POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – American rallied in the fourth quarter to come from behind and defeat Vermont 68-61 in the Catamounts first overtime game since 2019. With the win, the Eagles improved to 2-1 on the season while the Catamounts fell to 1-1. The Eagles posted back-to-back wins against Marist and Vermont this weekend, while the Catamounts will meet the Red Foxes tomorrow afternoon.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I thought we fought hard today," Mayer Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge said. "They capitalized on every mistake we made and we still had a chance to win. These are the types of games that challenge us and will push us to be better."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Eagles took control of the game in the first quarter, they closed the opening stanza on an 11-0 run over the final 4:41 to take a 22-9 lead into the second quarter.
• Vermont's defense took over in the second quarter just allowing two points on 1-of-15 shooting over the 10 minutes. Leiya Stuart had four points in the quarter for UVM as they cut the deficit to four at the half.
• In the first 3:06 of the third quarter UVM used an 8-0 run with six points from Josie Larkins to take its first lead of the contest 28-24. Over the final 5:08 of the third quarter UVM shutout the American offense and scored 13 points to take a commanding 41-28 lead into the fourth quarter. Sarah Wells and Emma Utterback each had four points in the quarter-ending 13-0 run.
• The game of wild momentum swings continued in the fourth quarter. American used a 19-2 run to claim a four-point edge with 3:07 left in regulation. Anna Olson scored UVM's next four points to tie the game at 47 with 1:49 to go.
• A go-ahead three-pointer by Delaney Richason with 66 seconds remaining was matched by three late points from American's Riley DeRubbo to force overtime.
• American's Jade Edwards had 10 points in the extra session as the Eagles scored the first five points of overtime and never looked back.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Sophomore forward Anna Olson led the Catamounts with 16 points Saturday. She also posted a team-high three blocked shots and three steals.  
• In her second career college basketball game first year Catherine Gilwee played 32 minutes Saturday. She was tied with Emma Utterback for the team-high with four assists.

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont will face theirs hosts this weekend, Marist, at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The game will air live on ESPN3. Fans can also listen live on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield IMG College on WVMT. Fans can also listen online at Catamounts All-Access with the new voice of the Catamounts Cooper Boardman on the call.  

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