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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts former America East foe Delaware in the final home game of November on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 1 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium. Tickets are available online at UVMathletics.com and in person starting at noon in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby the day of the game. The game will be streamed online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com and can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the
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LAST TIME OUT - Central Conn. 77, Vermont 75 (OT)
Despite making three comeback attempts to erase a 13-point deficit, a 10-point deficit and a seven-point deficit, the Catamounts fell at the buzzer at Central Connecticut ... The Catamounts fell behind 14-1 to open the game, but closed the gap to four at the half, 31-27 ... CCSU pushed back out to a 10-point lead with 9:46 left in the second half, but UVM used a 13-3 run to tie the game up and took a 59-58 lead with 1:21 remaining ... Emilie Cloutier had two contested looks in the final seconds to net the game-winner but the shots would not fall ... The Blue Devils took a seven-point lead in overtime, but UVM rallied again ... A step back 3-pointer from Kayla Burchill with 10 seconds left tied the game up at 75, but Amanda Harrington put back her own miss at the buzzer to lift CCSU to the win ... All five starters reached double figures in the scoring column, led by 13 points from both Kylie Atwood and Emilie Cloutier. Niki Taylor posted her seventh career double-double and second of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds ... Kylie Butler added 12 points and Sydney Smith chipped in 11 points.
TAYLOR A LEADER
Senior Niki Taylor is averaging nearly a double-double (12.0 ppg/9.5 rpg) for the Catamounts and picked up her seventh career double-double, second of the season, at Central Connecticut on Tuesday ... She also ranks among the active leaders in America East in scoring (2nd - 877 career pts) and steals (5th - 97 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (586 career) and leads the league in offensive rebounds per game (5.7) ... She is closing in the 1,000-career point milestone, entering the game 123 shy of the mark.
STARTING FIVE SCORE
All five starters reached double-figures in the scoring column in the overtime loss at CCSU ... The last time that happened was against UMBC on March 3, 2004.
ABOUT DELAWARE
The Delaware Blue Hens are 1-3 overall ... The lone victory was a 70-60 win over Marist in the second game of the year. Delaware is 0-2 on the road this season ... UVM and Delaware last met on March 10, 2001 in the America East Championship Game at Patrick Gymnasium. The Blue Hens came away with a 69-64 overtime win, denying Vermont a chance to repeat as league champs ... Delaware is coming off a 49-44 loss to Fordham on Tuesday ... Erika Brown (14.5 ppg) and Courtni Green (13.3 ppg) have scored at least 10 point in all four games this season. They rank 1-2 in scoring for the Blue Hens ... Joy Caracciolo leads the team in rebounding (7.5 rpg) and is chipping in 7.7 points per game ... Delaware is averaging 56.5 points per game, while giving up 65.2 to opponents. The Blue Hens are shooting 34.4 percent from the floor, 40 percent from 3-point range and 67.4 percent from the foul line. Delaware is out rebounding opponents 43.2 to 34.5 ... Tina Martin is in her 19th season as the head coach at Delaware and has won over 500 games.
THE SERIES
This is the 27th meeting between the two schools, but the first since 2001 ... A former America East opponent, UVM leads the series 19-7 ... UVM and Delaware last met on March 10, 2001 in the America East Championship Game at Patrick Gymnasium. The Blue Hens came away with a 69-64 overtime win, denying Vermont a chance as repeating at league champs.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont is in the midst of a playing four games in nine days ... Following the home game versus Delaware, UVM travels to Syracuse for a Monday (Dec. 1) night game at the Carrier Dome ... Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game can be seen on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel ... The Catamounts remain on the road to take on Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Connecticut on Wednesday (Dec. 3) at 7 p.m. before returning to Patrick Gymnasium to host I-89 rival Dartmouth at 2 p.m. ... All three games can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald on the call.
