FINAL SCORE: Quinnipiac 68, Vermont 63
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Anna Olson had 21 points including 13 in the second half, but Vermont (5-7) fell short in the last seconds to Quinnipiac (8-1) on Sunday afternoon.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Tough one, in a sense they are a very good team, and we had a chance," said Mayer Head Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge. "You can't beat good teams if you give them good opportunities, those are things that we normally handle a bit better and we still had a chance, but frustrating way to end that game with turnovers."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts opened the game on an 8-3 run with four points from Olson, two from Bella Vito, and two from Nikola Priede.
• Vermont outscored the Bobcats 9-8 for the rest of the quarter, with Sarah Lazar putting up four, three from Catherine Gilwee and two from Olson.
• Quinnipiac opened the second quarter on a 12-4 run, which took them into the media timeout. Olson and Vito each had two in that span.
• The Bobcats then outscored Vermont 14-10 the rest of the way to halftime to take a 37-31 lead. Vito had four, Gilwee had two, Lazar had two, and Nikola Priede had two.
• Quinnipiac opened the third quarter on a 7-3 run, with Priede scoring two while Olson had a free throw.
• The two teams traded baskets to end the third quarter, with each scoring 13 points. Olson had eight points, Keira Hanson had two, and Vito had two.
• The Catamounts opened the fourth quarter on a 6-2 run with four points from Olson and two from Gilwee.
• The Bobcats made it an eight-point game with just over seven minutes to go before putting together another 6-2 run with three points from Hanson and Priede each. Priede's free throw with 2:21 left brought Vermont to within two.
• Quinnipiac closed the game on a 7-4 run, with Gilwee and Vito each scoring twice.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Olson led the Catamounts in scoring with a season-high 21 points. She moved into 10th all-time in career points today with 1,440 points. Vito was second with 12 points, while Gilwee and Priede had nine.
• Olson and Vito led Vermont in rebounds with seven each. Priede was second with five.
• Gilwee continued to be the Cat's top distributor with five. Four other Vermont players had two.
• Defensively, Priede had a career-high three steals.

 UP NEXT
The Catamounts return to action next Thursday (Dec. 19) when they travel to Buffalo. The game will begin at 1:00 p.m. and be streamed live on ESPN+. Tickets are available here.
 
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