Brian Foley

Box Score

Vermont UVM 25-7,14-2 America East

UConn UConn 30-5,18-2 Big East

Vermont UVM

25-7,14-2 America East

Final

Mar. 18, 2023

UConn UConn

30-5,18-2 Big East

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vermont UVM	12	8	21	11	52
UConn UConn	27	26	22	20	95

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 3/18/2023 6:24:00 PM | Nich Hall

#15 Vermont Falls in NCAA Tournament First Round to #2 UConn

STORRS, Conn. – The Catamounts battled hard, but fell in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament to the two-seed UConn 95-52 at Gampel Pavilion on Saturday afternoon in a game nationally broadcast on ABC. The Huskies ended Vermont's 17-game winning streak which was the third longest in the nation.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm extremely proud of this Vermont group," said Mayer Head Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge. "Once again we showed why we're sitting here and that's toughness and grit. So, I couldn't be prouder of this group. They worked extremely hard to get to this point. Obviously, it didn't end the way we want, but that's a really talented UConn team. There's some really good things that we can take from this game and stuff that we're going to build off of as we continue to build our program. I think today showed that there's things that we are able to do that's going to help develop our program even further. So next year hopefully when we have a chance to be back in this situation and maybe with a different outcome."

HOW IT HAPPENED

Connecticut started the game with a quick 7-0 spurt over the first two minutes of the first quarter.
Vermont battled back over the next five plus minutes to cut the score to 13-7 with 3:57 remaining following a Maria Myklebust three.
UConn clamped down on defense outscoring Vermont 14-5 over the final 3:57 of the first quarter to take a 27-12 into the first break.
Connecticut went on a 9-0 spurt to start the second quarter taking a 36-12 with 6:09 remaining.
However, Vermont held tough with the Huskies converting back-to-back threes from Catherine Gilwee and Myklebust to cut the score to 38-18 with 4:59 remaining in the first half.
Utterback converted a layup with 1:25 left in the first half to end a 12-0 spurt by UConn and cut the lead to 50-20.
Connecticut scored the final three points of the half to take a 53-20 lead into the halftime break.
Over the first 4:45 of the third quarter Vermont fought hard trading baskets with UConn as each team scored 11 points to put the score at 64-31 with 5:15 remaining. Emma Utterback went 2-2 from deep to lead the Catamounts with six points and Gilwee added five more for Vermont.
Over the last five plus minutes Vermont continued to battle with the Huskies to send the game into the fourth quarter at 75-41 in favor of UConn. Utterback led all scorers in the third quarter scoring 11 of her 13 points.
The Huskies jumped out on a 7-0 run over the first 2:20 of the fourth to extend their advantage to the largest of the day thus far at 82-41.
Myklebust ended the Husky run with 6:13 remaining with a step-back three to make the score 84-44.
Gilwee knocked down a three with 2:05 remaining which made the game 93-52 and wrapped up the Catamounts scoring.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Vermont shot 34.4 percent from three and hit 11 total three pointers.
Gilwee led Vermont with 14 points on 5-10 shooting and 4-7 from three to go along with five assists and a rebound.
Utterback and Myklebust each added 13 points for the Catamounts. Myklebust hit a career-high three three-pointers. Utterback also added two rebounds and four assists.
Bella Vito led the Catamounts on the glass with four rebounds.

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