VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (10-5, 1-0 AMERICA EAST) VS. UMBC (10-6, 1-0 AMERICA EAST) > 16 JAN. 6, 2018 -- 7:00 P.M. -- BURLINGTON, VT. -- PATRICK GYMNSIUM (3,266) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 10-5 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 1-0 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com HOME: 3-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Sam Hyman ROAD: 4-4 VERMONT UMBC Internet Broadcoast: ESPN3 NEUTRAL: 3-1 CATAMOUNTS RETRIEVERS Play by Play: Alastair Ingram O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (10-5, 1-0 AE) (10-6, 1-0 AE) Color Commentator: Bernie Cieplicki O. 29 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 92-64 N. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 102-53 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT N. 12 at Kentucky (ESPN) L, 73-69 W, 88-77 W, 71-67 JUMP BALL at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) vs. New Hamp. (1/3/18) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont hosts UMBC in the America N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS East home opener. N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Anthony Lamb, 16.8 Jairus Lyles, 21.2 UVM has won 21 straight games against N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Ernie Duncan, 12.5 Arkel Lamar, 13.9 its league counterpart, the longest N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Trae Bell-Haynes, 11.4 Joe Sherburne, 10.6 active streak for the Cats against a Divi- D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game sion I opponent. D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 Anthony Lamb, 6.0 Arkel Lamar, 7.0 Payton Henson, 5.4 Jairus Lyles, 5.6 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.1 Max Curran, 4.4 The Catamounts will also try to extend D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game their 16-game home winning streak. D. 16 at St. Bonaventure L, 81-79 Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.9 K.J. Maura, 5.8 D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 80-73 Ernie Duncan, 2.5 Jairus Lyles, 4.0 The Green and Gold own the longest J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) W, 62-56 Stef Smith, 1.6 Jourdan Grant, 3.2 regular season conference winning J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) W, 88-77 streak in the history of America East at J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 22 consecutive victories. J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) 7 p.m. Overall: 155-118 Overall: 60-40 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. UVM: 149-74 UMBC: 31-19 J. 15 MAINE* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 18 at New Hampshire* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS J. 21 at Hartford* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. J. 24 ALBANY* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 31 at Binghamton* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 3 at UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 8 at Albany* (ESPN3) 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 5.3 2.2 1.6 Ranks 3rd on team with 47.2% 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 11.4 4.1 4.9 Avg.’d 10.8 ppg over last 5 gms 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 16.8 6.0 1.2 Out with a foot fracture America East Men’s Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.5 1.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 2.8 1.9 0.1 Scored 13 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 Made UVM debut at Harvard M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 2.9 0.7 1.2 Matched season-high w/8pts at UML 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F ------Second Team IndyStar Super Team M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 12.5 2.8 2.5 Scored 32 pts in AE opener at UMass Lowell 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 6.5 3.3 0.4 Ranks 2nd on team with 48.1% 3PT% 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.9 1.6 0.4 Scored 11 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 8.5 3.5 1.0 3rd car. double-double at UML (19 pts/12 reb) *Indicates Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 11.1 5.4 1.6 Avg.’d 16.0 ppg in last road trip to Harv. & UML 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.3 1.5 0.5 Season-high 3 rebs vs. Harvard # Islands of the Bahamas Showcase + highest seeds hosts on campus sites 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP

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2017-18 AMERICAConf. EASTPct. FINALOverall STANDINGSPct. Strk Vermont 1-0 1.000 10-5 0.667 W3 UMBC 1-0 1.000 10-6 0.625 W2 Hartford 1-0 1.000 8-7 0.533 W3 Stony Brook 1-0 1.000 6-9 0.400 W1 Binghamton 0-0 0.000 9-6 0.600 W1 Albany 0-1 0.000 12-4 0.750 L1 UMass Lowell 0-1 0.000 6-8 0.429 L3 New Hampshire 0-1 0.000 4-11 0.267 L1 Maine 0-1 0.000 3-12 0.200 L4

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Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 2/12/17 Catonsville, Md. W, 77-74 Dre Wills, 22

F. 12, 2017: Vermont earned a 77-74 America 1/13/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 81-72 Trae Bell-Haynes, 20 East win at UMBC on Sunday afternoon after 2/20/16 Catonsville, Md. W, 99-54 Cam Ward, 24 holding off a late comeback by the Retriev- 1/24/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 79-72 Kurt Steidl, 17 ers. UVM tied a program record with its 15th consecutive overall victory and 13th straight 3/4/15 Burlington, Vt. (AE Qrtrs) W, 66-39 Hector Harold, 14 league win. Dre Wills recorded his first double- 2/14/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 74-51 Ethan O’Day, 22 double of the season with 22 points, matching a career-high, and tallied 13 rebounds. Antho- 1/17/15 Catonsville, Md. W, 71-54 Ethan O’Day, 15 ny Lamb dropped 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting 2/15/14 Burlington, Vt. W, 76-52 Clancy Rugg, 19 and made 7-of-8 trips at the charity stripe. 1/18/14 Catonsville, Md. W, 73-47 Candon Rusin, 22 Trae Bell-Haynes was right behind him with 15 points, five rebounds, and five assists. 3/10/13 Albany, N.Y . (AE Semis) W, 85-72 Candon Rusin, 18 2 Vermont closed out 2016-17 with the most wins among New England schools. UVM’s 29 wins were four more than Rhode Island and nine more than Providence. America East ri- val New Hampshire trailed with 20 victories.

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The Catamounts have recorded a 303-176 Vermont leads all America East schools with at No. 74 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. (.632) record against current members of the Albany follows at No. 150, Hartford trails at America East Conference. Last season, UVM No. 241, and Stony Brook landed at No. 243 completed the first ever 16-0 conference sea- son in league history on its way to capturing AE PRESEASON ALL-CONF. TEAM the program’s sixth America East Champion- ship. Trae Bell-Haynes Vermont Joe Cremo Albany Team Games Record Anthony Lamb Vermont Albany 44 27-14 Tanner Leisner New Hampshire Jairus Lyles UMBC Binghamton 36 28-8 David Nichols Albany Hartford 70 47-23 Jahad Thomas UMass Lowell Maine 137 67-70 New. Hamp. 149 101-48 GAMES PLAYED RECORD Stony Brook 37 26-11 UMass Lowell 9 7-2 Cam Ward’s 121 career games are five away UMBC 34 30-4 from cracking the top-12 in program history and sits fifth all-time in consecutive games played. AE PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL UVM IN THE RANKINGS (17-18) J. 4, 2017: UVM redshirt junior Ernie Duncan 1. Vermont 2. Albany scored a game-high 32 points as the Cata- 3. UMBC 4. Stony Brook Stat NCAA Conf. Value mounts opened America East play with an 5. New. Hamp. T6. Bingh./UMass Lowell 88-77 win at UMass Lowell on Thursday night. /TO Ratio 61 1 1.27 8. Hartford 9. Maine Duncan was nearly perfect from the floor on Fewest Turnovers 60 1 173 10-of-11 shooting and hit 5-of-6 attempts CURRENT CATS VS. UMBC Pers. Fouls/Gm 19 1 15.3 from downtown. Drew Urquhart finished with 3PT Pct. 12 1 41.6 a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds, including seven on the offensive glass. Pay- UVM has four players who are shooting over Turnovers/Gm 33 1 11.5 40.0% against the Retrievers during their UVM ton Henson rounded out three UVM players in FG Pct. 42 2 48.4 careers. double figures with 15 points, six boards, and W/L Pct. 97 2 66.7 two blocks. Player Gms PPG/FG%/RPG/APG Assists/Gm 139 3 14.6 T. Bell-Haynes 6 11.3/.450(18-40)/2.3/3.7 FT Made 105 3 230 AMERICA EAST DOMINANCE Er. Duncan 4 7.5/.379 (11-29)/2.0/3.2 FT Pct. 63 3 74.4 Since the start of the 2002-2003 season, Ev. Duncan 2 0.0/.000 (0-2)/2.0/0.0 Vermont has 191 America East wins - the most in P. Henson 2 10.0/.538 (7-13)/6.5/1.0 Margin 97 3 3.7 the conference. A. Lamb 2 8.0/.444 (4-9)/3.0/0.5) Scoring Defense 119 3 69.8 Vermont 191 N. Rohrer 1 0.0/.000 (0-0)/1.0/0.0 Scoring Margin 134 3 5.9 Stony Brook 136 D. Urquhart 7 5.4/.607 (17-28)/2.1/0.7 FT Att. 150 4 309 Albany 133 C. Ward 7 7.5/.516 (16-31)/1.5/3.4 Binghamton 104 Scoring Offense 156 4 75.7 D. Urso 3 0.0/.000 (0-2)/0.6/0.0 New Hampshire 103 Hartford 99 CATS IN NEW ENGLAND SCOUTING UMBC Maine 98 Vermont has compiled 343 wins since the UMBC 80 start of the 2002-03 season - the second most The Retrievers were picked to finish third in the among Division I schools in New England. UMass Lowell 26 America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll. UMBC is one of the best three-point shooting teams in UConn 371 the country as the group has made the third- Vermont 343 MAGIC NUMBERS most long distance shots in the country. Providence 276 • Since the 2011-12 season, Vermont is 82-9 when AE Preseason All-Conference selection Jairus Boston University 273 holding opponents to 60 points or less. UVM was Lyles ranks 27th in the nation with a 21.2 scor- Rhode Island 270 17-0 in 2013-14, 16-4 in 2014-15 and 7-0 in 2015- ing average and the 6-2 guard has recorded UMass 261 16, 15-1 in 2016-17, and 3-0 in 2017-18. 2.38 steals per game - the 19th best average Boston College 260 among Division I players. K.J. Maura has boast- • UVM is 107-7 when scoring 80+ points since ed 5.8 assists per game to lead the conference Northeastern 260 the 2000-01 season. which is also the 34th-best average in the land. Holy Cross 253 Harvard 251 3 MORE NEWS AND NOTES BECKER IN AE HOME OPENERS DON’T GO BREAKING MY URQU-HEART PROTECTING THE HOME COURT

Head coach John Becker owns a com- Drew Urquhart is coming off his third Vermont will be looking to keep its 16-game manding 5-1 record in America East home career double-double after racking up home winning streak intact. The Cats have openers during his UVM tenure. The only 19 points and 12 boards against the River not lost on the hardwood of defeat came at the hands of Albany in the Hawks. Urquhart’s last double-double was since Dec. 10 of last year after falling to 2015-16 league home opener. aganist nationally-ranked Butler last sea- Northeastern, 59-57. son. The senior’s solid outing at UML set new career highs in points, rebounds, and DOWNTOWN CATS IN CAMBRIDGE BECKER IN JANUARY matched his highest total of field goals made (7). UVM converted 56.0% of its attempts from January has been a successful month for long distance on Tuesday night at Harvard. John Becker during his tenure at Vermont. The downtown performance is tied for the The sideline mastermind is a combined ON PACE FOR 3PT RECORD third-best percentage by an America East 46-10 in the first month of the new year. team this season. The single-season record for three-point- Year January Rest of Season ers is 269 set by the 2004-05 squad. The 2011-12 7-1 11-2 current Cats have drained 129 attempts MMM.COM POWER RANKINGS 2012-13 7-2 7-5 and the group is on pace to to break the 2013-14 8-1 9-2 mark during the conference tournament 2014-15 7-3 8-4 The Catamounts were ranked at No. 15 in with 8.6 three-pointers per game. Ver- 2015-16 6-3 10-4 this week’s MidMajorMadness.com Power mont also has a chance to set break the 2016-17 9-0 11-1 Rankings, moving up one spot from last single-season three-point percentage 2017-18 2-0 -- week. UVM is one of two New England pro- record at 40.0%, set by the 2013-14 Cats. grams on the list as Rhode Island sits at No. Currently, UVM has drained 41.6% of its 3 behind St. Mary’s and Gonzaga. BECKER GOING FOR WIN NO. 150 tries from downtown. CONFERENCE DOMINANCE With one more win, John Becker will be- GOING AGAINST THE NORM come only the third Vermont head coach The Catamounts currently own the longest to win at least 150 games in Catamount In recent years, the Catamounts have regular season conference winning streak in Country. The sideline mastermind already struggled from three-point land but have the history of America East at 22 games: stands at No. 3 on the program’s all-time wins list behind Tom Brennan (264) and since turned the corner. The 2017-18 Cats own the second-highest team three-point 1. Vermont (2015-p) 22 gms John ‘Fuzzy’ Evans (260). 2. Siena (1987-89) 20 gms percentage during John Becker’s time in 3. Northeastern (1983-85) 19 gms Catamount Country. 3. Stony Brook (2014-16) 19 gms 21 STRAIGHT 4. Boston University (1995-97) 16 gms Year 3PT-3PTA 3PT% Vermont has won its last 21 meetings with 2011-12 191-561 .340 UMBC - the longest active streak for UVM 2012-13 158-491 .322 TRUE NEW ENGLANDER against a Division I opponent. UMBC’s last 2013-14 195-488 .400 defeat against UVM was a 74-68 decision 2014-15 182-513 .355 Since 2001-02, the Catamounts have recorded in the America East Semifinals on March 2015-16 255-666 .383 14 20-win seasons, which is doubled compared 9, 2008 as the Retrievers would claim their 2016-17 229-621 .369 to any other team in New England: only conference title. 2017-18 129-310 .416 1. Vermont 14 2. Boston Univ./Rhode Island 7 SETTING NEW SEASON HIGHS 3. Harvard/Providence 6 CAT STAT In th win at UMass Lowell, Vermont set a new season high with a 58.8% team percentage (58.8%) and matched season highs with 45 points in the second half and made 30 field goals.

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Ernie Duncan finished one point shy of tying his career high 32 points at UMass Lowell on Thursday night. Duncan reached the 30-point mark for the second time in his career as the redshirt junior’s career high stands at 33 points against Hofstra in the Gulf Coast Showcase Semifinals last season.

4 CATS IN THE NEWS MARQUETTE’S WOJO ON UVM Becker called “special” at the dais tonight.’ Bilas also listed his top ‘vastly under- rated players’ as two UVM players made the list. Trae Bell-Haynes landed After Marquette’s win over the Catamounts, MID-MAJOR MADNESS’ in the fifth spot list while teammate MU head coach Steve Wojciechowski said the WEEKEND WRAPUP Anthony Lamb followed in sixth place. following about UVM: In MidMajorMadness.com’s weekend wrap-up, “We beat a hell of a basketball team ... I hope the site said the following about the Cats at LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH our fans understand how good of a basketball Kentucky: LIST team Vermont is ... I’m not sure they do.” ‘Vermont confirmed what every America East CollegeInsider.com named Trae Bell- BILAS’ TOP 68 TEAMS team feared — that the Catamounts are really, Haynes and Anthony Lamb to the Lou really good, and not just for a mid-major. Ver- Henson Award Preseason Watch List ESPN analyst Jay Bilas ranked his top 68 teams mont played only six guys 10-or-more minutes last Wednesday. The award honors in on Dec. 5 and the Cats and they all contributed in a major way. On the top Division I Mid-Major Player of slipped in at No. 68. top of that, the team showed poise down the the Year. stretch, coming back and almost beating one VERMONT’S ROAD TRIP ‘PERHAPS of the best teams in the nation on the road.’ PAYEN HEADED TO SPAIN DIVISION I’S FINEST’ CALIPARI’S QUOTE ABOUT UVM Former UVM forward and America East Sixth Man of the Year, Darren Before the contest with the Spiders, the Rich- Payen ‘17, has signed with Spain’s mond Times-Dispatch took a look at Vermont’s After his Kentucky Wildcats were almost the Baloncesto Benidorm. Last season, non-conference schedule and called it ‘what victim of an upset, head coach Payen was the second Catamount may be the finest DI outfit outside prime time: complimented UVM on its efforts: to receive the Sixth Man of the Year Vermont, the America East king that’s playing Award behind teammate Cam Ward 12 of its 15 nonconference games away from “You cannot play Popcorn State and learn in 2014-15. He was a key reserve home.’ anything. You’ve got to play good teams. I for UVM by dropping 8.3 points didn’t realize how good (Vermont) was until I and grabbing 2.7 boards per game watched the tape. Then I was like, ‘who sched- ‘SUCCESS MAKES IT HARD FOR against conference foes. Payen was uled this game? This is ridiculous.’ They just do VERMONT, YALE TO FILL SCHED- the fourth-best shot blocker in the an unbelievable job. If you watch them, they ULES’ - NYC BUCKETS league with 17 swats. The 6-8 big create good shots for each other each time man sank 76.7% (56-of-73) of his down, they are either shooting layups or 3s,” attempts from the floor and charted After UVM’s win at Yale, NYCBuckets.com said Calipari continued during his post-game news five double-figure games against ‘Vermont and Yale have had the same problem conference. “Defensively, they fight like crazy, America East teams. the last couple of seasons. They have become they are a terrific rebounding team.” too successful to fill a non-conference sched- ule without a whole lot of work.’ MID-MAJOR MADNESS BLEACHER REPORT NCAA PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS TOURNAMENT PROJECTIONS GIANT KILLER: TEAMS THAT COULD CAUSE TROBLE IN MARCH Before the weekend, MidMajorMadness.com Bleacher Report filled out a pro- completed its preseason mid-major power jected bracket for the 2018 NCAA ESPN Insider John Gasaway listed the Cata- rankings for the 2017-18 season. Vermont was Tournament on Tuesday. Vermont mounts as an underrated team primed to up- ranked No. 4 behind No. 3 Rhode Island, No. 2 was selected as a No. 12 seed and set opponents seeded at least five lines higher Gonzaga, and No. 1 Saint Mary’s. matched up against No. 5 seed Bay- in the NCAA tournament in his latest edition of lor in the Midwest Region. From the Giant Killers. BILAS’ PRESEASON PICKS complete 68-team predictions, the Catamounts cracked the top-50 among BR’s team rankings. FINDING VALUE IN UK LOSS ESPN’s Jay Bilas gave his preseason college basketball predictions for the upcoming sea- COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MidMajorMadness.com profiled Vermont’s son last Thursday. Bilas mentioned the Cata- close loss at Kentucky and stated ‘the common mounts as a ‘valued mid-major selection’ MID-MAJOR TOP-25 fan should now know what this program is and along with Harvard, Bucknell, Yale, Oakland, what it is capable of. They should know these Middle Tennessee State, Charleston, and Flor- CollegeInsider.com released its Mid- Catamounts, especially Trae Bell-Haynes, the ida Gulf Coast. Major Top-25 Poll on Oct. 30 and the guard with amazing finishing abilities whom Catamounts landed at No. 3 in the preseason ranking behind Gonzaga

5 CATS IN THE NEWS (CONTINUED) and St. Mary’s. 47. Small-conference team that could COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS Team Points win a game or two in the NCAA tourna- 1. Gonzaga 772 ment: Vermont. The Catamounts return four starters and most of their key re- College Sports Madness made its 2. St. Mary’s 740 serves from a 29-win team that went preseason mid-major picks for the 3. Vermont 626 undefeated in league play last season 2017-18 season last month. UVM 4. Charleston 625 and was within striking distance of Pur- landed a pair on the All-Mid Major due until the closing minutes of their 5. Oakland 587 Teams: first-round NCAA Tournament game 6. Bucknell 540 John Becker last March. 7. Harvard 463 Coach of the Year 8. BYU 453 Trae Bell-Haynes 9. UT Arlington 391 ESPN’S 351 D1 RANKINGS All-Mid Major First Team 10. Belmont 371 ESPN’s John Gasaway ranked all 351 Di- MID-MAJOR MADNESS NBC SPORTS MID-MAJOR vision I college programs and put the AMERICA EAST PREVIEW PRESEASON POWER RANK- Catamounts at No. 74, based on his “%RPM” rating - percentage of posses- INGS MidMajorMadness.com previewed sion-minutes that a roster returns from the America East Conference in ear- last season. Vermont was picked fourth The Green and Gold earned another ly-October and the Cats were well- among New England programs - No. 29 top-10 preseason ranking by NBC presented once again: Sports on Oct. 30. UVM was voted Providence, No. 46 Rhode Island, and No. 8 in the network’s mid-major pre- No. 64 UConn. Anthony Lamb season power rankings. Preseason Player of the Year, All- Team BASKETBALL TIMES’ TOP America East First Team 1. St. Mary’s PROGRAMS IN LAST DECADE 2. UT-Arlington Trae Bell-Haynes 3. Missouri State Basketball Times has evaluated the All-America East Second Team 4. Oakland nation’s top programs – those that 5. Middle Tennessee have won two-thirds of their games Payton Henson 6. Yale over 10 seasons – every five years All-America East Second Team since 1997 in the November issue of 7. College of Charleston its magazine. UVM was ranked in teh 8. Vermont following categories: In MidMajorMadness.com’s power 9. Bucknell rankings, Vermont was tabbed as the 10. Florida Gulf Coast Overall Ranking: No. 27 preseason favorite and highlighted UVM’s returning stars, its competi- Federal Graduation Rate: No. 16 NBC SPORTS MID-MAJOR tive non-conference schedule, and quality incoming recruits. PRESEASON ALL-AMERI- Program Cleanliness: T-No. 9

CANS Winning Percentage: No. 34 ROTHSTEIN’S 10 COLLEGE UVM star Anthony Lamb was named a NBC Sports Mid-Major Preseason All- COLLEGE COURT REPORT: PRE- COACHES ON THE RISE American Honorable Mention selec- SEASON AMERICA EAST AWARDS tion on Oct. 30. The Rochester, New CBS Sports and FanRag Sports writer York native was one of three America College Court Report previewed the Jon Rothstein named 10 Division I America East Conference. UVM had East players recognized, joining Alba- men’s college basketball coaches four Preseason All-Conference selec- on the rise heading into the 2017-18 ny’s David Nichols (Third Team) and tions. Joe Cremo (Honorable Mention). season. John Becker was one of the Anthony Lamb 10 coaches to make the list. Roth- Player of the Year, All-Conference First stein said about Becker: ’ 68 Team PREDICTIONS “Becker has quietly led the Cata- Trae Bell-Haynes All-Conference First Team mounts to an average of 23.2 victo- Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Eisenburg made 68 ries during his time in Burlington.” fearless predictions for the new col- Payton Henson lege basketball season. The columnist All-Conference Second Team talked about the Catamounts with his No. 47 prediction: Ernie Duncan All-Conference Third Team

6 2017-18 SEASON ONE-LINERS DATE: November 12, 2017 score double figures for the first time since OPPONENT: at Albany OPPONENT: at Kentucky Feb. 2016. RESULT: RESULT: L, 73-69 ONE LINER: 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: February 11, 2018 pair of chances in the last 30 seconds. RESULT: L, 81-79 OPPONENT: vs. UMass Lowell ONE LINER: SBU senior Matt Mobley sank RESULT: DATE: November 17, 2017 a buzzer-beating three-pointer and spoiled ONE LINER: OPPONENT: vs. Bradley Anthony Lamb’s homecoming to Roches- RESULT: W, 65-64 ter, New York. ONE LINER: Trae Bell-Haynes hit the game- DATE: February 15, 2018 winning with 2.6 seconds left in DATE: December 21, 2017 OPPONENT: vs. New Hampshire the Bahamas Showcase opener. OPPONENT: vs. Quinnipiac RESULT: RESULT: W, 80-73 ONE LINER: DATE: November 18, 2017 ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb notched his OPPONENT: vs. Coastal Carolina sixth 20-point outing of the season. DATE: February 18, 2018 RESULT: W, 80-67 OPPONENT: vs. Hartford ONE LINER: Drew Urquhart set a new-ca- DATE: January 2, 2018 RESULT: reer high with 15 points while Ernie Duncan OPPONENT: at Harvard ONE LINER: went off for a season-high 19 points. RESULT: W, 62-56 ONE LINER: Payton Henson recorded a DATE: November 19, 2017 season-high 17 points to a win in the 2018 DATE: February 21, 2018 OPPONENT: vs. Northern Kentucky opener. OPPONENT: vs. Binghamton 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 DATE: February 24, 2018 the Bahamas Showcase. ONE LINER: Ernie Duncan scored 32 points OPPONENT: at Stony Brook , one shy of his career high, in the America RESULT: DATE: November 22, 2017 East opener. ONE LINER: OPPONENT: vs. Maine Fort-Kent RESULT: W, 90-54 DATE: January 6, 2018 DATE: February 27, 2018 ONE LINER: UVM was guided by two play- OPPONENT: vs. UMBC OPPONENT: at Maine ers making their Catamount debuts - RESULT: RESULT: Samuel Dingba (13 pts) & Ben Shungu (11 ONE LINER: ONE LINER: pts). DATE: January 10, 2018 DATE: Novemver 25, 2017 OPPONENT: at Dartmouth OPPONENT: at Yale RESULT: RESULT: W, 79-73 ONE LINER: ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb recorded his DATE: January 13, 2018 second 20-point outing in the last three OPPONENT: vs. Stony Brook games with 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting. RESULT: ONE LINER: DATE: November 29, 2017 OPPONENT: at Richmond DATE: January 15, 2018 RESULT: W, 71-65 OPPONENT: vs. Maine ONE LINER: UVM won its first true road RESULT: game against an A-10 opponent since the ONE LINER: 1975-76 season. DATE: January 18, 2018 DATE: December 2, 2017 OPPONENT: at New Hampshire OPPONENT: at Bucknell RESULT: RESULT: L, 81-77 ONE LINER: ONE LINER: UVM cut a 10-point deficit in the final 2:30 down to two with 17 seconds DATE: January 21, 2018 left. OPPONENT: at Hartford RESULT: DATE: December 5, 2017 ONE LINER: OPPONENT: at Marquette RESULT: L, 91-81 DATE: January 24, 2018 ONE LINER: Stef Smith was a perfect 6-for- OPPONENT: vs. Albany 6 from beyond the arc on his way to a ca- RESULT: reer-high 20 points. ONE LINER:

DATE: December 9, 2017 DATE: January 31, 2018 OPPONENT: at Northeastern OPPONENT: at Binghamton RESULT: L, 71-67 RESULT: ONE LINER: Anthony Lamb set a new ca- ONE LINER: reer-high with 32 points, including a per- fect 15-15 at the charity stripe. DATE: February 3, 2018 OPPONENT: at UMBC DATE: December 11, 2017 RESULT: OPPONENT: vs. Siena ONE LINER: RESULT: W, 81-57 ONE LINER: UVM had at least five players DATE: February 8, 2018

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. Il- Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman linois made the tournament during the 1989-90 season and Andy was named team MVP as 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) 149-74 (155-118) Riverside Brookfield, he collected First Team All- Conference honors as a senior. While at Gould, America East Record 79-18 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 TBA 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 1,223-1,116 (.523) voted Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior. All-Time America East Record 287-253 (.531) 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: 10-5 HOME: 3-0 AWAY: 4-4 NEUTRAL: 3-1 AMERICA EAST RECORD: 1-0 HOME: 0-0 AWAY: 1-0

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 J. 10 at Dartmouth J.13 * STONY BROOK J. 15 * MAINE J. 18 * at New Hampshire J. 21 * at Hartford J. 24 * ALBANY J. 31 * at Binghamton 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 3-0 Plays on the road 9-10 11-3 4-4 High: 90, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Player 17-18 Career Plays at a neutral site 1-1 2-2 3-1 Low: 50, at No. 20 So. Carolina, 12/1/16 Trae Bell-Haynes 0 6 Record vs. Am. East (reg. sea.) 11-5 16-0 1-0 Ernie Duncan 2 6 Record against non-conf. 10-8 13-6 9-5 Everett Duncan 0 0 Points in the First Half After a win 14-9 23-6 7-2 Payton Henson 0 2 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 6-0 Drew Urquhart 0 0 Trails at the half 2-9 2-5 4-5 Points in the Second Half Tied at the half 1-1 2-0 0-0 DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES High: 45, 2x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) Plays an overtime game 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shoots 50% or better 11-2 18-0 5-0 Low: 33, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) Player 17-18 Career Shoots less than 50% 12-12 11-6 5-5 Trae Bell-Haynes 10 59 Opp. shoots less than 50% 20-9 24-2 9-2 Rebounds Samuel Dingba 1 1 Ernie Duncan 10 41 Shoots better than opp. 20-5 24-0 8-0 High: 50, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Everett Duncan 3 3 Shoots worse than opp. 3-9 5-6 2-5 Low: 21, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Payton Henson 8 37 Has more FTM than opp. 13-3 21-2 10-4 Anthony Lamb 11 33 Has equal FTM 2-0 2-1 0-0 Assists Nate Rohrer -- 3 Has less FTM than opp. 8-11 6-3 0-1 Ben Shungu 1 1 Has more FTM than opp. FTA 9-0 15-2 7-1 High: 19, 4x (last vs. Siena, 12/11/17) Stef Smith 3 3 Low: 5, at Bucknell (12/2/17) Drew Urquhart 6 17 Outrebounds opp. 17-5 21-0 8-2 Cam Ward -- 28 Is outrebounded 6-9 7-5 2-2 Steals Has equal rebounds 0-0 1-1 0-1 DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Has more TOs than opp. 12-10 8-3 2-2 High: 8, vs. Siena (12/11/17) Has equal or less TOs than opp. 11-4 21-3 8-3 Low: 0, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Player 17-18 Career Scores more/equal bench pts. 18-7 20-3 7-3 Payton Henson -- 1 Scores less bench pts. 5-7 9-3 2-3 Blocks Anthony Lamb 1 4 Drew Urquhart 1 5 Plays a ranked opp. 0-1 0-2 0-1 High: 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Cam Ward -- 2 Makes 5+ 3-Pt. shots 19-13 23-5 10-5 Low: 0, 2x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) No UVM players foul out 19-4 24-4 10-4 GAMES PLAYED/STARTED 1+ UVM player fouls out 4-10 5-2 0-1 Turnovers Has 20+ assists 3-1 2-0 0-0 Player 17-18 Career Wears white uniforms 8-2 13-0 3-0 High: 18, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) Trae Bell-Haynes 14/14 119/112 Wears green uniforms 0-0 7-3 2-2 Low: 7, 2x (last vs. Quinn., 12/21/17) Samuel Dingba 9/0 54/11 Ernie Duncan 15/15 86/84 Wears gold uniforms 7-5 2-2 2-1 Wears grey uniforms 6-4 5-1 2-1 Field Goals Made Everett Duncan 15/15 42/15 Payton Henson 14/14 109/37 Wears black uniforms 2-3 2-0 1-1 High: 30, 2x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) Anthony Lamb 13/13 48/48 Plays in tournaments 5-3 3-1 3-0 Low: 22, 2x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) Skyler Nash 7/0 7/0 Plays on television 6-9 17-4 6-2 Nate Rohrer 10/0 56/8 Plays in November 3-4 6-2 6-1 Ben Shungu 6/0 6/0 Field Goal Percentage Plays in December 4-3 3-3 2-4 Stef Smith 15/1 15/1 High: 58.8%, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) Drew Urquhart 15/3 115/20 Plays in January 6-3 9-0 2-0 Low: 38.6%, vs. Bradley (11/17/17) David Urso 2/0 27/0 Plays in February 6-2 8-0 0-0 Cam Ward 15/0 121/4 Plays in March 4-2 3-1 0-0 3PT Field Goals Made Plays during the day 6-7 10-1 2-3 DOUBLE-DOUBLES (17/18) High: 12, at Marquette (12/5/17) Plays at night 17-7 19-5 8-2 Plays on Sunday 4-2 2-0 1-1 Low: 5, at Northeastern (12/9/17) Anthony Lamb Plays on Monday 2-2 5-1 1-0 vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17): 26 points, 14 rebs Plays on Tuesday 1-2 1-0 1-1 3PT Field Goal Percentage Drew Urquhart Plays on Wednesday 10-2 8-2 2-0 High: 55.6%, at Harvard (1/2/18) at UMass Lowell (1/4/18): 19 points, 12 rebs Plays on Thursday 1-0 4-2 2-0 Low: 25.0%, vs. Bradley (11/17/17) Plays on Friday 0-1 1-0 1-0 Plays on Saturday 5-5 8-1 2-3 Free Throws Made Margin is 5 pts. or less 3-1 5-2 2-4 High: 21, 2x (last at St. Bona., 12/16/17) Margin is between 6-10 6-3 4-1 4-1 Low: 7, at Kentucky (11/12/17) Margin is between 11-20 11-7 14-1 2-0 Margin is more than 20 3-3 6-2 2-0 Free Throw Percentage Has a 20-pt. scorer 10-3 14-2 5-4 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: 53.8%, (7-13), vs. Kentucky (11/12/17) Scores 60+ points 23-11 28-3 10-5 Scores 70+ points 18-7 21-2 7-3 Scores 80+ points 10-2 12-0 5-2 Scores 90+ points 4-1 2-0 1-0 Scores 100+ points 0-0 0-0 0-0 Allows 61 points or more 16-14 14-5 7-5 Allows 60 points or less 7-0 15-1 3-0

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, vs. Siena (12/11/17) 12, vs. Siena (12/11/17) Reb 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Reb 7, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) 8, 2x (last vs. Western Carolina, 3/16/16) 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, 4x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) 1, 4x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) Steals 1, 2x (last at St. Bona, 12/16/17) 2 vs. Western Carolina, 3/16/16 FGM 7, at Marquette (12/5/17) 7, at Marquette (12/5/17) FGM 4, vs. Siena (12/11/17) 4, 2x ( last vs. Siena, 12/11/17) 3FGM 6, at Marquette (12/5/17) 6, at Marquette (12/5/17) 3FGM 4, vs. Siena (12/11/17) 4, vs. Siena (12/11/17)

#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, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 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 19, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) 28, vs. Niagara, 11/21/15 Points 19, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 19, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) Reb 8, vs. Quinnipiac (12/21/17) 8, vs. Quinnipiac (12/21/17) 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 2, 4x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) 3 at UMass Lowell, 2/8/16 Steals 2, 5x (last at Harvard, 1/2/18) 5, at Harvard, 1/3/16 Steals 1, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 2 at Nevada, 3/23/16 FGM 8, 2x (last vs. NKU, 11/19/17) 10, at Maine, 1/6/16 FGM 7, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 7, 2x (last at UMass Lowell, 1/4/18) 3FGM 1, 2x (last vs. Cstl Car. (11/18/17) 3, vs. New Hampshire, 2/24/16 Blocks 2, 2x (last vs. NKU, 11/19/17) 3 vs. Western Carolina, 3/16/16

#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 19, at Yale (11/25/17) 21 at Providence, 11/14/16 Reb 14, vs. Northern Kent. (11/19/17) 14, 2x (last vs. NKU, 11/19/17) Reb 9, 2x (last at Nrthestrn, 12/9/17) 10, vs. Dartmouth, 12/7/16 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, at Harvard (1/2/18) 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, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 2, 7x (last at UMass Lowell, 1/4/18)

#4 David Urso 2017-18 Career #44 Nate Rohrer 2017-18 Career Points -- 3, 2x (last: vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16) Points 4, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 14 vs. Binghamton, 2/17/16 Reb 1, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3 vs. Southern Vermont, 11/19/14 Reb 3, at Harvard (1/2/18) 5, 3x (last: at Hartford, 1/16/16) Assists -- 3 vs. Fisher, 12/19/15 Assists 1, 4x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) 4, 2x (last vs. E. Mich, 12/17/16 Steals -- 1, vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16 Steals 2, 2x (last vs. Quinn., 12/21/17) 2 vs. Eastern Mich, 12/17/16 FGM -- 1, 2x (last vs. Lyndon State, 11/19/16) FGM 3, 3x (last vs. Quinn., 12/21/17) 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, 2x vs. Siena (12/11/17) 1, 3x (last vs. Siena, 12/11/17) FGM 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 5, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) Blocks 2, vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) 3, vs. Albany (12/1/15)

#12 Bailey Patella 2017-18 Career Points -- -- Reb -- -- Assists -- -- Steals -- -- FGM -- -- Blocks -- --

#14 Cam Ward 2017-18 Career Points 8, 3x (last at UMass Lwll, 1/4/18) 24, 2x (last: vs. Maine, 3/2/16) Reb 2, 3x at Richmond (11/29/17) 13 at Hartford, 1/31/15 Assists 4, at Harvard (1/2/18) 7 vs. UMBC, 3/4/15 Steals 1, at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 3, 2x (last: at Yale, 12/5/15) FGM 3, 2x (last vs. Quinn., 12/21/17) 9 vs. Maine, 3/2/16 3FGM 2, 2x (last vs. Quinn., 12/21/17) 6, 2x (last: vs. Maine, 3/2/16)

#15 Ra Kpedi 2017-18 Career Points -- -- Reb -- -- Assists -- -- Steals -- -- FGM -- --

#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, vs. Coastal Car. (11/18/17) 7, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/24/16) Steals 2, at Harvard(1/2/18) 3, 2x (last: vs. UMBC, 1/24/16) 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 Endowed 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 • Set the program record in 2016-17 for, most overall wins and AE history, longest overall and AE 2014-15 Vermont 20-14 12-4 CBI winning streak, and only AE team to ever sweep the league’s major awards 2015-16 Vermont 23-14 11-5 CBI • First coach in school history to lead UVM to six straight 20-win seasons in first six years. 2016-17 Vermont 29-6 16-0 NCAA • Is the fifth coach in league history to reach the championship game in first two seasons. • Led Vermont to 2012 America East title in his rookie season as head coach. It was UVM’s fifth 2017-18 Vermont 10-5 1-0 --- title overall. TOTALS 7 seasons 149-74 79-18 • 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 thirdww-highest with 20 wins in first six seasons as Division I win 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 Jim Christian - Kent State (Boston College) TOP-10 ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES AT VERMONT Tim Cluess - Iona Rk Coach (years) Yrs Gms Record (win %) Jamie Dixon - Pittsburgh (TCU) COACHING TRACK 1. Tom Brennan (1986-05) 19 540 264-276 (.489) - Gonzaga 2. John ‘Fuzzy’ Evans (1940-65) 23 456 260-196 (.571) Dave Rose - BYU • Was at UVM for five seasons 3. John Becker (2011-present) 7 223 149-74 (.668) - VCU (Texas) prior to being named head 4. (2005-11) 6 194 126-68 (.649) coach. Spent three years as 5. (1972-81) 9 233 105-128 (.441) From the 52 Division I head coaches hired an assistant coach and two 6. Art Loche (1965-72) 7 165 69-96 (.418) prior to the 2011-12 season, Becker has the seasons as the director of 7. (1921-25) 4 71 56-15 (.789) seventh-highest winning percentage. 8. John Sabo (1934-40) 6 84 50-34 (.595) basketball operations under (current school in parenthesis) 9. (1981-86) 5 139 45-94 (.324) Mike Lonergan. 10. W.J. McAvoy (1925-28) 3 56 33-23 (.589) • Came to Vermont after Steve Prohm - Murray State (Iowa St.) .741 two-year stint as top Michael White - La. Tech. (Florida) .700 assistant at his alma mater, MILESTONES Jim Larranaga - Miami .683 Mark Turgeon - Maryland .680 Catholic Univ. Helped the • Picked up 127th career win (in 195 games) at Vermont at Albany on Archie Miller - Dayton (Indiana) .677 team post a 41-17 mark, Jan. 25, 2016 to move into 3rd place on UVM’s all-time wins list Bryce Drew - Valparaiso (Vanderbilt) .671 including a 21-7 record and • Picked up 100th career win (in 158 games) at Vermont versus JOHN BECKER - VERMONT .668 NCAA Division III Tournament New Hampshire on Jan. 27, 2016. Frank Haith - Missouri (Tulsa) .663 appearance (2005-06). • Earned his 50th career win (in 82 games) at Vermont versus • Served as the head men’s Lyndon State on Dec. 30, 2013. basketball coach at • Won his 65th career game (in 98 games) and captured the Gallaudet Univ. from 1997- 2014 America East Regular Season title on 2/27/14. It was the sixth regular season title in program history and 99. Gallaudet is the country’s the first for Becker. only four-year liberal arts • Is the only mid-major coach in the country hired in 2011-12 to post six straight 20-win seasons. college for the deaf and hard • Is one of seven active coaches with 20 wins in his first six seasons as a Division I head coach at a single school. of hearing. Was an assistant • He owns a career record of 78-18 in America East games coach at Gallaudet from 2012 - America East Championship & NCAA appearance (2nd NCAA win in program history) 1994-97 and the head men’s 2013 - America East Championship Game & CBI appearance tennis coach at the school 2014 - America East Regular Season Championship & NIT appearance from 1995-97. 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 UVM Played a Ranked Opponent By UVM 36 at Binghamton (3/2/14) By UVM 10, Trae Bell-Haynes at Yale (11/25/17) No. 1 N/A By Opp. 34 by Siena (11/17/14) By Opp. 10, Andrew Rowsey of Marquette (12/2/17) Top 5 11/12/17 at No. 4 Kentucky Top 10 11/24/13 at No. 6 Duke Made 40+ Free Throws 5+ Blocks by a Player Top 25 12/21/16 at No. 13 Butler By UVM 40 vs. UNH (2/14/10) By UVM 5, Darren Payen vs. UNH (2/9/17) By Opp. 40 by Binghamton (3/2/14) By Opp. 5, Jameel Warney, Stony Brook (3/8/15) UVM Defeated a Ranked Opponent No. 1 N/A Made 5 or Fewer Free Throws 10+ Blocks by a Player Top 5 N/A By UVM 4 vs. Maine (3/1/17) By UVM 13, Kevin Roberson vs. UNH (1/9/92) Top 10 N/A By Opp. 4 by Harvard (1/2/18) By Opp. 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 100 Points by a Team By UVM .905 (19-of-21) vs. Niagara (11/21/15) By UVM 5, Trae Bell-Haynes at Harvard (1/3/16) By UVM 101 vs. Quinnipiac (12/23/06) By Opp. .917 (11-of-12) by Coastal Carolina (11/18/17) By Opp. 5, Ray Sanders, Albany (1/9/16) By Opp. 100 by UMass Lowell (2/8/16) Shot 100% From the Foul Line Double-Double by a Player (Pts/Reb) 40+ Point Win By UVM 16-of-16 at Loyola (11/18/07) By UVM 19/12 - Drew Urquhart at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) By UVM 90-54 vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) By Opp. 1.000 (4-for-4) by Binghamton (2/6/17) By Opp. 23/13 - Zac Cuthbertson, Coastal Car. (11/18/17) By Opp. 106-64 by Providence (11/24/09) Had 50+ Rebounds Double-Double by a Player (Pts/Ast) 30-39 Point Win By UVM 50 vs. Maine-Ft. Kent (11/22/17) By UVM 16/11 - Mike Trimboli at UMBC (1/11/07) By UVM 74-41 vs. UNH (3/6/17) By Opp. 52 by Providence (11/24/09) By Opp. 13/10 - Andrew Rowsey, Marquette (12/2/17) By Opp. 94-56 by Rhode Island (12/30/04) Had 60+ Rebounds Double-Double by a Player (Reb/Ast) Overtime Game By UVM 61 vs. Binghamton (1/25/06) By UVM 11/10 - Brian Voelkel vs. Siena (11/12/13) UVM Win 92-82 at Binghamton (3/2/14) By Opp. N/A By Opp. N/A UVM Loss 66-64 by Boston U. (2/27/11) Had 20-29 Assists Triple Double by a Player (Pts/Reb/Ast) Double Overtime Game By UVM 20 vs. Maine (3/1/17) By UVM 10/14/10 - Brian Voelkel vs. UNH (3/8/14)* UVM Win 77-73 vs. Hartford (3/4/12) By Opp. 25 by Marquette (12/5/17) By Opp. N/A UVM Loss 64-52 vs. Harvard (12/6/14) * 1st triple-double in America East Tournament History Had 30+ Assists Triple Overtime Game By UVM N/A (quarterfinals) UVM Win 98-95 at Hartford (2/2/96) By Opp. N/A UVM Loss N/A Had 10+ Blocked Shots Won Game in Final Seconds By UVM 10 vs. Stony Brook (3/8/15) By UVM Trae Bell-Haynes at 2.7 seconds By Opp. 11 by Harvard (1/3/16) UVM defeated Northern Kent., 66-64 (11/19/17) By Opp. Matt Mobley 3PT as time expired Had 15+ Steals St. Bonaventure defeated UVM, 81-79 (12/16/17) By UVM N/A By Opp. 16 by Quinnipiac (12/21/08) 5 Players in Double Figures By UVM vs. Siena (12/11/17 - W, 81-57) Individual By Opp. by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) Scored 30-39 Points 6+ Players in Double Figures By UVM 32, Ernie Duncan at UMass Lowell(1/4/18) By Opp. 30, Jahad Thomas of UMass Lowell (1/4/19) By UVM vs. Siena (12/11/17 - W, 81-57) By Opp. by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) Scored 40-49 Points

Made 40-49 Field Goals By UVM 43, Taylor Coppenrath vs. Maine (3/13/04) By UVM 42 vs. Middlebury (2/4/03) By Opp. 43, Jameel Warney, Stony Brook (3/12/16) By Opp. N/A Scored 50+ Points Made 50+ Field Goals By UVM 54, Eddie Benton vs. Drexel (1/29/94) By UVM N/A By Opp. N/A By Opp. N/A Two Players Score 20+ Points Made Fewer Than 20 Field Goals By UVM Anthony Lamb (26) and Trae Bell-Haynes (23) By UVM 16 vs Albany, (3/11/17) vs. UNH (2/9/17) By Opp. 16 by Maine (3/1/17) By Opp. Daniel Dion (21) and Tanner Leissner (20) UNH (1/16/17) Had 70-79 Field Goal Attempts 10+ Field Goals Made by a Player By UVM 70 vs. Maine (3/1/09) By UVM 10, Ernie Duncan at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) By Opp. By Opp. 11, Jahad Thomas of UMass Lowell (1/4/18)

Shot Over 60% From the Field Player Shot 1.000 with 5+ Field Goal Attempts By UVM .623 (33-of-53) at UMass Lowell (2/15/17) By UVM 10-10, Anthony Lamb vs. Maine (3/1/17) By Opp. 60.4% (29-of-48) by St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) 5-5, Darren Payen vs. Maine (3/1/17) By Opp. 6-6, Amadi Ikpeze of St. Bonvanture (12/16/17) Shot Over 70% From the Field By UVM N/A 5+ 3pt Field Goals Made by a Player By Opp. N/A By UVM 5, Ernie Duncan at UMass Lowell (1/4/8) By Opp. 7, Daniel Dion, UNH (2/9/17) Shot Less Than 30% From the Field By UVM .273 (15-of-55) at Boston U. (1/8/13) 10+ Free Throws Made by a Player By Opp. .280 (14-of-50) by UNH (3/6/17) By UVM 13, Anthony Lamb at St. Bonaventure (12/16/17) By Opp. 11, DJ Fenner, Nevada (3/23/16) Made 10+ Three-Point Field Goals By UVM 10 at UMass Lowell (1/4/18) 15+ Rebounds by a Player By Opp. 10 by Northeastern (12/9/17) By UVM 15, Brian Voelkel vs. UNH (1/20/14) By Opp. 21, James Thompson IV, Eastern Mich. (12/17/16) Made 15+ Three-Point Field Goals By UVM 16 vs. UMass Lowell (2/11/15) 20+ Rebounds by a Player By Opp. 18 by Purdue (11/15/16) By UVM 20, Marqus Blakely vs. Maine (1/28/09) By Opp. 21, James Thompson IV, Eastern Mich. (12/17/16) Made 0 Three-Point Field Goals By UVM 0-4 at Dartmouth (1/4/14) Two Players with 10+ Rebounds By Opp. 0-17 by Maine (3/3/12) By UVM Brian Voelkel (16) & Clancy Rugg (10) at UMBC (2/9/13) Shot Over 60% From the 3-Point Line By Opp. Jameel Warney (10) & Ahmad Walker (10) By UVM .762 (16-of-21) vs. UMass Lowell (2/11/15) Stony Brook (1/30/16) 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 UMass Lowell LAST01/04/18 GAME’S BOX 7 p.m.SCORE at Lowell, Mass. (Costello Athletic Center)

VERMONT 88 • 10-5, 1-0 AE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae * 1-7 0-2 2-4 0 6 6 3 4 5 3 0 1 31 20 Duncan, Ernie * 10-11 5-6 7-7 0 3 3 0 32 1 2 0 0 33 21 Duncan, Everett * 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 23 25 Urquhart, Drew * 7-10 1-3 4-7 7 5 12 1 19 1 1 1 1 36 35 Henson, Payton * 5-11 1-2 4-4 0 6 6 2 15 2 4 2 0 30 00 Smith, Stef 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 16 05 Dingba, Samuel 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 14 Ward, Cam 3-4 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 1 17 44 Rohrer, Nate 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 Team 1 1 2 Totals 30-51 10-20 18-24 9 24 33 13 88 12 13 3 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 17-25 68.0% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 30-51 58.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 10-20 50.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 14-16 87.5% Game: 18-24 75.0% 4

UMass Lowell 77 • 6-8, 0-1 AE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 PERRY, Rinardo * 6-13 1-4 2-3 1 4 5 3 15 3 0 0 1 32 05 JONES, Ryan * 4-6 2-3 2-3 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 1 1 38 10 THOMAS, Jahad * 11-19 1-4 7-8 0 4 4 2 30 4 2 1 4 40 12 GANTZ, Josh * 4-9 0-3 0-0 4 0 4 4 8 3 2 1 1 35 22 HARRIS, Matt * 4-7 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 4 10 0 3 0 0 38 03 BOROVAC, Stefan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 11 NOEL, Obadiah 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 13 35 BENNETT, Connor 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Team 1 2 3 Totals 30-57 5-19 12-16 6 14 20 18 77 11 8 3 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 30-57 52.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 5-19 26.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 12-16 75.0% 1

Officials: John Gaffney, Michael Kitts, Sean Hull Technical fouls: VERMONT-None. UMass Lowell-None. Attendance: 289

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast VERMONT 43 45 88 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench VERMON 32 13 10 0 12 UMass Lowell 35 42 77 UML 42 15 15 11 2

Last FG - VERMONT 2nd-00:46, UML 2nd-00:26. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - VERMONT by 13 2nd-00:31, UML None. Lead changed - 0 times. VERMONT led for 39:36. UML led for 00:00. Game was tied for 00:24.

16 2017-18 VERMONT BASKETBALL Vermont Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 05, 2018) 2017-18 COMBINED STATS All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 10-5 3-0 4-4 3-1 CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-5 3-0 3-4 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 20 Duncan, Ernie 15-15 429 28.6 58-119 .4 8 7 36-82 .4 3 9 35-40 .8 7 5 4 38 42 2.8 22 0 37 22 2 4 187 12.5 02 Bell-Haynes, Trae 14-14 437 31.2 59-127 .4 6 5 3-18 .1 6 7 39-61 .6 3 9 12 45 57 4.1 34 0 68 43 0 16 160 11.4 35 Henson, Payton 14-14 406 29.0 52-124 .4 1 9 14-36 .3 8 9 37-54 .6 8 5 25 50 75 5.4 23 0 22 24 3 4 155 11.1 25 Urquhart, Drew 15-3 306 20.4 47-77 .6 1 0 7-13 .5 3 8 27-36 .7 5 0 17 35 52 3.5 37 1 15 6 10 2 128 8.5 21 Duncan, Everett 15-15 405 27.0 30-59 .5 0 8 25-52 .4 8 1 12-14 .8 5 7 9 40 49 3.3 25 0 6 6 1 4 97 6.5 00 Smith, Stef 15-1 192 12.8 28-58 .4 8 3 17-36 .4 7 2 7-12 .5 8 3 2 31 33 2.2 15 0 24 16 0 6 80 5.3 14 Ward, Cam 15-0 171 11.4 15-36 .4 1 7 8-24 .3 3 3 5-11 .4 5 5 1 10 11 0.7 12 0 18 13 0 1 43 2.9 05 Dingba, Samuel 9-0 70 7.8 9-14 .6 4 3 0-0 .0 0 0 7-9 .7 7 8 7 10 17 1.9 12 0 1 3 4 2 25 2.8 24 Shungu, Ben 7-0 59 8.4 6-7 .8 5 7 1-1 1.000 0-1 .0 0 0 1 10 11 1.6 8 0 3 4 0 0 13 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 44 Rohrer, Nate 10-0 96 9.6 5-12 .4 1 7 0-0 .0 0 0 3-3 1.000 6 9 15 1.5 6 0 5 4 2 3 13 1.3 04 Urso, David 2-0 6 3.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Patella, Bailey 1-0 7 7.0 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 24 39 3 Total...... 15 3000 388-801 .4 8 4 129-310 .4 1 6 230-309 .7 4 4 122 363 485 32.3 230 1 219 173 35 50 1135 75.7 Opponents...... 15 3001 384-826 .4 6 5 115-311 .3 7 0 164-226 .7 2 6 98 331 429 28.6 296 7 209 173 44 88 1047 69.8

TEAM STATISTICS VERMONT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1135 1047 11/12/17 at Kentucky L 69-73 20174 Points per game 75.7 69.8 11/17/17 vs Bradley W 65-64 334 Scoring margin +5.9 - 11/18/17 vs Coastal Carolina W 80-67 452 FIELD GOALS-ATT 388-801 384-826 11/19/17 vs Northern Kentucky W 66-64 477 Field goal pct .4 8 4 .4 6 5 11/22/17 MAINE-FORT KENT W 90-54 2363 3 POINT FG-ATT 129-310 115-311 11/25/17 at Yale W 79-73 1644 3-point FG pct .4 1 6 .3 7 0 11/29/17 at Richmond W 71-65 4615 3-pt FG made per game 8.6 7.7 12/02/17 at Bucknell L 77-81 3044 FREE THROWS-ATT 230-309 164-226 12/05/17 at Marquette L 81-91 12055 Free throw pct .7 4 4 .7 2 6 12/09/17 at Northeastern L 67-71 1600 F-Throws made per game 15.3 10.9 12/11/17 SIENA W 81-57 3266 REBOUNDS 485 429 12/16/17 vs St. Bonaventure L 79-81 5828 Rebounds per game 32.3 28.6 12/21/17 QUINNIPIAC W 80-73 2349 Rebounding margin +3.7 - 01/02/18 at Harvard W 62-56 1215 ASSISTS 219 209 * 01/04/18 at UMass Lowell W 88-77 289 Assists per game 14.6 13.9 TURNOVERS 173 173 * - Conference game Turnovers per game 11.5 11.5 Turnover margin +0.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 1.2 STEALS 50 88 Steals per game 3.3 5.9 BLOCKS 35 44 Blocks per game 2.3 2.9 ATTENDANCE 7978 51727 Home games-Avg/Game 3-2659 8-5580 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1773

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Vermont 537 598 1135 Opponents 504 543 1047

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