FINAL SCORE: Vermont 50, Yale 65
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont men's basketball team took a loss in New Haven, Connecticut against Yale. TJ Hurley led the Catamounts with 21 points and a career-high five threes.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"Obviously another tough game on the offensive end. We just have to keep working at it. I have all the confidence in the world we will start to play better. It's a long year."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Yale went on an 8-0 run to start the game along with two threes.
• At the 16-minute media timeout, the Catamounts were down 8-2.
• TJ Hurley led Vermont out of the gate with five straight points.
• After the 16-minute media timeout, UVM would go on a 7-0 run thanks to a TJ Hurley three.
• With 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Vermont was down by 13-12. Seth Joba hit a top-of-the-key three-pointer
• At the end of the 8-minute media timeout, the game was at a stalemate as the score stood 13-12.
• Both teams were scoreless for 4 minutes until Shamir Bogues backed down his defender for a contested layup as UVM would take its first lead of the game 14-13.
• TJ Hurley hit a corner three after multiple lead changes. Vermont would go up 20-19 with 3:30 remaining.
• Vermont led by 2 at the end of the first half 24-22. Hurley had 10 first-half points for the Catamounts.
• Shamir Bogues had a steal and a fastbreak layup to start the scoring for UVM in the second half. On the next offensive possession Shamir would drive to his left for a contest lefty layup. Vermont would go up 30-24.
• Yale would go on a 12-0 run to retake the lead 36-30.
• TJ Hurley would respond with a top of the key three. At the 12-minute media timeout, Catamounts were down 38-35.
• After leading 30-24 early in the 2^nd half, Yale would storm back and go on a 21-5 run. The Bulldogs led 45-35 with 9:03 remaining.
• Sean Blake would make a fastbreak layup and was fouled as Vermont was down 50-37 with 6:10 remaining.
• With 1:23 remaining, Blake had another fastbreak layup and the foul. The Cats were down 57-47.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TJ Hurley had a team-high 21 points and a career-high five threes shooting 61.5% from the field. This is his third 20+ point game this year. Hurley has made 2+ threes in seven games this season.
• Ileri Ayo-Faleye led Vermont defensively with three blocks. Ayo-Faleye has had 2+ blocks in nine games this year.
• Noah Barnett had a team-high two steals.
• Sean Blake recorded a team-high seven rebounds and four assists.
• Shamir Bogues contributed 12 points for the Catamounts.

 
UP NEXT
UVM will continue their road trip and head to Colgate on Sunday, December 15^th. That game will tip off at 2 p.m. ET and it will be on ESPN+. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App with Brian McLaughlin on the call.
 
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