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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts league-leading Albany to wrap up the first round of conference play on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online via 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, or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
Thursday's game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game will be streamed for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
The Catamounts stand at 3-16 overall and are 0-7 in America East. UVM is coming off a 72-63 loss at UMass Lowell on Sunday. Albany enters the contest having won seven straight and owns a 14-6 mark overall and is 7-0 in league play. The Great Danes posted an 82-58 win over Hartford on Sunday.
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LAST TIME OUT - UMass Lowell 72, Vermont 63
Niki Taylor scored five points, including the 1,000th of her career, and grabbed seven rebounds at UMass Lowell ... Emilie Cloutier netted a season-high 16 points and collected eight rebounds and Katie Lavelle chipped in 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists ... UVM trailed by six at the half and UMass Lowell extended its lead to 17 points with 9:31 left in the game ... Vermont climbed back to within eight with 3:58 remaining, but UMass Lowell held off the Catamounts with an 8-for-8 effort from the foul line to secure the win.
ABOUT ALBANY
Albany is 14-6 overall, 7-0 in America East and has won seven straight ... The Great Danes are coming off an 82-58 win over Hartford on Sunday ... Albany leads the league in scoring offense (67.2 ppg), is second in scoring defense (56.5 ppg) and has the best scoring margin in the conference (+10.6) ... Junior Shereesha Richards leads the league in scoring (21.0 ppg), rebounding (9.4 rpg) and field goal percentage (57.3%) ... Imani Tate is chipping in 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while also shooting 52.1 percent from the floor ... As a team, Albany is shooting 47.8 percent from the floor, 30.2 percent from 3-point range and 66.8 percent from the foul line ... The Great Danes are out rebounding opponents by a +7.9 margin.
THE SERIES
Thursday marks the 27th meeting between the two teams ... Vermont leads series 15-11 ... Albany swept the Catamounts in the regular season last year ... The Great Danes have won nine in a row over Vermont.
TAYLOR REACHES 1,000Senior
Niki Taylor became the 20th Catamount to reach the 1,000-point milestone with two points at UMass Lowell on Sunday ... She collected her 700th career rebound at Maine on (1/22/15) with eight in the contest ... Taylor is the 7th player in program history with 1000 points and 700 rebounds ... She is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.2 points and 8.6 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 - 1,003 career pts) and steals (5th - 107 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (711 career) and ranks second in the league in rebounding (8.6 rpg) and leads the conference in offensive rebounds (4.4 pg).
WHO'S NEXTVermont begins the second round of conference play at Hartford on Sunday (Feb. 1) ... Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Chase Arena ... Kevin Fitzgerald will have the call on WVMT-620 AM (online:
SportsJuice.com) and the game will be streamed for free via
AmericaEast.tv.
