GM VERMONT (21-5, 11-1 AMERICA EAST) AT UMBC (17-10, 9-3 AMERICA EAST) > 27 FEB. 21, 2019 -- 7:00 P.M. -- BALTIMORE, MD. -- UMBC EVENT CENTER (5,000) 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 21-5 Local Radio: 101.3 The Game Play by Play: Jake Marsh CONFERENCE: 0-0 Internet Radio: 1013TheGame.com HOME: 11-2 2018-19 Play by Play: Jake Marsh ROAD: 10-3 Television Broadcast: ESPNU VERMONT NEUTRAL: 0-0 UMBC Play by Play: Robert Ford CATAMOUNTS RETRIEVERS Color Commentator: Mike O’Donnell Sat O.27 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 80-43 (21-5, 11-1 AE) (17-10, 9-3 AE) Sun N.4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 90-61 Internet Broadcast: WatchESPN app Fri N. 9 at Boston University W, 78-72 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Mon N. 12 at No. 2 Kansas+ L, 84-68 W, 77-75 W, 70-66 JUMP BALL Wed N. 14 NVU-LYNDON+ W, 122-56 at Hartford (2/16/19) vs. UMass Lwll (2/16/19) Fri N. 16 at Louisville+ L, 86-78 Vermont will try to avenge its only Wed N. 21 YALE W, 79-70 STATS LEADERS STATS LEADERS conference loss this season with a trip Points per Game Points per Game Sun N. 25 BUCKNELL L, 69-61 to UMBC on Thursday. Anthony Lamb, 21.5 Joe Sherburne, 14.5 Wed N. 28 at George Wash. W, 69-53 Ernie Duncan, 14.7 K.J. Jackson, 12.1 Fri N. 30 at Towson W, 70-64 UVM takes its America East record- Stef Smith, 11.9 Arkel Lamar, 9.7 setting 24-game regular season Mon D. 3 at George Mason W, 72-67 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game conference road winning streak to Sat D. 8 HARVARD W, 71-65 Anthony Lamb, 7.8 Daniel Akin, 8.0 Sun D. 16 NORTHEASTERN W, 75-70 Robin Duncan, 4.1 Joe Sherburne, 5.3 Baltimore. Tue D. 18 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-76 Stef Smith, 3.9 Max Curran, 5.1 Fri D. 21 at Lipscomb L, 91-66 Assists per Game Assists per Game The Catamounts are off to their third Wed J. 2 DARTMOUTH W, 73-59 Robin Duncan, 2.8 K.J. Jackson, 3.3 straight 21-5 start and fifth in school Sat J. 5 at UAlbany* W, 80-51 Anthony Lamb, 2.0 Joe Sherburne, 2.9 history. Ernie Duncan, 2.0 R.J. Eytle-Rock, 1.7 Wed J. 9 at Maine* W, 73-49 Sat J. 12 HARTFORD* W, 81-62 Thursday features the top two scoring HEAD COACH HEAD COACH defenses in league play. Wed J. 16 at New Hampshire* W, 73-59 John Becker Ryan Odom Sat J. 19 BINGHAMTON* W, 78-50 Overall: 193-126 Overall: 71-45 Wed J. 23 UMBC* L, 74-61 UVM: 187-82 UMBC: 63-34 Sat J. 26 at Stony Brook* W, 73-52 PROBABLE STARTERS Sat F. 2 at UMass Lowell* W, 74-65 Wed F. 6 MAINE* W, 86-63 Sat F. 9 UALBANY* W, 67-49 Wed F. 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 73-44 Sat F. 16 at Hartford* W, 77-75 Thu F. 21 at UMBC* 7 p.m. Sat F. 23 at Binghamton* 2 p.m. Sat M. 2 STONY BROOK* 7 p.m. Tue M. 5 UMASS LOWELL* 7 p.m. CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (2018-19) Sat M. 9 AE QUARTERFINALS No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Tue M. 12 AE SEMIFINALS 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, So.) G 11.9 3.9 1.6 9.8 ppg/15-17 FT in last 7 games 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, R-Fr.) G 2.5 2.0 0.5 Scored 1st career pts at No. 4 Kentucky last yr Sat M. 16 AE CHAMPIONSHIP 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, Jr.) F 21.5 7.8 2.0 Scored 20+ in 5 straight games & 7 of last 8 4 Robin Duncan (6-5, 190, Fr.) G 5.4 4.1 2.8 5.3 ppg/4.8 rpg/3.0 apg in AE play Home Games in BOLDFACE 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Sr.) F 3.0 3.3 0.2 50.0 FG% (6-12) in last 6 games 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, So.) F 1.8 1.5 0.4 Has a 50.0 FG% this season + Indicates NIT Season Tip-Off 14 Isaiah Moll (6-6, 220, Fr.) F 6.2 3.4 1.1 Has a 43.1 FG% in AE play this season *Indicates America East Conference Game 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, So.) F 2.4 1.4 0.2 7 pts/4 rebs vs. New Hamp. last Wednesday 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Sr.) G 14.7 1.8 2.0 16.1 ppg/49.3 3PT % in AE play ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-Jr.) G 6.8 3.4 0.7 8.1 ppg/3.4 rpg/42.9 3PT% in AE play 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-So.) G 3.5 2.6 1.2 5.5 ppg/3.0 rpg/71.4 FG% in last 2 games Dustin Parker 25 Kevin Garrison (6-0, 180, Fr.) G 1.7 0.0 0.0 Vermont Boys Athlete of the Year as HS Sr. Asst. Director of Media Relations & Sports Info 35 Ryan Davis (6-8, 250, Fr.) F 3.4 1.9 0.3 5.0 ppg/1.7 rpg in last 3 games Email: [email protected] 44 Jake Lorenzo (7-0, 220, Fr.) C 1.0 0.3 0.0 1st 7fter @ UVM since Rob Nunnery (1992-95) Phone: 802-656-7699 (W), 802-356-2950 (C) 1 2018-19 RECORD IN UNIS INSIDE THE MATCHUP 9-2 4-1 3-2 5-0 0-0 AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2018-19 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Strk Vermont 11-1 0.917 21-5 0.808 W6 UALBANY 31-14 Stony Brook 9-2 0.818 21-5 0.808 W4 BINGHAMTON 31-8 UMBC 9-3 0.750 17-10 0.630 W3 HARTFORD 50-24 Hartford 6-5 0.545 13-13 0.500 L1 MAINE 72-70 UMass Lowell 6-6 0.500 14-13 0.519 L1 Albany 4-7 0.364 9-17 0.346 W1 NEW HAMPSHIRE 105-48 Binghamton 3-8 0.273 7-19 0.269 L1 STONY BROOK 30-11 Maine 3-9 0.250 5-22 0.185 L4 UMASS LOWELL 9-2 New Hamp. 1-11 0.083 3-22 0.120 L10 UMBC 32-6 ALL-TIME: 360-183 LAST MEETING WITH UMBC • Since the America East Conference started in 1979-80, Vermont has more regular season conference victories (338) than any team in league history. • UVM has won 47 of its last 49 regular season conference games dating back to the end of the 2015-16 season. LAST 10 MEETINGS WITH UMBC (UVM: 8-2 IN THE LAST 10) Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 1/23/19 Burlington, Vt. L, 74-61 Ernie Duncan, 20 3/10/18 Burlington, Vt. (AE Champ.) L, 65-62 Trae Bell-Haynes, 18 J. 23, 2019 | In a rematch of last year’s America East 2/24/18 Catonsville, Md. W, 81-53 Drew Urquhart, 18 Championship Game, the UVM men’s basketball team suffered its first conference loss of the season 1/8/18 Burlington, Vt. W, 71-56 Payton Henson, 16 with a 74-61 setback against defending champion 2/12/17 Catonsville, Md. W, 77-74 Dre Wills, 22 UMBC. Ernie Duncan logged his second straight 20-point effort with a game-high 20 points. The 1/13/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 81-72 Trae Bell-Haynes, 20 redshirt senior made four triples on the night. 2/20/16 Catonsville, Md. W, 99-54 Cam Ward, 24 Younger brother Everett Duncan recorded a double- double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. He shot 5-of- 1/24/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 79-72 Kurt Steidl, 17 11 from the floor and made three attempts from behind the arc. Stef Smith added 11 points with one 3/4/15 Burlington, Vt. (AE Qrtrs) W, 66-39 Hector Harold, 14 rebound and one assist. 2/14/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 74-51 Ethan O’Day, 22 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES CURRENT CATS VS. UMBC WINS AMONG NEW ENG. TEAMS LAST TIME OUT Ryan Davis 1 gm/0.0 ppg/1.0 rpg UVM stands atop all Division I teams in New Samuel Dingba 2 gms/0.0 ppg/1.0 rpg England with 21 victories this season. UVM’s 21 Ernie Duncan 8 gms/10.1 ppg/1.8 apg wins are tied for the fifth-most in the country. Everett Duncan 6 gms/6.3 ppg/40.0 3PT% Robin Duncan 1 gm/3.0 ppg/3.0 apg WINS TEAM Ra Kpedi 2 gms/1.0 ppg/0.5 rpg 21 Vermont Anthony Lamb 3 gms/7.0 ppg/40.0 FG% 17 Yale Isaiah Moll 1 gm/2.0 ppg/9.0 rpg 16 Northeastern Bailey Patella 2 gms/0.0 ppg/0.0 rpg 15 Brown Ben Shungu 3 gms/1.7 ppg/40.0 FG% Stef Smith 3 gms/8.0 ppg/36.4 3PT% 20-WIN SEASONS IN NEW ENG. UVM SPOILS ARENA OPENING Since 2001-02, Vermont has recorded 15 20-win seasons, nearly double compared to any other F.