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Vermont plays its final game of the regular season at home on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 25) against Stony Brook. It is also Senior Day for the Catamounts. UVM will honor its four seniors before the game: captains Kristina White, Katie Lavelle, and Sydney Smith, as well as Rachel Merrill.  Tip-off from Tom Brennan Court at Patrick Gymnasium is set for 2 p.m.
 
Per a contract between the America East and ESPN, all conference games air online on ESPN3 and via the ESPN App. Alastair Ingram handles the play-by-play and is joined by analyst Jason Young on the call. 
 
As always, an audio broadcast is also available on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM. Pregame coverage for the Vermont-Stony Brook game with Logan Ratick starts at 1:40 p.m., with tip-off set for 2 p.m. from Tom Brennan Court at Patrick Gymnasium.
 
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TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets for Senior Day against 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
UVM lost has dropped four straight contests, including the opener of this two game homestand. Most recently, the Catamounts lost to the Maine Black Bears 79-47 on Thursday night at Patrick Gym.
 
Maine was led by Blanca Millan, who scored 22 points and added six rebounds in the win. Additionally, Tanesha Sutton recorded a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Vermont was paced by Hanna Crymble, who notched 15 points and added three rebounds. Crymble has now reached double-figures in the scoring column in 23 of the 28 games that she has played in this season.
 
Meanwhile, Kristina White added 10 points for the Catamounts in her second-to-last game at Patrick Gym.
 
As a unit, Vermont finished the contest at 35% from the field, 13% (3-20) from three-point territory and 67% (8-12) from the free throw line. UVM was out-rebounded 44-27.
  
SCOUTING STONY BROOK
Head coach Caroline McCombs is in fourth season at the helm of the program. Last season, her Seawolves featured a top-40 scoring defense in the nation and allowed the third-fewest three-pointers in Division I. McCombs is second all-time in wins among Stony Brook coaches in their D-I era.
 
This season, Stony Brook is 17-11 overall, 8-6 on the road and 9-6 in America East play thus far (fourth-best record in the conference).
 
Two Seawolves are averaging double-figures in the scoring column: Shania Johnson (15.6 PPG) and Jerell Matthews (14.2). Johnson ranks fifth in the conference in scoring, right behind UVM's Crymble.
 
As a team, Stony Brook ranks second in the America East Conference in both field goal percentage (41.3%) and field goal percentage defense (38.2%).
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont leads the all-time series 19-15. UVM won the first ever meeting (in Burlington) 71-59 on Jan. 24, 2002. The Catamounts won the first five matchups in the series.
 
UVM had won three straight against Stony Brook before losing on Long Island 80-57 on Jan. 13. In that game this season, Cassidy Derda led the Catamounts with 12 points and five rebounds, while Crymble added 10 and four. Vermont shot 35% from the floor.
 
Last season, Vermont won 53-43 at Patrick Gymnasium on Jan. 28, 2017. In that game, Candice Wright scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds and recorded three blocks. Smith recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Lastly, Crymble added 10 points and eight rebounds in a winning effort. 
  
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 139 blocked shots during her career through the last game vs. Maine.
   
DIALING FROM LONG DISTANCE
After making two three-pointers at UMass Lowell, Smith maintains her rank of fourth all-time in program history with 183 career makes from long distance. She surpassed her former teammate, Kayla Burchill '15 (170) with four three-pointers at UMBC on Jan. 6. Smith is closing in on third place, which is held by May Kotsopoulos '10 (187).
 
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 148 triples during her time in Burlington. 
 
As a team, Vermont is averaging six and a half three-point makes per game. Out of UVM's 1,490 field goal attempts through the first 28 games of the season, just under 44% have come from behind the three-point arc. Individually, the most proficient three-point shooting Catamounts have been Derda (33%), Crymble (33%) and Hayley Robertson (31%).
  
NEXT UP
UVM opens the America East Tournament with a quarterfinals matchup on Saturday, March 3, at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. The Catamounts are locked in for the seven-seed and will play the two-seed, either Albany or Maine. Game time is to be determined.
 
As with every America East contest, a video broadcast can be accessed online for each America East Tournament game via ESPN3. 
 
Additionally, Logan Ratick handles the radio broadcast for Vermont's first conference tournament game of the season. Pregame coverage for the Catamounts' postseason battle will start 20 minutes before the scheduled tip-off time on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM from Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine.