FINAL SCORE: Vermont 68, Northeastern 64
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont men's basketball team took a 4-point in Burlington, Vermont against Northeastern. TJ Hurley led the Catamounts with a career-high 23 points.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Shamir Bogues returned to the starting lineup as he scores Vermont's first points in the game.
• TJ Hurley had 10 straight points for the Catamounts with two acrobatic finishes near the rim. Vermont went up 12-4 with 15:44 remaining in the first half.
• A Noah Barnett steal to a Jace Roquemore three sparked a Catamount 11-0 run. During that run, Vermont was 7 of 8 from the field.
• Seth Job hit a three from the top of the key, and Vermont went up 27-13 after the 8-minute media timeout.  
• Sean Blake had an offensive rebound and hit TJ Hurley in the corner as he made his 2^nd three of the game. With 4:41 remaining in the 1^st half, Vermont was up 33-16.
• Catamounts led Northeastern at half 35-22 going 6 for 11 from three (54.5%).
• Sean Blake went coast-to-coast to start the 2^nd half.
• With 15:57 in the 2^nd half, Northeastern cut into the lead as Vermont led 37-30.
• Ileri Ayo-Faleye had three blocks in the first eight minutes of the 2^nd half. He racked up his sixth block of the game, which marked a single-game career-high for him.
• Sean Blake had an and-one layup go along with two other shots in the paint. At the end of the 12-minute media timeout, Vermont led 49-33.
• Northeastern went on a 12-3 run and cut the lead to 7. Vermont led 52-45 with 7:28 remaining in the 2^nd half.
• Ileri Ayo-Faleye recorded his 7^th block and on the following offensive possession, TJ Hurley hit a left-side corner three.
• After the last media timeout (3:02 2^nd), Catamounts led the Huskies 59-50.
• Northeastern was able to go on a 9-5 run as Vermont only led 64-59. Sam Alamutu was fouled with 1:07 remaining and hit two free throws to extend the lead to 7.
• The Huskies full-court press led to two straight steals and scores. Northeastern cut the deficit to three as Vermont led 67-64.
• Jace Roquemore was fouled and made one free throw with 1.3 seconds on the clock. Vermont would go on to win 68-64.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TJ Hurley had a career-high 23 points. Hurley went (3-6) from three and (8-9) from the free throw line.
• Ileri Ayo-Faleye recorded a career-high seven blocks. Ayo-Faleye also contributed 10 points and tied a team-high seven rebounds.
• Seth Joba posted a career-high seven rebounds off the bench.
• Vermont (48.8%) outshot Northeastern (37.5%) from the field.
• Catamounts won the battle on the glass outrebounding the Huskies 39 to 33. Four Catamounts recorded 5+ rebounds: Ayo-Faleye (7), Seth Joba (7), Sam Alamutu (5), and Jace Roquemore (5).
• Vermont allowed only one three-pointer. This marks the third game this season that Catamounts have allowed (three or less) three-pointers. Catamounts are 3-0 on the season when this happens.

 
UP NEXT
UVM will stay home and play Brown on Tuesday December 3^rd in their annual Rally Around Mental Health game presented by Redstone. That game will tip off at 7 p.m. ET and it will be on ESPN+. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App with Brian McLaughlin on the call.
 
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