FINAL SCORE: #23 Minnesota 90, Vermont 58
MINNEAPOLIS – Four Golden Gophers reached double figures Sunday afternoon as No. 23 Minnesota defeated Vermont 90-58 in their second-ever meeting from Williams Arena. With the win, the Golden Gophers improved to 1-1 this season while the Catamounts fell to 0-3.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Josie Larkins opened the scoring for the Catamounts with a three-pointer and then added an assist with a beautiful feed to Emma Utterback. Minnesota native Hanna Crymble connected on a jumper 3:18 into the game and UVM held a 7-4 edge. The Golden Gophers quickly responded with an 11-0 run and pushed their advantage to 15 heading to the second frame.
• Minnesota hit three straight field goals early in the second quarter, stretching their lead to 25 at 38-13. Rose Caverly had four points in the second quarter and Utterback added a three-pointer as the Catamounts closed the half outscoring Minnesota 11-9.
• Vermont's Minnesotan carried UVM in the third quarter. Crymble had 11 points in the frame, moving into the top-10 all-time at Vermont in scoring. Through a stretch of the third and fourth quarter she scored 13 straight points for Vermont.
• The Golden Gophers outscored UVM 27-18 in the final frame to seal their first win of the season. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman guard Jane McCauley made her collegiate debut Sunday afternoon.
• Vermont had seven offensive rebounds Sunday after grabbing just one on Friday at Loyola Chicago.
• Hanna Crymble passed Alex Lawson (1993-97) on the all-time scoring list. Crymble now has 1,298 career points. She needs 79 points to move into ninth all-time.
• Former Catamounts Gracia Brettingen '16 (Hutson) and Kristina White '17, two of the other four all-time UVM letterwinners from the state of Minnesota were in attendance Sunday.

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont hosts Bryant in their home opener on Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets to all Vermont women's basketball home games by visiting UVMathletics.com/Tickets, or by calling the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at (802) 656-4410. The game will be broadcast for free on AmericaEast.TV. Fans can also listen to the contest on AM-620/96.3 FM WVMT with Maura Sheridan on the call.
 
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