Final Score: Vermont 47 Princeton 67
BURLINGTON, VT. – Despite another 20 point performance from Emma Utterback, Princeton snapped Vermont's 16-game home winning streak 67-47 on Friday afternoon in their annual Ugly Sweater Game. With the defeat the Catamounts fall to 8-6 overall, while with the victory Princeton improves to 9-3 on the season.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Princeton did a great job of taking away our tendencies, we didn't take away theirs," Said Mayer Head Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge. "Defensively, we have been pretty good on being locked in and focused on tendencies and today we were not. It was our defense in the first half and then the second half just got away from us, so we got to readjust and fix that coming into league play. I hope that today was just to get some of the rust off from the holidays and get a chip back on our shoulder again."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Princeton opened the scoring with a second chance layup from Kaitlyn Chen on their first possession, which sparked an early 10-2 run for the Tigers. Princeton never looked back and led wire-to-wire.
• However, Vermont did not give up without a fight, battling back with an 8-2 run of their own over the next three minutes of the first quarter to close the score to 12-10 following a Keira Hanson triple with 3:14 remaining.
• In the final three minutes of the first quarter the two teams went back-and-forth with Princeton holding an 8-5 edge to take a 20-15 lead into the first break.
• Utterback led all scorers with 11 in the period while Chen led the Tigers with six points and three assists.
• In the second quarter Princeton opened up the game going on a 12-2 run that was capped by a Madison St. Rose three with 3:10 left in the first half to seize a 32-19 lead.
• Over the final three minutes of the half Princeton outscored Vermont 5-3 to take a 37-22 lead into the break.
• Coming out of the halftime break Princeton seized control outscoring Vermont 22-12 to take their biggest lead of the game, 59-34, into the final stanza.
• St. Rose and Utterback led their respective teams and all scorers with eight points each in the third quarter.
• The Catamounts battled back in the fourth quarter outscoring the Tigers 13-8 to give the game its final score of 67-47.
• Delaney Richason led the Catmounts with four points in the quarter while Utterback, Malia Lenz and Nikola Priede each chipped in two. Andjela Matic also knocked down a three for Vermont.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vermont shot 46.2 percent from the field in the first quarter, and 40.8 percent for the game.
• Utterback was tied for a game-high with 23 points alongside five rebounds, two assists and one block.
• Richason paced the Catamounts in rebounds with seven to go with four points and two assists.
• Anna Olson finished second on the team with six points alongside three rebounds and one steal.
• Vermont finished tied in total rebounds (29) with a team for the third time this season.

 
WHO'S NEXT
Following Friday's matchup with the Tigers, the Catamounts will have almost a full week off before beginning America East play. Vermont will open conference play at Patrick Gym against New Hampshire on Thursday, January 4. Tipoff for that game is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan and Bernie Cieplicki on the call. The international stream will also be available via AmericaEast.TV. Fans can also listen to the game through the radio broadcast via the Varsity Network App with the voice of Catamounts women's basketball, Ryan Zimmerman, on the call.
 
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