BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts regional rival Dartmouth on Sunday at Patrick Gymnaisum. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com, via the phone at 802-656-4410, and in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby. The game will be broadcast on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) and will also be streamed online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
LAST TIME OUT - Sacred Heart 76, Vermont 66
Freshman Sydney Smith set a new career-high for the third straight game, pouring in 20 points for Vermont, but Hannah Kimmel netted 29 points to lead Sacred Heart to a 76-66 win on Wednesday ... Smith was 8-for-14 from the field and added three 3-pointers ... Niki Taylor added 14 points and eight rebounds, while Kylie Butler chipped in nine points and grabbed seven rebounds ... Sacred Heart lead by as many as 11 in the first half, but a 3-pointer by Smith cut the margin to six at the break ... UVM used a 6-1 spurt to climb back within four, 68-64, with over a minute to go in the game, but the Pioneers went 6-for-10 from the foul line to close out the game.
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ABOUT DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth stands at 5-1 on the year and is coming off a 49-43 win over Hartford on Thursday ... Fanni Szabo netted a game-high 20 points and Daisy Jordan made a game-saving block with 32 seconds remaining in the game to help preserve the win ... Szabo leads the team in scoring at 21.7 points per game and netted 31 points in a win over Holy Cross earlier this year ... Lakin Roland is averaging a double-double of 14.7 points and 11.0 rebounds for the Big Green ... As a team, Dartmouth is averaging 62.2 points per game, while shooting 38.3 percent from the floor, 25.8 percent from 3-point range and 70.2 percent from the foul line ... The Big Green is out rebounding opponent 41.2 to 39.8 ... Head coach Belle Koclanes is in her second season at the helm of Dartmouth.
THE SERIES
Sunday marks the 31st meeting between the two schools, the series is tied up at 15-15 ... Vermont and Dartmouth are meeting for the sixth time in seven seasons and have played each other on a consistent basis since the 1981-82 season ... Dartmouth has won three straight over the Catamounts, including a 66-62 win in Hanover, NH last season.
TAYLOR LEADING REBOUNDER IN AMERICA EAST
Senior Niki Taylor is nearly averaging a double-double (10.7 ppg/8.7 rpg) for the Catamounts ... She became the 15th Catamount to reach the 600 rebound mark with nine at No. 21 Syracuse ... Taylor leads the league in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and offensive boards (4.7 rpg) ... She ranks among the active league leaders in rebounding (1st - 609 career), scoring (2nd - 904 career pts) and steals (5th - 101 career) ... She is closing in the 1,000-career point milestone, entering the game 96 shy of the mark and the Dartmouth game marks her 99th career game.
SHARP SHOOTING SYD
Freshman Sydney Smith has posted career-highs in three straight games ... She scored 14 points versus Delaware, raised her career mark to 18 points at No. 21 Syracuse and increased her career-high again with 20 points at Sacred Heart ... Smith is averaging 17.3 points per game over the last three contests and has made 11 3-pointers (6 against Syracuse), while shooting 51.4 percent from the floor.
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), rebounds (8), assists (5) and 3-point field goals (4) at No. 21 Syracuse.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont takes a break for finals and wraps up the first semester hosting Wagner on Sunday (Dec. 14) at 3:30 p.m. ... The game will be the second half of a doubleheader of basketball at Patrick Gymnasium ... The Vermont and Wagner men's teams will tip things off at 1 p.m. and the women's team's will follow at 3:30 p.m. ... The game will be broadcast on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) and will also be streamed online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
