Drew Urquhart tallied 14, while Payton Henson added 12. 7. ...........................Vernon Lowndes Jr. THE SERIES: Maine leads the all-time series by a slim margin of 70-69, as the Black Bears are 4......................................Dennis Ashley the lone America East team to lead a series over the Catamounts. However, Vermont has won 13 1.........................................Trae Bryant consecutive contests, dating back to 2012-13. In Maine’s last win over Vermont on Jan. 22, 2013, Alasdair Frasier came two assists away from a triple double (20-10-8), while Justin Edwards scored 1..............................Dusan Majstorovic a game-high 22 points in a 71-68 win over the Catamounts at Alfond Arena. The two squads met got the first time in 1949-50, and have met at least once per year since. Career 20+ Point Games BLACK BEAR/CATAMOUNT POSTSEASON: Since 1990, Maine and Vermont have met in the America 11 .....................................Aaron Calixte East/North Atlantic Conference playoffs seven times, including the each of the last two seasons. Ver- mont has earned wins in five of the seven games, taking victories in the last four meetings, including 5.........................................Isaiah White an 86-41 win last season at Patrick Gymnasium. The Black Bears and Catamounts squared off in the 3................................................. Ilker Er America East title game in 2003-04, with Vermont prevailing with a 72-53 win to earn an automatic 2...................................Andrew Fleming bid to the NCAA Tournament. The last time Maine defeated Vermont in the playoffs was in 1995-96, when the No. 3 seed Black Bears took down the No. 6 seed Catamounts at the Bob Carpenter Center 1.............................Vernon Lowndes Jr. in Newark, Delaware in the NAC Quarterfinals. In 1994, Maine earned a 77-55 win over Vermont as a 1...............................Dusan Majstorovic No. 2 seed in the NAC Quarterfinals. Career 10+ Reb. Games A LOOK AT THE CATAMOUNTS: Vermont, the defending America East Champions, seeks its second- consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, and will have to go through Maine to reach the semifinal round. 6...................................Andrew Fleming On Thursday, the America East Conference announced that Trae Bell-Haynes won the conference’s 5..................................... Ilija Stojiljkovic Player of the Year and a landed spot on the first team all-conference team. Ernie Duncan, and Drew Urquhart earned all-conference second-team. John Becker earned Co-Coach of the Year with Hart- 1................................................. Ilker Er ford’s John Gallagher. Against Maine on Tuesday, Anthony Lamb played in his first game of the New 1.............................Vernon Lowndes Jr. Year, missing a significant amount of time due to a foot injury. Lamb is Vermont’s leading scorer this season with 16 points per contest. 1.........................................Isaiah White CALIXTE IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Entering the America East playoffs, Calixte ranks 16th in school history in career points (1,114), 12th in career assists (290), and 15th in 3-point field goals made (117). With one season of eligibility left, his .879 career free throw percentage ranks the best in program history. With 531 points this season, he ranks ninth points in a season in school-history. Statistical Comparison AE AWARDS: After leading the Black Bears in most statistical categories during the regular season, MAINE CATEGORY VERMONT Aaron Calixte landed on the America East All-Conference Third Team, the conference office an- nounced on Thursday afternoon. Calixte averaged 17.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and tallied 6-25/3-13 RECORD/CONF 25-6/15-1 27 steals in 31 games played in the regular season. He is one of two Black Bears to start in every 67.1 POINTS PER GAME 74.7 game, leading Maine in points (531), field goal percentage (.484), 3-point field goal percentage 75.3 OPP. PTS PER GAME 64.8 (.391), assists (98), and tied for the team-lead in steals. The Stoughton, Massachusetts, native is -8.2 SCORING MARGIN +9.9 among the most efficient free throw shooters in the country, ranking 14th nationally in free throw .408 FG % .494 percentage. He made 106 of his 118 attempts on the year, sinking an impressive .898 percent. He leads the America East in the category, and put together impressive consecutive free throw made . 299 3-POINT FG % .407 steaks of 37 (school record) and 25. In 16 America East conference games, Calixte played his best . 687 FT % .748 basketball of the season. Maine’s co-captain ranked third in the conference in scoring (19.3 ppg.) and 35.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME 33.3 field goal percentage (51.6 percent), along with tying for fourth in assists (3.8 per game) during the -3.2 REBOUND MARGIN +4.9 conference season. 11.9 ASSISTS PER GM 13.5 FLEMING VS. VERMONT: In four career games against Vermont, Andrew Fleming is averaging 13.8 15.5 TURNOVERS PER GM 11.2 points, and 4.8 boards, including two 18-point performances against Vermont last Tuesday and in the 2.9 BLOCKS PER GM 2.6 2017 America East playoffs at Patrick Gymnasium.