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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team closes out the first semester in Green Bay, Wisconsin taking on the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix on Saturday (Dec. 20). Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. (EST). The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN3 online.
Vermont has won three straight, including a 63-61 win at St. Francis Brooklyn on Wednesday, and stands at 3-7 overall. UWGB enters the game with an 8-3 record and has won three straight and seven of its last eight.
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LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 63, St. Francis 61
Freshman Sydney Smith scored a game-high 17 points to lead four Catamounts in double figures ... The Catamounts erased a nine-point deficit to post their third straight win and first road win of the year ... Smith reached double figures for the seventh straight game and scored 15 of her points from beyond the arc (5-for-12) ... Niki Taylor posted her fourth double-doube of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Kylie Butler added 10 points and 12 rebounds for her first double-double of the season ... Emilie Cloutier chipped in 10 points, all in the second half, to reach double figures for the third straight game ... Jordan Eisler handed out a career-high 10 assists in her first start of the season ... She is the first player in America East to record 10 assists this season and the first player in the league to reach the mark in a non-conference game since 12/10/13.
ABOUT UW-GREEN BAY
The Phoenix are 8-3 on the season, have won three straight and seven of their last eight, and are ranked second in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Women's Poll ... UWGB posted a 53-43 win over Wisconsin in its last outing on December 13 ... Mehryn Kraker leads the team in scoring (14.3 ppg) and rebounding (5.0 rpg) ... She has also made a team-high 17 3-pointers and has a team-high 16 steals ... Tesha Buck is chipping in 10.8 points per game, while Megan Lukan has a team-leading 43 assists ... UWGB has posted five wins (5-2) against teams ranked in the RPI Top 100 ... As a team, UWGB is averaging 71 points per game, while giving up 63.3 to opponents ... The Phoenix are shooting 44.9 percent from the field, 32.8 percent from 3-point range and 70.1 percent from the foul line ... UWGB is getting out rebounded by a -5.0 margin ... Head coach Kevin Borseth is entering his third season in his second stint at the helm of the Phoenix. In his first stint at UWGB, Borseth posted a record of 212-62 and led the team to the postseason all nine years, including seven NCAA Tournament appearances.
THE SERIES
This is the fourth meeting between the two teams, UWGB leads the series 3-0 ... This is Vermont's second visit to Green Bay ... The Catamounts last played on the Phoenix home court on 11/26/05 (L, 62-52) ... Last season, UWGB posted a 74-57 win in UVM's own TD Bank Classic Championship game ... Kaili Lukan was named the tournament MVP and Megan Lukan was named to the all-tournament team.
SMITH REPEATS AS AMERICA EAST & ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Sydney Smith picked up her second straight America East Rookie of the Week honor on Monday. She has set a new career-high for the sixth straight game, including pouring in 25 points in an overtime win against Wagner in the lone game of the week for the Catamounts. She is averaging 18.5 points per game over the last six contests.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont will take a break for the holidays and closes out 2014 hosting Cornell on December 30 at 7 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium ... Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com and in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby ... The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) and can also be seen online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
