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Vermont heads back on the road for a meeting with Twin State rival, New Hampshire, on Monday night (Feb. 5). Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. from Lundhold Gym in Durham, New Hampshire.
 
It is the second and final meeting between the Catamounts and Wildcats this season. New Hampshire won the first matchup 52-49 at Patrick Gym on Jan. 18.
   
Per a contract between the America East and ESPN, all conference games air online on ESPN3.
 
As always, an audio broadcast is also available on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM. Pregame coverage for the UNH-UVM game with Logan Ratick starts at 6:40 p.m., with tip-off set for 7 p.m.
 
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TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets for Vermont's next home game against Albany on Thursday (Feb. 8) by visiting UVMathletics.com/Tickets. Additionally, tickets can be acquired by calling the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at (802) 656-4410 or by visiting the office, located on the balcony of the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby. On game days, tickets can be purchased beginning one hour before tip-off in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
  
CATAMOUNTS RECAP
Vermont lost both games of the recent homestand, with the second coming in nail-biting fashion. UVM fell 52-51 to UMBC at Patrick Gym on Saturday (Feb. 3). As a result, the Catamounts and the Retrievers split the regular season series 1-1, since Vermont won 72-58 in Baltimore on Jan. 6. 
 
Three players registered double-figures scoring wise for UMBC: Brittani Burgess (13 points), Allison McGrath (12) and Lucrezia Costa (12).
 
For Vermont, Hanna Crymble led the way with 18 points. The sophomore has logged double-figures in the scoring column in 19 of the 22 games that she has played in this season.

Katie Lavelle recorded a season-high nine points, as well as a career-high three blocked shots for the Catamounts. Off the bench, Hayley Robertson scored nine points and led the team with five rebounds.
 
As a unit, the Catamounts finished the contest at 40% from the field, 29% (5-17) from three-point territory and 91% (10-11) from the free throw line. UVM outrebounded UMBC 29-24.
  
SCOUTING NEW HAMPSHIRE
Head coach Maureen McGarity is in her eighth season at the helm of the program. She is a 2003 graduate of Marist College, and received her master's degree in public administration from Marist in 2005. While at Marist, McGarity spent one season as a teammate of, and one season as a coach of, UVM associate head coach, Alisa Kresge.
  
McGarity's Wildcats are coming off a program-best season in 2016-17. Last year, UNH recorded a program-high 26 wins and finished with a 15-1 record in conference play. So far this season, New Hampshire is 15-8 overall, 6-4 in America East play and 8-2 at home.
 
UNH has the second-best scoring defense in the conference (56.9 PPG) but ranks in the bottom half offensively. The Wildcats are also the worst three-point shooting team in the America East (24.7%). As a team, New Hampshire is third in the conference in free throw percentage (72%) while Vermont ranks first in that category (75%).
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont leads the all-time series 41-39. UVM has lost three straight meetings and last defeated UNH on Feb. 25, 2016 inside Lundholm Gym. The Catamounts lost to the Wildcats at home on Jan. 18 by a final score of 52-49, despite UNH shooting a combined 1-10 from three-point range for the game. 
  
HISTORY BEFORE OUR EYES
Candice Wright's five blocked shots against Rider on Friday, Dec. 1 placed her in sole possession for first all-time on Vermont's career blocks list. The junior broke Katie McNamara's '05 record of 102 blocked shots on her first rejection of the contest. Wright has 135 blocked shots during her career through the last game vs UMBC.
   
DIALING FROM LONG DISTANCE
Smith ranks fourth all-time with 176 career makes from long distance. She surpassed her former teammate, Kayla Burchill '15 (170) with four three-pointers at UMBC on Jan. 6.
 
Additionally, White sits sixth all-time in program history in three-point field goals after she surpassed Ashleigh Cuncic '07 (143) on Wednesday night (Jan. 31) against Binghamton. The redshirt-senior co-captain has now made 144 triples during her time in Burlington. 
 
As a team, Vermont is averaging just under seven three-point makes per game. Out of UVM's 1,179 field goal attempts through the first 22 games of the season, over 43% have come from behind the three-point arc. Individually, the most proficient three-point shooting Catamounts have been Robertson (41%), Crymble (36%) and White (32%).
  
NEXT UP
Vermont returns to Tom Brennan Court at Patrick Gymnasium to host Albany on Thursday (Feb. 8) at 7 p.m. It is the third-to-last UVM home game of the regular season, and the last home game before the Catamounts embark on a three-game road trip to play UMass Lowell, Binghamton and Hartford.
 
As with every America East game, a video broadcast can be accessed online for the Albany game via ESPN3. Alastair Ingram and Bernie Cieplicki have the call from Patrick Gym.
 
Additionally, Logan Ratick handles the radio broadcast for Vermont's second meeting of the season with Albany. Pregame coverage for the Catamounts' battle with the Wildcats on Thursday starts at 6:40 p.m., followed by the game at 7 p.m. on CatamounTV.com and News/Talk 620 WVMT-AM.