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Vermont has won back-to-back games against two of the top teams in the America East (New Hampshire and Albany). Now, the Catamounts start a three-game road trip against the UMass Lowell River Hawks: the only team in the America East without a conference win (0-11).
 
UVM and UMass Lowell meet up for the second and final time this regular season, at Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Sunday (Feb. 11) at 2 p.m.
   
Per a contract between the America East and ESPN, all conference games air online on ESPN3 and via the ESPN App.
 
As always, an audio broadcast is also available on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM. Pregame coverage for the UMass Lowell-Vermont game with Logan Ratick starts at 1:40 p.m., with tip-off set for 2 p.m. from Tsongas Center.
 
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TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets for Vermont's final two home games against Maine (Feb. 22) and Stony Brook (Feb. 25) by visiting UVMathletics.com/Tickets. Additionally, tickets can be acquired by calling the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at (802) 656-4410 or by visiting the office, located on the balcony of the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby. On game days, tickets can be purchased beginning one hour before tip-off in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
  
CATAMOUNTS RECAP
Vermont beat Albany 62-57 at Patrick Gym on Thursday night (Feb. 8). With the win, the Catamounts snapped a 19-game losing streak to the Great Danes, which dated back to 2011. UVM and Albany split the season series at 1-1.
 
Hanna Crymble the way for UVM 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists. She went 6-6 from the free throw line and ranks eight in the nation in free throw percentage (90.7%).
 
Meanwhile, Sydney Smith added 11 points (1-3 3PT), seven rebounds, two assists and a steal of her own.
 
Albany featured two double-figure scorers as well, but failed to beat UVM despite forcing 30 Catamounts turnovers.
 
As a unit, Vermont finished the contest at 52% from the field, 39% (5-13) from three-point territory and 68% (13-19) from the free throw line. UVM out-rebounded Albany 36-28.
  
SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
Head coach Jenerrie Harris is in her fourth season at the helm of the program and led the River Hawks from Division II to Division I in the 2013-14 season. Prior to UMass Lowell, she served on the coaching staffs at Navy (2009-13), Wright State (2006-09) and Longwood (2005-06). Harris is a 2004 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she went from being a walk-on to a scholarship player on the women's basketball team.
 
This season, UMass Lowell is 3-21 overall (0-11 in the America East) and 2-9 at home. The River Hawks have lost 15 consecutive games (last win was at Saint Peter's on Dec. 7).
 
As a team, UMass Lowell averages the fourth-fewest points per game (60) in the America East. The River Hawks allow the most points per game (71.9) and have the worst team free throw percentage (63%) in the conference. On the other side, the Catamounts have the best team free throw percentage in the America East (75%). 
 
Kayla Gibbs is UMass Lowell's lone senior. She leads the team in points (12.4 PPG) and rebounds (8.8 RPG).
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont leads the all-time series 5-4. The Catamounts won the first meeting in Burlington on Dec. 1, 2013. UVM won both meetings last season and the previous matchup this season on Jan. 3. The River Hawks became a Division I program and joined the America East in the 2013-14 season.
  
HISTORY BEFORE OUR EYES
Candice Wright's five blocked shots against Rider on Dec. 1 placed her in sole possession for first all-time on Vermont's career blocks list. The junior broke Katie McNamara's '05 record of 102 blocked shots on her first rejection of the contest. Wright has 136 blocked shots during her career through the last game vs. Albany.
   
DIALING FROM LONG DISTANCE
Smith ranks fourth all-time with 180 career makes from long distance. She surpassed her former teammate, Kayla Burchill '15 (170) with four three-pointers at UMBC on Jan. 6.
 
Additionally, White sits sixth all-time in program history in three-point field goals after she surpassed Ashleigh Cuncic '07 (143) on Jan. 31 against Binghamton. The redshirt-senior co-captain has now made 146 triples during her time in Burlington. 
 
As a team, Vermont is averaging just under seven three-point makes per game. Out of UVM's 1,276 field goal attempts through the first 24 games of the season, just over 42% have come from behind the three-point arc. Individually, the most proficient three-point shooting Catamounts have been Robertson (38%), Crymble (33%) and White (33%).
  
NEXT UP
Vermont continues the road trip in Binghamton on Wednesday night (Feb. 14) at 7 p.m. The Catamounts lost to the Bearcats at Patrick Gym on Jan. 31 and look to even the season-series in the final regular season matchup with Binghamton. 
 
As with every America East contest, a video broadcast can be accessed online for the Binghamton game via ESPN3. 
 
Additionally, Logan Ratick handles the radio broadcast for Vermont's lone game of the season in Binghamton. Pregame coverage for the Catamounts' battle with the Bearcats on Wednesday starts at 6:40 p.m., followed by the game at 7 p.m. on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM.