BURLINGTON, Vt. – Josie Larkins had a team-high 19 points including five three-pointers as Vermont picked up its 12th home win of the season defeating Binghamton 65-60 on Senior Night presented by the UVM Alumni Association. With the win, the Catamounts improved to 12-5 in conference play. With one game left in the regular season Vermont is tied for the two-seed in the upcoming America East Playoffs with UAlbany.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"As a team, we were able to take care of the basketball and did a great job of sharing it having 20 assists," Mayer Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge said. "Another big key tonight was keeping them off the offensive glass. It was great to send out our three seniors with a gritty team win over a Binghamton team that's playing well. I'm very proud of Abby, Sarah and Josie."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Anna Olson had six points for the Catamounts in a back and forth first quarter. Vermont led 16-15 after the opening ten minutes.
• The Bearcats used a 6-0 run to take a 24-18 lead with 6:11 left in the second quarter. Larkins answered quickly for Vermont draining two three-pointers in just 41 seconds. Larkins second triple was her 70th of the season setting a new single-season program record.
• With the game tied at 26 UVM went on an 11-3 run to close the half. Five different Catamounts scored on this run which was capped by a Catherine Gilwee jumper with four seconds left. UVM carried a 37-29 lead into the break.
• At the start of the third quarter Delaney Richason had five points in a 7-0 UVM run that put the Catamounts in front 44-31 with 6:11 to go. Another Larkins three-pointer a minute later gave UVM a game-high 14-point advantage.
• Binghamton's Denai Bowman scored six points early in the fourth quarter as the Bearcats cut the lead to five with 5:06 to go.
• With 52 seconds to go Birna Benonysdottir hit her second three-pointer of the game to make it a one-possession game at 61-58 Vermont. With nine seconds to go UVM held its lead at three at 63-60 with Binghamton inbounding the ball looking for the tie.
• Senior Sarah Wells stole the ball from Benonysdottir and took it all the way to the rim to seal Vermont's win with four seconds to go.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior forward Abby Settelmeyer made her first career start tonight.
• First year guard Catherine Gilwee set a new career high with nine assists Wednesday evening. She had eight of those in the first half.
• Wednesday was junior guard Emma Utterback's fifth straight game with 13 or more points for the Catamounts.
• Vermont had 20 assists Wednesday night, their fourth game this season with 20 or more. In games with 14 or more assists this season UVM's record is 12-2.
• Vermont will host an America East Quarterfinal next Saturday, March 5 at 2:30 p.m. Ticket details and the matchup will be announced soon.
• With today's win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to COTS, the Committee on Temporary Shelter, as part of the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative. A special thank you to Vermont Mutual Insurance for their support. Vermont Mutual Insurance, protecting Vermonters since 1828.

WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts will close out the regular season on Saturday, February 26 at UMass Lowell. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. on ESPN3. The River Hawks defeated first-place Stony Brook 70-68 on the road. Fans can also listen live on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield IMG College on WVMT with Cooper Boardman on the call.

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