BURLINGTON, Vt. - Vermont Women's Basketball returns home for the first time since Nov. 16 to take on Manhattan. The game will tip off at 12:00 p.m. ET and be streamed live on ESPN+.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network from Learfield on WVMT, which will air on 96.3 FM in Burlington, 105.9 FM in Plattsburgh, and 620 AM around the rest of the region. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App, and Ryan Zimmerman is on the call.
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Game Notes: Vermont | Manhattan
VERMONT OUTLOOK
- Vermont lost its most recent contest as they fell overtime to Bucknell, 62-59.
- Anna Olson led the Catamounts in scoring with 20 points, her first 20-point game of the season.
- Nikola Priede led Vermont on the boards with seven, a season-high. Catherine Gilwee led the way in assists with four.
- The Catamounts are 5-1 all-time against Manhattan, with their lone loss coming last year against the Jaspers. Manhattan won 53-43, with Keira Hanson scoring 11 points.
- Olson is Vermont's leading scorer this season, averaging 15.2 points per game. Hanson and Bella Vito are second and third, averaging 10.3 and 9.4 per game, respectively.
- Vito leads the Catamounts on the boards with 5.6 per game. Olson and Malia Lenz are second and third, averaging 5.2 and 4.5 per game, respectively.
- Vermont is beginning the second of four multi-game homestands today. Three of the four, including this one, are just two games. Vermont will open conference play with three straight home games, which will be the longest stretch they have at Patrick this season.
SCOUTING THE JASPERS
- Manhattan comes to Burlington with a 6-2 record and having won six of their last seven games. Their only losses have come to FAU and in the first game of the season against Rutgers.
- Petra Juric is the Jaspers' leading scorer on the season, averaging 12.3 points per game. Nitzan Amar and Hana Muhl are second and third, averaging 11.1 and 11.0 points per game, respectively.
- Juric is also Manhattan's leading rebounder, with 7.0 rebounds per game. Muhl and Leyla Ozturk are second and third with 6.3 each.
- The Jaspers return three of their five leading scorers from a year ago in Inés Giménez Martinez (10.8 ppg), Juric (10.1 ppg), and Amar (8.8 ppg).
- Four of Manhattan's top five rebounders return in Juric (7.6), Ozturk (4.8), Amar (3.5), and Giménez Martinez (2.8).
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