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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 (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. John Becker Ryan Odom 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 Basketball 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 America East Conference 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 AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 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 LAST TIME OUT WITH UMBC LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 GAMES VS. UMBC | ALL-TIME: UVM LEADS 30-4 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. MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES UVM ALL-TIME VS. CURRENT AE NCAA RPI RANKINGS LAST TIME OUT 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.