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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - The Vermont women's basketball team begins the second round of conference play at Hartford on Sunday. Tipoff at Chase Arena is set for 2 p.m. The game can be heard on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) with Kevin Fitzgerald calling the action. The game can also be seen online for free via AmericaEast.tv.
The Catamounts stand at 3-17 overall and are 0-8 in America East. UVM is coming off an 89-48 loss to league-leading Albany on Thursday. Hartford is coming off a 60-58 victory at Stony Brook on Thursday and stands at 11-11 overall and 5-3 in the league.
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LAST TIME OUT - Albany 89, Vermont 48
Shereesha Richards scored a game-high 31 points and added eight rebounds and six steals to lead Albany to an 89-48 win over Vermont at Patrick Gymnasium ... The Great Danes led from the tip, building a 16-5 lead at the 13:42 mark of the first half ... The Catamounts trimmed the lead to five on back-to-back 3-pointers from Kayla Burchill (team-high 11 points), but Albany used a 12-2 spurt to push its lead to 13 and took a 39-22 advantage into the break. The Great Danes used a 7-0 spurt midway through the second half spurt to extend their lead to 24 and cruised to the win.
ABOUT HARTFORD
Hartford is coming off a 60-58 victory at Stony Brook on Thursday and stands at 11-11 overall and 5-3 in the league ... The win over Stony Brook was head coach Jen Rizzotti's 300th career victory ... Deanna Mayza hit what proved to be the game-winning shot with 28 seconds left ... Mayza is one of three Hawks averaging double digits at 10.7 points per game and is handing out 5.5 assists per game ... Amber Bepko leads Hartford in scoring at 13.0 points per game and has drained a team-high 66 3-pointers ... Cherelle Moore ranks second on the team in scoring (12.9 ppg) but leads Hartford in rebounding (7.3 rpg) ... As a team, Hartford is averaging 59.5 points per game, while giving up 61.5 to opponents ... The Hawks are shooting 38.7 percent from the field, 31.5 percent from 3-point range and 66.5 percent from the foul line ... Hartford is being out rebounded 38.6 to 33.6 on the year.
THE SERIES
Sunday is the 65th meeting between the two teams ... Vermont owns 35-29 advantage in series, but Hartford has won seven straight over the Catamounts, including a 62-46 victory at Patrick Gymnasium in the first meeting of the season back on January 3.
LAST TIME vs. HARTFORD
Kylie Butler scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds, but the Hartford Hawks used a strong second half effort to post a 62-46 win at Patrick Gymnasium in the America East opener for both teams ... Niki Taylor grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds and chipped in six points ... Hartford led 24-19 at the half and used a 15-5 run to open the second half and pull out to a double-digit lead ... UVM cut the advantage to eight, behind a 10-3 spurt, but the Hawks held Vermont to one field goal over the final eight minutes to pull away for the win.
TAYLOR REACHES 1,000 POINTS
Senior Niki Taylor became the 20th Catamount to reach the 1,000-point milestone with two points at UMass Lowell ... She collected her 700th career rebound at Maine with eight in the contest ... Taylor is the 7th player in program history with 1000 points and 700 rebounds ... She is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.2 points and 8.6 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 - 1,003 career pts) and steals (5th - 107 career) ... Taylor ranks first among active leaders in rebounding in the league (711 career) and ranks second in the league in rebounding (8.6 rpg) and leads the conference in offensive rebounds (4.4 pg).
ALUMNI GAME
Women's basketball alumnae are invited to join the team on February 7 when Vermont hosts Binghamton for a reception following the game. If enough alumnae are interested in playing, an alumnae game will be held in the morning. Please contact the Victory Club Office at Victory.Club@uvm.edu or 802-656-0956 to register or for more information.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont hosts Stony Brook on Wednesday (Feb. 4) at 7 p.m. ... Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) located in Patrick Gymnasium, via the phone at 802-656-4410 or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby ... Kevin Fitzgerald will have the call on WVMT-620 AM (online: SportsJuice.com) and the game will be streamed online for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
