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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont men's basketball team hosts Bryant on Wednesday (Nov. 26) at 7 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium. Tickets are available online at UVMathletics.com or in person the day of the game, one hour before tipoff, in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby. The game can be heard on ESPN 101.3 FM (online: 1013ESPN.com) with A.J. Kanell calling the action. The game will also be streamed onilne for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
Vermont stands at 2-2 and is coming off a 68-60 loss at Saint Joseph's on Saturday. Bryant is 1-1 on the year after a 72-63 win over New Hampshire in its last outing.
REALTED LINKS
Game Coverage - Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
Game Notes (.pdf)
Tribute to Trevor Gaines - OneBidWonders.com
Dre Wills Feature - OneBidWonders.com
CatamounTV - Saint Joseph's Highlights
Game Promotion - TD Bank Seat Cushion Giveaway
LAST TIME OUT - St. Joseph's 68, Vermont 60
Vermont's late second half rally at St. Joseph's fell short as the Hawks posted a 68-60 win at Hagan Arena ... Hector Harold and Ethan O'Day netted 10 points each to lead the Catamounts. Harold added five rebounds, while Dre Wills chipped in eight points and six boards ... UVM jumped out to an 11-1 advantage to start the game, but the Hawks used a 19-3 run to take an eight point lead with just over three minutes left in the half and went into the locker room up 32-26 ... St. Joseph's led by as many as 14 in the second half, but Vermont sliced the lead to five, fueled by six points from Wills with 3:23 remaining, but that would be as close as UVM would get the rest of the way.
ABOUT BRYANT
Bryant is 1-1 to start the season ... The Bulldogs gave defending national champion and No. 17-ranked UConn a game before falling 66-53 in Storrs ... Bryant bounced back with a 72-63 victory over New Hampshire on Nov. 20 ... Dyami Starks leads the team in scoring (18.5 ppg) and is grabbing 6.0 rebounds per game ... He is the NEC's leading returning scorer ... Bryant advanced to the NEC playoffs for the second straight year ... The Bulldogs were picked to finish sixth in the 10-team NEC Preseason Poll after going 18-14 last season and 10-6 in the league ... The Bulldogs graduated Alex Francis, a 2,000-point scorer ... He nearly reached the 1,000 rebound plateau as well and was a two-time All-NEC First Team selection ... Head coach Tim O'Shea is in his seventh season at the helm of the Bulldogs ... Senior Joe O'Shea, a nephew of head coach Tim O'Shea and son of former Saint Michael's (VT) College and current St. Johnsbury Academy (VT) head coach Tom O'Shea, is a product of Burlington (VT) HS was an All-NEC Second Team pick last year ... He averaged nine points and knocked down 35 3-pointers last season.
THE SERIES
This is the second meeting between the two teams ... Bryant leads 1-0 ... The teams met for the first time in program history last year in Smithfield, R.I. ... The Bulldogs posted an 87-64 win behind 30 points from Dyami Starks and 22 points from Alex Francis ... Bryant out scored Vermont 50-32 in the second half after leading by just five at the break.
CAT NIPS
Vermont leads America East in scoring offense (72.5 ppg) and field goal percentage (52.3%) ... The Catamounts have shot better than 40 percent from the field in five of eight halves this season ... Senior Ryan Pierson has not missed from the foul line this season (7-for-7) ... Ethan O'Day and Trae Bell-Haynes ranks 5-6 in scoring in America East, averaging 13.0 and 12.8 points per game, respectively ... O'Day leads the league in blocks, averaging 2.5 per game and enters the game with 86 ... He needs eight more blocks to move into sixth among the all-time leaders at UVM ... O'Day leads the league in field goal percentage shooting 75 percent from the field ... Freshman Cam Ward has just two turnovers and eight assists in 61 mintues of action this season.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to Hamden, Connecticut to close out the first month of the season. The Catamounts take on Quinnipiac on Sunday (Nov. 30) at 1 p.m. The gmae can be heard on ESPN 101.3 FM (online: 1013 ESPN.com) with A.J. Kanell calling the action. The game will also be streamed online via QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Following the game at Quinnipiac, the Catamounts will return to Burlington for a four-game homestand, their longest of the season. UVM opens the four-game stretch hosting Hartford in the first America East game of the year on December 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office located on the balcony in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410, and in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
