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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont Catamounts open the 2014-15 season with a pair of home games. UVM hosts Brown at 2 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 15) and will also play Bryant on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at Patrick Gymnasium (7 p.m.).
 
Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby the day of the game.
 
Both games will be streamed online for free via CatamounTV.com and can also be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com or TuneIn app) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action.
 
RELATED LINKS
Purchase Tickets
2014-15 Schedule
Game Notes (.pdf)
Game Coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio (WVMT-620 AM)
Saint Michael's Exhibition Game CatamounTV Highlights
 
PRESEASON PICKS
Vermont was picked to finish tied for seventh in the America East Preseason Poll. The Catamounts posted a record of 7-23 overall (4-12 America East) last season. UVM returns 89 percent of its scoring and its top six scorers from last year.
 
Brown went 10-18 in 2013-14 and 4-10 in the Ivy League, finishing sixth. The Bears were picked to finish eighth in the 8-team Ivy League Preseason Poll.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
UVM is opening the season at Patrick Gymnasium for the first time since 2008-09 and the first time in head coach Lori Gear McBride's tenure at UVM. The Catamounts are 26-9 in home openers since 1979.
 
ABOUT BROWN
Brown begins a new era as Sarah Behn begins her first season at the helm of the Bears. Behn was the head coach at UMass Lowell for three years before leaving for Providence. The Bears return the Ivy League's seventh-leading scorer in senior Sophie Bikofsky (13.5 ppg). She led the country in 3-point field goal percentage (48.6 - 86-for-177). Bikofsky set a single-season Brown record for 3-point field goals (86) and percentage (.486).
 
THE SERIES
This is the seventh meeting between the two teams. UVM owns 4-2 advantage in series. Brown pulled out a 61-51 win in Providence when the two teams last met on 1/6/14. Kylie Butler posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds and Kayla Burchill added 11 points.
 
WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts will host Bryant on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 7 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office located on the balcony in Patrick Gymnasium (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410 or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby the day of the game.
  
LINKS TO VERMONT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COVERAGE
Local 22: Catamount Country Basketball Countdown
America East Preview 
Media Day Coverage: WCAX | WPTZ 
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