VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (3-1, 0-0 AMERICA EAST) VS. MAINE-FORT KENT (5-5, 0-0 USCAA) > 05 NOV. 21, 2017 -- 7:00 P.M. -- BURLINGTON, VT. -- PATRICK GYMNASIUM (3,228) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 3-1 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 0-0 Internet Broadcoast: ESPN3 HOME: 0-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Alastair Ingram Color Commentator: Bernie Cieplicki ROAD: 0-1 VERMONT MAINE-FORT KENT NEUTRAL: 3-0 CATAMOUNTS BENGALS O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (3-1, 0-0 AE) (5-5, 0-0 USCAA) 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, 66-64 L, 86-69 JUMP BALL vs. Nrthrn Kntky (11/19/17) vs. Villa Maria (11/20/17) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont returns to Patrick Gym for the N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS first time during the 2017-18 regular N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game season. N. 22 MAINE-FORT KENT (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Trae Bell-Haynes, 16.0 Anthony Knight, 18.2 N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) 2 p.m. Anthony Lamb, 13.0 Thomas Enerva, 10.9 The Catamounts are looking for their N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) 7 p.m. Ernie Duncan, 10.5 Travis Harlin, 10.1 fourth straight win in a regular season D. 2 at Bucknell 7 p.m. Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game opener and ninth in the last 11 years. D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) 7 p.m. Anthony Lamb, 7.0 Thomas Enerva, 8.2 Payton Henson, 5.8 Larry Wickett, 5.8 D. 9 at Northeastern 4 p.m. Drew Urquhart, 4.3 Anthony Knight, 5.1 The Green and Gold are 40-17 in reuglar D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Assists per Game Assists per Game season openers since 1960. D. 16 at St. Bonaventure 4 p.m. Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.5 Bobby Syvanthong, 4.0 D. 21 Quinnipiac (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Ernie Duncan, 2.5 Anthony Knight, 3.4 UVM is off to its third 3-1 start under J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) 7 p.m. Stef Smith, 1.8 Larry Wickett, 2.0 head coach John Becker. J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Through the first four games of the J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) 7 p.m. John Becker Tom Bird young season, Vermont has five players Overall: 148-114 Overall: 53-35 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. averaging double digures. UVM: 142-70 UMFK: 53-35 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 4.3 1.0 1.8 Matched a game-high 14 pts vs. Bradley F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G 1.5 0.0 0.3 Avg. 20 ppg & 7 rpg last yr at Gould Acad. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 16.0 2.5 4.5 Isl. of the Bahamas Showcase MVP 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 13.0 7.0 0.8 Matched car. high w/26 pts vs. NKU America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.8 0.0 0.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F -- -- -- Transfer from Quinnipiac M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F -- -- -- Won 2015-16 NEPSAC Champ. at VT Acad. M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 0.8 0.3 0.5 Scored season-high 17 pts vs. UML last yr 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 10.5 3.0 2.5 Isl. of the Bahamas Showcase All-Tourn. Tm 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 3.5 4.0 -- 7 pts, 3 rebs vs. Coastal Car. 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G -- -- -- 2x Mr. Basketball Vermont in HS Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 10.5 4.3 1.0 Set new career-high w/15 pts vs. Coastal Car. *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 10.0 5.8 1.0 Avg. 10.3 ppg in Isl. of the Bahamas Showcase 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 0.0 1.5 1.0 Career-high 14 pts vs. Bingh. (2/17/16) # Bahamas Showcase + highest seeds hosts on campus sites 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2017-18 AMERICAConf. EASTPct. FINALOverall STANDINGSPct. Strk Albany 0-0 0.000 3-0 1.000 W3 UMass Lowell 0-0 0.000 3-1 0.750 W3 Vermont 0-0 0.000 3-1 0.750 W3 Hartford 0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 W1 New Hampshire 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L2 Binghamton 0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 L3 UMBC 0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 L1 Maine 0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000 L3 Stony Brook 0-0 0.000 0-4 0.000 L4 LAST REG. SEASON HOME OPENER LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 REG. SEASON HOME OPENERS | SINCE 1960: 40-17 Date Opponent Result UVM High Scorer 11/19/16 vs. Lyndon State W, 79-20 Darren Payen, 16 N. 23, 2016: Vermont set a record for the 11/18/15 vs. Quinnipiac W, 83-70 Bell-Haynes, 21 fewest points allowed in a home opener on 11/19/14 vs. Southern Vermont College W, 86-41 Hector Harold, 12 record since 1960. The Catamounts topped 11/9/13 vs. Saint Joseph’s L, 74-64 Clancy Rugg, 17 in-state foe Lyndon State 79-20. ermont had scoring coming from all angles as 10 of 11/21/12 vs. Yale W, 65-62 Candon Rusin, 18 the 11 Catamounts who stepped onto the 11/26/11 vs. Siena W, 64-62 Matt Glass, 13 floor scored a point. Darren Payen led the way with a game-high 16 points on 7-of-9 11/24/10 vs. Loyola (Md.) W, 51-48 Evan Fjeld, 15 shooting and finished only a rebound shy of 12/13/09 vs. Quinnipiac W, 80-77 Marqus Blakely, 32 a double-double with nine rebounds. Kurt 11/15/08 vs. George Mason L, 80-79 (OT) Marqus Blakely, 24 Steidl and Cam Ward added 10 points and three assists each. 11/24/07 vs. Towson W, 59-57 Mike Trimboli, 22 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES SUCCESS IN HOME OPENERS MOST IMPROVED LAST TIME OUT According to the NCAA, Vermont had one of Since 1960, the Catamounts own a 40-17 the biggest improvements from the 2015-16 record in regular season openers at Patrick season to last year. Vermont posted a 23-14 Gym and will try to reach the win column for record a year ago while the Cats posted a the fourth straight time. Maine-Fort Kent is 29-6 record - a +7.5 improvement rating, the fifth New England opponent to visit Cata- which was tied for the 27th-best improve- mount Country in Vermont’s regular season ment and the fifth-best rating among opener since 2001-02. teams in the NCAA Tournament. HOME OPENER DATE FACT MOST WINS IN NEW ENGLAND Wednesday’s pre-holiday contest is the lat- Vermont closed out 2016-17 with the most est regular season home opener for the Cats wins among New England schools. UVM’s 29 since the 2011-12 season when Siena came to wins were four more than Rhode Island and Burlington on Nov. 26. nine more than Providence. America East ri- val New Hampshire trailed with 20 victories. GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT The Green and Gold are off to their third 3-1 UVM IN THE RANKINGS (16-17) start under John Becker. The Cats started 3-1 N.19, 2017: For the second time in the tour- last season and 2012-13. Since the turn of the Stat NCAA Conf. Value nament, UVM senior guard Trae Bell-Haynes century, only the 2010-11 and 2002-03 UVM Ast/TO Ratio 141 3 1.13 scored the game-winning shot in the final teams started the year with a 3-1 record.