FINAL SCORE: Vermont 68, Saint Michael's 34

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Senior Jadyn Weltz scored 13 points in her debut as a Catamount as the Vermont women's basketball team took a 68-34 victory against Saint Michael's at home Thursday night in their final exhibition game before regular season play starts.

COACH'S QUOTE

"For the most part, most possessions we were pretty decent," said Mayer Women's Head Coach Alisa Kresge. "There was one lapse, not staying disciplined, and I thought that's where they capitalized…kudos to them on capitalizing on our mistakes. But I think if we can clean up those couple of mistakes, the scoring is even less. That's the area I want us to get better at, staying disciplined for 30 seconds, if it takes 30 seconds." 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior Catherine Gilwee nailed a three-pointer to give Vermont a 7-2 lead with 2:49 left in the first quarter. 

• Gilwee then sank a close-range jumper to put the Catamounts up 11-5 at the end of the first.

• Senior Keira Hanson converted a breakaway layup to extend the lead to 15-5 with 7:24 remaining in the second quarter. 

• The Purple Knights responded with back-to-back threes from sophomore Kelli Cieplicki and sophomore Margret Montplaisir to cut the deficit to eight, prompting a Vermont timeout at the 4:24 mark of the second quarter.

• Sophomore Emma Haan nailed a buzzer-beating three from the top of the key to close the half, giving the Catamounts a 35-18 advantage.

• Senior Jadyn Weltz drained a corner three to push the Catamount lead to 20, 42-22, at the 6:33 mark of the third quarter.

• Weltz drained another mid-range jumper to extend the Catamounts' lead, 52-22, with 2:53 left in the third quarter.

• First-year Jacklynn Hosier connected from deep at 6:58 in the fourth to extend the lead to 59-27.

• First-year Lia Hanson added her first bucket of the night with 1:22 remaining to put Vermont up by 32.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Weltz led all Catamounts with 13 points, shooting 5-for-11 from the field and 1-for-6 from 3-point range.

• Senior Nikola Priede recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

• Senior Keira Hanson added 13 points, going 2-for-5 from 3-point range.

• First-year Jacklynn Hosier contributed eight points, shooting 3-for-5 from the field.

• The Catamounts combined for 11 steals and four blocks.

• As a team, Vermont went 10-for-12 from the free-throw line.

• With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Lund Family Center through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $5 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund in 2014.

UP NEXT

UVM will play in its first game of the regular season against Dean on Tuesday, November 4. That game will tip off at 6 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on ESPN+. The radio broadcast will be available via the Varsity Network App with Ryan Zimmerman on the call.