Vermont Catamount (8-3) vs. Sacred Heart Pioneers (2-6)
Fairfield, Conn.; Sunday, 2 p.m. ET
Bottom line: Vermont will try to keep its three-game winning streak on the road alive when Catamount takes on Sacred Heart.
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The Trail Blazers lead 1-2 at home. Sacred Heart ranks sixth among MAAC team defense, allowing 66.3 points while holding opponents to 42.2 percent shooting from the field.
Catamount’s road record is 3-2. Vermont ranks second in the America East with 22.8 defensive rebounds per game, and Nikola Priede averages 6.2 rebounds per game.
Sacred Heart is averaging 4.0 three-pointers per game this season, just 0.3 more than Vermont’s 3.7 three-pointers per game. Vermont is shooting 48.7 percent from the field this season, which is 6.5 percentage points better than the 42.2 percent average field goal percentage of Sacred Heart opponents.
Top performer: Amelia Wood shot 35.5% from the field and averaged 12.8 points per game for the Trail Blazers. Jordana Schreck averages 0.6 three-pointers per game.
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Pride averaged 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game for the Catmounts. Kayla Hansen is averaging 14.1 points over the past 10 games.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
