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YALE BASKETBALL Sports Publicity Offi ce Basketball Contact: Tim Bennett Box 208216 (203) 432-1457, phone New Haven, CT 06520-8216 (203) 432-1454, fax 2016-17 SCHEDULE at VERMONT Nov. 13 at Washington W, 98-90 Sat., Nov. 26, 2016 - 1 p.m. 17 LEHIGH W, 89-81 ot Patrick Gym 20 at Virginia L, 38-62 Burlington, Vt. 22 at Pittsburgh L, 70-75 Video: AmericaEast.TV YALE TALE 26 at Vermont ................... 1 p.m. Yale and Vermont have been two of New England’s Stats Comparison most successful programs in recent years. Both have 30 at Bryant ...................... 7 p.m. been regular participants in the post season. They’ve Yale ...........Category ............ UVM also had a healthy rivalry against each other. The 2-2 ...............Record ................. 5-2 Dec. 3 ALBANY ....................... 2 p.m. latest meeting is set for Saturday at UVM’s Patrick 0-0 .......... Conf. Record ............0-0 Gymnasium. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. and Ameri- 73.8.............Points/G ............. 75.0 8 at Sacred Heart............ 8 p.m. caEast.tv has the video. 77.0........Pts. Allowed/G ........ 63.7 The Bulldogs, who are playing the third of four 11 DELAWARE .................2 p.m. 42.5% ............FG% ............. 48.4% straight road games, are coming off back-to-back 38.5% ...........3FG% ............ 38.3% games against ACC opponents. Yale more than held 13 CENTRAL CONN. ....... 7 p.m. 73.8% ............FT% ..............77.0% its own, playing seventh-ranked Virginia even for 25 35.5............ Reb Avg. ............. 36.6 minutes before falling 62-38 and then going toe-to- 22 at Temple .....................7 p.m. -0.7 ..........Reb. Margin ........... +5.7 toe with Pitt before dropping a 75-70 decision. 16.0............. Assts/G ............. 14.9 The Bulldogs (2-2) opened the season with an Jan. 2 HARTFORD .................7 p.m. 9.8............Turnovers/G .......... 14.0 impressive win at Washington and then beat Patriot 3.8.............. Blocks/G .............. 2.3 7 MITCHELL ...................2 p.m. League preseason favorite Lehigh in overtime in 4.8...............Steals/G ............... 6.4 their only home game thus far. 13 at Penn ........................ 8 p.m. Balance, particularly on offense, has been the key to Yale’s success. Four players average double fi gures in scoring, led by senior Sam Downey 14 at Princeton.................. 8 p.m. at 15.0 ppg. Sophomore Alex Copeland has been the most improved player. After seeing limited action as a freshman, Copeland has emerged as Yale’s sixth man. He is averaging 14.5 points 20 at Brown....................... 8 p.m. and has 14 assists and only one turnover in 104 minutes of action. Sophomore Blake Reynolds also has taken on a greater role this year. Reynolds, last year’s 27 BROWN .......................8 p.m. team rookie of the year, is the only player to score in double fi gures in all four games and is shooting 50 percent (12-of-24) from three-point range. He is averaging 14 points and 6.0 re- Feb. 3 at Columbia......................TBA bounds. Freshman Miye Oni has made an immediate impact, posting double-doubles twice and earn- 4 at Cornell ..................... 6 p.m. ing Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors in each of the fi rst two weeks. Yale has done an outstanding job of taking care of the ball so far in 2016-17. In four games, 10 DARTMOUTH ..............7 p.m. the Bulldogs have 64 assists and 39 turnovers. Senior Anthony Dallier has taken over as the starting point guard, replacing an injured Makai Mason, and leads the team with 20 assists. 11 HARVARD ...................7 p.m. Vermont is the fi rst of three games for the Bulldogs against America East teams. Yale hosts Albany on Dec. 3 and Hartford on Jan. 2. 17 PRINCETON ................ 7 p.m. 19 PENN ...........................1 p.m. Probable Starters 24 at Harvard ....................7 p.m. 25 at Dartmouth ................7 p.m. Mar. 3 CORNELL ....................7 p.m. 4 COLUMBIA ..................7 p.m. 11-12 Ivy League Tournament Blake Reynolds Sam Downey Trey Phills Anthony Dallier Miye Oni Forward Forward Guard Guard Guard (at Palestra) So. • 6-7 • 220 Sr. • 6-9 • 230 So. • 6-2 • 185 Sr. • 6-6 • 190 Fr. • 6-6 • 200 Jackson, Mo. Lake Forest, Ill. Charlotte, N.C. Wexford, Pa. Porter Ranch, Calif. UNIVERSITY FACTS The Probable Lineup School: Yale University PLAYER Cl. Hometown Min. ppg. rpg. apg. Founded: 1701 F 44 Sam Downey Sr. Lake Forest, Ill. 36.8 15.0 4.5 1.0 Location: New Haven, CT 06520 F 32 Blake Reynolds So. Jackson, Mo. 30.8 14.0 6.0 1.3 Enrollment: 5,100 undergrad/5,200 grad G 13 Trey Phills So. Charlotte, N.C. 23.3 4.5 3.3 2.0 Nickname: Elis, Bulldogs G 24 Miye Oni Fr. Porter Ranch, Calif. 29.5 13.3 8.5 1.8 Colors: Yale Blue and White G 1 Anthony Dallier Sr. Wexford, Pa. 35.2 8.5 2.8 5.0 President: Peter Salovey Director of Athletics: Tom Beckett OFF THE BENCH Conference: Ivy League G 3 Alex Copeland So. Los Angeles, Calif. 26.0 14.5 2.0 3.5 Home Court: John J. Lee Amphitheater F 10 Eric Anderson Jr. West Chester, Pa. 13.3 1.8 2.8 0.3 Capacity: 2,532 F 22 Austin Williams Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. 10.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 G 2 Eric Monroe Fr. San Diego, Calif. 4.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 BASKETBALL FACTS G 34 Thomas Ryan So. New York, N.Y. -- -- -- -- Head Coach: James Jones G 30 Landon Russell Jr. Fort Worth, Texas -- -- -- -- Alma Mater/Year: University at Albany ‘86 F 23 Jordan Bruner Fr. Columbia, S.C. -- -- -- -- Overall & Yale Record/Years: 256-241/18th year F 20 Noah Yates Jr. Pt. Pleasant Beach, N.J. -- -- -- -- Jones’ Ivy Record/Years: 141-97/17th year Basketball Offi ce Phone: (203) 432-1485 Associate Head Coach: Matt Kingsley (Wesleyan ‘98), HISTORY LESSON Assistant Coaches: Justin Simon (Yale '04) Yale and Vermont are playing for the 10th straight season. The Bulldogs Anthony Goins (St. John's '08) have won the last two meetings, including a 72-54 victory last year at Lee Amphitheater. Two years ago in Burlington, Matt Townsend’s jumper from SPORTS PUBLICITY FACTS the top of the key with fi ve seconds left lifted Yale to a thrilling 57-56 victory. Associate AD/Sports Publicity: Steve Conn The fi rst meeting between the teams was way back in 1924, a 36-25 UVM Men’s Basketball Contact: Tim Bennett win. The Catamounts lead the all-time series 14-13. Bennett's Home Phone: (203) 484-7358 Bennett’s Cell Phone: (203) 376-6203 SCOUTING VERMONT Sports Publicity Phone: (203) 432-1457 The Catamounts (5-2) are coming off a three game in three day stretch Sports Publicity Fax: (203) 432-1454 at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Florida earlier this week. UVM reached the E-Mail Address: [email protected] championship game before dropping a heartbreaking, last-second 72-71 loss Home Page: yalebulldogs.com to Houston. The Cats started the week with a thrilling 60-59 win over Wofford Press Row Phone: (203) 432-2398 thanks to a Trae Bell-Haynes game-winning fl oater in the fi nals seconds. Hotline Phone: (203) 432-YALE UVM followed that with an offensive explosion against Hofstra, defeating the Pride 87-73. Ernie Duncan poured in a career-high 33 points including DID YOU KNOW? seven three-pointers. The Vermont offense has been keyed by hot shooting from downtown over the last two games. UVM currently ranks second in the • Yale University, founded in 1701, is the third oldest league in three-point attempts and fi rst in both three-pointers made (57) and college in the United States and one of the foremost three-point fi eld-goal percentage (38.3). The 57 three-pointers made also research universities in the world. First known as the ranks 10th nationally. Over the last two games Vermont has made 24 three- Collegiate School, it changed its name in 1718 to honor pointers while shooting 46.1-percent (24-52). Payton Henson (14.9 ppg.) benefactor Elihu Yale. leads the team in scoring and rebounding (6.9 rpg.). • In 1889, Yale students adopted the fi rst college IVY LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL mascot, Handsome Dan, a ferocious and enthusiastic Yale has made a habit of fi nishing higher than projected in the preseason fan at early football games. Handsome Dan inspired Ivy League media poll. In fact, in eight of the last 11 years the Bulldogs have Cole Porter to write Yale’s famous fi ght song, “Bulldog, exceeded expectations, and one of the years they didn't was last year when Bulldog.” Today, the original Handsome Dan continues they were picked fi rst and fi nished fi rst. his reign from the lobby of Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The prognosticators see a third-place fi nish for Yale in 2016-17, and while Yale students also adopted the fi rst school colors (1853), the Bulldogs would certainly like to better that, it would earn them a spot in fi elded the fi rst cheerleaders (1890) and developed the postseason play. For the fi rst time, the Ivy League will hold a tournament fi rst school fi ght song (1892). to award its automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The top four regular- • Five U.S. Presidents have ties to Yale. William How- season fi nishers qualify for the Ivy Tournament, set for Mar. 11-12 at the ard Taft (1878), George H.W.