2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFORMATION OVERALL RECORD 21-12 Television: ESPN2 Play-by-Play: Mark Jones CONFERENCE 11-5 Analyst: Brooke Wiesbrod HOME 12-3 2015-16 Radio: ESPN 101.3 FM ROAD 8-8 Play-by-Play: AJ Kanell Analyst: Bernie Cieplicki NEUTRAL 1-1 VERMONT STONY BROOK CATAMOUNTS SEAWOLVES Internet Audio O. 31 KEISER (EXH) W, 78-67 (21-12, 11-5) (25-6, 14-2) 1013espn.com N. 7 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 85-56 N. 13 Eastern Michigan L, 70-50 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Hall of Fame TipOff W, 63-56 W, 80-64 THE OPENING TIP (Mackey Arena - West Lafayette, Ind.) vs. New Hampshire vs. Hartford N. 15 #23/24 Purdue L, 107-79 • Winners of the seven straight, the LEADERS LEADERS N. 18 QUINNIPIAC W, 83-70 Vermont Catamounts continue their Points per Game Points per Game quest for a sixth trip to the NCAA Tour- Hall of Fame TipOff Ethan O’Day, 11.9 Jameel Warney, 19.0 (Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Conn.) Trae Bell-Haynes, 11.6 Carson Puriefoy, 14.8 nament with Saturday’s America East N. 21 Niagara W, 85-67 Ernie Duncan, 11.2 Rayshaun McGrew, 10.9 Championship game on Long Island N. 22 Buffalo L, 77-71 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game against #1 Stony Brook - a rematch of Hall of Fame Tip-Off Ethan O’Day, 6.4 Jameel Warney, 10.7 the 2012 title game. (Stephen C. O’Connell Center - Gainesville, Fla.) Kurt Steidl, 5.3 Ahmad Walker, 6.8 • UVM and SBU split the regular sea- N. 25 Florida L, 86-62 Dre Wills, 4.8 Rayshaun McGrew, 6.1 son series with each team winning on N. 29 MARIST W, 86-60 Assists per Game Assists per Game the opponent’s home floor. D. 2 Dartmouth W, 68-63 Trae Bell-Haynes, 3.5 Ahmad Walker, 4.2 • This will be the 12th time Vermont D. 5 Yale L, 72-54 Ernie Duncan, 2.8 Lucas Woodhouse, 3.6 D. 8 St. Bonaventure L, 80-68 has played on the ESPN family of Net- Dre Wills, 2.4 Carson Puriefoy, 3.1 D. 16 UCSB W, 75-68 works this season (6-5 record). D. 19 FISHER COLLEGE W, 84-37 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH • The last time Vermont played Stony D. 22 Northeastern L, 77-65 John Becker Steve Pikiell Brook in the postseason was just last D. 29 SIENA W, 73-64 year in the semifinals with the Sea- J. 3 Harvard W, 65-62 Overall: 108-61 Overall: 191-155 J. 6 Maine* W, 90-72 UVM: 108-61 Stony Brook: 191-155 wolves winning 79-77 in Burlington. J. 9 ALBANY* L, 69-57 CAT STAT J. 16 Hartford* W, 83-68 J. 18 UMASS LOWELL* L, 93-82 J. 21 Binghamton* W, 61-52 J. 24 UMBC* W, 79-72 J. 27 New Hampshire* W, 66-50 J. 30 STONY BROOK* L, 72-61 F. 3 MAINE* W, 85-68 F. 6 Albany* L, 75-71 F. 8 UMass Lowell* L, 100-93 F. 14 HARTFORD* W, 92-81 F. 17 BINGHAMTON* W, 78-64 F. 20 UMBC* W, 99-54 F. 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 73-67 F. 27 Stony Brook* W, 76-62 M. 2 #6 MAINE W, 99-82 M. 7 #4 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 63-56 M. 12 #1 Stony Brook (ESPN2) 11 a.m. Home Games in BOLDFACE CAPS *Indicates America East Conference Game 1 NUMERICAL ROSTER LAST TIME OUT No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable For the third time in the last five years, Vermont will play for the America East Championship thanks to 1 Josh Hearlihy! (6-8, 213, Jr.) G/F -- -- -- Transfer from Tulane a 63-56 win over New Hampshire in the semifinals 2 Trae Bell-Haynes* (6-2, 170, So.) G 11.6 2.5 3.5 All-Conference Third Team Monday night at Patrick Gym. 4 David Urso (6-2, 195, So.) G 0.0 0.4 0.6 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher Ethan O’Day, playing in his final home game at Patrick 5 Dylan Sinnickson (6-5, 195, Gr.) F 1.3 1.8 0.1 First career start vs. UNH on Feb. 24 Gym, led the way with 19 points and seven rebounds to go along with three blocks to set the tone defen- 12 Daren Payen* (6-8, 217, R-Jr.) F 6.7 4.2 0.3 Double figures 8 times this season sively for the Catamounts. Kurt Steidl finished with 13 points and six boards while Ernie Duncan chipped 15 3P FGs in last five games 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 155, So.) G 9.5 2.6 2.3 in with 11 on 4-of-5 shooting. Dre Wills did not score 20 Ernie Duncan* (6-3, 192, R-Fr.) G 11.2 2.8 2.8 America East All-Rookie Team in the game but hauled in a team-high eight boards and dished out three assists. 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 165, Fr.) G 1.7 1.1 0.2 Shot 61.5% in league play 24 Dre Wills (6-1, 177, Jr.) G 8.3 4.8 2.4 America East All-Defensive Team A back-and-forth start the second half featured both teams matching each other shot for shot before the 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 219, So.) F 5.2 3.1 0.7 10 rebounds at Harvard Catamounts stretched their lead to a game-high 19 32 Ethan O’Day* (6-9, 201, Sr.) F 11.9 6.4 1.3 All-Conference Third Team on a free throw from Cam Ward. 34 Kurt Steidl* (6-6, 181, Jr.) F 11.1 5.3 1.1 All-Conference Third Team Tanner Leissner scored 22 of his 28 in the second half for UNH and his bucket at the 2:51 mark cut the 35 Payton Henson! (6-8, 215, Jr.) F -- -- -- Transfer from Tulane UVM lead to nine. The Cats made enough free throws 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 205, R-So.) F 3.3 1.7 0.5 Career-high 14 pts vs. Binghamton down the stretch, though, to book an appearance in Saturday’s title game – the tenth in program history. *Denotes Probable Starter ! Will sit out the 2015-16 season because of NCAA transfer rules LAST MEETING VS. STONY BROOK F. 27 - 2016: Ernie Duncan matched a career- high with 23 points and Vermont wrapped up the regular season in style posting a 76-62 win at Stony Brook. Duncan scored 16 of his game-high 23 in the first half and shot a blistering 8-of-12 for the game including 4-of-4 from downtown. Trae Bell-Haynes finished with 16 points and Ethan O’Day chipped in with 10 points and four re- bounds while limiting three-time America East Player of the Year Jameel Warney to just 13 points. Vermont was able to keep Stony Brook at arms length for a majority of the second half and led by 15 at one point early on. Stony Brook got the lead down to six after a Vermont turnover led to an Ahmad Walker transition dunk with 5:29 to play. Kurt Steidl and Etnan O’Day combined for 32 points and 13 rebounds in Monday’s semifinal win over New Hamp- shire and Patrick Gym. O’Day is the only Catamount on this year’s roster to have played in the America East Cham- The Cats finished the game on a 15-7 run fea- pionship game - 2013’s loss to Albany during his freshman season. (Photo by Brian Jenkins/America East) turing a pair of old-fashioned three-point plays for Bell-Haynes to ice the game and put the AMERICA EAST WEEKLY AWARDS UVM VS. THE AMERICA EAST Cats up by as many as 18 late in the contest. N. 16: Ernie Duncan - Rookie of the Week • Against current members of the America CURRENT CATS VS. STONY BROOK N. 23: Trae Bell-Haynes - Player of the Week East, Vermont is 315-181 all-time. J. 18: Ethan O’Day - Player of the Week Player Games Points/Reb/FG% F. 22: Cam Ward - Player of the Week Albany 24-16 Bell-Haynes 5 10.0/2.8/.515 F. 29: Ernie Duncan - Rookie of the Week Binghamton 28-8 Er. Duncan 2 16.0/5.0/.500 SERIES HISTORY VS. STONY BROOK Hartford 45-23 Ev. Duncan 1 0.0/1.0/.000 • Vermont leads the all-time series with Stony Brook, which dates back to 2002, 24- Maine 64-70 O’Day 9 11.9/6.3/.528 10. UMass Lowell 4-2 Payen 2 5.0/4.5/.571 • The Catamounts have won four of six UMBC 28-4 Rohrer 2 1.5/1.0/.333 against the Seawolves. New Hampshire 98-48 Sinnickson - - • John Becker is 7-5 in his career vs. Stony Brook. Stony Brook 24-10 Steidl 7 6.3/3.0/.342 • Vermont is 2-0 at Island Federal Credit Urquhart 5 3.0/2.0/.267 Union Arena, including this season’s 76-62 Urso 1 - win. On Long Island, UVM is 10-6. Ward 5 7.8/1.8/.433 Wills 7 4.9/3.0/.464 2 SCOUTING STONY BROOK • Stony Brook, the league’s regular season champion, will be making its fifth title game appearance in the last six seasons. • The Seawolves advanced to the championship game by virtue of a 80-64 win over Hart- ford on Monday.