VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (0-0, 0-0 AMERICA EAST) AT NO. 4 KENTUCKY (0-0, 0-0 SEC) > 01 NOV. 12, 2017 -- 3:30 P.M. -- LEXINGTON, KY. -- RUPP ARENA (23,500) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 0-0 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 0-0 Television Broadcast: ESPN HOME: 0-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Doug Sherman Color: Jimmy Dykes ROAD: 0-0 VERMONT #4 KENTUCKY NEUTRAL: 0-0 CATAMOUNTS WILDCATS O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (2016-17: 29-6, 16-0) (2016-17: 32-6, 16-2) 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) 3:30 p.m. W, 102-53 W, 106-63 JUMP BALL vs. St. Michael’s (11/4/17) vs. Centre College (11/3/17) The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Vermont opens the 2017-18 season with Nassau, Bahamas. EXH STATS LEADERS EXH STATS LEADERS its first ever trip to historic Rupp Arena. N. 17 Bradley 11 a.m Points per Game Points per Game N. 18 Coastal Carolina/UTSA TBA Payton Henson, 16.3 Kevin Knox, 19.3 The Catamounts have not lost a regular N. 19 TBD TBA Trae Bell-Haynes, 14.0 Quade Green, 15.7 season game since Dec. 21, 2016 at then N. 22 MAINE-FORT KENT (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Ernie Duncan, 14.0 Hamidou Diallo, 14.7 13th-ranked Butler. N. 25 at Yale (ILDN) 2 p.m. Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game Wenyen Gabriel, 8.3 N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) 7 p.m. Anthony Lamb, 5.3 UVM will try to beat a ranked opponent Payton Henson, 5.3 Sacha Killeye-Jones, 7.3 D. 2 at Bucknell 7 p.m. for the first time since 2006. Drew Urquhart, 4.7 Kevin Knox, 6.3 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) 7 p.m. Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 9 at Northeastern 4 p.m. Cam Ward, 2.7 Quade Green, 5.7 The Green and Gold are looking to reach D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Payton Henson, 2.3 Shai Gilgeous-Alxndr, 3.3 the win column against a current SEC D. 16 at St. Bonaventure 4 p.m. Ben Shungu, 2.3 Hamidou Diallo, 1.7 school for first time in program history. D. 21 Quinnipiac (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Sunday’s matinee is the third top-five J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. John Becker John Calipari matchup for the Cats since 2004. Overall: 652–191 J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Overall: 145-113 UVM: 139-69 UK: 249–53 J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) 7 p.m. J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS J. 15 MAINE* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J. 18 at New Hampshire* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 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. CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (16-17) F. 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable F. 18 HARTFORD* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, Fr.) G -- -- -- Plyd for Team Can. in FIBA Champ. last summer F. 21 BINGHAMTON* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G -- -- -- Avg. 20 ppg & 7 rpg last yr at Gould Acad. 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 11.1 2.6 3.8 2016-17 America East Player of the Year F. 24 at Stony Brook* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 12.6 5.4 0.6 2016-17 America East Rookie of the Year F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.6 0.3 0.0 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F -- -- -- Transfer from Quinnipiac 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F -- -- -- Won 2015-16 NEPSAC Champ. at VT Acad. America East Men’s Basketball Championship 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 4.0 1.2 1.7 Scored season-high 17 pts vs. UML 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F -- -- -- Second Team IndyStar Super Team M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 8.6 2.4 2.1 2016-17 All-Conference Third Team M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G -- -- -- 7pts, 8 reb in 2016 CBI first round vs. WCU 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G -- -- -- 2x Mr. Basketball Vermont in HS M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 4.6 3.3 0.6 Career-high 14 pts vs. Estrn Mich & Butler 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 11.4 5.3 1.2 2016-17 All-Conference Third Team 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.2 1.4 0.8 Career-high 14 pts vs. Bingh. (2/17/16) 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP AMERICA EAST FINAL STANDINGS 2016-17 AMERICA Conf. EASTPct. FINALOverall STANDINGSPct. Vermont 16-0 1.000 29-6 0.829 L1 Stony Brook 12-4 0.750 18-14 0.563 L2 New Hampshire 10-6 0.625 20-12 0.625 L1 Albany 10-6 0.625 21-14 0.600 L2 UMBC 9-7 0.563 21-13 0.618 L1 UMass Lowell 5-11 0.313 12-20 0.375 L4 Hartford 4-12 0.250 9-23 0.281 L2 Binghamton 3-13 0.188 12-20 0.375 L9 Maine 3-13 0.188 7-25 0.219 L1 LAST MEETING VS. RANKED OPP. LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 REGULAR SEASON MATCHUPS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS Date Opponent Result UVM High Scorer 12/21/2016 at No. 13 Butler L, 81-69 Trae Bell-Haynes, 14 D. 21, 2016: The 13th-ranked Butler Bulldogs 12/1/2016 at No. 20 So. Carolina L, 68-50 Anthony Lamb, 12 held off a late second-half surge by the 11/15/2015 at No. 23 Purdue L, 107-79 Ethan O’Day, 15 Catamounts to avoid an upset as Vermont 11/24/2013 at No. 6 Duke L, 91-90 Hector Harold, 24 fell 81-69 at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. Drew Urquhart recorded his second career double- 11/13/2012 at No. 23 UConn L, 67-49 Luke Apfeld, 9 double as four Cats posted double figures. 12/8/2010 vs. No. 18 BYU (Glenns Falls, NY) L, 86-58 Brendan Bald, 14 Urquhart matched a career-high with 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the glass 12/6/2008 at No. 3 Pittsburgh L, 80-51 Marqus Blakely, 19 to post his first double-double of the season. 11/13/2006 at No. 14 Boston College W, 77-63 Mike Trimboli, 17 This was UVM’s last regular season loss to 11/23/2005 vs. No. 22 Nevada L, 77-62 Martin Klimes, 24 date. 12/21/2004 at No. 4 North Carolina L, 93-65 Taylor Coppenrath, 13 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES UVM ALL-TIME VS. CURRENT SEC MOST IMPROVED LAST TIME OUT According to the NCAA, Vermont had one of The Catamounts will be serarching for their the biggest improvements from the 2015-16 first ever victory over a current member of season to last year. Vermont posted a 23-14 the Southeastern Conference (SEC). UVM is record a year ago while the Cats posted a winless in 14 tries against the SEC. 29-6 record - a +7.5 improvement rating, which was tied for the 27th-best improve- Team Record ment and the fifth-best rating among Florida 0-3 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Georgia 0-2 Mississippi St. 0-1 So. Carolina 0-2 MOST WINS IN NEW ENGLAND Tennessee 0-2 Vermont closed out 2016-17 with the most Texas A&M 0-2 wins among New England schools. UVM’s 29 Vanderbilt 0-2 wins were four more than Rhode Island and nine more than Providence. America East ri- LAST WIN OVER RANKED OPPONENT val New Hampshire trailed with 20 victories. UVM IN THE RANKINGS (16-17) 11. 4, 2017: Vermont had six players reach dou- Stat NCAA Conf. Value ble figures in a 102-53 rout of crosstown foe St. Ast/TO Ratio 69 2 1.21 Michael’s last Saturday. Payton Henson tallied Blocks/Gm 65 1 4.3 a team-high 17 points on 5-of-6 shooting. The redshirt senior finished the contest with Fewest Fouls 61 3 556 N. 13, 2006: Sophomore Mike Trimboli led the a game-high seven rebounds and dished out Catamounts with 17 points, eight assists and Fewest Turnovers 77 2 392 four assists. The Cats had four players score six rebounds as UVM stunned 14th-ranked FG% 9 1 49.4 an even dozen – Anthony Lamb, Ra Kpedi Boston College 77-63 at Conte Forum.