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MEN'S BASKETBALL FACES TOP-SEEDED VERMONT

3/5/2005

• #9 UMBC advanced to the America East Quarter-Final contest vs. #1 Vermont by virtue of a 78-73 win over #8 New Hampshire in the First Round game last night. It was UMBC’s first post-season win since an 85-76 quarter-final win over Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference Tournament in 2002.

 

• Freshman guard Brian Hodges scored 28 points, his season/career high and the most points scored by a Retriever this season. Andrew Feeley had scored 20 points on two occasions, at UMES (12/1) and at Northeastern (1/15). Hodges’ point total is the most ever scored by a Retriever freshman in a Division I post-season game.

 

• The 28 points surpassed Hodges’ previous total of 17, also scored at the BU Events Center, against Binghamton (2/16) in his first collegiate start. Hodges is averaging 16.8 ppg in his five starting assignments and has been in double figures in all five games.

 

• The 10 assists by Rob Gogerty is a season high, one shy of his career high, 11, vs. Towson, in the opening game of the 2003-04 season. Gogerty has moved into fourth place on UMBC’s all-time assists list with 382, and his 139 helpers this season is the fifth-best season in school history.

 

• Gogerty has recorded 6 steals, a career high. That gives Gogerty 150 career swipes, fourth on UMBC’s all-time list. The game marked the 37th time in his career (10th this season) that he has played more than 30 minutes and recorded one turnover or less (0).

 

•  Seth Davis scored a season high 11 points. He has totaled just 8 points in his last 9 outings before last night’s outburst.

 

•  Michael Knight amassed 11 points, his first game in double figures since totaling 13 vs. Towson on 12-4. His 3 treys is a season high.

 

• The Retrievers set season highs in assists (23), steals (13), and tied their season high with 9 three-point goals in the win over the Wildcats. UMBC recorded 23 assists last season at Northeastern (2/14/04) and posted 14 steals at Maine on 1/24/04.

 

• UMBC shot over 40% from the floor (27/59, 45.8%) for the first time since hitting 45.9% vs. Vermont on February 2 (span of seven straight below 40%). It was UMBC’s first win of the year (1-9) when allowing its opponent to shoot better than 45% from the field (UNH was 47.1%).

 

• Gogerty and Feeley will play their 110th games today, tying them for sixth place on UMBC’s all-time list.

 

• John Zito is the lone Retriever to score in double figures in both games vs. Vermont this year (13.0 ppg), but he is just 10 of 26 from the floor. Gogerty is 12/21 from the floor vs. Vermont, with 7.0 apg in two games. He is 18/36 from the floor in four career games vs. the Catamounts.

 

• In 13 previous Division I post-season tournaments, UMBC has never won more than one game. They have faced four previous #1 seeds and are 0-4 in those contests.

 

• UMBC is now 6-2 this season in games decided by six points or less.