DURHAM, N.H. – Josie Larkins moved into second place all-time at UVM with 198 made three-pointers with five made triples part of her game-high 17 points in a 60-37 win over New Hampshire Wednesday evening in America East action from Lundholm Gymnasium. The 23-point win at UNH is the largest in program history and marked the fourth straight time UVM has won at UNH. With the win UVM improved to 1-1 in league play while the Wildcats fell to 0-1.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I was very pleased with our defensive intensity for 40 minutes," Mayer Women's Basketball Coach Alisa Kresge said. "I saw growth in our offense with the way we handled the pressure and their changing defensives but know we need to keep getting better. Road wins are hard to come by and we earned a good one tonight."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts started fast once again Wednesday night as Catherine Gilwee and Delaney Richason hit back-to-back three-pointers as UVM built and 8-0 lead just 2:11 into the contest. UVM led 11-8 after the opening 10 minutes.
• Anna Olson took over for the Catamounts early in the second frame to break the game open. She scored eight points in the first 2:36 of the second quarter giving UVM an 19-10 edge.
• Larkins made some history and extended the UVM lead with back-to-back three-pointers of her own to make it 28-13. At 4:46 of the second quarter she hit her 195th all-time three at UVM moving past Lori Taylor (1994-98) for second all-time in program history.
• Olson scored 12 points in the second quarter and UVM carried a 33-19 edge into the half.
• UNH's Amanda Torres and Adara Gorman each had four points in the third quarter as the Wildcats narrowly cut into the Vermont lead.
• Vermont quickly reestablished their edge in the fourth with back-to-back triples from Richason and Larkins to make it 49-30 just 1:12 into the final frame. Bella Vito scored four points in a 9-2 run over 3:40 of game action to close out UVM's largest ever win in Durham.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vermont hit six three pointers in the first half while the Wildcats were 0-for-7 from downtown. Vermont's nine made three-pointers are its third highest output this season.
• Dating back to the last season four of the Catamounts last five conference games have been double digit wins.
• The 37 points UVM gave up are the fewest they have surrendered in a single game since defeating UAlbany 52-36 on February 1, 2020.
• First year guard Bella Vito played a career-high 18 minutes this evening. She had five points, one steal, one assist and four rebounds.
• This evening was the fourth time this season that Josie Larkins has hit five or more three-pointers in a single game. This year she is shooting a career-best 43.4% from downtown.

WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts will return home to host Hartford on Saturday, January 8 at 2 p.m. from Patrick Gym. Fans can listen live on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield IMG College on WVMT with Cooper Boardman on the call or stream the action on ESPN3.

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