MBB SID: Lisa Champagne [email protected] www.UVMathletics.com VERMONT CATAMOUNTS O: 802-656-1818 • C: 802-363-6368 Vermont (10-8, 5-0 AE) at New Hampshire (10-9, 3-3 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: AmericaEast.tv 2 Trae Bell-Haynes Fr G 6-2 170 18/13 9.1 2.6 3.2 17 .495 .625 .795 Television: none 5 Hector Harold Sr F 6-7 205 15/15 9.8 4.5 0.9 15 .419 .321 .722 24 Dre Wills So G 6-1 177 18/18 8.1 5.2 2.7 37 .570 .222 .673 SERIES INFO 32 Ethan O’Day Jr F 6-9 201 18/17 11.6 3.9 0.9 18 .574 .000 .682 142nd meeting between two schools 34 Kurt Steidl So F 6-6 181 18/15 8.2 3.6 1.3 11 .407 .377 .871 Vermont owns 94-47 advantage in all-time series Last Season: Reserves 1/20/14 - Burlington - W, 57-40 2/19/14 - Durham - W, 79-44 0 Brandon Hatton Fr G 6-3 206 15/0 3.9 1.9 0.3 7 .393 .333 .400 3/8/14 - Albany (AE Qters) - W, 77-60 1 Zach McRoberts Fr F 6-6 201 11/3 2.5 3.6 0.6 8 .303 .222 .417 Becker vs. New Hampshire: 7-1 3 Ryan Pierson Sr F/C 6-10 230 18/1 3.8 1.9 0.5 1 .442 .000 .900 TEAM COMPARISON 4 David Urso Fr G 6-2 195 6/0 0.0 0.8 0.3 0 .000 .000 .000 CATEGORY UVM UNH 15 Brendan Kilpatrick R-So G/F 6-5 201 11/3 6.1 1.6 0.4 3 .458 .364 .679 2014-15 Overall Record 10-8 10-9 14 Cam Ward Fr G 6-2 155 18/1 5.7 1.2 1.5 7 .422 .400 .627 2014-15 Conf. Record 5-0 3-3 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 67.0 Opp. Pts. Per Game 60.3 62.4 25 Drew Urquhart Fr F 6-8 219 17/0 2.3 1.7 0.2 1 .419 .250 .750 Scoring Margin +5.5 +4.6 Field Goal % 46.9 42.8 Head Coach - John Becker (Catholic ‘90), 4th year Opp. Field Goal % 39.6 41.2 Career Record at Vermont: 77-43 overall, 44-9 America East (3 seasons) 3PT FG % 36.0 36.8 Opp. 3PT FG% 34.3 30.4 SETTING THE SCENE Free Throw % 70.3 68.5 WHAT UVM LOST & RETURNS IN 14-15 Rebounds Per Game 31.3 36.5 Vermont travels to New Hampshire ... The Catamounts stand at 10-8 Category % Lost % Return Opp. Rebounds Per Game 31.1 31.9 overall and 5-0 in America East after a 66-44 victory over Binghamton Points 73.1 (1707) 26.9 (627) Rebounding Margin +0.2 +4.5 on Monday ... UVM has won five straight and is one of 26 teams in Rebounds 64.9 (753) 35.1 (35.1) Assists Per Game 12.6 11.8 the country with an undefeated conference record ... New Hamp- Assists 88.4 (375) 11.6 (49) Turnovers Per Game 14.1 12.6 shire is 10-9 overall, 3-3 in America East and coming off back-to-back Steals 5.2 (179) 24.8 (59) Steals Per Game 6.9 5.2 Blocks 52.8 (74) 47.2 (66) overtime wins against Binghamton (W, 73-66) and UMass Lowell (W, FGM 70.1 (551) 29.9 (234) 67-64). 3FGM 62.5 (122) 37.5 (73) 2014-15 VERMONT SCHEDULE FTM 82.9 (472) 17.1 (97) LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 66, Binghamton 44 Overall: 10-8 | America East: 5-0 Minutes 74.4 (4931) 25.6 (1694) Ethan O’Day scored a team-high 12 points and seven different Cata- Starters 5 1 NOVEMBER (3-3) mounts scored seven or more point as Vermont won its fifth straight Lettewinners 8 5 Sat 15 at Canisius L, 64-60 game with a 64-44 victory over Binghamton ... Zach McRoberts grabbed AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL Mon 17 at Siena (TWSC) W, 84-76 a career-high and game-high 11 rebounds and chipped in eight points Wed 19 SOUTHERN VERMONT (CaTV) W, 86-41 1. Stony Brook (6), 60 points Sat 22 at Saint Joseph’s (A10Net) L, 68-60 off the bench ... Brendan Kilpatrick also had his second straight solid 2. Hartford (2), 55 points Wed 26 BRYANT (CaTV) W, 73-47 game with nine points and six rebounds ... UVM used a 7-2 spurt to 3. Albany (1), 51 points Sun 30 at Quinnipiac L, 89-73 close the first half and open up a 34-24 lead ... Binghamton got as 4. VERMONT, 48 points DECEMBER (2-4) close as eight in the second half, but UVM pushed back out to a 13 5. Binghamton, 34 points Wed 3 HARTFORD * (CaTV) W, 81-69 point lead in it’s advantage grew to 19 with 7:17 left in the game ... 6. New Hampshire, 26 points Sat 6 HARVARD (CaTV) L, 64-52 (2OT) Vermont cruised the rest of the way. 7. UMBC, 23 points Sun 14 WAGNER (CaTV) W, 61-47 8. Maine, 17 points Thu 18 YALE (CaTV) L, 57-56 SHARP SHOOTING 9. UMass Lowell, 10 points Sun 21 at St. Louis (FSMW) L, 58-55 The Catamounts have shot better than 40 percent from the Tue 30 at USC (Pac-12 Net) L, 64-56 2013-14 HONORS floor in 22 of 36 halves this season ... Ethan O’Day is shoot- John Becker JANUARY (5-1) ing 62.9% from the floor in America East games ... UVM is Fri 2 at UC Santa Barbara L, 64-57 America East Coach of the Year Wed 7 at Maine * (AETV) W, 68-54 shooting 55.1 percent from the floor in America East games. Finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Sat 10 STONY BROOK * (ESPN3) W, 71-57 M.A.S.H. UNIT Brian Voelkel (graduated) Wed 14 DARTMOUTH (CaTV) W, 55-52 The game vs. Dartmouth on Jan. 14 marked the first time America East Defensive Player of the Year Sat 17 at UMBC * (AETV) W, 71-54 America East All-Conference First Team Mon 19 BINGHAMTON * (CaTV) W, 66-44 this season head coach John Becker had a full squad of play- Thu 22 at New Hampshire * (AETV) 7:00pm ers available to play with the exception of Ernie Duncan who NABC All-District Team Sun 25 at UMass Lowell * (ESPN3) 2:00pm is redshirting this season. Clancy Rugg (graduated) Wed 28 ALBANY * (CaTV) 7:00pm Zach McRoberts first 7 games (knee) America East All-Conference First Team Sat 31 at Hartford * (AETV) 2:00pm Hector Harold 3 games (foot) returned vs. USC USBWA All-District Team FEBRUARY Brendan Kilpatrick 6 games (head/foot) returned vs. Dartmouth Sandro Carissimo (graduated) Thu 3 MAINE * (CaTV) 7:00pm Ernie Duncan will redshirt (back) played 56 min America East All-Conference First Team Sat 7 at Stony Brook * (ESPN3) 7:00pm America East All-Academic Team Wed 11 UMASS LOWELL * (CaTV) 7:00pm DO IT ALL DRE Sat 14 UMBC * (CaTV) 2:00pm Ethan O’Day (returns for JR year) Dre Wills has filled the role that former Catamount Brian America East All-Defensive Team Wed 18 at Binghamton * (AETV) 7:00pm Voelkel ‘14 played throughout his career ... Wills, the team’s Wed 25 NEW HAMPSHIRE * (CaTV) 7:00pm Kurt Steidl (returns for SO year) Sat 28 at Albany * (AETV) 7:00pm top defender, ranks fifth on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg), America East All-Rookie Team MARCH ranks second in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and assists (2.8 apg) Luke Apfeld (graduated) Wed 4 AE Quarterfinals (AETV) TBA and steals (26) ... In league play, Wills is averaging 12.3 America East Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Sun 8 AE Semifinals (ESPN3) TBA ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 rpg, 4.6 spg, and is shooting 70.8 FG% ... America East All-Academic Team Sat 14 AE Championship (ESPNU) 11:00am Vermont is 7-1 when Wills scores 10 or more points in NOTE: All rounds of the America East Playoffs will be his career (6-1 this season, 1-0 last year). played at the higer seeds home court. STREAKING Vermont has won five straight ... 15 straight America East regular season games. CAT NIPS ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE AMERICA EAST STANDINGS #0 Brandon HATTON: Played on HS varsity team since New Hampshire is 10-9 overall, 3-3 in America East and coming off AmericaEast.com seventh grade ... All-time leader in points (3,045), back-to-back overtime wins against Binghamton (W, 73-66) and School Conf. Overall games played (183), 3-point field goals (367) and wins UMass Lowell (W, 67-64) ... Tanner Leissner is one of three Wildcats Albany 5-0 10-7 (108) at Dixie Heights HS ... Was the 31st player in averaging double figures, he is netting a team-high 12.8 points per Vermont 5-0 10-8 Kentucky HS basketball history to score 3,000+ points game and also leads the team in rebounds (6.7 rpg) ..