MBB SID: Lisa Champagne [email protected] www.UVMathletics.com VERMONT CATAMOUNTS O: 802-656-1818 • C: 802-363-6368 Binghamton (2-18, 1-4 AE) at Vermont (9-8, 4-0 AE) TIPOFF Probable Starters Radio: ESPN 101.3 - A.J. Kanell (pxp) Internet Audio: 1013ESPN.com No Name Yr Pos Ht Wt GP/S PPG RPG APG STL FG% 3FG% FT% Webcast: CatamounTV.com 2 Trae Bell-Haynes Fr G 6-2 170 17/12 9.2 2.5 3.2 17 .511 .625 .787 Television: none 5 Hector Harold Sr F 6-7 205 14/14 9.9 4.8 0.9 15 .413 .314 .688 24 Dre Wills So G 6-1 177 17/17 8.1 5.2 2.8 32 .593 .286 .667 SERIES INFO 32 Ethan O’Day Jr F 6-9 201 17/16 11.5 3.8 0.8 18 .586 .000 .667 31st meeting between the two teams 34 Kurt Steidl So F 6-6 181 17/14 8.3 3.6 1.4 10 .404 .378 .862 Vermont owns 23-7 record against Binghamton Last Season: Reserves 1/26/14 - Burlington - W, 72-39 0 Brandon Hatton Fr G 6-3 206 14/0 4.2 2.0 0.3 6 .400 .342 .400 3/2/14 - Vestal - W, 92-82 (ot) Becker vs. Binghamton: 5-1 1 Zach McRoberts Fr F 6-6 201 10/3 1.9 2.9 0.5 8 .280 .250 .300 3 Ryan Pierson Sr F/C 6-10 230 17/1 3.8 1.9 0.5 1 .442 .000 .900 TEAM COMPARISON 4 David Urso Fr G 6-2 195 5/0 0.0 1.0 0.4 0 .000 .000 .000 CATEGORY UVM BING 15 Brendan Kilpatrick R-So G/F 6-5 201 103 5.8 1.2 0.4 3 .442 .364 .640 2014-15 Overall Record 9-8 2-18 14 Cam Ward Fr G 6-2 155 17/1 5.8 1.2 1.5 7 .400 .342 .400 2014-15 Conf. Record 4-0 1-4 20 Erine Duncan - INJ Fr G 6-3 192 4/4 3.5 1.5 2.5 0 .308 .364 1.000 Points Per Game 65.8 57.1 25 Drew Urquhart Fr F 6-8 219 16/0 2.3 1.8 0.2 1 .429 .333 .750 Opp. Pts. Per Game 60.3 68.3 Scoring Margin +5.5 -11.2 Field Goal % 46.9 39.1 Head Coach - John Becker (Catholic ‘90), 4th year Opp. Field Goal % 39.6 45.8 Career Record at Vermont: 76-43 overall, 43-9 America East (3 seasons) 3PT FG % 36.0 29.3 Opp. 3PT FG% 34.3 35.7 SETTING THE SCENE WHAT UVM LOST & RETURNS IN 14-15 Free Throw % 70.3 66.8 Vermont hosts Binghamton ... The Catamounts stand at 9-8 overall Category % Lost % Return Rebounds Per Game 31.3 30.9 Points 73.1 (1707) 26.9 (627) Opp. Rebounds Per Game 31.1 35.8 and 4-0 in America East after a 71-54 victory at UMBC on Saturday ... Rebounds 64.9 (753) 35.1 (35.1) Rebounding Margin +0.2 -4.9 UVM has won four straight ... Binghamton is 2-18 overall and 1-4 in Assists 88.4 (375) 11.6 (49) Assists Per Game 12.6 9.0 league play ... The Bearcats are coming off a 72-66 overtime loss at New Steals 5.2 (179) 24.8 (59) Turnovers Per Game 14.1 14.8 Hampshire on Saturday. Blocks 52.8 (74) 47.2 (66) Steals Per Game 6.9 6.0 LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 71, UMBC 54 FGM 70.1 (551) 29.9 (234) Vermont held UMBC without a field goal over the first 9:13 of the sec- 3FGM 62.5 (122) 37.5 (73) 2014-15 VERMONT SCHEDULE FTM 82.9 (472) 17.1 (97) Overall: 9-8 | America East: 4-0 ond half and put together a 24-6 run to pull away from the Reteivers. Minutes 74.4 (4931) 25.6 (1694) UVM improved to 4-0 in America East and extended its win streak to Starters 5 1 NOVEMBER (3-3) four games. Ethan O’Day led the Catamounts with 15 points, on 7-for-9 Lettewinners 8 5 Sat 15 at Canisius L, 64-60 shooting, and seven rebounds. Brendan Kilpatrick added 13 points in Mon 17 at Siena (TWSC) W, 84-76 AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL Wed 19 SOUTHERN VERMONT (CaTV) W, 86-41 19 minutes off the bench and Trae Bell-Haynes scored 10 points, all in the second half. 1. Stony Brook (6), 60 points Sat 22 at Saint Joseph’s (A10Net) L, 68-60 2. Hartford (2), 55 points Wed 26 BRYANT (CaTV) W, 73-47 3. Albany (1), 51 points Sun 30 at Quinnipiac L, 89-73 SHARP SHOOTING The Catamounts have shot better than 40 percent from the floor in 22 4. VERMONT, 48 points DECEMBER (2-4) 5. Binghamton, 34 points Wed 3 HARTFORD * (CaTV) W, 81-69 of 34 halves this season ... Ethan O’Day (61.1%) leads America East in 6. New Hampshire, 26 points Sat 6 HARVARD (CaTV) L, 64-52 (2OT) field goal percentage ... UVM is shooting 56.4 percent from the floor 7. UMBC, 23 points Sun 14 WAGNER (CaTV) W, 61-47 in America East games and O’Day is shooting 71.4 percent from the 8. Maine, 17 points Thu 18 YALE (CaTV) L, 57-56 field in league games. 9. UMass Lowell, 10 points Sun 21 at St. Louis (FSMW) L, 58-55 Tue 30 at USC (Pac-12 Net) L, 64-56 M.A.S.H. UNIT 2013-14 HONORS JANUARY (4-1) The game vs. Dartmouth on Jan. 14 marked the first time John Becker Fri 2 at UC Santa Barbara L, 64-57 this season head coach John Becker had a full squad of play- America East Coach of the Year Wed 7 at Maine * (AETV) W, 68-54 Finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Sat 10 STONY BROOK * (ESPN3) W, 71-57 ers available to play with the exception of Ernie Duncan who Brian Voelkel (graduated) Wed 14 DARTMOUTH (CaTV) W, 55-52 is redshirting this season. Sat 17 at UMBC * (AETV) W, 71-54 Games Missed America East Defensive Player of the Year Mon 19 BINGHAMTON * (CaTV) 7:00pm Zach McRoberts first 7 games (knee) America East All-Conference First Team Thu 22 at New Hampshire * (AETV) 7:00pm Hector Harold 3 games (foot) returned vs. USC NABC All-District Team Sun 25 at UMass Lowell * (ESPN3) 2:00pm Brendan Kilpatrick 6 games (head/foot) returned vs. Dartmouth Clancy Rugg (graduated) Wed 28 ALBANY * (CaTV) 7:00pm Ernie Duncan will redshirt (back) played 56 min America East All-Conference First Team Sat 31 at Hartford * (AETV) 2:00pm USBWA All-District Team FEBRUARY DO IT ALL DRE Sandro Carissimo (graduated) Thu 3 MAINE * (CaTV) 7:00pm Sat 7 at Stony Brook * (ESPN3) 7:00pm Dre Wills has filled the role that former Catamount Brian America East All-Conference First Team Wed 11 UMASS LOWELL * (CaTV) 7:00pm Voelkel ‘14 played throughout his career ... Wills, the team’s America East All-Academic Team Sat 14 UMBC * (CaTV) 2:00pm top defender, ranks fifth on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg), Ethan O’Day (returns for JR year) Wed 18 at Binghamton * (AETV) 7:00pm ranks second in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and assists (2.8 apg) America East All-Defensive Team Wed 25 NEW HAMPSHIRE * (CaTV) 7:00pm and steals (26) ... In league play, Wills is averaging 12.3 Kurt Steidl (returns for SO year) Sat 28 at Albany * (AETV) 7:00pm ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 rpg, 4.6 spg, and is shooting 70.8 FG% ... America East All-Rookie Team MARCH Vermont is 7-1 when Wills scores 10 or more points in Luke Apfeld (graduated) Wed 4 America East Quarterfinals TBA Sun 8 America East Semifinals TBA his career (6-1 this season, 1-0 last year). America East Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Sat 14 America East Championship 11:00am Dre in League Play America East All-Academic Team NOTE: All rounds of the America East Playoffs will be vs. Hartford 11 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast, 6 stl, 2 blk played at the higer seeds home court. at Maine 14 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk vs. Stony Brook 12 pts, 5 reb, 2 blk, 5 stl CAT NIPS ABOUT BINGHAMTON AMERICA EAST STANDINGS #0 Brandon HATTON: Played on HS varsity team since Binghamton is 2-18 overall and 1-4 in America East action this season AmericaEast.com seventh grade ... All-time leader in points (3,045), ... The Bearcats are 0-10 on the road and coming off a 73-66 overtime School Conf. Overall games played (183), 3-point field goals (367) and wins loss at New Hampshire on Saturday ... Binghamton’s lone America Albany 4-0 9-7 (108) at Dixie Heights HS ... Was the 31st player in East win came against Maine, 64-46, on Jan. 10 ... The Bearcats are Vermont 4-0 9-8 Kentucky HS basketball history to score 3,000+ points the youngest team in the country with just one senior and one junior Stony Brook 3-1 12-7 ... Dixie Heights was 108-58 during his career. Hartford 3-1 10-7 on the squad ... The Bearcats’ starting lineup features four freshmen UMass Lowell 3-2 9-9 and a sophomore ..