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WBB Senior D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks vs. Vermont
UVM Athletics
53
Canisius CAN 1-5,0-0 MAAC
76
Winner Vermont UVM 4-6,0-0 America
Canisius CAN
1-5,0-0 MAAC
53
Final
76
Vermont UVM
4-6,0-0 America
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Canisius CAN 12 22 10 9 53
Vermont UVM 22 24 16 14 76

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Slow Start Dooms Women's Basketball in Loss to Vermont

Game Recap
The Catamounts had five players record double-digit scoring numbers, led by Josie Larkins and Emma Utterback who each recorded 15 points, propelling Vermont to a 76-53 win over Canisius (1-5) Saturday afternoon in non-conference women's basketball in Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vt.
 
Hanna Crymble and Sarah Wells added 14 points, while Delaney Richardson contributed 13 points for Vermont (4-6). Crymble added a game-high 11 rebounds to record the double-double. As a team, Vermont shot 48.4 percent from the field, going 31-of-64. The Catamounts outscored the Golden Griffins in the paint (40-20), on fast break opportunities (10-2) and on turnovers (18-2).
 
Senior D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks scored a game-high 19 points, going 6-for-14 from the field and 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Sophomore transfer Shayla Sweeney added a season-high 13 points, while redshirt senior and fellow transfer AJ Timbers contributed 10 points and a team-best nine rebounds in the loss. As a team, Canisius shot 31.1 percent (19-for-61) from the floor and 41.2 percent (7-for-17) from 3-point range. The Griffs were also successful on eight of their 11 attempts from the line. Canisius out rebounded Vermont 40-38.
 
The Catamounts got out in front early courtesy of a 10-0 run in the first 4:45 of game action forcing Canisius to use one of its timeouts early. Vermont and Canisius would trade blows for the remainder of the frame resulting in Vermont taking a 22-12 lead into the second quarter.
 
Vermont would have a hot start to the second quarter, starting the frame on a 9-2 run capped off by a 3-pointer from Wells. Canisius would trim what was a 17-point Vermont lead to just 10-points, 35-25, after Patterson-Ricks connected for her third-straight 3-pointer at the 4:47 mark. Over the next 3:19, Vermont built its lead all the way back up to 17-points after Larkins hit a 3-pointer from the wing to make the score 43-29. Vermont would then take a 46-34 lead into the break.
 
Neither team would score for the first 3:52 of action in the second half before Vermont opened the scoring with a jumper just outside the paint. Canisius would score just 12 points in the quarter, allowing the Catamounts to take a 62-44 lead after 30-minutes of action.
 
It was more of the same from the Canisius offense in the fourth and final frame as the Griffs only mustard-up nine points in the final 10-minutes. The Catamounts got its largest lead of the game, 70-44, at the 4:27 mark of the fourth when Utterback made both chances at the line. Vermont wouldn't allow Canisius to get any closer than 22-points the rest of the way, resulting in a 23-point win for the Catamounts.
 
Head Coach Scott Hemer's Postgame Comments
"When you start slow on someone else's court, it is difficult to get on the bus afterward with a win. At the end of the day, Vermont was much more physical near the rim and finished those types of plays more easily than we did." 
 
Game Notes
• Canisius is now 3-6 all-time against the Catamounts. 
• Timbers, senior Anna Sweny and junior Anndea Zeigler all made their first starts of the campaign.
• Patterson-Ricks has now scored double-digits in each game this season and the Fayetteville, N.Y., native has scored 15 or more points in each of the last five.
• For Sweny, the start was her first since Feb. 16 of last season at Marist. 
• Freshman Tiffany McGhie played a career-high 17 minutes.

Up Next
Canisius will not play for the next 12 days before heading to Deland, Fla., for the Annual Stetson Hatter Classic Dec. 19-20. The Griffs will take on Stetson (Dec. 19), followed by Appalachian State (Dec. 20) with both games scheduled for a 1 p.m. tip on the ESPN family of networks.
 
 
 
 
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