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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts UMBC on Pack The House Day on Saturday at Patrick Gymnasium. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tickets are available online at UVMathletics.com 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 can also be seen online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
The Catamounts enter the game with a record of 3-13 and are looking for their first league win of the year. UMBC is 5-11 overall, 0-3 in America East. The Retrievers have lost six straight, including a 66-50 loss to Stony Brook on Wednesday.
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Game Promotions: Youth Day; Camper Reunion Day; NCAA Pack the House Challenge and there will be a Postgame Kids Conference presented by DoubleTree
LAST TIME OUT - New Hampshire 64, Vermont 56
Sydney Smith scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Vermont, but UNH held off a late rally by the Catamounts to post a 64-56 win. Smith was one of five Catamounts with at least seven rebounds as UVM dominated the boards, out rebounding UNH 48-32. Kylie Butler and Emilie Cloutier added eight points and seven rebounds each. UNH placed five players in double figures, led by Elizabeth Belanger's 14 points. UVM closed to within four on a basket by Cloutier with 1:15 left in the game, but UNH was able to hold off the Catamounts with a 4-for-4 effort from the foul line in the closing seconds.
ABOUT UMBC
UMBC is 5-11 overall, 0-3 in America East ... The Retrievers have lost six straight, including a 66-50 loss to Stony Brook on Wednesday ... UMBC's last win was an 87-78 victory at Maryland Eastern Shore on December 22 ... Capree Garner, a transfer from Hartford Community College, leads the team in scoring (17.9 ppg) and is averaging 4.8 rebounds per game ... Amanda Hagman is the team's leading rebounder at 5.4 caroms per contest and is chipping in 8.0 points per game ... Taylor McCarley is also chipping in 8.3 points per game and is averaging 4.2 assists per game ... As a team, UMBC is averaging 62.8 points per game, while giving up 68.9 points to opponents ... The Retrievers are shooting 37.8 percent from the floor, 28.3 percent from 3-point range and 65.9 percent from the foul line ... UMBC is being out rebounded 45.1 to 36.4 on the year.
THE SERIES
Saturday is the 26th meeting between the two teams ... Vermont is 14-11 all-time against UMBC ... The Retrievers have won six of the last eight contests ... The two teams split last season, each winning on their home floor.
MILESTONE METER
Senior Niki Taylor is 24 points shy of the 1,000-point milestone and 12 rebounds away from 700 for her career ... She 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 - 976 career pts) and steals (5th - 105 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (688 career) and ranks second in the league in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and leads the conference in offensive rebounds (4.2 pg).
CLOSE CALLS
Five of Vermont's 13 losses have been by 8 or less points this season.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to Maine on Thursday (Jan. 22) ... Tipoff at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor is set for 5:30 p.m. ... 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 via AmericaEast.tv.
