MBB SID: Lisa Champagne [email protected] www.UVMathletics.com VERMONT CATAMOUNTS O: 802-656-1818 • C: 802-363-6368 Stony Brook (10-6, 1-0 AE) at Vermont (5-8, 1-0 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: ESPN3.com 1 Zach McRoberts Fr F 6-6 201 7/3 1.9 3.3 0.7 5 .250 .167 .222 Television: none 2 Trae Bell-Haynes Fr G 6-2 170 14/9 9.2 2.4 2.6 15 .513 .667 .804 24 Dre Wills So G 6-1 177 14/14 7.9 5.1 3.0 21 .567 .333 .688 SERIES INFO 32 Ethan O’Day Jr F 6-9 201 14/13 11.2 3.1 0.9 16 .611 .000 .613 30th meeting between the two teams 34 Kurt Steidl So F 6-6 181 14/11 8.5 4.2 1.5 9 .400 .377 .870 Vermont owns 21-8 record over Stony Brook in series Last Season: Reserves 1/24/14 – Stony Brook – L, 67-64 0 Brandon Hatton Fr G 6-3 206 11/0 4.9 2.1 0.2 3 .417 .364 .400 2/27/14 – Burlington – W, 69-53 Becker vs. Stony Brook: 4-3 3 Ryan Pierson Sr F/C 6-10 230 14/1 4.3 2.1 0.5 1 .429 .000 .900 4 David Urso Fr G 6-2 195 3/0 0.0 2.5 1.0 0 .000 .000 .000 TEAM COMPARISON 5 Hector Harold Sr F 6-7 205 11/11 10.0 4.9 1.0 13 .394 .275 .700 CATEGORY UVM SBU 15 Brendan Kilpatrick R-So G/F 6-5 201 8/3 5.5 1.5 0.5 2 .429 .333 .579 2014-15 Overall Record 5-8 10-6 14 Cam Ward Fr G 6-2 155 14/1 5.9 1.3 1.6 4 .385 .394 .638 2014-15 Conf. Record 1-0 1-0 20 Erine Duncan Fr G 6-3 192 4/4 3.5 1.5 2.5 0 .308 .364 1.000 Points Per Game 65.9 66.2 25 Drew Urquhart Fr F 6-8 219 13/0 2.2 2.0 0.2 0 .429 .000 .714 Opp. Pts. Per Game 61.6 62.0 Scoring Margin +4.3 +4.3 Field Goal % 46.0 42.0 Head Coach - John Becker (Catholic ‘90), 4th year Opp. Field Goal % 39.7 40.1 Career Record at Vermont: 73-43 overall, 41-9 America East (3 seasons) 3PT FG % 35.1 32.5 Opp. 3PT FG% 36.0 35.2 SETTING THE SCENE WHAT UVM LOST & RETURNS IN 14-15 Free Throw % 69.6 66.2 Vermont moved to 2-0 in America East, 6-8 overall, an snapped a four- Category % Lost % Return Rebounds Per Game 32.0 40.6 Points 73.1 (1707) 26.9 (627) Opp. Rebounds Per Game 31.6 30.9 game losing streak with a 68-54 win over Maine at the Portland Expo Rebounds 64.9 (753) 35.1 (35.1) Rebounding Margin +0.4 +9.8 on Wednesday ... Stony Brook stands at 10-6 and 1-0 in league play ... Assists 88.4 (375) 11.6 (49) Assists Per Game 12.6 12.1 The Seawolves are coming off a 70-61 at Columbia on Tuesday ... Stony Steals 5.2 (179) 24.8 (59) Turnovers Per Game 14.3 12.6 Brook posted a 71-61 win over New Hampshire in its league opener Blocks 52.8 (74) 47.2 (66) Steals Per Game 6.4 4.9 on January 3 ... The Catamounts have won 12 straight America East FGM 70.1 (551) 29.9 (234) regular season games. 3FGM 62.5 (122) 37.5 (73) 2014-15 VERMONT SCHEDULE FTM 82.9 (472) 17.1 (97) Overall: 6-8 | America East: 2-0 LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 68, Maine 54 Minutes 74.4 (4931) 25.6 (1694) Ethan O’Day and Dre Wills combined for 29 points and Vermont used Starters 5 1 NOVEMBER (3-3) a strong second half effort to pull away from Maine to post a 68-54 Lettewinners 8 5 Sat 15 at Canisius L, 64-60 win at the Portland Expo ... O’Day was 7-for-10 from the floor for a Mon 17 at Siena (TWSC) W, 84-76 AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL Wed 19 SOUTHERN VERMONT (CaTV) W, 86-41 game-high 15 points and added three blocks ... Wills netted 14 points, matching his career-high set earlier this year versus Bryant ... He 1. Stony Brook (6), 60 points Sat 22 at Saint Joseph’s (A10Net) L, 68-60 2. Hartford (2), 55 points Wed 26 BRYANT (CaTV) W, 73-47 added six rebounds, five assists and three steals ... Freshman Cam 3. Albany (1), 51 points Sun 30 at Quinnipiac L, 89-73 Ward chipped in 12 points ... Maine led 11-0 to start the game, but 4. VERMONT , 48 points DECEMBER (2-4) UVM used a 13-2 run to tie the game up and a 3-pointer by Brandon 5. Binghamton, 34 points Wed 3 HARTFORD * (CaTV) W, 81-69 Hatton gave Vermont the lead for good, 23-20 ... The Catamounts put 6. New Hampshire, 26 points Sat 6 HARVARD (CaTV) L, 64-52 (2OT) together at 16-2 run to start the second half and never looked back. 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 17 of 28 halves this season ... Ethan O’Day (61.1%) JANUARY (1-1) John Becker leads America East in field goal percentage ... UVM is shoot- Fri 2 at UC Santa Barbara L, 64-57 America East Coach of the Year ing 56.4 percent from the floor in America East games and Wed 7 at Maine * (AETV) W, 68-54 Finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Sat 10 STONY BROOK * (ESPN3) 12:00pm O’Day is shooting 71.4 percent from the field in league Brian Voelkel (graduated) Wed 14 DARTMOUTH (CaTV) 7:00pm games. Sat 17 at UMBC * (AETV) 1:00pm America East Defensive Player of the Year Mon 19 BINGHAMTON * (CaTV) 7:00pm M.A.S.H. UNIT America East All-Conference First Team Thu 22 at New Hampshire * (AETV) 7:00pm Vermont has not had a full squad available for a game ... NABC All-District Team Sun 25 at UMass Lowell * (ESPN3) 2:00pm Coach Becker has used six different starting lineups this Clancy Rugg (graduated) Wed 28 ALBANY * (CaTV) 7:00pm season. America East All-Conference First Team Sat 31 at Hartford * (AETV) 2:00pm USBWA All-District Team FEBRUARY Games Missed Sandro Carissimo (graduated) Thu 3 MAINE * (CaTV) 7:00pm Zach McRoberts first 7 games (knee) Sat 7 at Stony Brook * (ESPN3) 7:00pm Hector Harold 3 games (foot) - returned vs. USC America East All-Conference First Team Wed 11 UMASS LOWELL * (CaTV) 7:00pm Brendan Kilpatrick 5 games (head & foot) America East All-Academic Team Sat 14 UMBC * (CaTV) 2:00pm Ernie Duncan will redshirt (back) played 56 min Ethan O’Day (returns for JR year) Wed 18 at Binghamton * (AETV) 7:00pm America East All-Defensive Team Wed 25 NEW HAMPSHIRE * (CaTV) 7:00pm DO IT ALL DRE Kurt Steidl (returns for SO year) Sat 28 at Albany * (AETV) 7:00pm Dre Wills has filled the role that former Catamount Brian America East All-Rookie Team MARCH Voelkel ‘14 played throughout his career ... Wills, the team’s Luke Apfeld (graduated) Wed 4 America East Quarterfinals TBA Sun 8 America East Semifinals TBA top defender, ranks fifth on the team in scoring (7.9 ppg), America East Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Sat 14 America East Championship 11:00am ranks second in rebounding (5.1 rpg), leads the team in as- America East All-Academic Team NOTE: All rounds of the America East Playoffs will be sists (3.0 apg) and steals (21). played at the higer seeds home court. Dre in League Play vs. Hartford 11 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast, 6 stl, 2 blk at Maine 14 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk CAT NIPS ABOUT STONY BROOK AMERICA EAST STANDINGS #0 Brandon HATTON: Played on HS varsity team since The Seawolves stand at 10-6 overall and 1-0 in America East … Stony AmericaEast.com seventh grade ... All-time leader in points (3,045), Brook is 2-6 on the road ... It’s two road wins were a 62-57 victory School Conf. Overall games played (183), 3-point field goals (367) and wins at No. 13 Washington and a 70-61 win at Columbia on Tuesday … UMass Lowell 2-0 8-7 (108) at Dixie Heights HS ... Was the 31st player in SBU opened league play with a 71-61 win over New Hampshire and Albany 2-0 7-7 Kentucky HS basketball history to score 3,000+ points has won five in a row after losing four straight … 2014 America East Vermont 2-0 6-8 ... Dixie Heights was 108-58 during his career. Stony Brook 1-0 10-6 Player of the Year Jameel Warney leads Stony Brook, averaging a Hartford 1-1 8-7 double-double of 15.4 points and 12.3 rebounds per game (tops in #1 Zach McROBERTS: Won back-to-back titles at Car- UMBC 0-1 2-12 mel HS ..