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Vermont (21-6, 11-1) at Stony Brook (17-9, 8-3) – 7:00 PM EST (ESPNU)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us deep into the heart of Long Island (not the school) as the hometown Stony Brook Seawolves host the Vermont Catamounts in a matchup of America East heavyweights. Stony Brook won the first matchup 81-77 thanks to a layup from Elijah Olaniyi with under 30 seconds remaining that put the Seawolves up for good. SBU was unable to follow up the win with much consistency; losses against Hartford, Binghamton and New Hampshire followed.
Vermont got a nice win on the road at St. John’s back in November and looked like they might be an NCAA Tournament at-large contender, but losses against Rider and other bubble buddies Yale, Cincinnati and UNC-Greensboro began to add up and put those at-large hopes on the back-burner. Since the Stony Brook loss, however, Vermont has won eleven straight to take a firm hold of the league and would clinch no worse than a tie for first place with a win tonight. Anthony Lamb is averaging 16.7 points a game and 7.3 rebounds a game for the Catamounts.