GM #2 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (10-4 • 10-4 AE) @UVMmbb @UVMmbb > 15 VS. #4 HARTFORD HAWKS (13-8 • 8-6 AE) MARCH 6, 2021 -- BURLINGTON, VT. -- PATRICK GYMNASIUM (3,266) #ThisIsVermont 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE SCOUTING REPORT Overall 10-4 #2 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS America East 10-4 Home 6-2 LAST TIME OUT: L, 66-55 at UMBC (2.19.21) Road 4-2 Neutral 0-0 2020-21 LEADERS HEAD COACH Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Assists Per Game Mon D. 21 at UMass Lowell* L, 73-65 John Becker Ryan Davis, 18.8 Ryan Davis, 6.5 Ben Shungu, 3.4 Tue D. 22 at UMass Lowell* W, 62-53 Overall: 235-139 Stef Smith, 13.8 Isaiah Powell, 5.3 Robin Duncan, 2.6 Sat D. 27 NJIT* W, 92-78 UVM: 229-95 Ben Shungu, 10.6 Ben Shungu, 4.8 Stef Smith, 1.7 Sun D. 28 NJIT* L, 81-80 (2OT) Sat J.2 UALBANY* L, 63-62 Sun J.3 UALBANY* W, 74-66 #4 HARTFORD HAWKS Sat J.9 at Binghamton* W, 76-60 LAST TIME OUT: W, 83-77 vs. #5 UAlbany (2.28.21) Sun J.10 at Binghamton* W, 84-44 Sat J.16 MAINE* W, 65-30 2020-21 LEADERS Sun J.17 MAINE* W, 88-60 Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Assists Per Game HEAD COACH Sat F.13 STONY BROOK* W, 86-78 Austin Williams, 13.0 Austin Williams, 6.0 Traci Carter, 3.5 John Gallagher Sun F.14 STONY BROOK* W, 61-57 Overall: 155-186 Moses Flowers, 11.6 Hunter Marks, 5.9 Austin Williams, 1.7 Sat F.18 at UMBC* (ESPNU) W, 70-61 Hart: 155-186 Traci Carter, 11.0 Stafl/Flowers, 5.7 PJ Henry, 1.5 Sun F.19 at UMBC* L, 66-55 Sat M. 6 #4 HARTFORD # 4 p.m. JUMP BALL! Home Games in BOLDFACE • In what was supposed to be last year’s Hercules Tires America East Championship Game *Indicates America East Conference Game has turned into this year’s Hercules Tires America East Semifinal matchup between the # America East Tournament Game second-seeded Vermont Catamounts and fourth-seeded Hartford Hawks. • UVM has earned its 12th consecutive semifinal berth and 19th since the 2001-02 season. INSIDE THE MATCHUP PROBABLE STARTERS BROADCAST INFO Television: ESPN+ Play by Play: Rob Ryan | Color Analyst: Bernie Cieplicki 2020-21 CATAMOUNTS No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Local Radio: 101.3 The Game | 1013theGame.com 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 190, Sr.) G 13.8 3.2 1.7 AE All-Conference Second Team Play by Play: Brian McLaughlin 1 Aaron Deloney (6-0, 165, So.) G 1.6 1.1 1.1 33.3% 3PT% in last 5 games 4 Georges Lefebvre (6-9, 200, Fr.) F 0.8 0.6 -- 2 rebs vs. Maine on Jan. 17 5 Duncan Demuth (6-8, 210, Jr.) F 1.0 0.5 0.1 Season-high 7 pts on vs. UAlbany on Jan. 3 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, Sr.) F 5.3 3.0 1.2 5.5 ppg/4.0 ppg/1.0 spg in last 4 games 14 Isaiah Powell (6-6, 220, Jr.) F 7.6 5.3 1.5 7.5 ppg/50.0 FG%/6.0 rpg in UMBC series 15 Nick Fiorillo (6-7, 210, So.) F 3.7 0.6 0.3 Career-high 9 pts vs. NJIT on Dec. 28 20 Eric Beckett (6-4, 225, So.) G 2.1 0.7 -- 3.5 ppg/50.% FG% in Maine series ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21 Justin Mazzulla (6-3, 195, Sr.) G 8.2 3.8 1.5 12 pts/4-5 FG/6 rebs at UMBC on Feb. 19 Dustin Parker 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-Sr.) G 10.6 4.8 3.4 AE All-Conf. Second Team & All-Def. Team 25 Kevin Garrison (6-0, 180, Jr.) G -- -- -- Had a 50.0% FG% last year Asst. Director of Media Relations/Sports Info 30 Deng Adiang (5-10, 160, So.) G -- -- -- Scored 1st career points vs. Gallaudet last yr Email: [email protected] 35 Ryan Davis (6-8, 250, So.) F 18.8 6.5 1.2 AE Player of the Year Phone: 802-656-7699 (W), 802-356-2950 (C) 32 Tomas Murphy (6-8, 200, Gr.) F 6.8 2.2 0.3 Season-high 17 pts (5 3PT) vs. SBU on Feb. 14. 55 Robin Duncan (6-5, 190, Jr.) G 1.8 3.9 2.6 Ranks 2nd on team in asts & 4th in rebs @UVMWHOCKEY #ThisIsVermont | UVMAthletics.com | @UVMmbb 1 @UVMWHOCKEY #ThisIsVermont | UVMAthletics.com | @UVMmbb 1 2020-21 RECORDS IN UNIS INSIDE THE MATCHUP 2020-21 STATS 5-2 73.6 PPG 65.7 62.9 OPP. PPG 63.8 46.4% FG% 43.0% 39.5% OPP. FG% 42.3% 34.8% 3PT% 32.5% 35.8 REBS/GM 33.3 14.1 ASTS/GM 11.2 12.4 TO/GM 12.7 3-2 4.9 STLS/GM 7.0 2.6 BLKS/GM 2.0 CATS AS THE NO. 2 SEED LAST 10 GMS: 8-2 • OVRLL: 15-3 2015 semis vs. stny brk L, 79-77 2-0 2015 qrtrs vs. umbc W, 66-39 2013 chmp vs. ualbany L, 53-49 2013 semis vs. umbc W, 85-72 2013 qrtrs vs. unh W, 61-42 2012 chmp at stny brk W, 51-43 2012 semis vs. hartford W, 77-73 (2ot) FINAL AE STANDINGS 2012 qrtrs vs. maine W, 50-40 2020-21 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Strk 2010 chmp vs. boston u W, 83-70 UMBC 10-4 0.714 14-5 0.737 W1 2010 semis vs. unh W, 57-38 Vermont 10-4 0.714 10-4 0.714 L1 New Hamp. 9-6 0.600 10-8 0.556 W2 Hartford 8-6 0.571 11-8 0.579 W1 LAST 10 MATCHUPS vs. HARTFORD UAlbany 6-6 0.500 6-8 0.429 W1 UMass Lowell 7-8 0.467 8-11 0.421 L2 Date Location Result UVM Leading Scorer Stony Brook 7-9 0.438 9-13 0.409 L1 2/8/20 West Hartford, Conn. W, 69-68 Everett Duncan, 18 NJIT 6-10 0.375 7-11 0.389 L3 Binghamton 4-10 0.286 4-13 0.235 W2 1/18/20 Burlington, Vt. W, 74-57 Robin Duncan, 11 Maine 2-6 0.250 2-7 0.222 L2 2/16/19 West Hartford, Conn. W, 77-75 Anthony Lamb, 25 1/12/19 Burlington, Vt. W, 81-62 Anthony Lamb, 21 LAST TIME OUT 2/18/18 Burlington, Vt. L, 69-68 Drew Urquhart, 15 1/21/18 West Hartford, Conn. W, 76-53 Payton Henson, 18 2/4/17 West Hartford, Conn. W, 79-66 Anthony Lamb, 24 1/8/17 Burlington, Vt. W, 85-54 Darren Payen, 18 2/14/16 Burlington, Vt. W, 91-82 Kurt Steidl, 26 1/16/16 West Hartford, Conn. W, 83-68 Ethan O’Day, 24 LAST MEETING with HARTFORD F. 19,2021 | Vermont had its eight-game winning streak snapped at the hands of UMBC with F. 8, 2020 | Ryan Davis scored the game-winning layup with four seconds left on the clock to give a 66-55 loss. Ryan Davis had a team-high 15 Vermont a 69-68 win over Hartford at Chase Gym. As the game came down to the wire and the points on 5-of-11 shooting, sank 3-of-5 from Cats leading 67-66, Traci Carter drove to the foul line and drained the go-ahead jumper. UVM behind the arc, and gathered six rebounds. answered on the other end of the floor when Ben Shungu found a wide-open Davis under the basket and the sophomore banked in the go-ahead score. The Hawks tried to push the ball up the Justin Mazzulla finished in double figures with 12 floor as the clock approached triple zeros but stepped on the sideline for the costly turnover. points including 10 in the second half. The senior hit 4-of-5 field-goal attempts and matched Everett Duncan racked up a season-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The redshirt senior knocked Davis with six boards. Stef Smith netted nine down 4-of-7 attempts from long range and dished out two assists.Davis followed with 16 points for points and two rebounds. his third straight double-figure scoring effort. He shot a similar 6-of-10 from the field and pulled down seven boards, including five on the offensive glass. @UVMWHOCKEY #ThisIsVermont | UVMAthletics.com | @UVMmbb 2 MORE ON THE MATCHUP VERMONT NEWS AND NOTES AE PLAYER OF THE YEAR UVM IN THE AE TOURNEY BECKER VS. THE HAWKS • UVM has won the tournament a record eight Ryan Davis was named 2021 Kevin Roberson In his 10 years at the helm, John Becker has times - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, Player of the Year last Thursday. He is the fifth posted a 17-2 record against the Hawks. In the and 2020. straight Catamount and eighth UVM player to • UVM is 44-30 all-time in the AE Tournament 17 victories, the Cats have won by an average win the award. Davis averaged 18.8 points per • The Cats have reached the semifinals for 12 of 14.2 points per game. game for the second-highest scoring average consecutive seasons and 19 out of the last 20 in the league and boasted the conference’s top years.