The Vermont men's basketball team aims for its third straight win when it tangles with former America East rival Northeastern in Boston on Tuesday afternoon. Tipoff against the Huskies is scheduled for 1 p.m. at historic Matthews Arena.
 
The game will be streamed live and for free in HD on GoNUxstream and can be heard locally on ESPN 101.3 FM with AJ Kanell on the call.

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Northeastern Game Coverage: Live Video (Free) -- Live Audio -- Live Stats
Fisher Game Coverage: Recap -- CatamounTV Highlights
 
Last Time Out vs. Fisher: Ten Vermont players found the scoresheet and Catamounts won their second straight game defeating Fisher College in blowout fashion 84-37 on Saturday afternoon. Cam Ward led the way for the Catamounts finishing with 15 points on six-of-seven shooting. It's the seventh time in the last eight games the sophomore guard has reached double figures. Dylan Sinnickson recorded his first career double-double scoring 11 points to go along with 12 rebounds – both Division I career-highs. Drew Urquhart and Kurt Steidl both chipped in with 10 points. Fisher scored the first four points of the game but Vermont rattled off the next 17 to take complete control. The lead ballooned to 20 when Ward drilled one of his three trifectas and then Urquhart rocked the rim with a two-handed jam plus a foul to stretch the lead to 23. After not scoring in the first half, Sinnickson scored all 11 of his points in the final 10:19 and buried a trio of long balls.
 
About Northeastern: • Picked to finish third in the Colonial Athletic Association, Northeastern is fresh off a trip to the NCAA Tournament where it nearly upset Notre Dame in the second round. The Huskies are coming off a 78-58 loss to #1 Michigan State on Saturday. David Walker led the way for NU with 13 points and eight assists while Zach Stahl finished with a game-high 18 points. Northeastern led for a good portion of the first half before the top-ranked Spartans pulled away. Walker leads the Huskies scoring 20.7 points per game while Quincy Ford has scored in double figures in every game so far this season. Northeastern has several wins against quality opponents already this year knocking off the likes of Harvard, Stony Brook and the nationally ranked Miami Hurricanes. The Huskies have also only lost once at home. In his tenth season, Bill Coen is 152-149 and has won a pair of CAA Regular Season Titles.
 
Series History: The all-time series between Vermont and Northeastern dates back to 1921 and NU has the edge in head-to-head matchups, 41-28. Vermont has won six of the last seven and 13 of the last 16 overall and hasn't lost to Northeastern in Boston since February of 2003.
 
Last Meeting vs. Northeastern: As a freshman, Ethan O'Day scored what was then a career-high 17 points in just his second career start to lead Vermont to a 66-55 victory at Northeastern on Nov. 17 of 2012. O'Day went 7-for-11 from the field and added four rebounds and three blocks. Candon Rusin (15 points), Trey Blue (10 points) and Clancy Rugg (10 points) also reached double figures for the Catamounts. This was just the second meeting between the two schools since Northeastern left the America East to join the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2005 season.
 
Defense Dominates vs. Fisher: Vermont held fisher to just 37 points in Saturday's win which is the fewest for a Vermont opponent since the Cats held Binghamton to 37 back on Jan. 16, 2013. In that game the Bearcats shot just 39% from the field, made 16 total field goals and three foul shots.
 
Fisher made 11 total field goals in Saturday's game, which is the fewest for a UVM opponent in the last 55 years (modern era, after 1960). It is also the fewest since the Cats limited Hartford to just 13 field goals in a win in West Hartford last season.
 
Captain Kurt: Over his last three games, Kurt Steidl is averaging 16 points per contest and shooting 45% from downtown (10-for-22). Steidl ranks fourth in the America East this season in 3-pointers made with 25.
 
O'Day Milestone Watch: Ethan O'Day is looking to become the 34^th Catamount to reach the 1,000-point plateau and is 43 points away from doing so. The senior is also 42 rebounds away from 500. In a loss at Yale back on Dec. 5, O'Day made the 400^th field goal of his career.