VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (18-5, 8-0 AMERICA EAST) AT UMBC (16-8, 7-2 AMERICA EAST) > 24 FEB. 3, 2018 -- 4:00 P.M. -- BALTIMORE, MD. -- UMBC EVENT CENTER (5,000) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 18-5 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 8-0 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com HOME: 7-0 2017-18 Play by Play: Sam Hyman ROAD: 8-4 VERMONT UMBC Internet Broadcoast: ESPN3 NEUTRAL: 3-1 CATAMOUNTS RETRIEVERS Play by Play: Gary Stein O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (18-5, 8-0 AE) (16-8, 7-2 AE) Color Commentator: John Feinstein O. 29 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 92-64 Sideline: Paul Mittermeier N. 4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 102-53 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT N. 12 at Kentucky (ESPN) L, 73-69 W, 68-54 W, 66-64 JUMP BALL at Binghamton (1/31/18) at Stony Brook (1/31/18) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont begins the second half of con- N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS ference play with the grand opening of N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game UMBC’s new 5,000-seat Event Center. N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Trae Bell-Haynes, 14.4 Jairus Lyles, 21.2 N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Payton Henson, 12.2 Arkel Lamar, 12.6 The Catamounts will be looking for their N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Ernie Duncan, 11.5 Joe Sherburne, 10.6 30th straight regular season conference D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game win, 12th consecutive overall victory, Payton Henson, 5.5 Arkel Lamar, 6.5 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 seventh straight road win, and 23rd in a Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.5 Jairus Lyles, 5.8 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Drew Urquhart, 3.9 Nolan Gerrity, 3.7 row against the Retrievers. D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 16 at St. Bonaventure L, 81-79 Trae Bell-Haynes, 4.2 K.J. Maura, 5.3 UVM is off to its fourth 18-5 start in D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 80-73 Ernie Duncan, 2.5 Jairus Lyles, 3.5 program history. J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) W, 62-56 Payton Henson, 1.4 Jourdan Grant, 2.9 J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) W, 88-77 Cam Ward has the opportunity to break J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) W, 71-56 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH the school record with his 130rd consec- J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) W, 91-78 John Becker Ryan Odom utive game played on Saturday. Overall: 163-118 Overall: 66-42 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) W, 73-62 UVM: 157-74 UMBC: 37-21 J. 15 MAINE* (ESPN3) W, 83-62 J. 18 at New Hampshire* (ESPN3) W, 67-56 PROBABLE STARTERS J. 21 at Hartford* (ESPN3) W, 76-53 J. 24 ALBANY* (ESPN3) W, 61-50 J. 31 at Binghamton* (ESPN3) W, 68-54 F. 3 at UMBC* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F. 8 at Albany* (ESPNU) 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 4.5 2.0 1.1 Ranks 4th on team with 21 3PT F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, Fr.) G 1.7 0.6 0.3 Sidelined for the season with ACL tear 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, 175, Sr.) G 14.4 4.5 4.2 Scored 20+ in 5 out of last 7 games 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 16.8 6.0 1.2 Out with a foot fracture America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.3 0.7 Career-high 3 assists vs. Fisher(12/19/15) 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 2.8 2.1 0.1 8 points, 4 rebs vs. Stony Brook M. 3 America East Quarterfinals + TBA 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F 0.4 0.4 0.0 Scored first career points vs. Maine M. 6 America East Semifinals + TBA 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 3.9 0.9 1.3 T-6th all-time with 127 car. games played 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F 3.0 3.0 0.0 6 pts/5 reb in 2nd career game at Hart. M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 11.5 2.6 2.5 Averaging 12.5 ppg in conf. play 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 6.1 3.8 0.4 Rec. first car. double-double vs. Albany 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.3 0.9 0.4 Scored 11 pts in UVM debut vs. UMFK Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 9.0 3.9 1.3 12 blocks in last 6 games *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 12.2 5.5 1.4 Averaging 13.5 ppg/5.9 rpg in conf. play 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.9 1.4 0.4 Season-high 10 pts vs. Stony Brook # 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 Vermont 8-0 1.000 18-5 0.783 W11 UMBC 7-2 0.778 16-8 0.667 W3 Hartford 6-3 0.667 13-10 0.565 W2 Albany 5-4 0.556 17-7 0.708 W1 New Hampshire 5-4 0.556 9-14 0.391 L1 UMass Lowell 3-6 0.333 9-13 0.409 W1 Stony Brook 3-6 0.333 8-15 0.348 L4 Maine 2-7 0.222 5-19 0.208 L2 Binghamton 1-8 0.111 10-14 0.417 L5 LAST TIME OUT WITH UMBC LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 GAMES VS. UMBC | ALL-TIME: UVM LEADS 31-4 Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 1/8/18 Burlington, Vt. W, 71-56 Payton Henson, 16 J. 6, 2018: UVM redshirt senior Payton Henson 2/12/17 Catonsville, Md. W, 77-74 Dre Wills, 22 recorded his second career double-double as 1/13/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 81-72 Trae Bell-Haynes, 20 the Catamounts cruised to a 71-56 win over UMBC in the America East home opener. 2/20/16 Catonsville, Md. W, 99-54 Cam Ward, 24 Henson earned his double-double on a team- 1/24/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 79-72 Kurt Steidl, 17 high 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Trae Bell-Haynes also reached double figures 3/4/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 66-39 Hector Harold, 14 with 13 points, five boards, and three steals. 2/14/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 74-51 Ethan O’Day, 22 Ernie Duncan followed with an even dozen in the scoring column and the redshirt junior 1/17/15 Catonsville, Md. W, 71-54 Ethan O’Day, 15 grabbed a pair of rebounds. Stef Smith posted 2/15/14 Burlington, Vt, W, 76-52 Clancy Rugg, 19 eight points. 1/18/14 Catonsville, Md, W, 73-47 Candon Rusin, 22 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES NCAA RPI RANKINGS WHAT A START! LAST TIME OUT Vermont leads all America East schools The Catamounts are off to their second at No. 51 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. straight 18-5 start and fourth in program Albany follows at No. 137, UMBC sits at No. history: 2017-18, 2016-17, 2010-11, 2004-05. 155, Hartford landed at No. 219. and Stony Brook trails at No. 239. CALL THE WARD-EN UVM ALL-TIME VS. CURRENT AE Cam Ward has stepped foot on the court a The Catamounts have recorded a 340-180 (.653) total of 129 times during his UVM career. The record against current members of the America senior has tied Vermont’s all-time list in con- East Conference. Last season, UVM completed secutive games played and the Marshall, Wis- the first ever 16-0 conference season in league consin native is tied with UVM legend Marqus history on its way to capturing the program’s Blakely for fifth in career games played. sixth America East Championship. Team Games Record FINDING SUCCESS ON THE ROAD Albany 42 28-14 Binghamton 37 29-8 Vermont has won its last six road games, which is tied for the third-longest active Hartford 71 48-23 streak in the country. Maine 138 68-70 New. Hamp. 150 102-48 UVM IN THE RANKINGS (17-18) J. 31, 2018: UVM set the America East record Stony Brook 38 27-11 with its 320th regular season conference victory UMass Lowell 9 7-2 Stat NCAA Conf.