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03/12 03:42 CDT Vermont Catamounts face the Maine Black Bears in America East
Championship
Vermont Catamounts face the Maine Black Bears in America East Championship
By The Associated Press
Maine Black Bears (19-12, 14-4 America East) at Vermont Catamounts (26-7, 15-3
America East)
Burlington, Vermont; Friday, 5 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Vermont and Maine play for the America East Championship.
The Catamounts' record in America East play is 15-3, and their record is 11-4
in non-conference games. Vermont leads the America East with 65.9 points and is
shooting 45.5%.
The Black Bears' record in America East action is 14-4. Maine is 7-8 in games
decided by at least 10 points.
Vermont averages 6.2 made 3-pointers per game, 1.4 more made shots than the 4.8
per game Maine gives up. Maine scores 10.4 more points per game (62.3) than
Vermont allows (51.9).
The teams square off for the third time this season. Maine won the last matchup
55-46 on Feb. 5. Asta Blauenfeldt scored 21 to help lead Maine to the victory,
and Keira Hanson scored 13 points for Vermont.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nikola Priede is averaging 17.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.5
blocks for the Catamounts. Hanson is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10
games.
Adrianna Smith is averaging 22.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.8
steals for the Black Bears. Sarah Talon is averaging 10.7 points over the last
10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Catamounts: 8-2, averaging 58.4 points, 29.7 rebounds, 10.1
assists, 6.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.5% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 47.3 points per game.
Black Bears: 9-1, averaging 64.7 points, 29.8 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 7.3
steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.2% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 56.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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