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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont women's basketball team hosts Cornell in the final home game of the 2014 calendar year on Tuesday (Dec. 30). Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game will also be streamed onilne for free in HD via CatamounTV.com. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com or in person one hour prior to tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
UVM enters the game with a 3-8 record and has won three of its last four games. Cornell owns a record of 6-5 and had a three-game win streak snapped with a 76-59 loss at No. 22 Syracuse on December 28.
LAST TIME OUT - UW-Green Bay 60, Vermont 40
Vermont battled back from a 19-point deficit at the half to slice Wisconsin-Green Bay's lead to five in the second stanza, but the Phoenix surged ahead in the final minutes to post a 60-40 win. Kylie Butler reached double figures for the fourth straight game with a team-high 14 points and added eight rebounds to lead UVM. Niki Taylor collected a game-high 10 rebounds and Sydney Smith chipped in seven points, eight rebounds and four blocks for the Catamounts.
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ABOUT CORNELL
The Big Red are 6-5 on the season ... Cornell had a three-game win streak snapped with a 76-59 loss to No. 22 Syracuse on December 28 ... Nia Marshall leads the team in scoring (16.4 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg) ... Nicholle Aston is chipping in 11.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 51.1 percent from the floor ... As a team, Cornell is averaging 61.3 points per game, while giving up 58 to opponents. The Big Red are shooting 40.4 percent from the field, 39.6 percent from 3-point range and 67.7 percent from the foul line ... Cornell is out rebounding opponents by a +0.5 margin and averaged 36.6 rebounds per game ... Head coach Dayna Smith is in her 13th season on the Cornell sidelines.
THE SERIES
This is the 11th meeting between the two teams, UVM owns a 6-4 advantage in the series and has won four of the last five meetings ... Cornell posted an 81-46 win over the Catamounts in Ithaca, New York last season ... Kaylea Britton scored 13 points to lead Vermont, while Allyson DiMagno netted 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Cornell ... UVM trailed by six at the 12:22 mark of the first half, but the Big Red out scored Vermont 25-11 over the next 10:33 to open up a 20-point lead with 1:43 left in the half ... Cornell maintained its lead in the second half and out scored the Catamounts 41-23 over the final 20 minutes.
TAYLOR CLOSING IN ON MILESTONE
Senior Niki Taylor is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game for the Catamounts ... She became the 15th Catamount to reach the 600 rebound mark with nine at No. 21 Syracuse ... She ranks among the active leaders in America East in scoring (2nd - 933 career pts) and steals (5th - 101 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (635 career) and second in the league in rebounding (8.1 rpg) this season ... She is closing in the 1,000-career point milestone, entering the game 63 shy of the mark.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Vermont has had a player record a double-double (pts/reb) in four of the last five games.
CLOUTIER A KEY?
The Catamounts are 3-0 when Emilie Cloutier scores in double figures this season.
BLOCK PARTY
Vermont leads America East in blocks (3.3 pg) ... Guard Sydney Smith leads the league in blocks, averaging 1.5 per game and three other Catamounts rank in the top 15 (Emilie Cloutier, Niki Taylor, Kayla Burchill) ... Smith posted a career-high four blocks in the last outing versus UW-Green Bay.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont opens America East action and rings in 2015 hosting Hartford on Saturday (Jan. 3) ... Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ... The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action ... The game will also be streamed onilne for free in HD via CatamounTV.com ... Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com or in person one hour prior to tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
