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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts Wagner in the second game of a basketball doubleheader on Sunday (Dec. 14). Tipoff at Patrick Gymnasium is set for 3:30 p.m., following the men's game. The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game will also be streamed online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
The two teams are meeting for just the third time since 2010. UVM posted an 80-70 victory over the Seahawks on Staten Island when the two teams met last year. This is Wagner's first-ever visit to Burlington.
TICKETS AND PROMOTIONS
Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby ... Please note the UVM Athletic Ticket Office will be closed December 24-January 2 for the holiday break ... Tickets can still be purchased online for any game during the break ... Fans with a ticket to the men's game vs. Wagner at 1 p.m. on Sunday can receive free admission to the women's game ... Fans are encouraged to bring a new toy to be donated to the Toys for Tots initiative ... Fans are also encourage to wear your best festive holiday sweater to the game with a chance to win a $100 gift card to The Superstore Furniture ... The person with the most festive holiday sweater will be picked at halftime to win the prize.
RELATED LINKS
Game Coverage - Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
Game Notes (.pdf)
America East Release - Rookie of the Week
ECAC Release - Rookie of the Week
TD Bank Student-Athlete of the Week (Video)
Smith Mashup courtesy of Kevin Fitzgerald
CatamounTV Highlights - Dartmouth
Chat with the Cats - Katie Lavelle
LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 68, Dartmouth 63
Freshman Sydney Smith set a new career-high for the fourth straight game, pouring in 23 points to lead Vermont past Dartmouth ... Emilie Cloutier put together a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, her best effort in her first season in a Vermont uniform ... Kayla Burchill added 10 points in 18 minutes off the bench and Kylie Atwood chipped in six points and grabbed 10 boards.
ABOUT WAGNER
Wagner stands at 0-7 on the year and is coming off a 96-66 loss at Penn State ... This is Wagner's fourth straight road game ... Jasmine Nwajei leads the team in scoring (16.4 ppg) and assists (28) and is averaging 5.3 rebounds per game ... Teammate Jordyn Peck is the only other Seahawk averaging double figures at 13.6 points per game. She has drained a team-high 16 3-pointers this season ... As a team, Wagner is averaging 54.3 points per game, while shooting 34 percent from the floor, 27 percent from 3-point range and 58 percent from the foul line ... The Seahawks are being outrebounded 45.3 to 34.7 on the glass ... Head coach Lisa Cermingnano is in her third season on the Wagner sidelines.
THE SERIES
This is the third meeting between the two teams, the series is tied up at 1-1 ... Sunday marks Wagner's first visit to Burlington ... Vermont posted an 80-70 win on Staten Island last year ... Kristina White scored a team-high 19 points to lead four Catamounts in double figures ... Niki Taylor added a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Kaylea Britton contributed 15 points off the bench ... Vermont led 58-41 in the second half ... Wagner cut the lead to seven, but the Catamounts went 8-for-12 from the foul line to seal the win.
SMITH NAMED AMERICA EAST & ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Sydney Smith was named the America East Rookie of the Week on Monday ... She set new career-highs in three straight games. She scored 18 points at No. 21 Syracuse, raised her career-high to 20 points at Sacred Heart and netted 23 points in a win over Dartmouth ... She averaged 20.3 points per game, while shooting 46.2 percent from beyond the arc (12-for-26) and 53.7 percent from the field.
TAYLOR HITS THE CENTURY MARK
Sunday marks Niki Taylor's 100th career game in a Vermont uniform ... The senior is nearly averaging 9.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game for the Catamounts ... She became the 15th Catamount to reach the 600 rebound mark with nine at No. 21 Syracuse ... She ranks among the active leaders in America East in scoring (2nd - 904 career pts) and steals (5th - 101 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (613 career) and second in the league in rebounding (8.1 rpg) this season ... She is closing in the 1,000-career point milestone, entering the game 96 shy of the mark.
ATWOOD OFF TO BEST START IN CAREER
Junior Kylie Atwood is off to the best start in her career ... She has started all seven games ... She is averaging 8.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, while shooting 44.4 percent from the floor and 40 percent from beyond the arc ... She set new career marks in points (12), assists (5) and 3-point field goals (4) at No. 21 Syracuse and added a career-high 10 rebounds against Dartmouth ... Atwood, the smallest player on the team at 5-5, is averaging 4.3 rebounds per game.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to Brooklyn, New York to take on St. Francis Brooklyn on Wednesday (Dec. 17) and will face Wisconsin-Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin on December 20 before breaking for the holidays ... The Catamounts next home game is December 20 versus Cornell at 7 p.m.
