Jan. 2, 2002
Box Score
Burlington, VT - Trevor Gaines scored 27 points including the 1,000th of
his career as Vermont topped Stony Brook, 91-60, in America East collegiate
men's basketball on Wednesday night at the Patrick Gym.
Gaines, who was named America East Player of the Week earlier in the day,
hit a pair of free throws with 3:41 remaining to become the 24th Catamount
to reach the 1,000-point level. It capped off a great evening in which he
hit 12-of-15 from the floor and had a game-high 10 rebounds while scoring
19 second half points.
The Catamounts broke out of the gate quickly scoring the first 16 points
while out-rebounding the Seawolves, 13-0, over the opening five minutes.
Better work on the boards and three baskets by Jon Paul Kobryn paced a 19-7
Stony Brook run to cut it to 28-21 with five minutes to play in the opening
half. But Vermont, behind six points by Gaines, closed out the first stanza
with a 13-3 run to take a 41-24 lead at the break.
The second half was all Vermont as the inside play of Gaines, Taylor
Coppenrath and Grant Anderson, who combined in the game to shoot 22-for-29
from the floor, sealed the win, the Catamounts' seventh straight overall
and their second in conference play. The seven-game win streak is the
program's best since 1977 and the team's 9-3 start is the their best since
1993-94.
In addition to Gaines, four other Catamounts reached double-digits as
Coppenrath had 18 (also eight boards and four blocked shots), Mike Goia
scored 15 while T.J. Sorrentine had 14 and Grant Anderson tallied 10. Andre
Anderson also added a career-high five assists. UVM shot a season-best 56%
from the floor and won the battle of the boards, 38-24.
For the Seawolves, Kobryn tallied a career-best 18 (eight-for-10 FG'S)
along with seven rebounds while Mike Orfini added nine points as Stony
Brook fell for the seventh straight time and to 0-2 in their inaugural
season in the America East.
Vermont, now 9-3 overall, heads to Boston to take on Boston University on
Saturday at 1 pm and Northeastern on Monday at 7 pm. The Seawolves (1-12),
who have played 11 of their first 13 games away from home, return to Long
Island to host Maine on Sunday at 4 pm.
