Alex Weiss

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Vermont UVM 22-10,12-4 America East

UAlbany ALB 25-6,13-3 America East

Vermont UVM

22-10,12-4 America East

Final

Mar. 11, 2024

UAlbany ALB

25-6,13-3 America East

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vermont UVM	9	9	13	19	50
UAlbany ALB	8	17	11	10	46

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 3/11/2024 11:04:00 PM | Nate Scandore

Women’s Basketball Earns Comeback Victory Over UAlbany to Advance to America East Championship

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FINAL SCORE: Vermont 50, UAlbany 46
ALBANY, NY – The No. 3 Catamounts earned themselves a ticket to their second consecutive Jersey Mike's America East Championship game after a hard-fought 50-46 comeback victory over No. 2 UAlbany in the America East Semifinal at the Broadview Center Monday night. With the victory, Vermont earns their fifth straight win over the Great Danes and prepare to face Maine on the road on Friday, March 15 at 5 p.m. That game will be broadcast live on ESPNU with the international stream available via AmericaEast.TV.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"I thought our team did a great job staying in the moment and not letting runs of the game get us too high or too low," said Mayer Head Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge. "As a team, we had big time plays offensively and big time stops defensively. We knew this was going to be a hard fought battle until the final buzzer and I'm very proud of the fight and mettle we showed, especially down the stretch."

HOW IT HAPPENED

Vermont gained an early 5-0 lead after Emma Utterback kick scoring off with a three-pointer followed by Bella Vito cashing her jump shot with 7:56 to go in the first quarter.
UAlbany rallied with eight unanswered points to take a 8-5 edge with 5:39 remaining in the quarter.
Anna Olson got the Catamounts back on the board, making a post move in the paint and scoring her layup to cut the lead down to one, 8-7, with 4:44 left.
With 1:22 to go in the opening frame, Vermont forced a UAlbany shot clock violation, allowing the Catamounts to snatched back the lead after moving the ball around, opening up Keira Hanson to roll off the pick and swish a pull up mid-range shot. UVM took a 9-8 advantage into the second frame.
Andjela Matic found Hanson for a three-pointer to start scoring in the second quarter, Vermont took a 12-8 lead.
The Great Danes bounced back, going on a 9-2 run before the first commercial timeout of the quarter with 4:52 remaining. The Catamounts trailed, 17-14.
Olson and Hanson stabbed into an 8-4 scoring run to finish the second quarter for Vermont, heading into halftime behind by seven, 25-18.
After UAlbany opened scoring, four Catamounts contributed to the 10 points scored within the competitive 10-7 scoring run to begin the third quarter. Delaney Richason and Olson each had three points in the run. Vermont trailed 32-28 with 3:56 remaining in the third frame.
Olson fed Vito who drained her mid-range jump shot to bring the Cats within two, 32-30, with 3:18 remaining in the quarter.
UAlbany closed out the third quarter scoring two baskets to give them a 36-31 edge heading into the final quarter.
A steal by Hasnon led to Utterback breaking free, driving hard to the rim and making her layup attempt to bring the Cats within three, 36-33, with 8:30 of gametime remaining.
On the next possession, Vito found Hanson behind the arc in front of their own bench where she nailed her three-pointer to tie the game, 36-36, with 7:56 remaining, forcing UAlbany to call a timeout.
Both teams battled back and forth for a little over six minutes, trading off massive baskets on each end before a series of timeouts were called. Vito gave Vermont a 43-42 lead with 2:42 of gametime remaining after making her corner mid-range shot in front of her own bench.
Utterback responded to Kayla Cooper's layup with a driving layup basket of her own with 0:37 left in the game to retain the lead, 45-44.
After another layup from Cooper on the next possession, Vermont found themselves down 46-45 with 0:33 left.
After passing back and forth with Richason, Utterback dialed up the basket of the game, swishing a clutch three-pointer with 0:14 remaining to give the Catamounts a 48-46 advantage with time quickly expiring.
Utterback corralled the defensive rebound on the next UAlbany possession. Vermont forced UAlbany to foul down the stretch resulting in Olson getting fouled which sent her to the free-throw line. Olson was able to seal the deal, making both free-throws, earning Vermont the 50-46 semifinal victory over the Great Danes.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Four Catamounts finished in double-figures, led by Hanson with 13 points. Utterback scored 12 points, Olson finished with 11 points, and Vito with 10 points.
Hanson made a game high three, three-pointers, for Vermont.
Vito tied a game-high with seven total rebounds to go along with two assists and two steals.
Olson corralled a game-high three steals.
Nikola Priede made her presence known, earning a game-high two blocks for the Catamounts.
Vermont won the rebound battle, 25-23.
Vermont earned 14 points off turnovers and nine on second chance points.

UP NEXT
Following this evening's victory, the Catamounts will continue on the road for the Jersey Mike's America East Championship game on Friday March 15. Vermont will face off with the one-seed Maine Black Bears. The start time for the game is scheduled for 5 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPNU. Ryan Zimmerman will have the local radio call on WVMT.

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