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Vermont (22-5, 12-0) will try to claim the America East regular season crown with a visit from Hartford (15-11, 8-4) on Sunday (Feb. 18). The opening tip is set for 2 p.m. Single game tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Patrick Gymnasium Box Office on gameday. 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 E3
Fans can watch the America East matchup on ESPN3 and the watchESPN app by logging in with your television provider.
 
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LAST TIME OUT | UNH Highlights
The Catamounts used a balanced scoring attack to grind out a 71-58 win over twin state rival New Hampshire on Thursday night. Vermont had three players reach double figures behind a game-high 14 points from Cam Ward. The senior set a season high with seven rebounds and dished out a pair of assists. Everett Duncan and Drew Urquhart followed with 13 points apiece. Duncan matched a career high, set last time out against UMass Lowell, on a perfect 3-for-3 night from long range and made all four attempts at the charity stripe. Urquhart approached a double-double with a team-high eight rebounds.
 
XFINITY DAY
Sunday's matinee with the Hawks is Xfinity Day, presented by Xfinity. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a free Rally towel.

EYEING THE REGULAR SEASON CROWN
UVM is one win away from clinching at least a share of the America East regular season title. A victory over Hartford and a loss by UMBC to Albany would give the Cats the outright regular season championship. A conference regular season crown would be the eighth in program history - 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2017. With an eighth title, Vermont would tie Boston University for the second most in America East history, trailing only Northeastern (10).
 
NATION'S ONE AND ONLY
After Rhode Island fell to St. Bonaventure on Friday night, the Catamounts take over with the longest overall winning streak (15 games) in the country for the second straight season. Last year, UVM took the longest streak into the America East Tournament after Gonzaga lost at BYU in the regular season finale. With URI's loss, the Cats are also the only remaining undefeated Division I team in conference play.

RACE FOR 1,000
Vermont has two players closing in on 1,000 career points – Ernie Duncan and Payton Henson. Duncan ­is only 23 points shy of joining the 1,000-point club. Combined with his scoring totals from Tulane, Henson needs 41 points to surpass the mark. The redshirt senior scored 309 points in two seasons with the Green Wave before transferring to Catamount Country where he has racked up 650 points.  

STREAKY CLEAN
In addition to the longest overall winning streak in Division I, UVM will try to extend a pair of streaks on Sunday. The Cats have won 33 straight regular season conference games, the longest active regular season conference winning streak in the country. Vermont's 22-game home winning streak is the nation's second-longest streak behind only Cincinnati (39 games).
 
SCOUTING HARTFORD
The Hawks own a 8-4 conference record and sit third in the league standings. In America East play, Hartford has the third-best scoring offense at 72.3 points per game. The Hawks rank second behind UVM in field goal percentage (47.4%) and field goal percentage defense (42.3%) against conference foes. J.R. Lynch has scored double figures in seven straight games, including 17.0 points per game in his last five outings. Jason Dunne leads the league with a 35.1% three-point percentage in conference play.

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Catamounts have controlled the all-time series with a 48-23 edge against the Hawks. Since beating Hartford in the 2003 America East Semifinal, the Cats are 30-2 against their conference counterpart and have won nine straight meetings. During the John Becker era, the Green and Gold are 13-1 with an average victory of 15.0 points per game.
 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont will honor its six seniors for Senior Night, presented by Aerie Consulting, against Binghamton on Wednesday (Feb. 21). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. Single game tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Patrick Gymnasium Box Office on gameday. Fans can watch the America East matchup on ESPN3 and the watchESPN app by logging in with your television provider. 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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