VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (8-5, 0-0 AMERICA EAST) AT HARVARD (5-8, 0-0 IVY LEAGUE) > 14 JAN. 2, 2018 -- 7:00 P.M. -- CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- LAVIETES PAVILION (1,636) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 8-5 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 0-0 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com Play by Play: Sam Hyman HOME: 3-0 2017-18 ROAD: 2-4 Television Broadcoast: NESNPlus VERMONT HARVARD Internet Broadcoast: Ivy League Digital Net. NEUTRAL: 3-1 CATAMOUNTS CRIMSON Play by Play: Scott Sudikoff O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (8-5, 0-0 AE) (5-8, 0-0 IVY) Color Commentator: Ben Altsher O. 29 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 92-64 Sideline Reporter: Eric Gallanty N. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 102-53 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT N. 12 at Kentucky (ESPN) L, 73-69 W, 80-73 L, 65-55 JUMP BALL vs. Quinnipiac (12/21/17) at Minnesota (12/30/17) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont reigns in the new year at Ivy N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS League rival Harvard. N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Anthony Lamb, 16.8 Bryce Aiken, 17.6 Harvard is the second of three Ivy N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Trae Bell-Haynes, 12.1 Seth Towns, 12.4 League schools on the docket for the N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Ernie Duncan, 11.2 Chris Lewis, 11.8 Catamounts. D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game Anthony Lamb, 6.0 Seth Towns, 5.3 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 The two programs will meet exactly 365 Payton Henson, 5.6 Chris Lewis, 5.0 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Trae Bell-Haynes, 3.8 Justin Bassey, 4.8 days after their last matchup. D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 16 at St. Bonaventure L, 81-79 Trae Bell-Haynes, 5.1 Bryce Aiken, 3.3 UVM is 14-4 in calendar year openers D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 80-73 Ernie Duncan, 2.6 Justin Bassey, 2.0 since the turn of the century. J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) 7 p.m. S. Smith/P. Henson, 1.6 Rio Haskett, 1.6 J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. The Green and Gold flip the calendar J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH into January, one of John Becker’s most J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) 7 p.m. John Becker Tommy Amaker successful months as the sideline mas- Overall: 153-118 Overall: 374-252 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. termind owns a a 44-10 record. UVM: 147-74 Harvard: 198-1123 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 5.8 2.1 1.6 Leads the team in 3PT% (50.0%) F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G 1.7 0.6 0.3 Avg. 20 ppg & 7 rpg last yr at Gould Acad. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 12.1 3.8 5.1 Matched career-high w/8 rebs vs. QPac 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 16.8 6.0 1.2 27 pts vs. St. Bona. in Rochester homecoming America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.5 1.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 3.0 2.0 0.1 Scored 13 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK 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 2.6 0.8 1.1 Matched season-high w/8pts vs. QPac 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 11.2 2.6 2.6 Leads the team with 27 3PT 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 6.5 3.6 0.4 7 pts, 3 rebs vs. Coastal Car. 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.9 1.6 0.4 Scored 11 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 7.5 2.9 0.9 Set new career-high w/15 pts vs. Coastal Car. *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 10.3 5.6 1.6 Ranks second on the team in reb & min/gm. 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.4 1.5 0.4 Coming off season-high 17 min vs. QPac # Islands of the 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 11-3 0.786 L1 UMBC 0-0 0.000 8-5 0.615 W2 Vermont 0-0 0.000 8-5 0.615 W1 Binghamton 0-0 0.000 8-6 0.571 L2 UMass Lowell 0-0 0.000 6-6 0.500 L1 Hartford 0-0 0.000 6-7 0.462 W1 Stony Brook 0-0 0.000 5-8 0.385 W1 Maine 0-0 0.000 3-10 0.231 L2 New Hampshire 0-0 0.000 3-10 0.231 L2 LAST TIME OUT WITH HARVARD LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 GAMES VS. HARVARD | ALL-TIME: UVM TRAILS 13-18 Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 1/2/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 82-71 Darren Payen, 21 J. 2, 2017: The Catamounts started the 2017 1/3/16 Cambridge, Vt. W, 65-62 Ethan O’Day, 16 calendar year off with an 82-71 win over Har- 12/6/14 Burlington, Vt. L, 64-52 (2OT) Hector Harold, 12 vard in the non-conference finale. Redshirt 12/21/13 Cambridge, Mass. L, 74-68 Sandro Carissimo, 30 senior Darren Payen scored a career-high 21 points to lead three Catamounts in double 11/27/12 Cambridge, Mass. W, 85-78 Sandro Carissimo, 25 figures. The 6-8 forward also came down with 12/1/11 Burlington, Vt. L, 55-48 Four McGlynn, 15 a game-high six rebounds and swatted away two shots. Kurt Steidl followed with 17 points 12/16/07 Cambridge, Mass. W, 73-68 Mike Trimboli, 23 on 5-of-7 shooting, including nine points 12/17/06 Burlington, Vt. L, 84-76 (OT) Joe Trapani, 20 from beyond the arc. Anthony Lamb added 14 11/19/05 Cambridge, Mass. L, 65-57 Ryan Schneider, 19 points and four rebounds and Dre Wills had a solid outing for the Cats with nine points. 12/14/03 Burlington, Vt. W, 48-42 Taylor Coppenrath, 19 2 Vermont closed out 2016-17 with the most wins among New England schools. UVM’s 29 wins were four more than Rhode Island and nine more than Providence. America East ri- val New Hampshire trailed with 20 victories. MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES UVM ALL-TIME VS. IVY LEAGUE NCAA RPI RANKINGS LAST TIME OUT The Catamounts have been very competitve Vermont leads all America East schools with against the Ivy League with an 82-97 all- at No. 81 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. time record. Last year, UVM swept the series Albany follows at No. 113 and Stony Brook against the Ivy League with wins over Dart- trails at No. 181. mouth, Harvard, and Yale. This season, the Cats beat Yale in New Haven in the first leg of BLAST FROM THE PAST a five-game road trip. In the 2005 meeting between the Team Rec. Last Win Catamounts and Crimson, Ryan Schneider, Brown 0-2 N/A current UVM assistant coach, led the Green Columbia 3-0 Nov. 27. 1998 and Gold with 19 points and seven Cornell 6-5 Dec. 5, 2003 rebounds. Schneider knocked down six of Dartmouth 44-58 Dec. 7, 2016 the team’s nine shots from long distance. Harvard 13-18 Jan. 2, 2017 He also dished out an assist, swatted away Princeton 0-1 N/A a shot, and recorded two steals. Yale 16-13 Nov. 25, 2017 UVM IN THE RANKINGS (17-18) CURRENT CATS VS.