BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team returns to Patrick Gymnasium for a pair of home games this week. UVM faces New Hampshire on Wednesday (Jan. 14) at 11:30 a.m. and UMBC on Saturday (Jan. 17) at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410 and in person one hour before game time in the Patrick Gymnaisum Lobby.
Wednesday's game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game will also be streamed for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
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The Catamounts stand at 3-12 overall and 0-3 in league play after falling 73-62 at Binghamton on Saturday. New Hampshire begins the week with a record of 10-5 and is 2-1 in the league. The Wildcats are 2-2 through their last four games and coming off a 67-45 victory over UMBC.
LAST TIME OUT - Binghamton 73, Vermont 62
Sydney Smith and Kayla Burchill scored 15 points each for Vermont, but Sherae Swinson and Imani Watkins netted 18 points apiece to lead Binghamton to a 73-62 victory at the Events Center. Vermont led 21-20 with 4:02 left in the first half, but the Bearcats out scored UVM 10-6 and went to the locker room with a 30-27 lead. UVM trailed by 10 with 12:23 remaining in the game, but stormed back to tie the game up at 49 with 8:48 left in the game, but could not regain the lead. Binghamton used a 7-0 run to push out to a 61-53 lead and went 7-for-8 from the line in the closing minutes to secure the win.
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire is 10-5 overall, 2-1 in America East ... The Wildcats are 2-2 in their last four games and coming off a 67-45 win over UMBC on Saturday ... Elizabeth Belanger is one of three UNH players averaging double figures ... She is scoring 14.8 points per game and ranks second on the team in rebounding at 6.4 caroms per contest ... Ariel Gaston leads the team on the boards (6.5 rpg) and is chipping in 12.1 points per game, while also handing out 3.3 assists per contest ... Kaylee Kilpatrick is contributing 10.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and has a team-high 19 blocks ... As a team, UNH is averaging 62.1 points per game, while holding opponents to 57.3 points ... The Wildcats are shooting 41.6 percent from the floor, 25.7 percent from 3-point range and 70.8 percent from the foul line ... UNH is also out rebounding opponents 37.1 to 34.9 on the year.
THE SERIES
Wednesday is the 74th meeting between the two teams ... Vermont leads the all-time series 38-35 ... The Wildcats have won seven of the last nine matchups and four straight ... UNH swept the regular season last year winning 60-45 in Durham and 71-50 in Burlington ... The Wildcats also handed UVM an 85-79 loss in the America East Quarterfinals at Albany.
MILESTONE METER
Senior Niki Taylor is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.2 points and 8.7 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 - 967 career pts) and steals (5th - 105 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (679 career) and ranks second in the league in rebounding (8.9 rpg) and leads the conference in offensive rebounds (4.2 pg) ... She is closing in the 1,000-career point milestone, entering the game 33 shy of the mark.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont hosts UMBC on Saturday (Jan. 17) at 2 p.m. ... Tickets are available online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410 and in person one hour before game time in the Patrick Gymnaisum Lobby ... The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action ... The game will also be streamed for free in HD via CatamounTV.com ... Saturday is Youth Day; Camper Reunion Day; NCAA Pack the House Challenge and there will be a Postgame Kids Conference presented by DoubleTree.
