Vermont Catamounts at Providence Friars

Providence wins at home, again, 70-49 over Vermont

Henton added nine rebounds and Kris Dunn eight assists for the Friars.

Luke Apfeld led the Catamounts (1-3) with 14 points, 12 in the second half. Clancy Rugg had 10 points and 14 rebounds for Vermont, which led 6-2 early before falling behind to stay 3:55 into the game.

Saturday, the Friars trailed Marist 6-4 before holding the visitors without a field goal for 12 minutes while going on a 37-2 run. Monday night, Providence was down 6-2 not two minutes into the game and held the Catamounts without a field goal for 13:22. This time it was a 24-2 run that broke the game open. Vermont hit two of its first three shots, then missed 15 in a row.

The Catamounts scored only eight points over the final 18:03 of the half, shooting a woeful 4-for-25 from the floor, 2-for-11 from 3-point range and 4-for-10 from the foul line in the half.

Dunn, the sophomore point guard who missed the first three games with a shoulder injury, came off the bench at the first media timeout and wound up playing 21 minutes. He assisted on a basket on his first possession and wound up with three points and eight assists.

The Catamounts, who have at least 20 games each of the last five seasons and are the preseason favorites to win America East, was missing 6-9 sophomore forward Ethan O'Day, who missed his third straight game with a hand injury.

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