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The Vermont women's basketball team begins December hosting the Holy Cross Crusaders in a non-conference match up on Saturday (Dec. 6) at 1 p.m. at Patrick Gymnasium. The game will be broadcast on WVMT-620 AM and on the Internet at SportsJuice.com. The live video of the contest will also be streamed over the Internet on a pay-per-view basis of ($7). Log onto the UVM website at www.UVMathletics.com for more information and all the links to listen or purchase the game.

UVM enters the game with a record of 4-2, while Holy Cross stands at 1-6. UVM is coming off a 70-58 loss at St. John’s on Sunday, while Holy Cross dropped a 96-37 decision at No. 1 Connecticut on Wednesday.

CATAMOUNTS TEAM UP WITH COTS
The University of Vermont women's basketball has teamed up with the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), in Burlington, for three games in November and December. Catamount fans attending the select games are encouraged to bring unwrapped toys to donate to COTS. Fans who bring toys to donate are automatically entered into a drawing for a gift certificate to Junior's at each game.

COTS has listed some of their greatest needs during the holiday season as: educational toys (for older children, ages 10+), waterproof hats, mittens and gloves for adults and children, ponchos, alarm clocks, new toothbrushes, umbrellas and most importantly gift cards - for groceries, gas, pharmacy or other stores (so parents can buy presents for their children). If fans prefer to keep their focus strictly on children they are encouraged to bring educational toys, children's art supplies, waterproof hats, mittens & gloves, and toothbrushes. The team will deliver the collected items to COTS the week of December 15.

COTS provides emergency shelter, services, and housing for people who are without homes or who are marginally housed. COTS advocates for long-term solutions to end homelessness.

Please bring items for the COTS program to the following games:
Wed., Nov. 26 vs. Providence, 4 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 6 vs. Holy Cross, 1 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 14 vs. Kent State, 4 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT - St. John’s 70, Vermont 58 | Box Score
UVM dropped a 70-58 decision at St. John’s in its last outing on Sunday. Vermont trimmed a 15-point St. John’s advantage to four late in the second half, but could not overtake the Red Storm. Courtnay Pilypaitis led Vermont with 19 points and 11 rebounds for the 12th double-double of her career.

KOTSOPOULOS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior guard May Kotsopoulos, the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Year, has been on the offensive lately and was named the America East Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Monday. Kotsopoulos avearged 18.7 points, 3.6 assists and 3.0 steals, while shooting 46.3 percent from the field last week for Vermont. She scored 25 points in UVM’s overtime win against Providence. It was one shy of her career-high and 24 of the points came in the second half.

WORKING OVERTIME
For the first time in program history Vermont played in back-to-back overtime games. UVM played its first-ever triple-overtime game and pulled out an 82-77 win over Dartmouth in the consolation game of the TD Banknorth Classic. Vermont followed that up with a 73-67 overtime win against Providence. UVM is 2-0 this season in overtime games and 15-13 all-time. The school record for most overtime games in a season is three in 2003-04.

SHEFTIC SHINES
Junior Alissa Sheftic scored a career-high 10 points against Quinnipiac and combined that with 10 rebounds to post her first career double-double as a Catamount. She also scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds in UVM’s overtime victory against Providence. Sheftic ranks 11th in the league in rebounding (5.3 rpg) and sixth in the conference in blocks (1.17 pg). She entered her junior year with 16 career blocks and already has six through the first six games of the season.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR?
Junior May Kotsopoulos is the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Year, in back-to-back games she scored 24 points versus Dartmouth and 25 agaisnt Providence. She enters the Holy Cross game leading the team in scoring at 16 points per game.

ABOUT HOLY CROSS | Website
The Crusaders stand at 1-6 on the year. In the most recent outing on Wednesday, Holy Cross fell to No. 1 Connecticut 96-37. The Crusaders earned their first win of the year in a thrilling triple-overtime victory against Missouri in a tournament at Northwestern. Brianna McFadden, the reigning Patriot League Player of the Year, netted 31 points against Missouri and leads the team in scoring (19.7 ppg). She also makes a habit of going to the line and has made 35 of the Crusaders’ 70 free throws this season. McFadden is 35-for-45 (77.8%) from the stripe this season. Teammate Bethany O’Dell ranks second on the team in scoring, chipping in 13.3 points per game. She also ranks second in rebounding, collecting 4.2 caroms per contest. The duo are the only two players to start six straight games this season.

This the third consecutive meeting between the two teams. The all-time series is knotted up at 6-6. UVM has won three of the last four meetings, including two straight. Last season Vermont defeated Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., 54-44, in the second game of the season. The Catamounts used an 11-0 second half run to open up a tight game and Courtnay Pilypaitis came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points to lead UVM.

LAST TIME vs. HOLY CROSS - Vermont 54, Holy Cross 44
The Vermont Catamounts used an 11-0 second half run to open up a tight game and Courtnay Pilypaitis came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points to lead UVM to a 54-44 victory over Holy Cross at the Hart Center. Amy Rosenkrantz added 11 points and six rebounds and Sofia Iwobi contributed eight points, four rebounds and three assists.

VERMONT vs. PATRIOT LEAGUE
Vermont is 23-17 versus Patriot League teams. Last season UVM went 3-0 versus the conference with wins over Holy Cross, Colgate and Lafayette.

THREE’S UP
Vermont made a season-high 13 three-pointers in its win over Dartmouth. That is one shy of the single-game school record.

GRAND SIGHTS
Courtnay Pilypaitis scored a team-high 26 points, including her 1,000th career point in Vermont’s season opening win over UMass. She is the 17th player at UVM to reach the 1,000-career point milestone and the seventh player to reach the mark prior to her senior year. She scored her 1,000th career point in her 65th career game, the fourth fastest in school history.

Pilypaitis could be one of three Catamounts to reach 1,000 points this season as teammates May Kotsopoulos and Amy Rosenkrantz are also within reach of the mark. Rosenkrantz is 145 points away from 1,000, while Kotsopoulos is 175 points shy of the milestone.

BLOCK PARTY
Alissa Sheftic and Andrea Cihal rank 6-7 among America East block leaders. The duo has combined for 12 through six games. Sheftic entered the season with 16 career blocks and has six already this season. Cihal has totaled 78 career rejections entering the Holy Cross game, which is good for eighth all-time.

BOARD GAMES
One of the things head coach Sharon Dawley wanted to improve upon this season was rebounding. The Catamounts have responded, currently leading the league in rebounding margin at +3. Courtnay Pilypaitis leads the conference on the boards, collecting 9.3 caroms per game. UVM has out rebounded its opponent in five of six games.

CENTURY MARK AHEAD
Andrea Cihal has played in 95 career games and teammate Amy Rosenkrantz has seen action in 90 games entering the Holy Cross contest. The two are on pace to become the 25th and 26th players to reach the century mark in games played and could come close to becoming the all-time leaders at Vermont. Former standouts Libby Smith ‘02 and Dawn Cressman ‘03 are UVM’s all-time leaders in games played at 122 games. Smith not only saw action 122 games, she started all 122 contests in her career.

A CASE OF PILYPAITIS
Junior Courtnay Pilypaitis is the reigning America East Player of the Year. She is just the second player in league history to earn America East Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman and garner America East Player of the Year honors as a sophomore (the other player is current Maine head coach Cindy Blodgett). Pilypaitis was a unanimous selection for the America East All-Conference Preseason Team for the second straight year prior to the start of this season. She also garnered some national attention earning a spot on the Women's Basketball Magazine Mid-Major Preseason All-America Team. Last year Pilypaitis ranked among the league's top-10 in nine of 10 statistical categories and led Vermont in scoring, rebounding, assists, free throw percentage, free throws made and three-point field goals made. In 2008-09, Pilypaitis leads the league in rebounding (9.3) and ranks among the top-10 in scoring, assists, free throw percentage and three-point field goal percentage.

SPECIAL K
Junior May Kotsopoulos is the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Year. She is the first Catamount to garner the honor and was a unanimous choice for the league's all-defensive team for the second time last year. Kotsopoulos also earned a spot on the America East All-Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team (had the highest GPA of the five players selected to the squad). She was named the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete with a 3.54 GPA as a business administration major. This season Kotospoulos leads the team in scoring (16.0 ppg), 2nd in AE, and leads the league in steals (2.67), while ranking among the top-10 in three other categories.

ASSISTING A WIN
Vermont is 10-1 when it hands out 20 assists or more in a game dating back to the 2006-07 season. UVM leads America East in assists in 08-09 (15.00 pg).

NON-CONFERENCE NUMBERS
Vermont is 24-9 versus non-conference teams over the past two seasons. UVM went 10-3 against non-league teams in 2006-07 and 13-3 last season.

TERRIFIC TRIO
UVM is the only team in the league to have three players ranked among the top-11 in scoring and rebounding. May Kotsopoulos (2nd), Courtnay Pilypaitis (6th) and Amy Rosenkrantz (11th) are among the scoring leaders in the conference. Pilyapitis (1), Rosenkrantz (7) and Alissa Sheftic (11) are among the rebounding leaders in America East. Pilypaitis and Rosenkrantz are two of four players in the top-11 in both categories.

TOP CATS
Since the 2001-02 season the Vermont men's and women's basketball teams have combined to post the most wins among America East Schools (275). The men's team has won 147 games, while the women's team has posted 128 victories.

WHO’S NEXT | 2008-09 Schedule
Vermont travels to Harvard on Thursday (Dec. 11) for a 7 p.m. game in Cambridge, Mass. The game will be broadcast on WVMT-620 AM and on the Internet at SportsJuice.com.

UVM’s next home game will be Sunday (Dec. 14) versus Kent State at 4 p.m. The game is part of a basketball doubleheader at Patrick Gym, as the UVM men’s team takes on UNC-Wilmington at 1 p.m. prior to the women’s game.

CATS' DISH | Blog
Once again this year, the team will be blogging about its journey through the 2008-09 season. Players, coaches and others will provide a behind the scenes look at the program.

WEBCASTING VIA B2 NETWORKS | B2 Networks
Watch all home Vermont men's hockey, men's basketball and women's basketball games live on the Internet via B2 Networks. View each game on a pay-per-view basis for $7.00 each or buy a basketball season package for $60. Log onto www.UVMathletics.com for more information.

RADIO
All University of Vermont women’s basketball games will once again be broadcast live on WVMT AM-620. All women’s basketball games can also be heard on the Internet via SportsJuice.com by logging on the www.UVMathletics.com.

SHARON DAWLEY COACHES’ CORNER AT BRENNAN’S PUB | Coaches' Corner Website
The University of Vermont athletic department in conjunction with WVMT-620 AM will be broadcasting a weekly “Coaches’ Corner” with Vermont men’s hockey coach Kevin Sneddon and UVM women’s basketball coach Sharon Dawley live from Brennan’s Pub in the Davis Center this season. The shows, which are free and open to the public and students, will take place on Monday’s from 6-7 p.m. during the academic year when Brennan’s is open. The segments with Sneddon and Dawley will also re-air on WVMT as part of the Charlie and Ernie morning show. Fans can hear Sneddon’s show on Wednesday’s at 9:30 a.m. and Dawley’s show will air on Thursday’s at 9:30 a.m. on WVMT. For more information log on to www.UVMathletics.com.

MEDIA GUIDES | More Info
The 2008-09 Vermont women’s basketball media guides are now on sale for $10. Media guides are available at the games at Patrick Gymnasium and also online at www.UVMathletics.com.

eNEWS | More Info
It's easy to stay up-to-date with the Catamounts. Sign up for the Vermont Men’s Soccer E-News, offered free of charge by the Athletic Communications Office. Receive all the latest news and notes, as well as complete game summaries for every contest via your personal e-mail account. Log on to www.UVMathletics.com to sign up today.

eSCORES | More Info
Get the results of your favorite Catamount teams minutes after the conclusion of the game via a text message on your cell phone. The eScores feature is available to anyone with a cell phone, regardless of cell phone service provider. Visit www.UVMathletics.com to sign up for the free service.

WALLPAPER | More Info
Vermont fans can now get wallpaper to put on their computer screens to show their Catamount pride. The wallpaper is offered for every team at Vermont and will be updated as the year progresses. Log on to www.UVMathletics.com to download your Vermont Athletics wallpaper. Special wallpaper commemorating the 2007 America East Men's Soccer Championship is also available.

RALLY’S ROUND UP | More Info
All kids 12 and under can experience the fun in Catamount Country by joining Rally's Round Up where all the "Cool Cats" hang! Annual membership fees are $20.00 per child for the 2008-09 season. For more information and/or to register, please contact Rally at RallyCatamount@uvm.edu.

VERMONT PHOTO STORE | More Info
Catamount faithful can purchase athletic pictures at www.UVMathletics.com via the Vermont Photo Store. Pictures make a great gift for holidays, home wall art, or office decorations. Powered by Replay Photos, the website will feature pictures of all 20 sports, as well as new game action photos from the 2008-09 season. Every image has been captured by a professional photographer and is reproduced in three sizes (9 x 12, 12 x16, 15 x 20) framed, unframed, or gallery wrapped on canvas. A custom on-line framing system allows visitors to construct a variety of matting and framing options and view their product prior to purchase. Visit www.UVMathletics.com to view all product offerings.