VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (18-5, 8-0 AMERICA EAST) AT UMBC (16-8, 7-2 AMERICA EAST) > 24 FEB. 3, 2018 -- 4:00 P.M. -- BALTIMORE, MD. -- UMBC EVENT CENTER (5,000) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 18-5 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 8-0 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com HOME: 7-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Sam Hyman ROAD: 8-4 VERMONT UMBC Internet Broadcoast: ESPN3 NEUTRAL: 3-1 CATAMOUNTS RETRIEVERS Play by Play: Gary Stein O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (18-5, 8-0 AE) (16-8, 7-2 AE) Color Commentator: John Feinstein O. 29 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 92-64 Sideline: Paul Mittermeier N. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 102-53 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT N. 12 at Kentucky (ESPN) L, 73-69 W, 68-54 W, 66-64 JUMP BALL at Binghamton (1/31/18) at Stony Brook (1/31/18) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont begins the second half of con- N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS ference play with the grand opening of N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game UMBC’s new 5,000-seat Event Center. N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Trae Bell-Haynes, 14.4 Jairus Lyles, 21.2 N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Payton Henson, 12.2 Arkel Lamar, 12.6 The Catamounts will be looking for their N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Ernie Duncan, 11.5 Joe Sherburne, 10.6 30th straight regular season conference D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game win, 12th consecutive overall victory, Payton Henson, 5.5 Arkel Lamar, 6.5 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 seventh straight road win, and 23rd in a Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.5 Jairus Lyles, 5.8 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Drew Urquhart, 3.9 Nolan Gerrity, 3.7 row against the Retrievers. D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 16 at St. Bonaventure L, 81-79 Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.2 K.J. Maura, 5.3 UVM is off to its fourth 18-5 start in D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 80-73 Ernie Duncan, 2.5 Jairus Lyles, 3.5 program history. J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) W, 62-56 Payton Henson, 1.4 Jourdan Grant, 2.9 J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) W, 88-77 Cam Ward has the opportunity to break J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) W, 71-56 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH the school record with his 130rd consec- J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) W, 91-78 John Becker Ryan Odom utive game played on Saturday. Overall: 163-118 Overall: 66-42 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) W, 73-62 UVM: 157-74 UMBC: 37-21 J. 15 MAINE* (ESPN3) W, 83-62 J. 18 at New Hampshire* (ESPN3) W, 67-56 PROBABLE STARTERS J. 21 at Hartford* (ESPN3) W, 76-53 J. 24 ALBANY* (ESPN3) W, 61-50 J. 31 at Binghamton* (ESPN3) W, 68-54 F. 3 at UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 8 at Albany* (ESPNU) 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 4.5 2.0 1.1 Ranks 4th on team with 21 3PT F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G 1.7 0.6 0.3 Sidelined for the season with ACL tear 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 14.4 4.5 4.2 Scored 20+ in 5 out of last 7 games 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 16.8 6.0 1.2 Out with a foot fracture America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.3 0.7 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 2.8 2.1 0.1 8 points, 4 rebs vs. Stony Brook M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F 0.4 0.4 0.0 Scored first career points vs. Maine M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 3.9 0.9 1.3 T-6th all-time with 127 car. games played 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F 3.0 3.0 0.0 6 pts/5 reb in 2nd career game at Hart. M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 11.5 2.6 2.5 Averaging 12.5 ppg in conf. play 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 6.1 3.8 0.4 Rec. first car. double-double vs. Albany 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.3 0.9 0.4 Scored 11 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 9.0 3.9 1.3 12 blocks in last 6 games *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 12.2 5.5 1.4 Averaging 13.5 ppg/5.9 rpg in conf. play 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.9 1.4 0.4 Season-high 10 pts vs. Stony Brook # 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 Vermont 8-0 1.000 18-5 0.783 W11 UMBC 7-2 0.778 16-8 0.667 W3 Hartford 6-3 0.667 13-10 0.565 W2 Albany 5-4 0.556 17-7 0.708 W1 New Hampshire 5-4 0.556 9-14 0.391 L1 UMass Lowell 3-6 0.333 9-13 0.409 W1 Stony Brook 3-6 0.333 8-15 0.348 L4 Maine 2-7 0.222 5-19 0.208 L2 Binghamton 1-8 0.111 10-14 0.417 L5
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LAST 10 GAMES VS. UMBC | ALL-TIME: UVM LEADS 31-4
Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 1/8/18 Burlington, Vt. W, 71-56 Payton Henson, 16
J. 6, 2018: UVM redshirt senior Payton Henson 2/12/17 Catonsville, Md. W, 77-74 Dre Wills, 22 recorded his second career double-double as 1/13/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 81-72 Trae Bell-Haynes, 20 the Catamounts cruised to a 71-56 win over UMBC in the America East home opener. 2/20/16 Catonsville, Md. W, 99-54 Cam Ward, 24 Henson earned his double-double on a team- 1/24/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 79-72 Kurt Steidl, 17 high 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Trae Bell-Haynes also reached double figures 3/4/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 66-39 Hector Harold, 14 with 13 points, five boards, and three steals. 2/14/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 74-51 Ethan O’Day, 22 Ernie Duncan followed with an even dozen in the scoring column and the redshirt junior 1/17/15 Catonsville, Md. W, 71-54 Ethan O’Day, 15 grabbed a pair of rebounds. Stef Smith posted 2/15/14 Burlington, Vt, W, 76-52 Clancy Rugg, 19 eight points. 1/18/14 Catonsville, Md, W, 73-47 Candon Rusin, 22 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES NCAA RPI RANKINGS WHAT A START! LAST TIME OUT
Vermont leads all America East schools The Catamounts are off to their second at No. 51 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. straight 18-5 start and fourth in program Albany follows at No. 137, UMBC sits at No. history: 2017-18, 2016-17, 2010-11, 2004-05. 155, Hartford landed at No. 219. and Stony Brook trails at No. 239. CALL THE WARD-EN UVM ALL-TIME VS. CURRENT AE Cam Ward has stepped foot on the court a The Catamounts have recorded a 340-180 (.653) total of 129 times during his UVM career. The record against current members of the America senior has tied Vermont’s all-time list in con- East Conference. Last season, UVM completed secutive games played and the Marshall, Wis- the first ever 16-0 conference season in league consin native is tied with UVM legend Marqus history on its way to capturing the program’s Blakely for fifth in career games played. sixth America East Championship.
Team Games Record FINDING SUCCESS ON THE ROAD Albany 42 28-14 Binghamton 37 29-8 Vermont has won its last six road games, which is tied for the third-longest active Hartford 71 48-23 streak in the country. Maine 138 68-70 New. Hamp. 150 102-48 UVM IN THE RANKINGS (17-18) J. 31, 2018: UVM set the America East record Stony Brook 38 27-11 with its 320th regular season conference victory UMass Lowell 9 7-2 Stat NCAA Conf. Value after beating Binghamton 68-54 on Wednesday UMBC 35 31-4 Pers. Fouls/Gm 14 1 15.1 night. The Cats used a balanced scoring at- tack as four starters reached double figures for Turnovers/Gm 14 1 10.6 CURRENT CATS VS. UMBC the second straight contest. Trae Bell-Haynes 3PT Pct. 20 1 40.7 notched his fifth 20-point performance of the The Catamounts have used a balanced scor- W/L Pct. 25 1 78.3 season with a game-high 21 points. The senior ing attack against the Retrievers as four also collected eight boards and dished out six players are averaging over 8.0 point per game FG Pct. 26 1 48.8 assists. . Drew Urquhart added 15 points on 7-of- versus UMBC in their careers. Fewest Turnovers 28 1 244 12 shooting, grabbed five rebounds, and swatted Fewest Fouls 39 1 348 Player Gms PPG/FG%/RPG/APG away three shots. T. Bell-Haynes 7 11.5/.345 (19-55)/2.7/3.6 Scoring Defense 39 2 66 Ev. Duncan 3 2.3/.300 (3-10)/2.7/0.0 Assist/TO Ratio 55 1 1.27 AMERICA EAST DOMINANCE Er. Duncan 5 8.0/.333 (12-36)/2.0/2.6 Scoring Margin 56 1 9 P. Henson 3 12.0/.500 (12-24)/9.0/0.3 Since the start of the 2002-2003 season, Rebound Margin 62 3 4.3 Vermont has 196 America East wins - the most N. Rohrer 4 2.3/1.000 (4-4)/2.0/0.3 in the conference. B. Shungu 1 0.0/.000 (0-0)/0.0/0.0 FT Made 72 2 351 S. Smith 1 8.0/.500 (3-6)/3.0/1.0 Vermont 196 FT Att. 84 3 485 D. Urquhart 8 5.5/.606 (20-33)/2.6/1.2 Albany 140 D. Urso 3 0.0/.000 (0-2)/0.3/0.0 3PT Made 108 5 186 Stony Brook 136 C. Ward 7 7.5/.516 (16-31)/1.6/3.4 Turnover Margin 118 2 +1.0 Hartford 108 New Hampshire 106 SCOUTING UMBC CATS IN NEW ENGLAND Binghamton 99 Maine 96 Vermont has compiled 351 wins since the Saturday’s matinee will feature the top two start of the 2002-03 season - the second most UMBC 81 teams in the league as the Retrievers sit be- among Division I schools in New England. UMass Lowell 29 hind UVM with a 7-2 conference record. In league play, UMBC has made 90 attempts UConn 375 from downtown – the second highest total Vermont 351 MAGIC NUMBERS behind only Hartford’s 91 three-pointers. The Providence 280 Retrievers also own the best turnover mar- • Since the 2011-12 season, Vermont is 86-9 Rhode Island 280 gin in the league at +3.22. Jairus Lyles is the when holding opponents to 60 points or less. top scorer during the America East slate at Boston University 279 UVM was 17-0 in 2013-14, 16-4 in 2014-15, 17-0 in 21.8 points per game. Since UVM held Lyles to Northeastern 267 2015-16, 15-1 in 2016-17, and 8-0 in 2017-18. • The Cats are 27-5 over the last two years eight points on Jan. 6, the graduate senior has UMass 264 when Trae Bell-Haynes scores double figures. averaged 23.0 points in his last seven games. Boston College 264 From outside, Arkel Lamar is also the America • UVM is 109-7 when scoring 80+ points since Holy Cross 257 East leader with a 46.9% (15-32) three-point the 2000-01 season. percentage during conference play. Harvard 255 3 MORE NEWS AND NOTES SEASONS WITH 10-GM STREAKS RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR LONGEST ACTIVE CONF. STREAKS
Vermont is in the midst of a 11-game A total of four Catamounts have boosted UVM’s 29-game regular season conference overall winning streak this season. Since their scoring averages since the schedule winning streak is also the longest active 2003-04, the Cats have either qualified moved into the 2018 calendar year. streak in the country. for the NCAA Tournament or the NIT and finished first or second in the America PLAYER 2017 PPG 2018 PPG 1. Vermont 29 gms East standings in seasons with at least a Trae Bell-Haynes 12.1 17.2 T2. Louisiana-Lafayette/Rhode Isl. 15 gms 10-game winning streak. Payton Henson 10.3 14.5 3. St. Mary’s (Calif.) 14 gms Ernie Duncan 11.2 11.8 Drew Urquhart 7.5 10.8 SEASON POSTSEASON AE NEW ENGLAND’S FINEST 2017-18 -- -- 2016-17 NCAA 1st WINNING TIME! Vermont’s 18 victories this season are tied 2013-14 NIT 1st with Rhode Island for the most wins by a 2011-12 NCAA 2nd The Catamounts are in the midst of the New England program. 2010-11 NIT 1st fourth-longest overall winning streak in 2006-07 NIT 1st the country at 11 games. 11 OR FEWER 2004-05 NCAA 1st 2003-04 NCAA 2nd 1. Purdue 18 gms The Catamounts are one of 13 teams in 2. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 16 gms the nation with 11 or fewer losses since the T3. Virginia/Cincy/URI/ETSU 13 gms start of last season. MID-MAJOR POWER RANKINGS 4. Vermont 11 gms
Vermont stayed at No. 7 in this week’s HOLDING CONF. LEADERS IN CHECK Mid-MajorMadness.com Power Rankings. CONFERENCE DOMINANCE In the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top- Through the first half of league play, UVM’s 25, the Cats moved up two spots to No. 12. defense has held its opponent’s leading The Catamounts currently own the longest scorer well under their scoring average six regular season conference winning streak times. in the history of America East at 29 games: MOST AE CONFERENCE WINS EVER 1. Vermont (2015-p) 29 gms TEAM PLAYER PPG VS. UVM With Wednesday’s win at Binghamton, 2. Siena (1987-89) 20 gms UMBC Jairus Lyles 21.2 8 pts SB Awkasi Yeboah 14.8 6 pts Vermont passed Boston University for the T3. Northeastern (1983-85) 19 gms UNH Tanner Leissner 20.0 14 pts most regular season conference victories T3. Stony Brook (2014-16) 19 gms HART John Carroll 16.5 5 pts in the history of the league at 320. During the streak, UVM‘s average margin of ALB Joe Cremo 17.4 8 pts victory is 14.9 points per game. From the 29 BING J.C. Show 14.3 9 pts BECKER IN FEBRUARY wins, the Cats have won 24 of them by double digits. UNBLEMISHED LEAGUE MARKS Vermont has continued its success into February as head coach John Becker owns 22 STRAIGHT UVM is one of 13 teams in the country a 39-7 record in the second month of the with an undefeated conference record. year. Vermont has won its last 22 meetings with UMBC - the longest active streak for UVM SWAT TEAM Year Feb. Record Final Conf. Record against a Division I opponent. UMBC’s last 2011-12 7-1 13-3 The Cats have swatted away 23 shots in 2012-13 5-2 11-5 defeat against UVM was a 74-68 decision the last six games (3.8 bpg). Drew Urqu- 2013-14 7-0 15-1 in the America East Semifinals on March 2014-15 6-2 12-4 9, 2008. hart has accounted for 12 of the blocks. 2015-16 6-2 11-5 2016-17 8-0 16-0 CAT STAT 2017-18 -- --
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
Since the calendar flipped into 2018, the Catamounts have increased their offensive production and locked down on the defen- sive end of the floor.
STAT 2017 2018 Scoring Margin +5.5 +13.6 Field Goal Pct. .480 .498 3PT Pct. .401 .416 Rebounding Margin +3.5 +5.3 Opp. PPG 70.3 60.4
4 CATS IN THE NEWS BELL-HAYNES AMONG CANADA’S BEST too successful to fill a non-conference sched- MID-MAJOR MADNESS ule without a whole lot of work.’ PRESEASON POWER RANK- Chris McKee of Mid-MajorMadness.com ranked INGS the top-15 current Canadian players at the GIANT KILLER: TEAMS THAT mid-major level. UVM senior point guard Trae COULD CAUSE TROBLE IN MARCH Before the weekend, MidMajorMad- Bell-haynes was listed as the third-best player ness.com completed its preseason on the list. ESPN Insider John Gasaway listed the Cata- mid-major power rankings for the mounts as an underrated team primed to up- 2017-18 season. Vermont was ranked CATS IN THE MID-MAJOR NOTEBOOK set opponents seeded at least five lines higher No. 4 behind No. 3 Rhode Island, No. 2 in the NCAA tournament in his latest edition Gonzaga, and No. 1 Saint Mary’s. Matt Craig from ‘The Fieldhouse’ broke down of Giant Killers. UVM’s latest winning streak since Anthony BILAS’ PRESEASON PICKS Lamb went down with a foot fracture. FINDING VALUE IN UK LOSS ESPN’s Jay Bilas gave his preseason MMM.COM GAME OF THE WEEK MidMajorMadness.com profiled Vermont’s college basketball predictions for the close loss at Kentucky and stated ‘the common upcoming season last Thursday. Bilas MidMajorMadness.com labeled the UMBC-Ver- fan should now know what this program is and mentioned the Catamounts as a ‘val- mont game as its America East Game of the what it is capable of. They should know these ued mid-major selection’ along with Week. Catamounts, especially Trae Bell-Haynes, the Harvard, Bucknell, Yale, Oakland, Mid- guard with amazing finishing abilities whom dle Tennessee State, Charleston, and MARQUETTE’S WOJO ON UVM Becker called “special” at the dais tonight.’ Florida Gulf Coast.
Bilas also listed his top ‘vastly under- After Marquette’s win over the Catamounts, MID-MAJOR MADNESS’ rated players’ as two UVM players MU head coach Steve Wojciechowski said the WEEKEND WRAPUP made the list. Trae Bell-Haynes landed following about UVM: in the fifth spot list while teammate In MidMajorMadness.com’s weekend wrap-up, Anthony Lamb followed in sixth place. “We beat a hell of a basketball team ... I hope the site said the following about the Cats at our fans understand how good of a basketball Kentucky: team Vermont is ... I’m not sure they do.” LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH ‘Vermont confirmed what every America East LIST BILAS’ TOP 68 TEAMS team feared — that the Catamounts are really, really good, and not just for a mid-major. Ver- CollegeInsider.com named Trae Bell- ESPN analyst Jay Bilas ranked his top 68 teams mont played only six guys 10-or-more minutes Haynes and Anthony Lamb to the Lou in college basketball on Dec. 5 and the Cats and they all contributed in a major way. On Henson Award Preseason Watch List slipped in at No. 68. top of that, the team showed poise down the last Wednesday. The award honors stretch, coming back and almost beating one the top Division I Mid-Major Player of VERMONT’S ROAD TRIP ‘PERHAPS of the best teams in the nation on the road.’ the Year. DIVISION I’S FINEST’ CALIPARI’S QUOTE ABOUT UVM PAYEN HEADED TO SPAIN
Before the contest with the Spiders, the Rich- After his Kentucky Wildcats were almost the Former UVM forward and America mond Times-Dispatch took a look at Vermont’s victim of an upset, head coach John Calipari East Sixth Man of the Year, Darren non-conference schedule and called it ‘what Payen ‘17, has signed with Spain’s Ba- complimented UVM on its efforts: may be the finest DI outfit outside prime time: loncesto Benidorm. Last season, Pay- Vermont, the America East king that’s playing en was the second Catamount to re- 12 of its 15 nonconference games away from “You cannot play Popcorn State and learn ceive the Sixth Man of the Year Award home.’ anything. You’ve got to play good teams. I behind teammate Cam Ward in 2014- didn’t realize how good (Vermont) was until I 15. He was a key reserve for UVM by ‘SUCCESS MAKES IT HARD FOR watched the tape. Then I was like, ‘who sched- dropping 8.3 points and grabbing 2.7 boards per game against conference VERMONT, YALE TO FILL SCHED- uled this game? This is ridiculous.’ They just do an unbelievable job. If you watch them, they foes. Payen was the fourth-best shot ULES’ - NYC BUCKETS create good shots for each other each time blocker in the league with 17 swats. The 6-8 big man sank 76.7% (56-of- down, they are either shooting layups or 3s,” 73) of his attempts from the floor and After UVM’s win at Yale, NYCBuckets.com said Calipari continued during his post-game news charted five double-figure games ‘Vermont and Yale have had the same problem conference. “Defensively, they fight like crazy, against America East teams. the last couple of seasons. They have become they are a terrific rebounding team.”
5 CATS IN THE NEWS (CONTINUED) COLLEGEINSIDER.COM fearless predictions for the new col- Teams: MID-MAJOR TOP-25 lege basketball season. The columnist John Becker talked about the Catamounts with his Coach of the Year No. 47 prediction: Trae Bell-Haynes CollegeInsider.com released its Mid- All-Mid Major First Team Major Top-25 Poll on Oct. 30 and the 47. Small-conference team that could Catamounts landed at No. 3 in the pre- win a game or two in the NCAA tourna- season ranking behind Gonzaga and St. ment: Vermont. The Catamounts return MID-MAJOR MADNESS Mary’s. four starters and most of their key re- AMERICA EAST PREVIEW Team Points serves from a 29-win team that went undefeated in league play last season 1. Gonzaga 772 and was within striking distance of Pur- MidMajorMadness.com previewed 2. St. Mary’s 740 due until the closing minutes of their the America East Conference in ear- 3. Vermont 626 first-round NCAA Tournament game ly-October and the Cats were well- 4. Charleston 625 last March. presented once again: 5. Oakland 587 6. Bucknell 540 Anthony Lamb 7. Harvard 463 BASKETBALL TIMES’ TOP Preseason Player of the Year, All- 8. BYU 453 PROGRAMS IN LAST DECADE America East First Team 9. UT Arlington 391 10. Belmont 371 Basketball Times has evaluated the Trae Bell-Haynes nation’s top programs – those that All-America East Second Team NBC SPORTS MID-MAJOR have won two-thirds of their games over 10 seasons – every five years PRESEASON POWER RANK- since 1997 in the November issue of Payton Henson INGS its magazine. UVM was ranked in teh All-America East Second Team following categories: The Green and Gold earned another Overall Ranking: No. 27 In MidMajorMadness.com’s power top-10 preseason ranking by NBC rankings, Vermont was tabbed as the Sports on Oct. 30. UVM was voted No. Federal Graduation Rate: No. 16 preseason favorite and highlighted 8 in the network’s mid-major preseason UVM’s returning stars, its competi- Program Cleanliness: T-No. 9 power rankings. tive non-conference schedule, and Team Winning Percentage: No. 34 quality incoming recruits. 1. St. Mary’s 2. UT-Arlington 3. Missouri State COLLEGE COURT REPORT: PRE- ROTHSTEIN’S 10 COLLEGE 4. Oakland SEASON AMERICA EAST AWARDS 5. Middle Tennessee COACHES ON THE RISE 6. Yale 7. College of Charleston College Court Report previewed the 8. Vermont America East Conference. UVM had CBS Sports and FanRag Sports writer 9. Bucknell four Preseason All-Conference selec- Jon Rothstein named 10 Division I 10. Florida Gulf Coast tions. men’s college basketball coaches on the rise heading into the 2017-18 Anthony Lamb NBC SPORTS MID-MAJOR Player of the Year, All-Conference First season. John Becker was one of the PRESEASON ALL- Team 10 coaches to make the list. Roth- stein said about Becker: AMERICANS Trae Bell-Haynes All-Conference First Team “Becker has quietly led the Cata- UVM star Anthony Lamb was named mounts to an average of 23.2 victo- a NBC Sports Mid-Major Preseason All- Payton Henson American Honorable Mention selection All-Conference Second Team ries during his time in Burlington.” on Oct. 30. The Rochester, New York na- Ernie Duncan tive was one of three America East players All-Conference Third Team recognized, joining Albany’s David Nichols (Third Team) and Joe Cremo (Honorable Mention). COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS
YAHOO SPORTS’ 68 College Sports Madness made its PREDICTIONS preseason mid-major picks for the 2017-18 season last month. UVM landed a pair on the All-Mid Major Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Eisenburg made 68
6 2017-18 SEASON ONE-LINERS DATE: November 12, 2017 score double figures for the first time since ONE LINER: Everett Duncan recorded his OPPONENT: at Kentucky Feb. 2016. first career double-double with 10 points RESULT: L, 73-69 and 11 rebounds. ONE LINER: UVM had a chance to pull off DATE: December 16, 2017 the biggest upset in program history with a OPPONENT: at. St. Bonaventure DATE: January 31, 2018 pair of chances in the last 30 seconds. RESULT: L, 81-79 OPPONENT: at Binghamton ONE LINER: SBU senior Matt Mobley sank RESULT: W, 68-54 DATE: November 17, 2017 a buzzer-beating three-pointer and spoiled ONE LINER: UVM set the America East re- OPPONENT: vs. Bradley Anthony Lamb’s homecoming to Roches- cord with its 320 regular season conference RESULT: W, 65-64 ter, New York. win in the league’s history. ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes hit the game- winning free throw with 2.6 seconds left in DATE: December 21, 2017 DATE: February 3, 2018 the Bahamas Showcase opener. OPPONENT: vs. Quinnipiac OPPONENT: at UMBC RESULT: W, 80-73 RESULT: DATE: November 18, 2017 ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb notched his ONE LINER: OPPONENT: vs. Coastal Carolina sixth 20-point outing of the season. RESULT: W, 80-67 DATE: February 8, 2018 ONE LINER: Drew Urquhart set a new-ca- DATE: January 2, 2018 OPPONENT: at Albany reer high with 15 points while Ernie Duncan OPPONENT: at Harvard RESULT: went off for a season-high 19 points. RESULT: W, 62-56 ONE LINER: ONE LINER: Payton Henson recorded a DATE: November 19, 2017 season-high 17 points to a win in the 2018 DATE: February 11, 2018 OPPONENT: vs. Northern Kentucky opener. OPPONENT: vs. UMass Lowell RESULT: W, 64-62 RESULT: ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes drained the DATE: January 4, 2018 ONE LINER: game-winning layup with three seconds OPPONENT: at UMass Lowell left as UVM won the inaugural Islands of RESULT: W, 88-77 the Bahamas Showcase. ONE LINER: Ernie Duncan scored 32 points DATE: February 15, 2018 , one shy of his career high, in the America OPPONENT: vs. New Hampshire DATE: November 22, 2017 East opener. RESULT: OPPONENT: vs. Maine Fort-Kent ONE LINER: RESULT: W, 90-54 DATE: January 6, 2018 ONE LINER: UVM was guided by two play- OPPONENT: vs. UMBC DATE: February 18, 2018 ers making their Catamount debuts - RESULT: W, 71-56 OPPONENT: vs. Hartford Samuel Dingba (13 pts) & Ben Shungu (11 ONE LINER: Payton Henson recorded his RESULT: pts). second career double-double with 16 points ONE LINER: and a career-high 14 rebounds DATE: Novemver 25, 2017 OPPONENT: at Yale DATE: January 10, 2018 DATE: February 21, 2018 RESULT: W, 79-73 OPPONENT: at Dartmouth OPPONENT: vs. Binghamton ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb recorded his RESULT: W, 91-78 RESULT: second 20-point outing in the last three ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes finished one ONE LINER: games with 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting. point shy of his career high with 27 points in the non-confernce finale. DATE: February 24, 2018 DATE: November 29, 2017 OPPONENT: at Stony Brook OPPONENT: at Richmond DATE: January 13, 2018 RESULT: RESULT: W, 71-65 OPPONENT: vs. Stony Brook ONE LINER: ONE LINER: UVM won its first true road RESULT: W, 73-62 game against an A-10 opponent since the ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes recorded his DATE: February 27, 2018 1975-76 season. second straight 20-point outing as UVM OPPONENT: at Maine improved to 3-0 in league play. RESULT: DATE: December 2, 2017 ONE LINER: OPPONENT: at Bucknell DATE: January 15, 2018 RESULT: L, 81-77 OPPONENT: vs. Maine ONE LINER: UVM cut a 10-point deficit in RESULT: W, 83-62 the final 2:30 down to two with 17 seconds ONE LINER: Drew Urquhart poured in a left. career-high 21 points as UVM won its 25th consecutive conference game. DATE: December 5, 2017 OPPONENT: at Marquette DATE: January 18, 2018 RESULT: L, 91-81 OPPONENT: at New Hampshire ONE LINER: Stef Smith was a perfect 6-for- RESULT: W, 67-56 6 from beyond the arc on his way to a ca- ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes recorded his reer-high 20 points. third 20-point effort in the last four three games. DATE: December 9, 2017 OPPONENT: at Northeastern DATE: January 21, 2018 RESULT: L, 71-67 OPPONENT: at Hartford ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb set a new ca- RESULT: W, 76-53 reer-high with 32 points, including a per- ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes became the fect 15-15 at the charity stripe. 11th Catamount to score over 1,400 career points. DATE: December 11, 2017 OPPONENT: vs. Siena DATE: January 24, 2018 RESULT: W, 81-57 OPPONENT: vs. Albany ONE LINER: UVM had at least five players RESULT: W, 61-50
7 VERMONT QUICK FACTS NEW LOOK CATS Location Burlington RA KPEDI Founded 1791 Forward • 6’9” • 220 Indianapolis, Ind.• Lawrence North Enrollment 10,080 Kpedi joins Ernie Duncan, Everett Duncan, and Conference America East Josh Speidel as fellow Catamounts from the Nickname UVM Hoosier State. As a senior, the 6-9 big man av- eraged a double-double, and earned Second School Mascot Catamounts Team IndyStar Super Team honors. He also led School Colors Green & Gold Lawrence North to the sectional championship game. He was selected to the Indiana Basketball Home Gym (Capacity) Patrick Gymnasium (3,228) Coaches Association (IBCA) All-State Supreme 15 Team and was invited to the North/South Indiana All-Star Classic. His President Tom Sullivan father Andy was a center for the Illinois Fighting Illini from 1989-91. Illi- Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman nois made the NCAA Tournament during the 1989-90 season and Andy was named team MVP a year later as a senior. Athletic Department Phone 802-656-3075 Athletic Department Fax 802-656-0949 SKYLER NASH Athletic Ticket Office 802-656-4410 Guard • 6’5” • 215 Chicago, Ill. • Gould Academy Patrick Gymnasium Press Row 802-656-4173 Nash, the No. 2 rated player out of the state of COACHING STAFF Maine, attended high school at Riverside Brook- field in Brookfield, Illinois before continuing his Head Coach John Becker (Catholic ’90) career at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. At Record at Vermont (Overall) 157-74 (163-118) Riverside Brookfield, he collected First Team All- Conference honors as a senior. While at Gould, America East Record 86-18 Nash was named to the New England Prepara- Associate Head Coach Kyle Cieplicki (Vermont ’08) tory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class AA Third Team after averaging 20 points, seven rebounds, and four assists Assistant Coach Ryan Schneider (Marist ’09) last year. His grandfather Charles Holton played for the Harlem Globe- Assistant Coach Hamlet Tibbs (West Virginia ’07) trotters from 1951-57 and rumored to be the oldest living Globetrotter. Director of Operations Greg Snyder (SUNY Postdam ’05) Graduate Manager Derryk O’Grady (Vermont ’17) BAILEY PATELLA Forward • 6’5” • 180 Athletic Communications Dustin Parker (Castleton ‘12) Lenox, Mass. • Vermont Academy Athletic Performance Coach Marc Hickok (UConn ’03) Patella, a two-time NEPSAC All-League selection, Athletic Trainer Eugene Santos (Quinnipiac ’12) comes to Burlington from Vermont Academy. Pa- tella helped the Wildcats to a NEPSAC Champion- TEAM INFORMATION ship during his junior season and a preseason No. 1 ranking as the country’s top prep team heading 2016-17 Overall Record 29-6 into his senior campaign. Before Vermont Acad- emy, Patella was a 1,000-point scorer at Lenox 2016-17 Conference Record 16-0 High School before transferring prior to the start Letterwinners Returning 12 of the 2015-16 season. Letterwinners Lost 3 Newcomers 4 STEF SMITH Guard • 6’1” • 170 2017-18 Captains T. Bell-Haynes, P. Henson, Er. Duncan Ajax, Ontario • Bill Crothers Secondary Smith hails from the same high school, Bill Crothers Secondary, as reigning America East First Year of Men’s Basketball 1900 Player of the Year Trae Bell-Haynes. Smith is the all-time leading scorer at Bill Crothers and was All-Time Record 1,231-1,116 (.525) voted Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior. All-Time America East Record 320-258 (.553) As a senior, he was named team captain and earned First Team All-Ontario Scholastic Basket- NCAA Tournament Appearances 6 ball Association honors. In the classroom, Smith Last NCAA Appearance 2017 (L vs. Purdue) was valedictorian of his graduating class. Last summer, he competed for Team Canada in the FIBA U17 World Cham- NIT Appearances 3 (Last - 2014) pionships. He was one of 10 Canadian players invited to Mexico to take America East Titles 6 (Last - 2017) part in the NBA’s Americas Team Camp last summer. America East Regular Season Titles 7 (Last - 2017)
8 2017-18 RESULTS / LEADERS OVERALL RECORD: 18-5 HOME: 7-0 AWAY: 8-4 NEUTRAL: 3-1 AMERICA EAST RECORD: 8-0 HOME: 4-0 AWAY: 4-0
DATE OPPONENT W/L HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDS HIGH ASSISTS HIGH BLOCKS ATTD.
N. 12 at Kentucky L Bell-Haynes - 16 Lamb - 7 Bell-Haynes - 5 Er. Duncan - 1 20,174 N. 17 # Bradley W Bell-Haynes/Smith - 14 Henson - 9 Bell-Haynes - 5 Urquhart - 2 334 N. 18 # Coastal Carolina W Er. Duncan - 19 Urquhart - 6 Er. Duncan - 6 Rohrer - 1 452 N. 19 # Northern Kentucky W Lamb - 26 Lamb - 14 Bell-Haynes - 3 Lamb/Urquhart - 2 477 N. 22 MAINE-FORT KENT W Dingba - 13 Henson - 7 Bell-Haynes - 4 Lamb/Dingba - 2 2,363 N. 25 at Yale W Lamb - 22 Lamb - 7 Bell-Haynes - 10 Lamb - 2 1,644 N. 29 at Richmond W Er. Duncan - 21 Henson - 8 Bell-Haynes - 6 Lamb - 2 4,615 D. 2 at Bucknell L Lamb - 20 Bell-Haynes/Ev. Duncan - 5 Bell-Haynes - 2 Er. & Ev. Duncan/Rohrer - 1 3,044 D. 5 at Marquette L Smith - 20 Henson/Lamb - 6 Bell-Haynes - 8 N/A 12,055 D. 9 at Northeastern L Lamb - 32 Payton Henson - 9 3 tied - 2 Lamb - 2 1,600 D.11 SIENA W Urquhart - 13 Bell-Haynes - 7 Er. Duncan/Smith - 5 Urquhart - 3 3,266 D.16 at St. Bonaventure L Lamb - 27 Lamb - 8 Er. Duncan - 5 Lamb - 2 5,828 D.21 QUINNIPIAC W Lamb - 20 Bell-Haynes - 8 Bell-Haynes - 5 Lamb/Urquhart - 1 2,349 J. 2 at Harvard W Henson - 17 Bell-Haynes/Er. Duncan - 5 Ward - 4 N/A 1,215 J. 4 * at UMass Lowell W Er. Duncan - 32 Urquhart - 12 Bell-Haynes - 5 Henson - 2 289 J. 6 * UMBC W Henson - 16 Henson - 14 Urquhart - 4 Dingba - 2 2,734 J. 10 at Dartmouth W Bell-Haynes - 27 Bell-Haynes/Henson/Urquhart - 4 Bell-Haynes - 3 N/A 1,263 J.13 * STONY BROOK W Bell-Haynes - 20 Bell-Haynes - 6 4 tied - 2 Urquhart - 3 3,266 J. 15 * MAINE W Urquhart - 21 Bell-Haynes/Urquhart - 5 Er. Duncan - 6 Henson - 1 2,405 J. 18 * at New Hampshire W Bell-Haynes - 20 Urquhart - 9 Urquhart - 3 Urquhart - 3 560 J. 21 * at Hartford W Henson - 18 Bell-Haynes - 6 Er. Duncan - 6 Kpedi - 2 1,784 J. 24 * ALBANY W Bell-Haynes - 20 Ev. Duncan - 11 Er. Duncan - 4 Urquhart - 3 3,266 J. 31 * at Binghamton W Bell-Haynes - 21 Bell-Haynes - 8 Bell-Haynes - 6 Urquhart - 9 4,445 F. 3 * at UMBC F. 8 * at Albany F. 11 * UMASS LOWELL F. 15 * NEW HAMPSHIRE F. 18 * HARTFORD
F. 21 * BINGHAMTON F. 24 * at Stony Brook
F. 27 * at Maine
RECORDS
VERMONT’S SINGLE-GAME RECORDS VERMONT INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS Most Points 116 vs. Union (2/16/57) Points in a Game - 54, Eddie Benton vs. Drexel (1/29/94) Field Goals Made 49 vs. Maine (12/3/75) Field Goals Made - 18, Taylor Coppenrath vs. Northeastern (1/7/04) 3PT Field Goals 17 vs. Middlebury (12/8/94) Consecutive Field Goals Made - 11, Luke Apfeld at Towson (11-11 - 12/23/11) Free Throws 40 vs. New Hampshire (2/114/10) 3PT Field Goals Made - 11, T.J. Sorrentine vs. Northeastern (1/17/02) Rebounds 73 vs. Loyola (Md.) (12/27/69) Free Throws Made - 21, Eddie Benton vs. Drexel (1/29/94) Assists 31 vs. Middlebury (2/22/82) Consecutive Free Throws Made - 42, Eddie Benton (4 games - 2/11-2/20/93) Steals 24 vs. Norwich (12/2/91) Rebounds - 29, Benny Becton vs. Maine (12/7/62) Most Turnovers 33 vs. Northeastern (12/5/85) Assists - 15, T.J. Sorrentine vs. Albany (11/30/00) Fewest Turnovers 3 vs. Boston U (3/10/90) Blocks - 13, Kevin Roberson vs. New Hampshire (1/9/92) Steals - 9, Howard Hudson vs. Saint Michael’s (12/8/82)
9 2017-18 VERMONT MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Stef Smith Fr. G 6-1 170 Ajax., Ontario/Bill Crothers Secondary 1 Skyler Nash Fr. G 6-6 215 Chicago, Ill./Gould Academy 2 Trae Bell-Haynes Sr. G 6-2 180 Toronto, Ontario/Bill Crothers Secondary 3 Anthony Lamb So. F 6-6 227 Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena 4 David Urso Sr. G 6-2 200 Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic 5 Samuel Dingba R-Jr. F 6-5 205 Yaounde, Cameroon/Salisbury School (Quinnipiac) 12 Bailey Patella Fr. F 6-5 185 Lenox, Mass./Vermont Academy 14 Cam Ward Sr. G 6-2 170 Marshall, Wis./Marshall 15 Ra Kpedi Fr. F 6-9 220 Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 20 Ernie Duncan R-Jr. G 6-3 190 Evansville, Ind./Evansville Harrison 21 Everett Duncan R-So. G 6-6 190 Evansville, Ind./Evansville Harrison 24 Ben Shungu R-Fr. G 6-2 200 Burlington, Vt./Rice Memorial 25 Drew Urquhart Sr. F 6-8 219 Vancouver, British Columbia/Eastside Catholic 32 Josh Speidel R-Fr. F 6-7 210 Columbus Ind./Columbus North 35 Payton Henson R-Sr. F 6-8 215 Siloam Springs, Ark./Siloam Springs (Tulane) 44 Nate Rohrer R-Sr. F 6-7 215 Underhill, Vt./Leland (San Jose, Calif.) (West Valley Coll.)
Coaching Staff Cioffi Endowed Men’s Basketball Coach: John Becker (Catholic ’90), 7th season Associate Head Coach: Kyle Cieplicki (Vermont ’08), 6th season Assistant Coach: Ryan Schneider (Marist ’09), 4th season Assistant Coach: Hamlet Tibbs (West Virginia ’07), 4th season Basketball Operations: Greg Snyder (SUNY Potsdam ’05), 4th season alphabetical roster geographical roster by class 2 Bell-Haynes, Trae G United States (12) Seniors (6) 5 Dingba, Sam F Bell-Haynes, Henson, Rohrer, Urquhart, 20 Duncan, Ernie G Arkansas (1) - Henson Urso, Ward 21 Duncan, Everett G Illinois (1) - Nash 35 Henson, Payton F Indiana (4) - Er. Duncan, Ev. Juniors (2) 15 Kpedi, Ra F Duncan, Speidel, Kpedi Dingba, Er. Duncan 3 Lamb, Anthony F Massachusetts (1) - Patella 1 Nash, Skylar G New York (1) - Lamb 12 Patella, Bailey F Sophomores (2) Pennsylvania (1) - Urso 44 Rohrer, Nate F Ev. Duncan, Lamb 24 Shungu, Ben G Vermont (2) - Rohrer, Shungu 0 Smith, Stef G Wisconsin (1) - Ward Freshmen (6) 32 Speidel, Josh F Kpedi, Nash, Patella, Shungu, Smith, Canada (3) 25 Urquhart, Drew F Speidel 4 Urso, David G British Columbia (1) - Urquhart 14 Ward, Cam G Ontario (2) - Bell-Haynes, Smith *Will sit out season due to NCAA transfer Cameroon (1) Yaounde (1) - Dingba pronunciation guide by position Trae Bell-Haynes tray
Guards (8) Ra Kpedi raw / ped-ee Bell-Haynes, Duncan, Er., Nate Rohrer roar Duncan, Ev., Nash, Shungu, Smith Ben Shungu shun-goo Urso, Ward Josh Speidel spy-dell Forwards (8) Dingba, Henson, Kpedi, Lamb, Patella, Drew Urquhart irk-heart Rohrer, Speidel, Urquhart
10 VERMONT TEAM HIGH/LOWS (17-18) NOTABLE GAMES (17-18) UVM RECORD WHEN.... 15-16 16-17 17-18 Points 20-POINT GAMES Plays at home 13-3 16-1 7-0 Plays on the road 9-10 11-3 8-4 High: 91, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) Player 17-18 Career Plays at a neutral site 1-1 2-2 3-1 Low: 61, vs. Albany (1/24/18) Trae Bell-Haynes 5 11 Record vs. Am. East (reg. sea.) 11-5 16-0 8-0 Ernie Duncan 2 6 Record against non-conf. 10-8 13-6 10-5 Everett Duncan 0 0 Points in the First Half After a win 14-9 23-6 15-2 Payton Henson 1 3 High: 48, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Anthony Lamb 6 14 After a loss 9-4 6-0 3-3 Low: 24, at Kentucky (11/12/17) Stef Smith 1 1 Leads at the half 20-4 25-1 13-0 Drew Urquhart 1 1 Trails at the half 2-9 2-5 5-5 Points in the Second Half Tied at the half 1-1 2-0 0-0 DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES High: 48, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) Plays an overtime game 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoots 50% or better 11-2 18-0 8-0 Low: 27, 2x (last vs. Albany, 1/24/18) Player 17-18 Career Shoots less than 50% 12-12 11-6 10-5 Trae Bell-Haynes 18 67 Opp. shoots less than 50% 20-9 24-2 16-2 Rebounds Samuel Dingba 1 1 Ernie Duncan 14 45 Shoots better than opp. 20-5 24-0 16-0 High: 50, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Everett Duncan 5 5 Shoots worse than opp. 3-9 5-6 2-5 Low: 21, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Payton Henson 15 44 Has more FTM than opp. 13-3 21-2 17-3 Anthony Lamb 11 33 Has equal FTM 2-0 2-1 0-0 Assists Nate Rohrer 1 4 Has less FTM than opp. 8-11 6-3 1-2 Ben Shungu 1 1 Has more FTM than opp. FTA 9-0 15-2 12-1 High: 19, 4x (last vs. Siena, 12/11/17) Stef Smith 3 3 Low: 5, 2x (last at UNH, 1/18/18) Drew Urquhart 9 20 Outrebounds opp. 17-5 21-0 14-2 Cam Ward 3 31 Is outrebounded 6-9 7-5 3-2 Steals Has equal rebounds 0-0 1-1 1-1 DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Has more TOs than opp. 12-10 8-3 3-2 High: 8, vs. Siena (12/11/17) Has equal or less TOs than opp. 11-4 21-3 15-3 Low: 0, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Player 17-18 Career Scores more/equal bench pts. 18-7 20-3 11-2 Everett Duncan 1 1 Scores less bench pts. 5-7 9-3 7-3 Blocks Payton Henson 1 2 Anthony Lamb 1 4 Plays a ranked opp. 0-1 0-2 0-1 High: 6, vs. Albany (1/24/18) Drew Urquhart 1 5 Makes 5+ 3-Pt. shots 19-13 23-5 18-5 Low: 0, 3x (last at Dartmouth, 1/10/18) Cam Ward -- 2 No UVM players foul out 19-4 24-4 17-4 1+ UVM player fouls out 4-10 5-2 1-1 Turnovers GAMES PLAYED/STARTED Has 20+ assists 3-1 2-0 0-0 Wears white uniforms 8-2 13-0 7-0 High: 18, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) Player 17-18 Career Wears green uniforms 0-0 7-3 4-2 Low: 6, vs. Maine (1/15/18) Trae Bell-Haynes 22/22 127/120 Samuel Dingba 13/0 58/11 Wears gold uniforms 7-5 2-2 3-1 Wears grey uniforms 6-4 5-1 3-1 Field Goals Made Ernie Duncan 23/23 94/92 Everett Duncan 23/23 50/23 Wears black uniforms 2-3 2-0 1-1 High: 35, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) Payton Henson 22/22 117/44 Plays in tournaments 5-3 3-1 3-0 Low: 22, 4x (last vs. Albany, 1/24/18) Ra Kpedi 4/0 4/0 Plays on television 6-9 17-4 12-2 Anthony Lamb 13/13 49/49 Plays in November 3-4 6-2 6-1 Skyler Nash 9/0 9/0 Field Goal Percentage Plays in December 4-3 3-3 2-4 Bailey Patella 5/0 5/0 High: 59.3%, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) Nate Rohrer 19/0 64/8 Plays in January 6-3 9-0 10-0 Low: 38.6%, vs. Bradley (11/17/17) Ben Shungu 14/0 14/0 Plays in February 6-2 8-0 0-0 Stef Smith 23/1 23/1 Plays in March 4-2 3-1 0-0 3PT Field Goals Made Drew Urquhart 23/11 123/27 Plays during the day 6-7 10-1 4-3 David Urso 3/0 28/0 High: 12, at Marquette (12/5/17) Plays at night 17-7 19-5 14-2 Cam Ward 23/0 129/4 Plays on Sunday 4-2 2-0 3-1 Low: 5, 2x (last at Binghmtn, 1/31/18) Plays on Monday 2-2 5-1 2-0 DOUBLE-DOUBLES (17/18) Plays on Tuesday 1-2 1-0 1-1 3PT Field Goal Percentage Anthony Lamb Plays on Wednesday 10-2 8-2 5-0 High: 55.6%, at Harvard (1/2/18) vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17): 26 points, 14 rebs Plays on Thursday 1-0 4-2 3-0 Low: 25.0%, 2x (last at Binghmtn, 1/31/18) Plays on Friday 0-1 1-0 1-0 Drew Urquhart Plays on Saturday 5-5 8-1 4-3 at UMass Lowell (1/4/18): 19 points, 12 rebs Free Throws Made Margin is 5 pts. or less 3-1 5-2 2-4 Margin is between 6-10 6-3 4-1 4-1 High: 22, at Hartford (1/21/18) Payton Henson Low: 7, 2x (last at Binghmtn, 1/31/17) vs. UMBC (1/6/18): 16 points, 14 rebs Margin is between 11-20 11-7 14-1 7-0 Margin is more than 20 3-3 6-2 4-0 Free Throw Percentage Everett Duncan Has a 20-pt. scorer 10-3 14-2 9-4 vs. Albany (1/24/18): 10 points, 11 rebs Has a 30-pt. scorer 0-0 1-0 1-1 High: 84.0%, (21-25), at St. Bona. (12/16/17) Scores 59 points or less 0-3 1-3 0-0 Low: 53.1%, (17-32), vs. Stony Brk (1/13/17) Scores 60+ points 23-11 28-3 18-5 Scores 70+ points 18-7 21-2 12-3 Scores 80+ points 10-2 12-0 7-2 Scores 90+ points 4-1 2-0 2-0 Scores 100+ points 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allows 61 points or more 16-14 14-5 10-5 Allows 60 points or less 7-0 15-1 8-0
11 VERMONT INDIVIDUAL SEASON & CAREER HIGHS #0 Stef Smith 2017-18 Career #21 Everett Duncan 2017-18 Career Points 20, at Marquette (12/5/17) 20, at Marquette (12/5/17) Points 12, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 12, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) Reb 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Reb 11, vs. Albany (1/24/18) 11, vs. Albany (1/24/18) Assists 5, vs. Siena (12/11/17) 5, vs. Siena (12/11/17) Assists 2, 2x (last at Nrthestrn.,12/9/17) 3 vs. Fisher, 12/19/15 Steals 1, 6x (last at UNH, 1/18/18) 1, 6x (last at UNH, 1/18/18) Steals 3, at Hartford (1/21/18) 3, at Hartford (1/21/18) FGM 7, at Marquette (12/5/17) 7, at Marquette (12/5/17) FGM 4, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 4, 3x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 3FGM 6, at Marquette (12/5/17) 6, at Marquette (12/5/17) 3FGM 4, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 4, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18)
#1 Skyler Nash 2017-18 Career #24 Ben Shungu 2017-18 Career Points 6, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 6, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Points 11, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 11, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Reb 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Reb 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Assists 2, at Richmond (11/29/17) 2, at Richmond (11/29/17) Assists 2, 2x (last vs. Stony Brk, 1/13/18) 2, 2x (last vs. Stony Brk, 1/13/18) Steals -- -- Steals -- -- FGM 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) FGM 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3FGM 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3FGM 1, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 1, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17)
#2 Trae Bell-Haynes 2017-18 Career #25 Drew Urquhart 2017-18 Career Points 27, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) 28, vs. Niagara, 11/21/15 Points 21, vs. Maine (1/15/18) 21, vs. Maine (1/15/18) Reb 8, 2x (last at Binghamton, 1/31/18) 8, 2x (last at Binghamton, 1/31/18) Reb 12, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 12, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) Assists 10, at Yale (11/25/17) 10, 2x (last at Yale, 11/25/17) Assists 4, vs. UMBC (1/6/18) 4, vs. UMBC (1/6/18) Steals 3, vs. UMBC (1/6/18) 5, at Harvard, 1/3/16 Steals 1, 2x (last vs. Albany,1/24/18) 2 at Nevada, 3/23/16 FGM 10, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) 10, 2x (last at Dartmouth, 1/10/18) FGM 8, vs. Maine (1/15/18) 8, vs. Maine (1/15/18) 3FGM 4, vs. Stony Brook (1/13/18) 4, vs. Stony Brook (1/13/18) Blocks 3, 3x (last at Binghamton, 1/31/18) 3, 3x (last at Binghamton, 1/31/18)
#3 Anthony Lamb 2017-18 Career #35 Payton Henson 2017-18 Career Points 32, at Northeastern (12/9/17) 32, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Points 20, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) 21 at Providence, 11/14/16 Reb 14, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) 14, 2x (last vs. NKU, 11/19/17) Reb 14, vs. UMBC (1/6/18) 14, vs. UMBC (1/6/18) Assists 3, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Assists 4, at St. Bona. (12/16/17) 4, 3x (last at St. Bona., 12/16/17) Steals 3, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) 4, vs. Stony Brook, 2/25/17 Steals 2, vs. Siena (12/11/17) 4, vs. Dartmouth, 12/7/16 Blocks 2, 6x (last at St. Bona., 12/16/17) 4, 2x (last at Hart., 2/4/17) FGM 7, 2x (last at Dartmouth, 1/10/18) 9 at Providence, 11/14/16 FGM 10, 2x (last at Yale, 11/25/17) 12 vs. Eastern Mich (12/17/16) 3FGM 3, at Yale (11/25/17) 3, 4x (last at Yale, 11/25/17) 3FGM 2, 2x (last vs. NKU (11/19/17) 4, at UMass Lowell (2/15/17) Blocks 2, 2x (last vs. Albany, 1/24/18) 2, 8x (last vs. Albany, 1/24/18)
#4 David Urso 2017-18 Career #44 Nate Rohrer 2017-18 Career Points -- 3, 2x (last: vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16) Points 10, vs. Stony Brook (1/13/18) 14 vs. Binghamton, 2/17/16 Reb 1, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3 vs. Southern Vermont, 11/19/14 Reb 3, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) 5, 3x (last: at Hartford, 1/16/16) Assists -- 3 vs. Fisher, 12/19/15 Assists 1, 7x (last vs. Albany, 1/24/18) 4, 2x (last vs. E. Mich, 12/17/16 Steals -- 1, vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16 Steals 2, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) 2, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) FGM -- 1, 2x (last vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16) FGM 3, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) 6 vs. Binghamton, 2/17/16 3FGM -- 1, 2x (last vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16) 3FGM -- 2 at Binghamton, 1/21/16
#5 Samuel Dingba 2017-18 Career Points 13, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 13, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Reb 6, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 9, vs. Canisius (12/5/15) Assists 1, at Yale (11/25/17) 1, 3x (last at Yale, 11/25/17) Steals 1, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) 1, 3x (last vs. Stony Brook, 1/13/18) FGM 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Blocks 2, 2x vs. UMBC (1/6/18) 3, vs. Albany (12/1/15)
#12 Bailey Patella 2017-18 Career Points 2, vs. Maine (1/15/18) 2, vs. Maine (1/15/18) Reb 1, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 1, 2x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) Assists -- -- Steals -- -- FGM 1, vs. Maine (1/15/18) 1, vs. Maine (1/15/18) Blocks -- --
#14 Cam Ward 2017-18 Career Points 14, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) 24, 2x (last: vs. Maine, 3/2/16) Reb 3, at New Hampshire (1/18/18) 13 at Hartford, 1/31/15 Assists 4, 2x (last at Dartmouth, 1/10/18) 7 vs. UMBC, 3/4/15 Steals 1, 3x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 3, 2x (last: at Yale, 12/5/15) FGM 5, at Dartmouth (1/10/18) 9 vs. Maine, 3/2/16 3FGM 2, 3x (last at UNH, 1/18/18) 6, 2x (last: vs. Maine, 3/2/16)
#15 Ra Kpedi 2017-18 Career Points 6, at Hartford (1/21/18) 6, at Hartford (1/21/18) Reb 5, at Hartford (1/21/18) 5, at Hartford (1/21/18 Assists -- -- Blocks 2, at Hartford (1/21/18) 2, at Hartford (1/21/18) FGM 2, at Hartford (1/21/18) 2, at Hartford (1/21/18)
#20 Ernie Duncan 2017-18 Career Points 32, at UMass Lowell (1/2/18) 33, vs. Hofstra, 11/22/16 Reb 5, 2x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) 7 at Stony Brook, 3/12/16) Assists 6, 3x (last at Hartford, 1/21/18) 7, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/24/16) Steals 4, at Binghamton (1/31/18) 4, at Binghamton (1/31/18) FGM 10, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 10, 2x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) 3FGM 5, 2x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) 7, vs. Hofstra, 11/22/16
12 JOHN BECKER Meghan & Rob Cioffi Head Coach of Men’s Basketball 7th Season Twitter: @CoachBeckerUVM
PERSONAL Children: Katherine, Ella
EDUCATION College: Catholic, 1990 Graduate Degree: George Wash., 2001
COACHING EXPERIENCE 2011-p Vermont, head coach 2008-2011 Vermont, asst. coach 2006-08 Vermont, dir. operations 2004-06 Catholic Univ., asst. coach 1997-99 Gallaudet, head coach 1994-97 Gallaudet, asst. coach
DIV. I HEAD COACHING RECORD Year School Overall Conf. Postsn. 2011-12 Vermont 24-12 13-3 NCAA 2012-13 Vermont 21-12 11-5 CBI THE BENCH BOSS 2013-14 Vermont 22-11 15-1 NIT 2014-15 Vermont 20-14 12-4 CBI • Set the program record in 2016-17 for most overall wins and AE history, longest overall and AE 2015-16 Vermont 23-14 11-5 CBI winning streak, and only AE team to ever sweep the league’s major awards 2016-17 Vermont 29-6 16-0 NCAA • First coach in school history to lead UVM to six straight 20-win seasons in first six years. • Is the fifth coach in league history to reach the championship game in first two seasons. 2017-18 Vermont 18-5 8-0 --- • Led Vermont to 2012 America East title in his rookie season as head coach. It was UVM’s fifth TOTALS 7 seasons 157-74 86-18 title overall. • Was just the fifth coach in America East history to earn 20 or more wins in his first season at a school (24-12). RARIFIED AIR • Only the fourth coach in league history to lead his team to the championship game in his rookie year. John Becker is one of seven active coaches • Set a new Vermont record for most wins by a rookie coach (24), which is the third-highest win with 20 wins in first six seasons as Division I total in school history. head coach at a single school • Owns the most wins in his first six seasons as an America East coach (current school in parenthesis) • Highest winning percentage in America East Tournament among active AE coaches (7th all- time) JOHN BECKER - VERMONT • Most national postseason wins by an America East and Vermont head coach (5) Jim Christian - Kent State (Boston College) TOP-10 ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES AT VERMONT Tim Cluess - Iona COACHING TRACK Rk Coach (years) Yrs Gms Record (win %) Jamie Dixon - Pittsburgh (TCU) 1. Tom Brennan (1986-05) 19 540 264-276 (.489) Mark Few - Gonzaga • Was at UVM for five seasons 2. John ‘Fuzzy’ Evans (1940-65) 23 456 260-196 (.571) Dave Rose - BYU prior to being named head 3. John Becker (2011-present) 7 231 157-74 (.680) Shaka Smart - VCU (Texas) coach. Spent three years as 4. Mike Lonergan (2005-11) 6 194 126-68 (.649) an assistant coach and two 5. Peter Salzberg (1972-81) 9 233 105-128 (.441) From the 52 Division I head coaches hired pri- 6. Art Loche (1965-72) 7 165 69-96 (.418) seasons as the director of or to the 2011-12 season, Becker has the third- 7. Tom Keady (1921-25) 4 71 56-15 (.789) basketball operations under highest winning percentage. 8. John Sabo (1934-40) 6 84 50-34 (.595) Mike Lonergan. (current school in parenthesis) 9. Bill Whitmore (1981-86) 5 139 45-94 (.324) • Came to Vermont after 10. W.J. McAvoy (1925-28) 3 56 33-23 (.589) two-year stint as top Steve Prohm - Murray State (Iowa St.) .728 assistant at his alma mater, Michael White - La. Tech. (Florida) .698 Catholic Univ. Helped the MILESTONES JOHN BECKER - VERMONT .680 team post a 41-17 mark, • Became fastest UVM coach to reach 150 career wins (224 Jim Larranaga - Miami .677 including a 21-7 record and games) with win over UMBC on Jan. 6, 2018 Archie Miller - Dayton (Indiana) .671 NCAA Division III Tournament • Picked up 127th career win (in 195 games) at Vermont at Albany on Mark Turgeon - Maryland .665 appearance (2005-06). Jan. 25, 2017 to move into 3rd place on UVM’s all-time wins list Bryce Drew - Valparaiso (Vanderbilt) .657 • Served as the head men’s • Picked up 100th career win (in 158 games) at Vermont versus Frank Haith - Missouri (Tulsa) .650 basketball coach at New Hampshire on Jan. 27, 2016. Gallaudet Univ. from 1997- • Earned his 50th career win (in 82 games) at Vermont versus 99. Gallaudet is the country’s Lyndon State on Dec. 30, 2013. only four-year liberal arts • Won his 65th career game (in 98 games) and captured the 2014 America East regular season title on 2/27/14. college for the deaf and hard It was the sixth regular season title in program history and the first for Becker. of hearing. Was an assistant • Is the only mid-major coach in the country hired in 2011-12 to post six straight 20-win seasons. coach at Gallaudet from • He owns a career record of 80-18 in America East games 1994-97 and the head men’s 2012 - America East Championship & NCAA appearance (2nd NCAA win in program history) tennis coach at the school 2013 - America East Championship Game & CBI appearance from 1995-97. 2014 - America East Regular Season Championship & NIT appearance 2015 - America East Semifinals & CBI Semifinals 2016 - America East Championship Game & CBI Semifinals 2017 - America East Regular Season & Championship, NCAA appearance 13 THE LAST TIME... Team Made 30-39 Free Throws 10+ Assists by a Player By UVM 36 at Binghamton (3/2/14) By UVM 10, Trae Bell-Haynes at Yale (11/25/17) UVM Played a Ranked Opponent By Opp. 34 by Siena (11/17/14) By Opp. 10, Andrew Rowsey of Marquette (12/2/17) No. 1 N/A Top 5 11/12/17 at No. 4 Kentucky Made 40+ Free Throws 5+ Blocks by a Player Top 10 11/24/13 at No. 6 Duke By UVM 40 vs. UNH (2/14/10) By UVM 5, Darren Payen vs. UNH (2/9/17) Top 25 12/21/16 at No. 13 Butler By Opp. 40 by Binghamton (3/2/14) By Opp. 5, Jameel Warney, Stony Brook (3/8/15)
UVM Defeated a Ranked Opponent Made 5 or Fewer Free Throws 10+ Blocks by a Player No. 1 N/A By UVM 4 vs. Maine (3/1/17) By UVM 13, Kevin Roberson vs. UNH (1/9/92) Top 5 N/A By Opp. 4 by Stony Brook (1/13/18) By Opp. N/A Top 10 N/A Top 25 11/13/06 (77-63) at No. 14 Boston College Shot over 90% From the Foul Line 5+ Steals by a Player By UVM .905 (19-of-21) vs. Niagara (11/21/15) By UVM 5, Trae Bell-Haynes at Harvard (1/3/16) 100 Points by a Team By Opp. 1.000 (7-of-7) by Hartford (1/21/18) By Opp. 5, Ray Sanders, Albany (1/9/16) By UVM 101 vs. Quinnipiac (12/23/06) By Opp. 100 by UMass Lowell (2/8/16) Shot 100% From the Foul Line Double-Double by a Player (Pts/Reb) By UVM 16-of-16 at Loyola (11/18/07) By UVM 10/11 - Everett Duncan, vs. Albany (1/24/18) 40+ Point Win By Opp. 7-of-7 by Hartford (1/21/18) By Opp. 23/13 - Zac Cuthbertson, Coastal Car. (11/18/17) By UVM 90-54 vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) By Opp. 106-64 by Providence (11/24/09) Had 50+ Rebounds Double-Double by a Player (Pts/Ast) By UVM 50 vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) By UVM 16/11 - Mike Trimboli at UMBC (1/11/07) 30-39 Point Win By Opp. 52 by Providence (11/24/09) By Opp. 13/10 - Andrew Rowsey, Marquette (12/2/17) By UVM 74-41 vs. UNH (3/6/17) By Opp. 94-56 by Rhode Island (12/30/04) Had 60+ Rebounds Double-Double by a Player (Reb/Ast) By UVM 61 vs. Binghamton (1/25/06) By UVM 11/10 - Brian Voelkel vs. Siena (11/12/13) Overtime Game By Opp. N/A By Opp. N/A UVM Win 92-82 at Binghamton (3/2/14) UVM Loss 66-64 by Boston U. (2/27/11) Had 20-29 Assists Triple Double by a Player (Pts/Reb/Ast) By UVM 20 vs. Maine (3/1/17) By UVM 10/14/10 - Brian Voelkel vs. UNH (3/8/14)* Double Overtime Game By Opp. 25 by Marquette (12/5/17) By Opp. N/A UVM Win 77-73 vs. Hartford (3/4/12) * 1st triple-double in America East Tournament History UVM Loss 64-52 vs. Harvard (12/6/14) Had 30+ Assists By UVM N/A (quarterfinals) Triple Overtime Game By Opp. N/A UVM Win 98-95 at Hartford (2/2/96) UVM Loss N/A Had 10+ Blocked Shots By UVM 10 vs. Stony Brook (3/8/15) Won Game in Final Seconds By Opp. 11 by Harvard (1/3/16) By UVM Trae Bell-Haynes at 2.7 seconds UVM defeated Northern Kent., 66-64 (11/19/17) Had 15+ Steals By Opp. Matt Mobley 3PT as time expired By UVM N/A St. Bonaventure defeated UVM, 81-79 (12/16/17) By Opp. 16 by Quinnipiac (12/21/08)
5 Players in Double Figures Individual By UVM vs. Siena (12/11/17 - W, 81-57) By Opp. by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) Scored 30-39 Points By UVM 32, Ernie Duncan at UMass Lowell(1/4/18) 6+ Players in Double Figures By Opp. 30, Jahad Thomas of UMass Lowell (1/4/19) By UVM vs. Siena (12/11/17 - W, 81-57) Scored 40-49 Points By Opp. by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) By UVM 43, Taylor Coppenrath vs. Maine (3/13/04) Made 40-49 Field Goals By Opp. 43, Jameel Warney, Stony Brook (3/12/16) By UVM 42 vs. Middlebury (2/4/03) By Opp. N/A Scored 50+ Points By UVM 54, Eddie Benton vs. Drexel (1/29/94) Made 50+ Field Goals By Opp. N/A By UVM N/A By Opp. N/A Two Players Score 20+ Points By UVM Trae Bell-Haynes (27) and Payton Henson (20) Made Fewer Than 20 Field Goals at Dartmouth (1/10/18) By UVM 16 vs. Albany, (3/11/17) By Opp. Daniel Dion (21) and Tanner Leissner (20) By Opp. 18 by Binghamton (1/31/18) UNH (1/16/17) 10+ Field Goals Made by a Player Had 70-79 Field Goal Attempts By UVM 10, Trae Bell-Haynes at Dartmouth (1/10/18) By UVM 70 vs. Maine (3/1/09) By Opp. 11, Jahad Thomas of UMass Lowell (1/4/18) By Opp. Player Shot 1.000 with 5+ Field Goal Attempts Shot Over 60% From the Field By UVM 10-10, Trae Bell-Haynes at Dartmouth (1/10/18) By UVM .623 (33-of-53) at UMass Lowell (2/15/17) By Opp. 6-6, Amadi Ikpeze of St. Bonvanture (12/16/17) By Opp. 60.4% (29-of-48) by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) 5+ 3pt Field Goals Made by a Player Shot Over 70% From the Field By UVM 5, Ernie Duncan at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) By UVM N/A By Opp. 5, Arkel Lamar, UMBC (1/6/18) By Opp. N/A 10+ Free Throws Made by a Player Shot Less Than 30% From the Field By UVM 13, Anthony Lamb at St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) By UVM .273 (15-of-55) at Boston U. (1/8/13) By Opp. 11, DJ Fenner, Nevada (3/23/16) By Opp. .280 (14-of-50) by UNH (3/6/17) 15+ Rebounds by a Player Made 10+ Three-Point Field Goals By UVM 14, Payton Henson vs. UMBC (1/6/18) By UVM 10 vs. Stony Brook (1/13/18) By Opp. 21, James Thompson IV, Eastern Mich. (12/17/16) By Opp. 11 by Dartmouth (1/10/18) 20+ Rebounds by a Player Made 15+ Three-Point Field Goals By UVM 20, Marqus Blakely vs. Maine (1/28/09) By UVM 16 vs. UMass Lowell (2/11/15) By Opp. 21, James Thompson IV, Eastern Mich. (12/17/16) By Opp. 18 by Purdue (11/15/16) Two Players with 10+ Rebounds Made 0 Three-Point Field Goals By UVM Brian Voelkel (16) & Clancy Rugg (10) By UVM 0-4 at Dartmouth (1/4/14) at UMBC (2/9/13) By Opp. 0-17 by Maine (3/3/12) By Opp. Jameel Warney (10) & Ahmad Walker (10) Stony Brook (1/30/16) Shot Over 60% From the 3-Point Line By UVM .762 (16-of-21) vs. UMass Lowell (2/11/15) By Opp. .667 (8-of-12) by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17)
14 2017-18 TELEVISION ROSTER
#0 Stef Smith #1 Skyler Nash #2 Trae Bell-Haynes #3 Anthony Lamb #4 David Urso
#5 Samuel Dingba #12 Bailey Patella #14 Cam Ward #15 Ra Kpedi #20 Ernie Duncan
#21 Everett Duncan #24 Ben Shungu #25 Drew Urquhart #32 Josh Speidel #35 Payton Henson
#44 Nate Rohrer John Becker Kyle Cieplicki Ryan Scneider Hamlet Tibbs Head Coach Assoc. HC Asst. HC Asst. HC
15 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Vermont vs Binghamton Univ. LAST01/31/18 GAME’S 7 p.m. BOX atSCORE Bai Lee Court, Events Center, Vestal, NY Vermont 68 • 18-5, 8-0 AE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 Urquhart, Drew f 7-12 0-0 1-1 1 4 5 0 15 3 0 3 0 34 35 Henson, Payton f 6-14 0-3 0-0 3 3 6 3 12 3 2 0 1 34 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae g 7-16 2-5 5-6 2 6 8 3 21 6 1 0 0 37 20 Duncan, Ernie g 4-10 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 2 10 1 3 0 4 33 21 Duncan, Everett g 3-6 2-5 0-0 2 7 9 1 8 0 2 0 0 31 00 Smith, Stef 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 14 Ward, Cam 0-3 0-2 0-1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 15 Kpedi, Ra 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 10 24 Shungu, Ben 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 Rohrer, Nate 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Team 5 3 8 Totals 28-66 5-20 7-10 18 27 45 13 68 15 10 4 5 200
FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd half: 15-34 44.1% Game: 28-66 42.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 5-20 25.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 7-10 70.0% 0
Binghamton Univ. 54 • 10-14, 1-8 AE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 Tyler Stewart f 4-8 1-4 3-3 1 3 4 2 12 2 2 0 1 32 42 Willie Rodriguez f 4-9 1-4 0-1 1 1 2 4 9 0 2 1 1 28 32 Thomas Bruce c 1-5 0-0 3-5 1 7 8 0 5 1 2 1 1 34 22 Everson Davis g 3-8 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 4 7 3 1 0 1 26 33 J.C. Show g 3-10 1-4 2-2 2 2 4 2 9 1 4 1 1 29 00 Fard Muhammad 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 9 0 0 1 0 21 04 Timmy Rose 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 15 Bobby Ahearn 0-3 0-1 3-4 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 10 40 Albert Odero 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 Team 1 1 2 Totals 18-49 7-19 11-17 8 23 31 17 54 8 14 4 5 200
FG % 1st Half: 7-19 36.8% 2nd half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 18-49 36.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 11-17 64.7% 2
Officials: DJ Carstensen, Kevin Ferguson, Kevin O'Connell Technical fouls: Vermont-None. Binghamton Univ.-None. Attendance: 4445 14th anniversary of the opening of the Events Center (Jan. 31, 2004)
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Vermont 32 36 68 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench VERMON 32 14 14 4 2 Binghamton Univ. 23 31 54 BING 12 9 12 0 12
Last FG - VERMONT 2nd-03:54, BING 2nd-01:28. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - VERMONT by 19 2nd-03:23, BING by 2 1st-19:46. Lead changed - 1 time. VERMONT led for 38:37. BING led for 00:36. Game was tied for 00:47.
16 2017-18 VERMONT BASKETBALL Vermont Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 11, 2018) 2017-18 NON-CONFERENCE STATS Non-conference games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 10-5 3-0 4-4 3-1 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-5 3-0 4-4 3-1
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Lamb, Anthony 13-13 347 26.7 74-152 .4 8 7 13-36 .3 6 1 58-68 .8 5 3 23 55 78 6.0 33 0 15 25 13 8 219 16.8 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae 14-14 435 31.1 68-130 .5 2 3 4-17 .2 3 5 43-63 .6 8 3 12 43 55 3.9 32 0 66 43 0 17 183 13.1 35 Henson, Payton 14-14 400 28.6 54-129 .4 1 9 15-37 .4 0 5 37-54 .6 8 5 27 46 73 5.2 22 0 20 21 1 4 160 11.4 20 Duncan, Ernie 15-15 430 28.7 51-115 .4 4 3 33-82 .4 0 2 29-35 .8 2 9 4 36 40 2.7 24 0 37 20 2 5 164 10.9 25 Urquhart, Drew 15-3 285 19.0 44-73 .6 0 3 6-11 .5 4 5 23-29 .7 9 3 11 33 44 2.9 40 1 15 6 9 1 117 7.8 21 Duncan, Everett 15-15 404 26.9 28-59 .4 7 5 23-51 .4 5 1 12-14 .8 5 7 9 41 50 3.3 22 0 7 5 1 4 91 6.1 00 Smith, Stef 15-1 191 12.7 29-61 .4 7 5 18-36 .5 0 0 7-12 .5 8 3 1 32 33 2.2 15 0 22 15 0 6 83 5.5 14 Ward, Cam 15-0 177 11.8 17-38 .4 4 7 8-24 .3 3 3 7-12 .5 8 3 1 11 12 0.8 11 0 22 13 0 1 49 3.3 05 Dingba, Samuel 9-0 74 8.2 9-14 .6 4 3 0-0 .0 0 0 7-9 .7 7 8 8 12 20 2.2 14 0 1 3 4 2 25 2.8 24 Shungu, Ben 8-0 60 7.5 7-8 .8 7 5 1-1 1.000 0-1 .0 0 0 1 10 11 1.4 8 0 3 4 0 0 15 1.9 44 Rohrer, Nate 10-0 113 11.3 7-14 .5 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 3-6 .5 0 0 6 11 17 1.7 9 0 4 3 2 3 17 1.7 01 Nash, Skyler 9-0 69 7.7 5-15 .3 3 3 5-12 .4 1 7 0-0 .0 0 0 0 5 5 0.6 3 0 3 4 0 0 15 1.7 04 Urso, David 3-0 7 2.3 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Patella, Bailey 2-0 8 4.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 15 23 38 3 Total...... 15 3000 393-809 .4 8 6 126-308 .4 0 9 226-303 .7 4 6 118 359 477 31.8 234 1 217 165 32 51 1138 75.9 Opponents...... 15 3001 382-817 .4 6 8 121-312 .3 8 8 163-227 .7 1 8 96 335 431 28.7 297 7 215 181 43 81 1048 69.9
TEAM STATISTICS VERMONT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1138 1048 11/12/17 at Kentucky L 69-73 20174 Points per game 75.9 69.9 11/17/17 vs Bradley W 65-64 334 Scoring margin +6.0 - 11/18/17 vs Coastal Carolina W 80-67 452 FIELD GOALS-ATT 393-809 382-817 11/19/17 vs Northern Kentucky W 66-64 477 Field goal pct .4 8 6 .4 6 8 11/22/17 MAINE-FORT KENT W 90-54 2363 3 POINT FG-ATT 126-308 121-312 11/25/17 at Yale W 79-73 1644 3-point FG pct .4 0 9 .3 8 8 11/29/17 at Richmond W 71-65 4615 3-pt FG made per game 8.4 8.1 12/02/17 at Bucknell L 77-81 3044 FREE THROWS-ATT 226-303 163-227 12/05/17 at Marquette L 81-91 12055 Free throw pct .7 4 6 .7 1 8 12/09/17 at Northeastern L 67-71 1600 F-Throws made per game 15.1 10.9 12/11/17 SIENA W 81-57 3266 REBOUNDS 477 431 12/16/17 vs St. Bonaventure L 79-81 5828 Rebounds per game 31.8 28.7 12/21/17 QUINNIPIAC W 80-73 2349 Rebounding margin +3.1 - 01/02/18 at Harvard W 62-56 1215 ASSISTS 217 215 01/10/18 at Dartmouth W 91-78 1263 Assists per game 14.5 14.3 TURNOVERS 165 181 * - Conference game Turnovers per game 11.0 12.1 Turnover margin +1.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 1.2 STEALS 51 81 Steals per game 3.4 5.4 BLOCKS 32 43 Blocks per game 2.1 2.9 ATTENDANCE 7978 52701 Home games-Avg/Game 3-2659 8-5701 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1773
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Vermont 537 601 1138 Opponents 499 549 1048
17 2017-18 VERMONT BASKETBALL Vermont Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 31, 2018) 2017-18 AMERICA EAST STATS Conference games only
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 8-0 4-0 4-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 8-0 4-0 4-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae 8-8 265 33.1 45-97 . 4 6 4 10-27 . 3 7 0 34-54 . 6 3 0 4 41 45 5.6 20 0 26 22 2 10 134 16.8 35 Henson, Payton 8-8 251 31.4 39-83 . 4 7 0 10-26 . 3 8 5 20-22 . 9 0 9 10 37 47 5.9 12 0 10 11 6 2 108 13.5 20 Duncan, Ernie 8-8 243 30.4 32-61 . 5 2 5 16-34 . 4 7 1 20-23 . 8 7 0 1 18 19 2.4 14 0 21 11 1 7 100 12.5 25 Urquhart, Drew 8-8 219 27.4 34-54 . 6 3 0 2-6 . 3 3 3 19-26 . 7 3 1 16 30 46 5.8 17 1 16 11 13 2 89 11.1 21 Duncan, Everett 8-8 227 28.4 17-39 . 4 3 6 12-26 . 4 6 2 3-5 . 6 0 0 14 24 38 4.8 14 0 3 4 0 4 49 6.1 14 Ward, Cam 8-0 113 14.1 12-24 . 5 0 0 7-14 . 5 0 0 10-17 . 5 8 8 2 7 9 1.1 12 0 7 3 0 2 41 5.1 15 Kpedi, Ra 4-0 36 9.0 4-10 . 4 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 6 6 12 3.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 12 3.0 05 Dingba, Samuel 4-0 51 12.8 4-5 . 8 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-9 . 3 3 3 3 4 7 1.8 6 0 0 1 2 2 11 2.8 00 Smith, Stef 8-0 79 9.9 7-27 . 2 5 9 3-15 . 2 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 0 2 12 14 1.8 9 0 4 5 0 2 21 2.6 44 Rohrer, Nate 8-0 79 9.9 5-7 . 7 1 4 0-1 . 0 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 3 6 9 1.1 4 0 4 3 2 4 17 2.1 12 Patella, Bailey 3-0 8 2.7 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.7 24 Shungu, Ben 6-0 29 4.8 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 2 0 3 2 0 0 3 0.5 Team 13 15 28 4 Total...... 8 1600 201-409 . 4 9 1 60-149 . 4 0 3 125-182 . 6 8 7 74 204 278 34.8 114 1 94 79 30 35 587 73.4 Opponents...... 8 1600 177-430 . 4 1 2 49-174 . 2 8 2 67-92 . 7 2 8 65 161 226 28.3 155 3 70 87 28 37 470 58.8
TEAM STATISTICS VERMONT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 587 470 * 01/04/18 at UMass Lowell W 88-77 289 Points per game 73.4 58.8 * 01/06/18 UMBC W 71-56 2734 Scoring margin +14.6 - * 01/13/18 STONY BROOK W 73-62 3266 FIELD GOALS-ATT 201-409 177-430 * 01/15/18 MAINE W 83-62 2405 Field goal pct . 4 9 1 . 4 1 2 * 01/18/18 at New Hampshire W 67-56 560 3 POINT FG-ATT 60-149 49-174 * 01/21/18 at Hartford W 76-53 1784 3-point FG pct . 4 0 3 . 2 8 2 * 01/24/18 ALBANY W 61-50 3266 3-pt FG made per game 7.5 6.1 * 01/31/18 at Binghamton W 68-54 4445 FREE THROWS-ATT 125-182 67-92 Free throw pct . 6 8 7 . 7 2 8 * - Conference game F-Throws made per game 15.6 8.4 REBOUNDS 278 226 Rebounds per game 34.8 28.3 Rebounding margin +6.5 - ASSISTS 94 70 Assists per game 11.8 8.8 TURNOVERS 79 87 Turnovers per game 9.9 10.9 Turnover margin +1.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.8 STEALS 35 37 Steals per game 4.4 4.6 BLOCKS 30 28 Blocks per game 3.8 3.5 ATTENDANCE 11671 7078 Home games-Avg/Game 4-2918 4-1770 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Vermont 293 294 587 Opponents 219 251 470
18 2017-18 VERMONT BASKETBALL Vermont Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 31, 2018) 2017-18 OVERALL COMBINED STATS All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 18-5 7-0 8-4 3-1 CONFERENCE 8-0 4-0 4-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-5 3-0 4-4 3-1
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Lamb, Anthony 13-13 347 26.7 74-152 . 4 8 7 13-36 . 3 6 1 58-68 . 8 5 3 23 55 78 6.0 33 0 15 25 13 8 219 16.8 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae 22-22 700 31.8 113-227 . 4 9 8 14-44 . 3 1 8 77-117 . 6 5 8 16 84 100 4.5 52 0 92 65 2 27 317 14.4 35 Henson, Payton 22-22 651 29.6 93-212 . 4 3 9 25-63 . 3 9 7 57-76 . 7 5 0 37 83 120 5.5 34 0 30 32 7 6 268 12.2 20 Duncan, Ernie 23-23 673 29.3 83-176 . 4 7 2 49-116 . 4 2 2 49-58 . 8 4 5 5 54 59 2.6 38 0 58 31 3 12 264 11.5 25 Urquhart, Drew 23-11 504 21.9 78-127 . 6 1 4 8-17 . 4 7 1 42-55 . 7 6 4 27 63 90 3.9 57 2 31 17 22 3 206 9.0 21 Duncan, Everett 23-23 631 27.4 45-98 . 4 5 9 35-77 . 4 5 5 15-19 . 7 8 9 23 65 88 3.8 36 0 10 9 1 8 140 6.1 00 Smith, Stef 23-1 270 11.7 36-88 . 4 0 9 21-51 . 4 1 2 11-20 . 5 5 0 3 44 47 2.0 24 0 26 20 0 8 104 4.5 14 Ward, Cam 23-0 290 12.6 29-62 . 4 6 8 15-38 . 3 9 5 17-29 . 5 8 6 3 18 21 0.9 23 0 29 16 0 3 90 3.9 15 Kpedi, Ra 4-0 36 9.0 4-10 . 4 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 6 6 12 3.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 12 3.0 05 Dingba, Samuel 13-0 125 9.6 13-19 . 6 8 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-18 . 5 5 6 11 16 27 2.1 20 0 1 4 6 4 36 2.8 44 Rohrer, Nate 18-0 192 10.7 12-21 . 5 7 1 0-2 . 0 0 0 10-16 . 6 2 5 9 17 26 1.4 13 0 8 6 4 7 34 1.9 01 Nash, Skyler 9-0 69 7.7 5-15 . 3 3 3 5-12 . 4 1 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.6 3 0 3 4 0 0 15 1.7 24 Shungu, Ben 14-0 89 6.4 8-9 . 8 8 9 1-1 1.000 1-3 . 3 3 3 1 12 13 0.9 10 0 6 6 0 0 18 1.3 12 Patella, Bailey 5-0 16 3.2 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.4 04 Urso, David 3-0 7 2.3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 28 38 66 7 Total...... 23 4600 594-1218 . 4 8 8 186-457 . 4 0 7 351-485 . 7 2 4 192 563 755 32.8 348 2 311 244 62 86 1725 75.0 Opponents...... 23 4601 559-1247 . 4 4 8 170-486 . 3 5 0 230-319 . 7 2 1 161 496 657 28.6 452 10 285 268 71 118 1518 66.0
TEAM STATISTICS VERMONT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1725 1518 11/12/17 at Kentucky L 69-73 20174 Points per game 75.0 66.0 11/17/17 vs Bradley W 65-64 334 Scoring margin +9.0 - 11/18/17 vs Coastal Carolina W 80-67 452 FIELD GOALS-ATT 594-1218 559-1247 11/19/17 vs Northern Kentucky W 66-64 477 Field goal pct . 4 8 8 . 4 4 8 11/22/17 MAINE-FORT KENT W 90-54 2363 3 POINT FG-ATT 186-457 170-486 11/25/17 at Yale W 79-73 1644 3-point FG pct . 4 0 7 . 3 5 0 11/29/17 at Richmond W 71-65 4615 3-pt FG made per game 8.1 7.4 12/02/17 at Bucknell L 77-81 3044 FREE THROWS-ATT 351-485 230-319 12/05/17 at Marquette L 81-91 12055 Free throw pct . 7 2 4 . 7 2 1 12/09/17 at Northeastern L 67-71 1600 F-Throws made per game 15.3 10.0 12/11/17 SIENA W 81-57 3266 REBOUNDS 755 657 12/16/17 vs St. Bonaventure L 79-81 5828 Rebounds per game 32.8 28.6 12/21/17 QUINNIPIAC W 80-73 2349 Rebounding margin +4.3 - 01/02/18 at Harvard W 62-56 1215 ASSISTS 311 285 * 01/04/18 at UMass Lowell W 88-77 289 Assists per game 13.5 12.4 * 01/06/18 UMBC W 71-56 2734 TURNOVERS 244 268 01/10/18 at Dartmouth W 91-78 1263 Turnovers per game 10.6 11.7 * 01/13/18 STONY BROOK W 73-62 3266 Turnover margin +1.0 - * 01/15/18 MAINE W 83-62 2405 Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 1.1 * 01/18/18 at New Hampshire W 67-56 560 STEALS 86 118 * 01/21/18 at Hartford W 76-53 1784 Steals per game 3.7 5.1 * 01/24/18 ALBANY W 61-50 3266 BLOCKS 62 71 * 01/31/18 at Binghamton W 68-54 4445 Blocks per game 2.7 3.1 ATTENDANCE 19649 59779 * - Conference game Home games-Avg/Game 7-2807 12-4391 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1773
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Vermont 830 895 1725 Opponents 718 800 1518
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