BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont (18-11) (11-3 AE) visits UMBC (13-17) (5-10 AE) on Saturday afternoon. Action from Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena will tip off at 1 p.m. ET and it will be on ESPN+.  
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The conference clash will broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield on The Game, which will air on 97.1 FM in Burlington, 105.9 FM in Plattsburgh, and 960 AM around the rest of the region. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App with Brian McLaughlin on the call.
 
RELATED LINKS
Watch: ESPN+ 
Listen on Varsity Network App
Live Stats

VERMONT OUTLOOK

• Vermont is coming off a 71-61 win against NJIT on Thursday evening.
• Three different Catamounts earned double-digit scoring against NJIT. Shamir Bogues (22), Ileri Ayo-Faleye (14), and Nick Fiorillo (12) contributed for Vermont.
• TJ Hurley leads UVM in scoring averaging 15.5 points per game. He has had nine 20+ point games this season. Hurley ranks 33^rd in the country and 2^nd in the America East in free throw percentage. On the year, Hurley has shot 88.2 percent from the line.
• The Catamounts allow 63.9 points per game, which ranks UVM as the 15^th best scoring defense in the country and 1^st in the America East. UVM also ranks 46^th in defending the three-point line, allowing opponents to shoot 31% from three. Vermont commits 13.9 fouls per game, which is the 16^th lowest.
• Catamounts are ranked 68^th in blocks per game (4.2). Ileri Ayo-Faleye ranks 28^th in the country with 1.97 blocks per game.
• Vermont sits in 2^nd place in the America East standings.

 
SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS

• UMBC is 13-17 on the year coming off a 74-78 loss against UAlbany on Thursday night.
• The Retrievers rank 16^th nationally in field goal percentage shooting 48.8% from the field.
• UMBC ranks 37^th in the country in points per game (80.5).
• Senior guard Marcus Banks Jr. is one of the top scorers for the Retrievers this year. Banks has averaged 16.2 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists per game. Banks ranks 1^st in the America East in three-pointers per game (3.2)
• This is the 54^th matchup between the Catamounts and the Retrievers. Vermont leads the all-time series 43-10. UMBC beat UVM earlier this year 80-63.
• UMBC is currently 8^th in the America East standings.