VERMONT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | 97 SPEAR STREET | BURLINGTON, VT. 05405 | CONTACT: DUSTIN PARKER, [email protected]/OFFICE: 802-656-7699/CELL: 802-356-2950 GM VERMONT (26-6, 15-1 AMERICA EAST) VS. STONY BROOK (13-18, 7-9 AMERICA EAST) > 33 MARCH 6, 2018 -- 7:00 P.M. -- BURLINGTON, VT. -- PATRICK GYMNASIUM (3,266) 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 26-6 Local Radio: 101.3 ESPN Radio Play by Play: Sam Hyman CONFERENCE: 15-1 Internet Radio: 1013ESPN.com HOME: 11-1 2017-18 Play by Play: Sam Hyman ROAD: 12-4 VERMONT STONY BROOK Internet Broadcoast: ESPN3 NEUTRAL: 3-1 CATAMOUNTS SEAWOLVES Play by Play: Alastair Ingram O.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 87-66 (26-6, 15-1 AE) (13-18, 7-9 AE) Color Commentator: Bernie Cieplicki 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) L, 73-69 W, 65-60 W, 69-60 JUMP BALL vs. #8 Maine (3/3/18) at #4 Albany (3/3/18) N. 17 vs. Bradley # W, 65-64 Vermont and Stony Brook will meet in N. 18 vs. Coastal Carolina # W,80-67 17-18 STATS LEADERS 17-18 STATS LEADERS the America East Tournament for the N. 19 vs. Northern Kentucky # W, 66-64 Points per Game Points per Game first time since the 2016 America East N. 22 MAINE-FT. KENT (ESPN3) W, 90-54 Anthony Lamb, 15.4 Akwasi Yeboah, 15.3 Championship Game. N. 25 at Yale (ESPN3) W, 79-73 Trae Bell-Haynes, 15.1 Jaron Cornish, 8.7 N. 29 at Richmond (NBCSW+) W, 71-65 Payton Henson, 12.4 UC Iroegbu, 8.4 The Catamounts will try to clinch D. 2 at Bucknell L, 81-77 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game their 11th trip to the America East Payton Henson, 5.7 Akwasi Yeboah, 5.1 D. 5 at Marquette (FS1) L, 91-81 Championship Game in the last 16 Anthony Lamb, 5.6 Tyrell Sturdivant, 4.5 D. 9 at Northeastern L, 71-67 Drew Urquhart, 5.1 Junior Santel, 4.5 seasons. D. 11 SIENA (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Assists per Game Assists per Game D. 16 at St. Bonaventure L, 81-79 Trae Bell-Haynes, 3.9 Jaron Cornish, 3.0 UVM’s 26 wins this season are the D. 21 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 80-73 Ernie Duncan, 2.4 Jordan McKenzie, 2.4 second-highest total in program history J. 2 at Harvard (NESNPlus) W, 62-56 Payton Henson, 1.8 Bryan Sekunda, 1.9 behind last year’s 29-win season. J. 4 at UMass Lowell* (ESPN3) W, 88-77 J. 6 UMBC* (ESPN3) W, 71-56 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Since the start of last season, the J. 10 at Dartmouth (ILDN) W, 91-78 John Becker Jeff Boals Catamounts are 17-1 against schools Overall: 171-119 Overall: 31-32 J. 13 STONY BROOK* (ESPN3) W, 73-62 located in New York. UVM: 165-75 Stony Brook: 31-32 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) W, 81-53 F. 8 at Albany* (ESPNU) W, 72-65 F. 11 UMASS LOWELL* (ESPN3) W, 81-69 F. 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE* (ESPN3) W, 71-58 F. 18 HARTFORD* (ESPN3) L, 69-68 CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (2017-18) F. 21 BINGHAMTON* (ESPN3) W, 75-54 No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable F. 24 at Stony Brook* (ESPN3) W, 69-60 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, Fr.) G 4.0 1.8 1.0 America East All-Rookie Team F. 27 at Maine* (ESPN3) W, 74-62 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 15.1 4.2 3.9 America East Player of the Year 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, So.) F 15.4 5.6 1.0 7 pts/3 rebs in 11 min vs. Maine (AE Qrtrs) America East Men’s Basketball Championship 4 David Urso (6-2, 205, Sr.) G 0.0 0.2 0.4 Earned 1st car. start vs. Bing. on 2/21 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Jr.) F 2.3 1.8 0.1 8 points, 4 rebs vs. Stony Brook on 1/13 M. 3 vs. #8 MAINE + W, 75-60 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Fr.) F 0.2 0.6 0.3 Scored first career points vs. Maine on 1/15 M. 6 vs. #5 STONY BROOK + 7 p.m. 14 Cam Ward (6-2, 165, Sr.) G 4.7 1.3 1.3 America East Sixth Man of the Year 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, Fr.) F 2.3 2.0 0.1 6 pts/5 reb in 2nd car. gm at Hart. on 1/21 M. 10 America East Championship + TBA 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Jr.) G 11.4 2.6 2.4 Am. East All-Conf. 2nd Team/All-Def. Tm 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-So.) G 6.3 4.0 0.5 Avg’ing 7.0 ppg/6rpg in last 2 games 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.2 1.0 0.5 Shooting 75.0% as a rookie in 21 gms played Home Games in BOLDFACE 25 Drew Urquhart (6-8, 230, Sr.) F 10.7 5.1 1.8 America East All-Conference Second Team *Indicates America East Conference Game 35 Payton Henson (6-8, 215, R-Sr.) F 12.4 5.7 1.6 America East All-Conference Third Team 44 Nate Rohrer (6-7, 215, R-Sr.) F 1.8 1.3 0.4 Season-high 10 pts vs. Stony Brook on 1/13 # Islands of the Bahamas Showcase + highest seeds hosts on campus sites 1 INSIDE THE MATCHUP FINAL AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2017-18 AMERICAConf. EASTPct. FINALOverall STANDINGSPct. Strk Vermont 15-1 0.938 25-6 0.806 W3 UMBC 11-4 0.733 20-10 0.667 W1 Hartford 11-4 0.733 18-11 0.621 W4 Albany 10-6 0.625 22-9 0.710 W2 Stony Brook 7-9 0.438 12-18 0.400 L1 UMass Lowell 6-10 0.375 12-17 0.414 W1 New Hampshire 6-10 0.375 10-20 0.333 L5 Maine 3-13 0.188 6-25 0.194 L6 Binghamton 2-14 0.125 11-20 0.355 L4 LAST TIME OUT WITH STONY BROOK LAST MEETING WITH MAINE LAST 10 GAMES VS. STONY BROOK | ALL-TIME: UVM LEADS 28-11 Date Location Result UVM High Scorer 2/24/18 Stony Brook, N.Y. W, 69-60 Trae Bell-Haynes, 19 F. 24, 2018: UVM redshirt senior Payton Hen- 1/13/18 Burlington, Vt. W, 73-62 Trae Bell-Haynes, 20 son became the 38th Catamount to surpass 2/25/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 66-51 Anthony Lamb, 19 the 1,000-career point mark as Vermont held off Stony Brook 69-60. Henson reached the 1/28/17 Stony Brook, N.Y. W, 71-64 Ernie Dunan, 22 career milestone with a 17-point effort, in- 3/12/16 Stony Brook, N.Y. (AE Champ.) L, 80-74 Trae Bell-Haynes, 17 cluding 14 points in the second half. He was 6-of-8 from the floor and collected nine re- 2/27/16 Stony Brook, N.Y. W, 76-62 Ernie Duncan, 23 bounds. Trae Bell-Haynes scored a team-high 1/30/16 Burlington, Vt. L, 72-61 Trae Bell-Haynes, 13 19 points with six assists and five boards. Drew Urquhart rounded out three seniors in 3/8/15 Burlington, Vt. (AE Semis) L, 79-77 Hector Harold, 17 double figures with 16 points and grabbed six 2/7/15 Stony Brook, N.Y. W, 57-48 Ethan O’Day, 17 rebounds. 1/10/15 Burlington, Vt. W, 71-57 Ethan O’Day, 16 2 2018 AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2018 AMERICA EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Semifinals Title Game Semifinals Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3 Tuesday, March 6 Saturday, March 10 Tuesday, March 6 Saturday, March 3 at higher seeds at higher seeds at highest remaining seed at higher seeds at higher seeds #1 Vermont 89 #2 UMBC (25-6, 15-1 AE) 75 (21-10 12-4 AE) #8 Maine 77 #7 UMass Lowell (6-25, 3-13 AE) 60 (12-17, 6-10 AE) 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. #1 Vermont #2 UMBC #5 Stony Brook #3 Hartford TBA 11:00 a.m. TBA #4 Albany #3 Hartford (22-9, 10-6 AE) 69 71 (18-12, 11-5 AE) #5 Stony Brook #6 New Hampshire (12-18, 7-9 AE) 60 60 (10-20, 6-10 AE) 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2018 Champion: Bracket will re-seed following the quarterfinal round Semifinal at highest-remaining seed will start at 7 p.m. Semifinal at second highest-remaining seed will start at 7:30 p.m. AMERICA EAST MAJOR AWARDS AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS AMERICA EAST COACHES OF THE YEAR (UVM) The Catamounts had three major award winners – John Becker 2017-18 JOHN BECKER (Co-Coach of the Year), Trae Bell-Haynes (Player of the Year, First 2016-17 John Becker Team All-Conference), and Cam Ward (Sixth Man of the Year).