Women's Basketball Prepares to Host Holy Cross in Military Appreciation Game

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Vermont Women's Basketball hosts Holy Cross on Saturday (Nov. 16) at Patrick Gym in their annual Military Appreciation Game presented by Milton Cat. The Josh Pallota Fund will be tabling in the Patrick Gym lobby. The tip-off is set for 1 p.m. ET. Tickets for the matchup are available at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or by visiting the Patrick Gym Box Office on game day.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call. Fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network from Learfield on WVMT, which will air on 96.3 FM in Burlington, 105.9 FM in Plattsburgh, and 620 AM around the rest of the region. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App, and Ryan Zimmerman is on the call.

RELATED LINKS
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats
Purchase Tickets
Listen Live on the Varsity Network App
Game Notes: Vermont | Holy Cross

VERMONT OUTLOOK

The Catamounts lost the last time out as they fell to Providence, 58-53.
Anna Olson and Catherine Gilwee were the leading scorers for Vermont, each with 12 points.
Olson led the Catamounts on the board with a season-high of seven, while Nikola Priede led Vermont in assists with three.
The Catamounts hold an 11-8 series lead over Holy Cross and have won three of the last five and seven of the last ten against the Crusaders.
The last time the programs met, the Catamounts won 46-44, led by 13 points from Emma Utterback.
Vermont has taken on Patriot League opponents 129 times in program history, with the Catamounts being victorious 75 times.
Olson is Vermont's leading scorer this season, averaging 14.7 points, with Keira Hanson and Gilwee second and third, with 8.3 and 8.0 points, respectively.
Olson, Bella Vito, and Hanson lead the Catamounts in rebounding, averaging 6.0, 4.0, and 3.0, respectively.

SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS

Holy Cross arrives in Burlington after two wins, defeating UMass Lowell and Brown after dropping their season opener to Quinnipiac.
Simone Foreman is the leading scorer for the Crusaders, averaging 15 points per game. Kaitlyn Flanagan and Lindsay Berger are second and third in scoring, averaging 12.3 and 12, respectively.
Foreman, Berger, and Meg Cahalan lead Holy Cross on the boards, with averages of 8.3, 5.0, and 4.0, respectively.
Flanagan and Foreman are the leading scorers to return for the Crusaders from a year ago. They finished 2023-24, averaging 7.1 and 6.0 points per game, respectively.
Foreman and Berger were Holy Cross's top rebounders a year ago, finishing with 8.5 and 5.7 boards per game, respectively.

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Vermont Federal Credit Union is the presenting sponsor of Vermont women's basketball.

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