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vermont athletic communications | 97 Spear street | burlington, vt. 05405 | Contact: Dustin Parker, [email protected]/office: 802-656-7699/cell: 802-356-2950 GM Vermont (8-5, 0-0 america east) at Siena (4-8, 1-1 maac) > 14 Dec. 29, 2016 -- 7:00 p.m. -- albany, N.Y. -- time union center (15,500) -- TWCSC/ESPN3 2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 8-5 Internet/Television Webcast: Time Warner Cable Sports Channel, ESPN3 CONFERENCE: 0-0 Play-by-Play: Robert Lee, Tom Huerter and Marisa Jacques HOME: 4-1 2016-17 Radio: ESPN 101.3 FM ROAD: 2-3 Play-by-Play: Sam Hyman VERMONT SIENA NEUTRAL: 2-1 CATAMOUNTS SAINTS Internet Audio O. 29 UQAM (EXH) W, 89-66 (8-5, 0-0) (4-8,1-1) 101.3ESPN.com N. 5 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 94-65 JUMP BALL N. 12 at Quinnipiac W, 94-70 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Vermont plays its final road game of L, 81-69 L, 84-64 N. 14 at Providence L, 80-58 2016 with a trip to Siena on Thursday at #13 Butler at Hofstra N. 16 at Marist W, 76-72 (Dec. 29), exactly a year-to-the-date N. 19 LYNDON STATE W, 79-20 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS from last season’s meeting. GULF COAST SHOWCASE (GCS) Points per Game Points per Game Estero, Fla. Payton Henson, 13.0 Nico Clareth, 16.6 The Catamounts are coming off a tough N. 21 WOFFORD W, 60-59 Anthony Lamb, 11.5 Marquis Wright, 15.6 81-69 loss at 13th-ranked Butler before N. 22 HOFSTRA W, 87-73 Ernie Duncan, 10.5 Javion Ogunyemi, 13.4 the holiday as Drew Urquhart N. 23 HOUSTON L, 72-71 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game recorded his second career double- N. 26 YALE W, 67-65 Payton Henson, 6.4 Brett Bisping, 9.3 double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Lamb, 5.87 Javion Ogunyemi, 5.8 D. 1 at #20 South Carolina L, 68-50 Kurt Steidl, 4.5 Lavon Long, 5.2 D. 7 DARTMOUTH W, 73-58 The Saints are looking to rebound from Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 10 NORTHEASTERN L, 59-57 Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.0 Marquis Wright, 4.8 an 84-64 loss on Thursday in the team’s D. 17 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 82-74 Nate Rohrer, 2.0 Lavon Long, 2.1 2016 calendar year road finale. D. 21 at #13 Butler L, 81-69 Ernie Duncan, 1.6 Javion Ogunyemi, 1.7 D. 29 at Siena 7 p.m. Vermont head coach John Becker is 3-0 J. 2 HARVARD 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH at the helm of the Catamounts against J. 5 at Maine* 7 p.m. John Becker Jimmy Patsos Siena and his former Catholic Overall: 124-111 Overall: 201-194 J. 8 HARTFORD* 4 p.m. teammate Jimmy Patsos. UVM: 118-67 Siena: 56-59 J. 11 at Binghamton* 7 p.m. J. 13 UMBC* 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS J. 16 at New Hampshire* 1 p.m. J. 19 UMASS LOWELL* 7 p.m. J. 25 at Albany* 7 p.m. J. 28 at Stony Brook* 7 p.m. F. 1 MAINE* 7 p.m. F. 4 at Hartford* 7 p.m. F. 6 BINGHAMTON* 7 p.m. F. 9 NEW HAMPSHIRE* TBA CATAMOUNT AVERAGES F. 12 at UMBC* 1 p.m. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable F. 15 at UMass Lowell* 7 p.m. 0 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, Fr.) G -- -- -- 2x Vermont Mr. Basketball 1 Josh Hearlihy (6-8, 210, R-Jr.) G/F 1.5 0.8 0.7 Transfer from Tulane F. 22 ALBANY* 7 p.m. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Jr.) G 10.2 1.8 4.0 Preseason All-Conference F. 25 STONY BROOK* 2 p.m. 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, Fr.) F 11.5 5.7 0.7 3x America East Rookie of the Week 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Jr.) G 1.0 0.0 0.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) M. 1 America East Qrtrfinal TBA 5 Sam Dingba (6-5, 205, Jr) F -- -- -- Transfer from Quinnipiac M. 6 America East Semifinal TBA 12 Daren Payen (6-8, 222, R-Sr.) F 3.5 1.7 0.0 Double figures 9 times last season 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 4.2 1.0 1.5 Fourth in the team with 39.1% 3PT% M.11 America East Chmpship TBA 15 Kian Dalyrimple (6-5, 177, Fr.) G -- -- -- First-Team All-Long Island as senior 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-So.) G 10.5 2.8 1.6 Career-high 33 pts & 7 3PT vs. Hofstra Home Games in BOLDFACE 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, So.) G -- -- -- 7pts, 8 reb in CBI first round vs. WCU *Indicates America East Conference Game 24 Dre Wills (6-1, 175, Sr.) G 4.8 2.7 1.4 Am. East All-Defensive Team last season + highest seeds hosts on campus sites 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Jr.) F 6.3 4.4 0.7 Career-high 14 pts vs. Estrn Mich. (12/17/16) 34 Kurt Steidl (6-6, 190, Sr.) F 7.5 4.5 1.2 All-Conference Third Team last yr 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Jr.) F 13.0 6.4 1.5 1st career double-double vs. Dartmouth 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Jr.) F 0.5 1.0 2.0 Career-high 14 pts vs. Bingh. (2/17/16) 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2016-17 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Str. UMBC 0-0 .000 9-3 .750 W2 New Hampshire 0-0 .000 8-4 .667 W1 Vermont 0-0 .000 8-5 .615 L1 Binghamton 0-0 .000 8-6 .571 L1 UAlbany 0-0 .000 7-6 .538 L1 Hartford 0-0 .000 5-8 .385 W3 Stony Brook 0-0 .000 4-7 .364 W1 Maine 0-0 .000 4-9 .308 L3 UMass Lowell 0-0 .000 4-9 .308 L1 LAST TIME OUT VS. SIENA UVM vs. Siena - Last 10 Games | All-Time: UVM trails 11-18 Date Location Result UVM’s Leading Scorer 12/29/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 73-64 Trae Bell-Haynes, 19 11/17/14 Albany, N.Y. W, 84-76 Ethan O’Day, 20 D. 29, 2015: The Vermont men’s basketball team 11/12/13 Burlington, Vt. W, 77-66 Clancy Rugg, 19 closed out the 2015 calendar year in style staying unbeaten at home and taking down MAAC rival 11/9/12 Albany, N.Y. W, 55-53 Luke Apfeld, 16 Siena at Patrick Gym, 73-64. 11/26/11 Burlington, Vt. W, 64-62 Matt Glass/Ben Crenca, 13 For the second straight season, Trae Bell-Haynes 11/13/10 Albany, N.Y. W, 80-76 Evan Fjeld/Joey Accaoui, 19 torched Siena in the second half as he scored 17 of 1/2/06 Burlington, Vt. L, 76-65 Martin Klimes, 13 his game-high 19 points after halftime. Bell-Haynes also dished out five assists on the afternoon. Kurt 12/28/04 Albany, N.Y. W, 77-52 Taylor Coppenrath, 34 Steidl scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half as well to go along with five boards. Ernie Duncan (10 1/19/89 Loudonville, N.Y. L, 76-117 Joe Calavita, 19 points) and Drew Urquhart (11 points) also reached double figures for the Catamounts. 1/14/89 Burlington, Vt. L, 58-69 Joe Calavita, 25 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES vermont vs. maac successful cats vs. siena last time out Against current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Vermont is The Catamounts have posted a total of six 44-74 all-time. double-digit outings against the Saints in the last two seasons. Last season, Vermont went 4-0 against the MAAC and started this season 2-0 with Player Gms Points wins at Quinnipiac and Marist. Bell-Haynes 12/29/15 19 11/17/14 16 Opponent Gms Record Steidl 12/29/15 15 Canisius 19 2-17 11/17/14 12 Fairfield 10 2-8 Urquhart 12/29/15 11 Iona 8 3-5 Er. Duncan 12/29/15 10 Manhattan 3 2-1 Marist 16 11-5 former conference rivals Monmouth 4 2-2 Vermont and Siena were conference rivals 19 4-15 Niagara in the mid-to-late 1980’s when the America Quinnipiac 11 8-3 East was formerly known as the ECAC North Siena 28 10-18 from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from 1988 to 1996. Siena was a D. 21, 2016: The 13th-ranked Butler Bulldogs currrent cats vs. siena member of the conferemce from 1984-89. held off a late second-half surge by the uvm in the rankings (16-17) Catamounts to avoid an upset as Vermont fell Player Gms PPG/RPG/FG% 81-69 last Wednesday at historic Hinkle Bell-Haynes 2 17.5/1.0/10-15 (.667) Stat NCAA Conf. Value Fieldhouse. 146 3 1.06 Er. Duncan 2 7.5/2.0/5-13 (.384) Ast./Turn. Ratio Junior forward Drew Urquhart recorded his Steidl 3 12.3/4.0/9-17 (.529) Fewest Fouls 99 3 214 second career double-double as four Cats posted double figures. Urquhart matched a Urquhart 2 6.0/4.0/6-13 (.461) FG% 108 3 46.0 career-high with 14 points and grabbed 10 re- Ward 2 2.5/2.0/1-5 (.200) FG% Defense 200 3 43.4 bounds off the glass to post his first Wills 2 4.0/1.5/3-4 (.750) FT% 54 2 74.2 double-double of the season.