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Vermont (6-1), the America East unanimous preseason favorite, will take its six-game winning streak to Bucknell (3-5), the Patriot League unanimous preseason favorite, on Saturday (Dec. 2). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at BucknellBison.com.
 
The contest will also be streamed for free on the Patriot League Network. All Vermont regular season games can be heard on 101.3 ESPN FM and online at 1013ESPN.com with Sam Hyman on the call.

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Richmond: Video | Audio | Live Stats | Tickets
CatamounTV: Richmond Rewind | Richmond Highlights
Rankings: Associated Press | CollegeInsider.com | MidMajorMadness.com
Game Notes: Vermont | Bucknell 
 
TOYS FOR TOTS
UVM Athletics will have Toys For Tots boxes at all home games until Friday, Dec. 15 to collect new and unwrapped toys to be donated for local families in need this holiday season. The Toys For Tots drive is presented by TD Bank. Fans can make donations at the marketing table. Last year, the local Toys For Tots program served over 1,700 families, providing toys to over 5,000 children in the greater Champlain Valley area.
 
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LAST TIME OUT | Richmond Highlights
UVM made history on Wednesday night with its first true road victory over an Atlantic 10 opponent since Feb. 26, 1976. Vermont beat Richmond 71-65 and improved to 6-1 on the year. Ernie Duncan found his stroke with a game-high 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. The redshirt junior also gathered five rebounds and dished out four assists. Anthony Lamb followed with 14 points and six rebounds. Trae Bell-Haynes rounded out three Catamounts in double figures with 10 points and dealt a game-high six assists.

RPI RANKINGS
After their 6-1 start, the Catamounts have earned three top-10 RPI rankings by some national outlets - No. 5 by ESPN, No. 7 by Fox Sports, and No. 8 by CBS Sports.
 
WHAT A RUN!
Since Dec. 29, 2017, Vermont has the best winning percentage and the third-most wins in Division I. UVM owns a 27-2 record and the pair of losses came against Purdue in last year's Big Dance and Kentucky in the 2017-18 regular season opener. The Cats' .931 winning percentage tops Gonzaga's .912 winning percentage. The 'Zags (31) and UK (28) are the only teams with more total victories than Vermont during the span.  
 
MID-MAJOR RANKINGS
The Catamounts made a splash on the national scene and remained at the top of two mid-major polls this week. UVM received a vote in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll, then moved up to No. 2 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll and climbed to No. 3 in the MidMajorMadness.com Power Rankings.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL
The Bison were picked as the unanimous preseason favorite in the Patriot League and landed a pair on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team - senior center and Preseason Player of the Year Nana Foulland along with senior forward Zach Thomas. Foulland sits second on the team with a 15.9 scoring average and has made a team-high 58.2% of his attempts from the floor. Thomas is one of the top scorers in the country after posting 25.4 points per game. He has logged two 30-point outings and three double-doubles this season. The 6-7 forward collected a career-high 19 boards in Bucknell's last game at St. Joseph's.

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Catamounts are 2-0 against the Bison but Saturday night's matchup will be the first time the two programs have not met during a regular season tournament. Vermont opened the 1994-95 season with a 67-66 win over Bucknell at the Pepsi-Marist Classic in Poughkeepsie, New York. The last meeting occurred on Nov. 25, 2001 in the consolation game of the Mohegan Sun Classic as T.J. Sorrentine scored a game-high 23 points and guided UVM to a 77-60 victory.
 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont will revisit the site of last year's NCAA Tournament game, the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to face Big East power Marquette on Tuesday (Dec. 5). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. EST. The showdown will be nationally televised on FS1 and fans can purchase tickets at GoMarquette.com/Tickets. All Vermont regular season games can be heard on 101.3 ESPN FM and online at 1013ESPN.com with Sam Hyman on the call.
 
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