Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Binghamton men's basketball will look to reverse recent history when the Bearcats (2-18, 1-4 AE) face first-place and unbeaten Vermont (9-8, 4-0 AE) at 7 p.m. Monday in Patrick Gym. The Catamounts own a 23-7 margin in the all-time series, including an 11-2 cushion at home.    
 
Binghamton is coming off a tough 73-66 overtime loss to visiting New Hampshire Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats put five players in double figures for the first time this season and were a video replay away from winning the game at the regulation buzzer.     
 
 QUICK HITS
• Sophomore guard Marlon Beck has scored in double figures in three of his last four games and is averaging 13.0 points during that span. Beck played a season-high 41 minutes in the game vs. UNH.
 
• Freshman forward Willie Rodriguez has hit double-digits in four of his last seven games and is BU's leading scorer (10.4 ppg.) among active players.

• Freshman forward Bobby Ahearn has pulled down 7+ rebounds in each of his last three games (8.7 rpg.)

• Freshman guard Romello Walker has scored in double figures in four of his last five games (13.0 ppg.). He logged 40 minutes against UNH and scored all 12 of his points after halftime. In conference play, Walker leads the team with a 13.6 scoring average
 
• Binghamton has produced three different conference Rookies of the Week:  Dusan Perovic on 12/8, Willie Rodriguez on 12/29 and Romello Walker on 1/12. The Bearcats are nearing last year's rare feat of having four different players earn top rookie weekly honors.
 
• Binghamton has been hit by two key injuries to its frontcourt. Six-foot-9 sophomore Nick Madray went down with an ankle injury after scoring 20 points vs. St. Bonaventure on Dec. 20. He has missed the last six games. Six-foot-9 center and leading scorer Dusan Perovic (11.5 ppg.) suffered an ACL injury at practice on Jan. 5 and will be lost for the remainder of the season.
 
• Binghamton has statistically the youngest team in the entire country (StatSheet.com). It's 14 players have a combined 10 years of collegiate experience. There are only two upperclassmen on the roster (1 senior, 1 junior).
 
• Four of the team's top-5 scorers are freshmen and the starting lineup features four freshmen and a sophomore.
 
ABOUT VERMONT 
The Catamounts held UMBC without a field goal over the first 9:13 of the second half and put together a 24-6 run to pull away from the Retrievers, 71-54 on Saturday. Vermont improved to 4-0 in America East play with its fourth straight win. Ethan O'Day led the Catamounts with 15 points, on 7-for-9 shooting, and seven rebounds. Brendan Kilpatrick added 13 points in 19 minutes off the bench and Trae Bell-Haynes scored 10 points, all in the second half. The Catamounts lead America East in field goal percentage (45.3%) and also lead the league in field goal percentage defense (39.8%). Ethan O'Day leads the conference in field goal percentage (60.2%) and Ryan Pierson is the top free throw shooter at 90.0 percent.

Vermont was picked fourth in the Coaches' Preseason Poll. The team has just one starter back from a 22-win team that won the conference regular season title before losing in the semifinals.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Vermont swept the season series last season, winning 72-39 in Burlington and then pulling out a 92-82 overtime win at the Events Center five weeks later. In the first meeting, the Catamounts jumped out to a 25-point halftime cushion and shot 69 percent in the second half to cruise. At Vestal on March 2, however, BU put 82 points on the board and pushed first-place Vermont to overtime in a tight loss in front of nearly 3,000 fans. In that game, Yosef Yacob had 22 points (5 3's).