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VESTAL, N.Y. - The Vermont men's baskteball team travels to Binghamton for a Wednesday night matchup at the Events Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The game can be heard on ESPN 101.3 FM (online: 1013ESPN.com) with A.J. Kanell on the call. The game will also be streamed for free in via AmericaEast.tv.
The Catamounts have won five straight and stand at 16-10, 11-2 in America East after a 74-51 win over UMBC on Saturday. Binghamton is 4-24 and 3-10 in America East. The Bearcats are coming off a 66-48 loss at New Hampshire on Saturday.
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LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 74, UMBC 51
Ethan O'Day matched his career high posting game-highs of 22 points and eight rebounds to lead UVM to its fifth straight win with a 74-51 victory over UMBC ... O'Day was 9-for-12 from the field and added three blocks ... Dre Wills, who sparked a first half run, added 10 points and four assists ...Trailing by six at the 11:41 mark of the first half, Wills ignited a 15-6 run by the Catamounts to push them in front 28-23 with 4:56 remaining in the half ... Wills scored nine of his 10 first half points in the spurt ... UVM led 38-32 at the break and Kurt Steidl scored the first five points of the second half to push UVM's lead to 11, 43-32, and sparked a 19-5 run by the Catamounts to start the second half that allowed Vermont to pull away for the win.
ABOUT BINGHAMTON
Binghamton is 4-24 overall and 3-10 in America East this season ... The Bearcats have lost four in a row and are coming off a 66-48 loss at New Hampshire on Saturday ... The Bearcats are the youngest team in the country with just one senior and one junior on the squad ... Four of the team's top five scorers are freshmen ... Freshmen Dusan Perovic, Willie Rodriquez and Romello Walker have all earned America East Rookie of the Week honors this season ... Perovic leads the team in scoring at 11.5 points per game ... Willie Rodriguez ranks second on the team in scoring (10.9 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (5.2 rpg) ... Marlon Beck II has drained a team-high 41 3-pointers and had handed out a team-hihg 72 assists ... As a team, Binghamton is averaging 57.2 points per game, while giving up 66.9 to opponents ... The Bearcats are shooting 39.2 percent from the floor, 30.7 percent from the arc and 66.5 percent from the foul line ... Binghamton is being out rebounded 35.6 to 30.7 on the boards.
THE SERIES
Wednesday is the 32nd meeting between the two teams ... Vermont owns 24-7 record over Binghamton in the series ... John Becker is 6-1 vs. Binghamton ... The Catamounts have won five straight against Binghamton ... UVM swept the Bearcats last season, including a 92-82 overtime win at Binghamton in the regular season finale.
LAST TIME OUT - Vermont 66, Binghamton 44
Ethan O'Day scored a team-high 12 points and seven different Catamounts scored seven or more point as Vermont won its fifth straight game with a 64-44 victory over Binghamton ... Zach McRoberts grabbed a career-high and game-high 11 rebounds and chipped in eight points off the bench ... Brendan Kilpatrick also had his second straight solid game with nine points and six rebounds ... UVM used a 7-2 spurt to close the first half and open up a 34-24 lead ... Binghamton got as close as eight in the second half, but UVM pushed back out to a 13 point lead in it's advantage grew to 19 with 7:17 left in the game ... Vermont cruised the rest of the way.
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
Vermont's shooting against UMass Lowell, in a 96-53 victory, was the best 3-point performance of any team in five years according to CBSSports.com writer Matt Norlander ...
Inside the Numbers
16 3-pointers - tied for 15th among the most in an NCAA DI game this season (NCAA.com) ... also the most by a Vermont team since making 15 vs. Northeastern (1/17/02)
76.2 3FG% - new school record ... old mark was 70.6% (12-for-17) vs. Maine (2/28/97) ... also second best 3FG% in an NCAA DI game this season (NCAA.com)
66.7 FG% - 21st-best overall shooting performance this season (BBState.com)
28 assists - most since the Catamounts dished out 27 versus Sacred Heart (12/31/02) ... UVM handed otu 28 assists on 36 field goals and 10 of 12 players had at least one helper.
ETHAN ALL'DAY
Ethan O'Day was named the America East Player of the Week on Monday ... He averaged 21.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game in a 2-0 week for the Catamounts ... He shot 78.3 percent from the field, missing just five shots (18-for-23) and was perfect from the foul line, 7-for-7 ... O'Day matched his career high with 22 points and added a game-high eight rebounds in a 74-51 win over UMBC ... He added 21 points and grabbed four rebounds in 20 minutes in a 96-53 victory over UMass Lowell ... He also recorded five blocks in the two games to move into sole possession of fifth place among UVM's all-time leaders in blocks (129).
DEFENSE
Vermont ranks 11th in the country in field goal percentage defense (37.7%) and 12th in scoring defense (57.2 ppg) ... The Catamounts have held their last 12 opponents under 60 points ... UVM has held America East opponents under 60 points in 12 of 13 league games ... Under John Becker, UVM teams have not allowed opponents to average more than 60 points in a season:
2011-12: 60.9
2012-13: 59.2 (school record)
2013-14: 60.6
2014-15: 57.2
FIVE STRAIGHT
Vermont has won five straight games and posted some impressive numbers during the stretch:
Scoring Margin: +22.6
Points Per Game: 72.0
Opp Points Per Game: 49.4
FG%: 52.3%
Opp FG%: 31.7%
3FG%: 46.1%
Opp 3FG%: 22.7%
Reb Margin: +7.6
MAGIC NUMBERS
Vermont is 41-4 since the 2012-13 season when holding opponents under 60 pts ... UVM held Yale to 57, St. Louis to 58 pts and Albany to 47 ... UVM is 82-4 since 2000-01 when scoring 80+ points (last loss: at #6 Duke - 11/24/13 - L, 91-90) ... Vermont is 11-2 when Dre Wills scores 10+ pts in his career ... The Catamounts are 10-1 when Ethan O'Day shoots 61% from the field this season.
NCAA NUMBERS
Vermont ranks 12th in scoring defense (57.2 ppg) ... Is 11th in field goal percentage defense (37.7%) ... Dre Wills is 25th in the country in steals (55) ... Ethan O'Day ranks 16th in field goal percentage (58.2%).
VERMONT SKILS COMPETITION
With the NBA All-Star Game this weekend, the Catamounts got into the all-star mood, holding their own Skills Competition on Thursday ... Check out the CatamounTV coverage, click here.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont hosts New Hampshire on Wednesday (Feb. 25) in the final regular season game of the year ... Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium ... Prior to the game, UVM will honor its seniors - Hector Harold and Ryan Pierson ... Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4401 or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby ... The game can be heard on ESPN 101.3 FM (online: 1013ESPN.com) with A.J. Kanell on the call ... The game will also be streamed for free in HD via CatamounTV.com.
