WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
The Catamounts travel to Maryland for their final regular season road contest as they face UMBC at the UMBC Event Center Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. on ESPN3. The action can also be heard on WVMT AM 620/FM 96.3 with the voice of the Catamounts Maura Sheridan on the call.
 
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CRYMBLE MOVES INTO SIXTH ALL-TIME
With 12 points Wednesday senior forward Hanna Crymble moved into sixth all-time in Vermont scoring with 1,700 points. Crymble needs 72 points to move into the top-five. She is one of 22 players all-time in America East history to reach 1,700 points.
 
BLOCK PARTY
The Catamounts lead America East in blocks with 118. They are tied for 33rd in the NCAA in the category. Hanna Crymble is the individual leader in America East with 48 blocks this season, which is tied for 42nd in Division I. She is ten blocks away from surpassing her total blocks from the last three years combined.
 
VALUE THE BALL
The Catamounts are 33rd in the NCAA averaging only 13.3 turnovers per game. The Catamounts are 10-6 this season when they have 13 or fewer turnovers. In league play UMBC is averaging just 5.08 steals per game, worst in America East.
 
LARKINS CAN SHOOT AT THE EVENT CENTER
In their last game at the UMBC Event Center Josie Larkins went off. On Jan. 23, 2019 she had a then career-high 23 points with seven made three-pointers in a 58-44 win.
 
SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS
UMBC enters Saturday's contest having won three of their last four games, climbing the standings in America East, with wins over UAlbany, UMass Lowell and Hartford. The Catamounts are in sixth place in the league, sitting a half game in front of UMBC and UAlbany, making Saturday a pivotal contest.
 
Te'yJah Oliver leads the Retrievers in scoring with 15.0 PPG in America East play, good for seventh overall in the league. She is shooting 37.0% from downtown in league play. Against the Catamounts in January she had 21 points and two made three-pointers. In her last six league games she is only averaging 10.3 PPG.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The overall series between UVM and UMBC is now tied at 18-18. Vermont has won the last three meetings and four of the last five. 
 
CATHY INGLESE PATCHES
This season the Catamounts are wearing jersey patches to honor our former Head Coach Cathy Inglese. Inglese was the head coach at Vermont for seven seasons, from 1986 to 1993. She led UVM to unprecedented success with its first two conference titles, in 1992 and 1993, and its first two trips to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.
These patches will be worn at home and on the road this season to honor the memory of Coach Inglese who tragically passed away this summer.
 
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