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Vermont (6-2) will play Marquette (5-3) at the site of last year's NCAA Tournament game, the BMO Harris Bradley Center, on Tuesday (Dec. 5). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. EST. 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.
 
CATS ON FS1
Tuesday's contest will be nationally televised on FS1 with Jeff Levering and Stephen Bardo on the call. FS1 can be found on channel 219 for DirecTV subscribers and channel 150 for Dish Network viewers. For full cable channel listings, contact your local cable provider.
 
RELATED LINKS
Marquette: Video | Audio | Live Stats | Tickets
CatamounTV: Bucknell Highlights
Game Notes: Vermont | Marquette
 
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.
 
LAST TIME OUT | Bucknell Highlights
The Catamounts had their six-game winning streak snapped by Bucknell with an 81-77 loss on Saturday night after nearly overcoming a double-digit deficit in the final minutes. Anthony Lamb registered a team-high 20 points on 9-of-18 shooting. Payton Henson followed with 15 points while Trae Bell-Haynes added 15 points and five rebounds. Ernie Duncan rounded out four Catamounts in double figures with 12 points.
 
USA TODAY COACHES' POLL
Vermont picked up three votes in this week's USA Today Top-25 Coaches' Poll. The Green and Gold were one of three mid-major programs to receive at least three votes – Rhode Island (18) and St. Mary's (10).
 
RPI RANKINGS
The Catamounts have locked down three top-30 RPI rankings after their second straight 6-2 start – No. 17 by ESPN and No. 30 by Fox Sports and CBS Sports.
 
BELL-HAYNES ON THE ALL-TIME LISTS
Bell-Haynes is close to cracking the top-10 on the program's career steals list. The senior captain has tallied 117 steals in his four-year career and only needs 22 more to ink his name in the record book. On the all-time assists list, he can move into eighth place with nine more dimes.

SCOUTING MARQUETTE
The Golden Eagles will play their fourth straight home game on Tuesday night. Marquette is one the top long-range shooting teams in the country. MU has made 90 attempts from beyond the arc, the 14th-highest total in Division I. Redshirt senior guard Andrew Rowsey ranks 14th in the nation with a 22.1 scoring average and he has drained the 18th-most three-pointers (28). Sophomore guard Markus Howard follows with 21.0 points per game and he sits in the top-10 nationally with 30 makes from long range.  

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Golden Eagles reached the win column with an 89-58 victory in the only previous meeting between the two programs on Dec. 22, 1995. However, Tuesday's matchup will be the fifth game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for the Catamounts. In addition to last year's NCAA Tournament game against Purdue and the 1995 meeting with Marquette, the Green and Gold faced Tulsa and Cornell in the 1998 Blue and Gold Coca-Cola Classic. Tulsa, coached by current Kansas bench boss Bill Self, topped Vermont 72-61 in the first round of the tournament. UVM responded with a 67-56 win over Cornell in the consolation game.
 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont wraps up its five-game road trip at Northeastern on Saturday (Dec. 9). The opening tip is set for 4 p.m. in Beantown. Fans can purchase tickets at Tickets.GoNU.com and free live video will be available at GoNUXStream.com. 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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