WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
The Catamounts close out the regular season on Saturday on Senior Day presented by the UVM Alumni Association at Patrick Gym. UVM will host UMass Lowell at 2 p.m. on ESPN3. The action can also be heard on WVMT AM 620/FM 96.3 with the voice of the Catamounts Maura Sheridan on the call.
 
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CRYMBLE CLOSES OUT CAREER AMONG ALL-TIME LEADERS
Saturday will be senior forward Hanna Crymble's final regular season contest at Patrick Gym. She has 1,715 career points at UVM ranking sixth all-time. Crymble is one of just 22 student-athletes in America East history to reach 1,700 points. She is the all-time leader at UVM in free throw percentage at 85 percent. She is also second all-time with 106 career blocks, including a team-high 49 this season.

FREE TANK TOPS FOR FIRST 200 STUDENTS
Thanks to the Redstone Lofts and Apartments the first 200 students Saturday will receive free "The Den" tank tops.

AE PLAYOFF PICTURE
Entering today's action the Catamounts sit tied for sixth place with UMBC at 6-9. Both teams are one game behind UNH (7-8) and one ahead of UAlbany (5-10) with all four teams in action this afternoon. Vermont can be seeded anywhere from five to eight in the America East Playoffs presented by Hercules Tires that begin Wednesday, March 4.
 
If the Catamounts were to face UMass Lowell in the quarterfinals it would mark the second straight season Vermont has closed the regular season with its quarterfinal opponent. In 2019 the Catamounts fell in back-to-back games at Stony Brook to close out their season.
 
LEAP DAY
Saturday will be the second time in program history UVM has played on "Leap Day." The Catamounts defeated Boston University on the road 79-63 on February 29, 1992.
 
BLOCK PARTY
The Catamounts lead America East in blocks with 120. They are tied for 39th in the NCAA in the category. Hanna Crymble is the individual leader in America East with 49 blocks this season, which is tied for 45th in Division I.
 
VALUE THE BALL
The Catamounts are 31st in the NCAA averaging only 13.2 turnovers per game. The Catamounts are 10-7 this season when they have 13 or fewer turnovers. The River Hawks lead the conference in steals, averaging 8.5 swipes-per-contest.
 
SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS
After beating UVM to get to 7-0 in America East play, the River Hawks lost five of their next seven and now sit at 10-5 in the league. They have slipped to eighth in the conference in points allowed per game (63.5).
 
The River Hawks have been without Ren'Cia Rolling since she tore her ACL in the first meeting with the Catamounts. The senior guard was leading UML in scoring with 11.6 points-per-game. Kharis Idom has been leading the River Hawks without Rolling. She has been UMass Lowell's leading scorer in its last nine games, averaging 16.4 points-per-game over that stretch. In the River Hawks win over UVM at home she had a team-high 16 points.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Vermont and UMass Lowell have only met 13 times in their history, the River Hawks hold the series edge at 7-6. The home team has won each of the last six games between the teams.
 
CATHY INGLESE PATCHES
This season the Catamounts are wearing jersey patches to honor our former Head Coach Cathy Inglese. Inglese was the head coach at Vermont for seven seasons, from 1986 to 1993. She led UVM to unprecedented success with its first two conference titles, in 1992 and 1993, and its first two trips to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.
These patches will be worn at home and on the road this season to honor the memory of Coach Inglese who tragically passed away this summer.
 
Rise To The Top is the presenting sponsor of the 2019-20 women's basketball season.