ALBANY GREAT DANES (20-4 • 9-2 A-EAST) @ VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (7-16 • 4-6 A-EAST) GAME 24 > FEBRUARY 8, 2018 -- 7 P.M. -- BURLINGTON, VERMONT -- PATRICK GYMASIUM (3,228) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO Overall Record 7-16 Video Stream: ESPN 3 PxP: Alastair Ingram Conference 4-6 Bernie Cieplicki Home 5-8 2017-18 Radio: WVMT 620-AM Road 2-8 PxP: Logan Ratick Nov. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH.) W 75-58 VERMONT ALBANY JUMP BALL Nov. 10 at Dartmouth L 66-56 CATAMOUNTS GREAT DANES (7-16) (20-4) • UVM was ranked seventh in the America East Nov. 12 at Miami (FL) L 73-49 preseason women’s basketball poll, one spot higher Nov. 15 NORWICH W 75-31 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT than last season. Nov. 17 HOWARD W 88-65 W 58-53 at UNH W 74-68 vs. Albany • Team contains 4 freshmen, a transfer and 2 new assistant coaches. It is his first recruiting class. 14 Monday, February 5 Saturday, February 3 Nov. 19 COLUMBIA L 73-66 players on the roster. Three captains (Lavelle, Smith Nov. 24 AMERICAN % L 64-62 and White). PPG (This year) PPG (This Year) Nov. 25 JAMES MADISON % L 68-56 • 39th season in program history. Hanna Crymble, 18.5 Carlie Pogue, 15.1 • Second meeting between UVM and Albany this season. Dec. 1 at Rider L 64-49 Sydney Smith, 11.2 Kat Fogarty, 12.3 • Vermont won back-to-back games to begin Dec. 3 BOSTON UNIV. L 57-41 Kristina White, 6.5 Olivia Healy, 12.2 conference play for the first time since 2009-10. • Smith is one of 21 players in program history with Dec. 9 at Holy Cross L 64-53 REB/GM (This year) REB/GM (This Year) 1,000+ points and the only player besides Crymble Dec. 17 NORTHEASTERN L 71-66 averaging 10+ PPG on the season. Hanna Crymble, 5.7 Olivia Healy, 6.4 Dec. 21 CENTRAL CT W 62-48 Cassidy Derda, 4.9 Carlie Pogue, 6.1 INSIDE Dec. 30 at. Florida International L 80-70 Sydney Smith, 4.5 Kat Fogarty, 6.0 Jan. 3 UMASS Lowell* W 63-55 Setting the Scene 1 AST/GM (This year) AST/GM (This Year) Jan. 6 at UMBC* W 72-58 Game Notes 2 Katie Lavelle, 4.2 Brittni Lai, 4.2 2017-18 Roster 3 Jan. 13 at Stony Brook* L 80-57 Sydney Smith, 1.5 Olivia Healy, 2.3 Jan. 15 at Maine* L 64-55 Coaching Staff 4 Jan. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE* L 52-49 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Quick Facts/New Look Cats 5 Jan. 21 HARTFORD* W 53-47 Chris Day (2nd season) Maureen McGarity Results and Leaders 6 Overall (D-I): 16-36 (8th season) Jan. 24 at Albany* L 67-55 Combined Statistics 7 Vermont: 16-36 Marist ‘03 TV/Radio Roster 8 Jan. 31 BINGHAMTON* L 62-48 West Chester ‘97 Marist G’05 Feb. 3 UMBC* L 52-51 PROBABLE STARTERS Feb. 5 at New Hampshire* W 58-53 Feb. 8 ALBANY* 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at UMass Lowell* 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at Binghamton* 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Hartford* 2 p.m. Feb. 22 MAINE* 7 p.m. Feb. 25 STONY BROOK* 2 p.m. #3 Smith #10 Crymble #12 Lavelle #13 White #15 Derda America East Women’s Basketball CATAMOUNT AVERAGES Championship No. Name (Ht., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables/Highs Mar. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBD 1 Dani Lozzi (5-10, Fr.) G 0.3 0.8 0.3 Has played in 16 games so far. Averages 5 MIN 2 Josie Larkins (5-9, Fr.) G 3.7 1.3 0.7 First career start: Nov. 25 vs. JMU. 4 starts in 23 G Mar. 4 America East Semifinals + TBD 3 Sydney Smith (5-11, Sr.) G 11.2 4.5 1.5 21st player in program history to reach 1,000 points Mar. 9 America East Championship $ TBD 4 Hayley Robertson (5-8, Jr.) G 4.6 2.1 0.9 Led team with 17 pts vs. Norwich, 11 pts vs. Bing. 5 Kianna Funderburk (5-9, Fr.) G 1.8 0.8 0.6 Has played in 17 of the 23 games this season. Home Games in BOLD CAPS 10 Hanna Crymble (6-3, So.) F 18.5 5.7 1.2 2nd in America East in PPG, 2nd in FG%, 1st in FT% 11 Candice Wright (6-3, Jr.) F 4.2 4.2 0.4 All-time leading shot blocker in program history (135) % TD Bank Classic (Patrick Gymnasium) 12 Katie Lavelle (5-9, Sr.) G 2.3 4.0 4.2 8 AST/no TO at Holy Cross Dec. 9. 3rd in AST in AE (97). * Indicates America East Conference Game 13 Kristina White (5-8, R-Sr.) G 6.5 4.1 1.4 One of three captains on the team (Lavelle/Smith) + Portland, Maine (Cross Insurance Arena) 14 Lauren Handy (6-2, Jr.) F 1.4 1.3 0.3 Has made one start in 22 games this season $ Campus Sites 15 Cassidy Derda (6-2, R-Jr.) F 6.4 4.9 1. 2 17 pts, 12 rebounds vs. American 11/24. Made 5 3PT in 3 G so far... 21 Courtney Wright (6-0, Jr.) F 0.4 1.2 0.3 Has played in 20 games, averaging 5 MPG All times EST and subject to change due to TV 24 Carmen Handy (6-3, Fr.) F 0.4 0.6 0.0 Has appeared in 5 games this season (last at Albany) 32 Rachel Merrill (6-3, Sr.) F 0.2 0.0 0.0 Has appeared in 6 games this season (last vs. Bing.) 14 non-conference games; 15 conf. games 1 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES ALBANY vs. VERMONT ALL THE ‘WRIGHT’ REASONS LAST TIME OUT All-Time Series: Albany leads 21-16 • Junior Candice Wright continues • February 5 at New Hampshire: Ver- • UVM has lost 19 straight games to to leave a mark on the record book. mont snapped a three-game losing streak Albany since Jan. 2011. Vermont won 16 The native of Cambridge, Ontario has with a vital 58-53 win at New Hampshire. of the first 18 meetings between 2002-11. registered 135 blocks in her career, the The Catamounts and Wildcats split the regu- • Catamounts lost all three meetings last most among any Catamount for a lar season series at 1-1. UVM led for over 34 season. They also lost at Albany on Jan. career. Wright became the sole leader in minutes of gametime. Hanna Crymble led 24 by a final score of 67-55. that category with five blocks at Rider the way for UVM with her 20th double-figure on Dec. 1. She has recorded two more scoring effort of the season. Crymble re- five-block games: vs. CCSU on Dec. 21 corded game-highs in points (19), rebounds SCOUTING ALBANY and at Stony Brook on Jan. 13. (8) and blocks (2). Meanwhile, Sydney Smith • 20-4 overall, 11-2 in non-conference added 13 points and 4 rebounds for the play, 10-1 at home, 8-3 on the road, and • As a freshman two years ago, Wright Catamounts. UNH featured two double- 2-0 in neutral site games thus far. Record logged 50 blocks, setting a single-season figure scorers and shot 37% from downtown, of 9-2 to begin America East play. program record in that category. but the Wildcats were unable to get by the Catamounts. As a team, Vermont shot 38% • Of the top-4 UVM shot blockers of from the floor, 29% (5-17) from beyond the • Albany is tied with Maine for the best all-time (not named Candice Wright), three-point arc and 92% (11-12) from the record in the America East and is aiming none had more than 46 through their free throw line. The game was the only one for a seventh consecutive trip to the sophomore campaign. It took Wright just of the roadtrip. NCAA Tournament. one season to reach 50 blocks. • Candice Wright is averaging just under MORE DEPTH IN 2017-18 • The Great Danes score the most points • With Sydney Smith back on the court, the 2 blocks per game through the first 23 per game (70.1) in the conference. Catamounts have instantly upgraded. The The Catamounts rank eighth in that games of the regular season. senior can score consistently. When healthy, category (58.9). Smith’s numbers speak for themselves as I’D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY she led the team with 12.1 points per game • Hanna Crymble won the America East in 2016-17 before her season came to an • Top two free throw shooting teams in abrupt ending due to a knee injury. the conference: Vermont (75.7%) and Player of the Week award for the week ending on Nov. 19, 2017. On Friday, Nov. • Senior Katie Lavelle will see solid minutes Albany (73.2%). at point guard with newcomer Kianna 17 vs. Howard, the sophomore scored a Funderburk backing her up. Coach Day career-high 37 points and tied a career- • Albany’s Jessica Fequiere is the third feels good about what that duo can bring high with 13 rebounds for her lone to the table. leading scorer in the conference (18 double-double this season. She won the • There will be competition at the shooting PPG). UVM’s Hanna Crymble ranks America East Co-Player of the Week guard position between R-Senior Kristina second with 18.5 PPG.