{"id":17914,"date":"2017-01-11T22:54:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T03:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/?p=17914"},"modified":"2017-01-11T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T03:55:00","slug":"mens-hoop-catamounts-take-5th-straight-top-binghamton-67-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/blog\/article\/mens-hoop-catamounts-take-5th-straight-top-binghamton-67-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Hoop:  Catamounts Take 5th Straight, Top Binghamton 67-50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Vermont Sports Information<\/p>\n<p><strong>VESTAL, N.Y. <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0 The Vermont Catamounts won their fifth straight game on Wednesday night with a 67-50 victory at Binghamton in conference action.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont starts America East play with a 3-0 record for the third time in the last four seasons and improves to 13-5 overall. Binghamton is left searching for its first conference win and falls to 0-3 in league play and 9-9 overall.<\/p>\n<p>UVM&#8217;s defense held Binghamton to only 32.0% (16-for-50) from the floor and 26.3% (5-for-19) from beyond the arc. Vermont outscored Binghamton 30-12 in the paint and used its depth to pick up the win. The Catamounts&#8217; reinforcements\u00a0outscored Binghamton&#8217;s reserves 36-27 as the UVM bench has averaged 36.0 points over the past four games.<\/p>\n<p>The green and gold had seven players approach double figure as <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3978\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3978\">Payton Henson<\/a><\/dfn> scored a team-high 12 points and grabbed six rebounds. <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3973\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3973\">Trae Bell-Haynes<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3974\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3974\">Ernie Duncan<\/a><\/dfn> tallied seven points apiece for UVM. Bell-Haynes dished out four assists and recorded a steal while Duncan sank all of his points from long range. <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3977\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3977\">Josh Hearlihy<\/a><\/dfn> set a new career-high with seven points and muscled five rebounds off the glass. <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3981\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3981\">Kurt Steidl<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvmathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3979\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3979\">Darren Payen<\/a><\/dfn> each matched Hearlihy with seven points.<\/p>\n<p>The Bearcats had a trio of players reach double digits. Thomas Bruce recorded a double-double with a game-high 13 points and 10 rebounds. Bruce shot 3-of-4 from the floor but made 7-of-10 trips to the line. Marlon Beck II and Willie Rodriguez followed with 12 points apiece.<\/p>\n<p>The Cats jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead with a pair of free throws by Bell-Haynes and Duncan knocked down a long distance shot on their way to a 9-2 run to start the game.<\/p>\n<p>Binghamton clawed back and tied the game at 15-15 with 11 minutes remaining in the first period after forcing a pair of UVM turnovers that resulted in fast break layups.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont gained momentum with 9-0 run, including a pair of deep shots from Henson, and closed out the half on a 23-12 run for a 38-27 lead at the break.<\/p>\n<p>In the first eight minutes of the second half, the Catamounts built a 15-point lead but the Bearcats answered once again and cut the deficit back to single digits with at the midway point.<\/p>\n<p>UVM did not let Binghamton get any closer and closed out the game on 17-8 run to stay unbeaten in league action.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont returns home on Friday (Jan. 13) to host UMBC at 7 p.m. Single game tickets are available at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/purchase.tickets.com\/buy\/TicketPurchase?orgid=50869&amp;group_id=675948&amp;schedule=list\">UVMathletics.com\/Tickets<\/a><\/strong> or at the Patrick Gym Box Office on gameday. \u00a0Free live video is available in HD at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaeast.com\/mediaPortal\/player.dbml?catid=0&amp;id=1817679&amp;db_oem_id=14000\">AmericaEast.TV<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0with Sam Hyman on the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Vermont Sports Information VESTAL, N.Y. \u2013\u00a0 The Vermont Catamounts won their fifth straight game on Wednesday night with a 67-50 victory at Binghamton in conference action. 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