MBB SID: Lisa Champagne [email protected] www.UVMathletics.com VERMONT CATAMOUNTS O: 802-656-1818 • C: 802-363-6368 Vermont (8-8, 3-0 AE) at UMBC (2-14, 0-3 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: AmericaEast.tv 2 Trae Bell-Haynes Fr G 6-2 170 16/11 9.1 2.5 3.1 16 .512 .571 .783 Television: none 5 Hector Harold Sr F 6-7 205 13/13 10.1 4.8 1.0 15 .412 .313 .688 24 Dre Wills So G 6-1 177 16/16 8.4 5.3 2.9 28 .590 .286 .680 SERIES INFO 32 Ethan O’Day Jr F 6-9 201 16/15 11.3 3.6 0.8 16 .574 .000 .676 28th meeting between the two teams 34 Kurt Steidl So F 6-6 181 16/13 8.3 3.8 1.4 10 .398 .368 .862 Vermont owns 23-4 record over UMBC in series Last Season: Reserves 1/18/14 - Baltimore - W, 73-47 0 Brandon Hatton Fr G 6-3 206 13/0 4.3 1.8 0.2 4 .404 .343 .400 2/15/14 - Burlington - W, 76-52 Becker vs. UMBC: 7-0 1 Zach McRoberts Fr F 6-6 201 9/3 1.8 2.9 0.6 7 .261 .250 .222 3 Ryan Pierson Sr F/C 6-10 230 16/1 4.0 2.0 0.4 1 .451 .000 .900 TEAM COMPARISON 4 David Urso Fr G 6-2 195 4/0 0.0 2.5 1.0 0 .000 .000 .000 CATEGORY UVM UMBC 15 Brendan Kilpatrick R-So G/F 6-5 201 9/3 5.0 1.3 0.4 2 .417 .333 .571 2014-15 Overall Record 8-8 2-14 14 Cam Ward Fr G 6-2 155 16/1 5.8 1.3 1.4 5 .414 .400 .638 2014-15 Conf. Record 3-0 0-3 20 Erine Duncan - INJ Fr G 6-3 192 4/4 3.5 1.5 2.5 0 .308 .364 1.000 Points Per Game 65.5 55.4 25 Drew Urquhart Fr F 6-8 219 15/0 2.5 1.9 0.1 2 .444 .333 .750 Opp. Pts. Per Game 60.7 66.1 Scoring Margin +4.8 -10.7 Field Goal % 46.4 40.7 Head Coach - John Becker (Catholic ‘90), 4th year Opp. Field Goal % 39.8 43.1 Career Record at Vermont: 75-43 overall, 42-9 America East (3 seasons) 3PT FG % 35.2 29.9 Opp. 3PT FG% 35.5 34.5 SETTING THE SCENE WHAT UVM LOST & RETURNS IN 14-15 Free Throw % 70.2 59.9 Vermont travels to UMBC for the first America East meeting between Category % Lost % Return Rebounds Per Game 31.6 31.9 Points 73.1 (1707) 26.9 (627) Opp. Rebounds Per Game 31.2 35.5 the two teams this season ... UVM improved to 8-8 overall with a 55-52 Rebounds 64.9 (753) 35.1 (35.1) Rebounding Margin +0.4 -3.6 win over Dartmouth on Wednesday in the final non-conference game of Assists 88.4 (375) 11.6 (49) Assists Per Game 12.4 11.8 the season for the Catamounts ... Vermont is 3-0 in league play after a Steals 5.2 (179) 24.8 (59) Turnovers Per Game 14.0 16.4 71-57 victory over Stony Brook on January 10 ... UMBC stands at 2-14 Blocks 52.8 (74) 47.2 (66) Steals Per Game 6.5 6.4 on the year and is 0-3 in league play. FGM 70.1 (551) 29.9 (234) 3FGM 62.5 (122) 37.5 (73) LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 55, Dartmouth 52 2014-15 VERMONT SCHEDULE FTM 82.9 (472) 17.1 (97) Overall: 8-8 | America East: 3-0 Dre Wills scored 11 points and added nine rebounds and four assists Minutes 74.4 (4931) 25.6 (1694) as Vermont pulled out a 55-52 win over Dartmouth. Hector Harold Starters 5 1 NOVEMBER (3-3) added a game-high 12 points, while Ethan O’Day and Trae Bell-Haynes Lettewinners 8 5 Sat 15 at Canisius L, 64-60 chipped in eight points each. The Catamounts led 51-45 with 5:24 left Mon 17 at Siena (TWSC) W, 84-76 AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL Wed 19 SOUTHERN VERMONT (CaTV) W, 86-41 in the. Dartmouth sliced the lead to three, but Vermont used a strong defensive effort down the stretch to pull out the win. The Catamounts 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 held the Big Green without a field goal over the final five minutes. 3. Albany (1), 51 points Sun 30 at Quinnipiac L, 89-73 SHARP SHOOTING 4. VERMONT , 48 points DECEMBER (2-4) 5. Binghamton, 34 points Wed 3 HARTFORD * (CaTV) W, 81-69 The Catamounts have shot better than 40 percent from the floor in 20 6. New Hampshire, 26 points Sat 6 HARVARD (CaTV) L, 64-52 (2OT) of 32 halves this season ... Ethan O’Day (61.1%) leads America East in 7. UMBC, 23 points Sun 14 WAGNER (CaTV) W, 61-47 field goal percentage ... UVM is shooting 56.4 percent from the floor in 8. Maine, 17 points Thu 18 YALE (CaTV) L, 57-56 America East games and O’Day is shooting 71.4 percent from the field 9. UMass Lowell, 10 points Sun 21 at St. Louis (FSMW) L, 58-55 in league games. Tue 30 at USC (Pac-12 Net) L, 64-56 2013-14 HONORS JANUARY (3-1) M.A.S.H. UNIT John Becker Fri 2 at UC Santa Barbara L, 64-57 Vermont has not had a full squad available for a game ... America East Coach of the Year Wed 7 at Maine * (AETV) W, 68-54 Finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Sat 10 STONY BROOK * (ESPN3) W, 71-57 Coach Becker has used six different starting lineups this Brian Voelkel (graduated) Wed 14 DARTMOUTH (CaTV) W, 55-52 season. Sat 17 at UMBC * (AETV) 1:00pm Games Missed America East Defensive Player of the Year Mon 19 BINGHAMTON * (CaTV) 7:00pm Zach McRoberts first 7 games (knee) America East All-Conference First Team Thu 22 at New Hampshire * (AETV) 7:00pm Hector Harold 3 games (foot) - returned vs. USC NABC All-District Team Sun 25 at UMass Lowell * (ESPN3) 2:00pm Brendan Kilpatrick 6 games (head & foot) Clancy Rugg (graduated) Wed 28 ALBANY * (CaTV) 7:00pm Ernie Duncan will redshirt (back) played 56 min America East All-Conference First Team Sat 31 at Hartford * (AETV) 2:00pm USBWA All-District Team FEBRUARY DO IT ALL DRE Sandro Carissimo (graduated) Thu 3 MAINE * (CaTV) 7:00pm Sat 7 at Stony Brook * (ESPN3) 7:00pm Dre Wills has filled the role that former Catamount Brian America East All-Conference First Team Wed 11 UMASS LOWELL * (CaTV) 7:00pm Voelkel ‘14 played throughout his career ... Wills, the team’s America East All-Academic Team Sat 14 UMBC * (CaTV) 2:00pm top defender, ranks fifth on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg), Ethan O’Day (returns for JR year) Wed 18 at Binghamton * (AETV) 7:00pm ranks second in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and assists (2.8 apg) America East All-Defensive Team Wed 25 NEW HAMPSHIRE * (CaTV) 7:00pm and steals (26) ... In league play, Wills is averaging 12.3 ppg, Kurt Steidl (returns for SO year) Sat 28 at Albany * (AETV) 7:00pm 6.0 rpg, 4.0 rpg, 4.6 spg, and is shooting 70.8 FG%. America East All-Rookie Team MARCH Dre in League Play Luke Apfeld (graduated) Wed 4 America East Quarterfinals TBA Sun 8 America East Semifinals TBA vs. Hartford 11 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast, 6 stl, 2 blk America East Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Sat 14 America East Championship 11:00am at Maine 14 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk America East All-Academic Team NOTE: All rounds of the America East Playoffs will be vs. Stony Brook 12 pts, 5 reb, 2 blk, 5 stl played at the higer seeds home court. CAT NIPS ABOUT UMBC AMERICA EAST STANDINGS #0 Brandon HATTON: Played on HS varsity team since UMBC is 2-14 overall and 0-3 in the league ... The Retrievers have lost AmericaEast.com seventh grade ... All-time leader in points (3,045), five straight, including a 64-54 decision at Stony Brook on Wednesday School Conf. Overall games played (183), 3-point field goals (367) and wins ... Graduate student Wayne Sparrow leads the team in scoring at 13.4 Albany 4-0 9-7 (108) at Dixie Heights HS ... Was the 31st player in points per game, but increases his scoring average to 17.3 points per Vermont 3-0 8-8 Kentucky HS basketball history to score 3,000+ points game in league play ... Sparrow is shooting 31 percent from the arc UMass Lowell 3-1 9-8 ... Dixie Heights was 108-58 during his career. Stony Brook 2-1 11-7 and averaging 4.7 rebounds per game ... Cody Joyce ranks second on Hartford 2-1 9-7 the team in scoring and is averaging 15.5 points and 8.7 rebounds #1 Zach McROBERTS: Won back-to-back titles at Car- New Hampshire 1-3 8-9 mel HS ..