GM #1 VERMONT (25-6, 14-2 AMERICA EAST) VS. #7 BINGHAMTON (10-22, 5-11 AMERICA EAST) > 32 MARCH 12, 2019 -- 7:00 P.M. -- BURLINGTON, VT. -- PATRICK GYM (3,266) 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 25-6 Local Radio: 101.3 The Game Play by Play: Jake Marsh CONFERENCE: 14-2 Internet Radio: 1013TheGame.com HOME: 14-2 2018-19 Play by Play: Jake Marsh ROAD: 11-4 Color Commentator: Ethan O’Day #1 VERMONT #7 BINGHAMTON NEUTRAL: 0-0 CATAMOUNTS BEARCATS Internet Broadcast: ESPN+ Sat O.27 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 80-43 (25-6, 14-2 AE) (10-22, 5-11 AE) Play by Play: Rob Ryan Sun N.4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 90-61 Color Commentator: Bernie Cieplicki 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, 73-57 W, 78-72 JUMP BALL Wed N. 14 NVU-LYNDON+ W, 122-56 vs. #8 Maine (3/9/19) at #2 Stony Brook (3/9/19) Vermont continues its postseason run Fri N. 16 at Louisville+ L, 86-78 by hosting No. 7 Binghamton in the Wed N. 21 YALE W, 79-70 STATS LEADERS STATS LEADERS Points per Game America East Semifinals. Sun N. 25 BUCKNELL L, 69-61 Points per Game Anthony Lamb, 21.2 Sam Sessoms, 18.4 Wed N. 28 at George Wash. W, 69-53 Ernie Duncan, 14.2 Caleb Stewart, 11.6 The Catamounts and the Bearcats will Fri N. 30 at Towson W, 70-64 Stef Smith, 11.6 J.C. Show, 11.5 meet in the playoffs for the fifth time Mon D. 3 at George Mason W, 72-67 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game third time in the semifinals. Sat D. 8 HARVARD W, 71-65 Anthony Lamb, 7.9 Caleb Stewart, 7.1 Sun D. 16 NORTHEASTERN W, 75-70 Stef Smith, 4.0 Chancellor Barnard, 6.5 UVM is 16-5 all-time in the America East Tue D. 18 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-76 Robin Duncan, 3.8 J.C. Show, 3.5 Tournament as the top seed. Fri D. 21 at Lipscomb L, 91-66 Assists per Game Assists per Game Wed J. 2 DARTMOUTH W, 73-59 Robin Duncan, 2.6 Sam Sessoms, 3.5 The Cats are in the semifinals for the Sat J. 5 at UAlbany* W, 80-51 Anthony Lamb, 2.1 Timmy Rose, 2.1 10th straight season, the longest active Wed J. 9 at Maine* W, 73-49 Ernie Duncan, 2.0 J.C. Show, 1.2 streak in conference history. Sat J. 12 HARTFORD* W, 81-62 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH The Green and Gold are 6-1 against Wed J. 16 at New Hampshire* W, 73-59 the No. 7 seed in the conference Sat J. 19 BINGHAMTON* W, 78-50 John Becker Tommy Dempsey Overall: 264-277 tournament. Wed J. 23 UMBC* L, 74-61 Overall: 197-127 Binghamton: 57-160 Sat J. 26 at Stony Brook* W, 73-52 UVM: 191-83 Sat F. 2 at UMass Lowell* W, 74-65 PROBABLE STARTERS 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* L, 65-56 Sat F. 23 at Binghamton* W, 69-63 Sat M. 2 STONY BROOK* W, 56-50 Tue M. 5 UMASS LOWELL* W, 74-57 Sat M. 9 MAINE+ W, 73-57 CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (2018-19) Tue M. 12 BINGHAMTON+ 7 p.m. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Sat M. 16 AE CHAMPIONSHIP+ TBA 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, So.) G 11.6 4.0 1.5 Scored double figures in 4 out of last 6 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 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, Jr.) F 21.2 7.9 2.1 America East Player of the Year Home Games in BOLDFACE 4 Robin Duncan (6-5, 190, Fr.) G 4.7 3.8 2.6 America East All-Rookie Team + Indicates NIT Season Tip-Off 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Sr.) F 2.9 3.3 0.1 America East All-Defensive Team *Indicates America East Conference Game 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, So.) F 1.8 1.4 0.4 Has a 50.0 FG% this season 14 Isaiah Moll (6-6, 220, Fr.) F 5.6 3.1 1.0 Averaged 6.5 ppg vs. Binghamton this season + America East Tournament 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, So.) F 2.4 1.5 0.2 Has a 59.0 FG% this season 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Sr.) G 14.2 1.7 2.0 Third Catamount to ever make 300 3-pters ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-Jr.) G 6.5 3.6 0.8 Averaged 9.5 ppg vs. Binghamton this season 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-So.) G 3.9 2.8 1.1 7 pts/team-high 8 rebs vs. Stony Brook (Mar. 2) 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 3.7 2.0 0.3 Averaging 5.7 ppg in March 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 12-2 4-1 3-3 6-0 0-0 FINAL AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2018-19 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Strk Vermont 14-2 0.875 25-6 0.806 W4 31-14 Stony Brook 12-4 0.750 24-8 0.750 L1 32-8 UMBC 11-5 0.688 20-12 0.625 W2 50-24 Hartford 10-6 0.625 18-14 0.563 W1 72-70 UMass Lowell 7-9 0.438 15-17 0.469 L2 Albany 7-9 0.438 12-20 0.375 L1 105-48 Binghamton 5-11 0.313 10-22 0.313 W1 31-11 UNH 3-13 0.188 5-24 0.172 W1 9-2 Maine 3-13 0.188 5-27 0.156 L9 32-7 362-184 LAST MEETING WITH BINGHAMTON LAST 10 MEETINGS WITH BINGHAMTON (UVM: 9-1 IN THE LAST 10) Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 2/23/19 Binghamton, N.Y. W, 69-63 Anthony Lamb, 28 1/19/19 Burlington, Vt. W, 78-50 Ernie Duncan, 20 2/21/18 Burlington, Vt. W, 75-54 Er. Duncan, Urquhart; 18 F. 23, 2019 | A pair of 20-point outings from Anthony Lamb and Ernie Duncan propelled the Catamounts 1/31/18 Binghamton, N.Y. W, 68-54 Trae Bell-Haynes, 21 to a 69-63 win over the Bearcats on the road. Lamb 2/6/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 71-51 Ernie Duncan, 18 recorded his sixth double-double of the season with a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds. He hit 10- 1/11/17 Binghamton, N.Y. W, 67-50 Payton Henson, 12 of-21 attempts from the floor with two assists, one 2/17/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 78-64 Cam Ward, 16 block, and one steal. Duncan reached the 20-point mark for the seventh time this year with 22 points. 1/21/16 Binghamton, N.Y. W, 61-52 Kurt Steidl, 16 He shot 7-of-11 in the matinee including 5-of-7 from 2/18/15 Binghamton, N.Y. L, 57-55 Dre Wills, 14 long range. 1/19/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 64-44 Ethan O’Day, 12 2 2019 AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2019 AMERICA EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Semifinals Title Game Semifinals Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 Tuesday, March 12 Saturday, March 16 Tuesday, March 12 Saturday, March 9 at higher seeds at higher seeds at highest remaining seed at higher seeds at higher seeds #1 Vermont #2 Stony Brook (24-6, 14-2 AE) (24-7, 12-4 AE) #8 Maine #7 Binghamton (5-26, 3-13 AE) (9-22, 5-11 AE) 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. #1 Vermont #3 UMBC (25-6, 14-2 AE) (20-12, 11-5 AE) #7 Binghamton #4 Hartford (10-22, 5-11 AE) (18-14, 10-6 AE) 7 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. #4 Hartford #3 UMBC (17-14, 10-6 AE) (19-12, 11-5 AE) #5 UMass Lowell #6 UAlbany (15-16, 7-9 AE) (12-19, 7-9 AE) 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2019 Champion: Bracket will re-seed following the quarterfinal round Major Awards AMERICA EAST COACHES OF THE YEAR (UVM) The Catamounts had two major award winners – John Becker (Coach of the Year) and Anthony Lamb (Player of the Year, All- 2018-19 JOHN BECKER Conference First Team, All-Defensive Team). Ernie Duncan joins 2017-18 John Becker Lamb as a member of the All-Conference First Team and younger 2016-17 John Becker brother Robin Duncan made the All-Rookie Team. Samuel Dingba 2013-14 John Becker was named to the All-Defensive Team with Lamb.