BURLINGTON, Vt. (1/2/08)—Four players from University of Vermont registered double digit points to lead the Catamounts to a 78-41 victory over Colgate University in women’s basketball action in Patrick Gymnasium. Amy Rosenkrantz led all scorers with 20 points.

 

Freshman guard Sami Kozlowski (New Market, Md.) paced the Raider offense with 11 points and handed out a team-best five assists. Sophomore Katie Garman (Poplar Grove, Ill.) added 10 points and pulled down five rebounds. Rookie Georgia Gier (Mercer Island, Wash.) led the charge on the glass with seven rebounds. Freshman Evan Librizzi (Essex Junction, Vt.) finished with five points and five rebounds in her homecoming to Patrick Gymnasium.

 

Tonya Young added 15 points and five rebounds for the Catamounts, while Courtnay Pilypaitis finished the evening with 12 points, 11 assists, five rebounds, and four steals. May Kotsopoulos rounded out the double-digit scorers with 12 points and Alissa Sheftic had a game-high 12 boards.  

 

The two squads traded points in the early going with a Vermont holding a slight 7-4 advantage. The Catamounts caught a hot hand over the next two minutes with an 8-0 run to take a 15-4 lead at the 15:14 mark.

 

Colgate (1-14) chipped away at the lead to make it a seven-point game, 18-11, but Vermont picked up its defensive pressure and put together an 18-1 run that spanned just over six minutes and gave the Catamounts a 36-12 lead with 3:35 left in the half. Moser stopped the run with a pair of free throws 35 seconds later and Colgate scored three points in the final minute to head into the locker room down 42-17.

 

Vermont (9-4) hit 54 percent of their shots in the opening stanza and got 20 points in the paint and 31 off of turnovers. The Raiders shot 33 percent from the floor in the first session.

 

The Raiders got off to a strong start in the second frame as they got good looks at the basket, but it was a five-minute scoring drought midway through the half that ultimately doomed Colgate. Vermont went on a 12-0 run in those five minutes to take a 65-30 lead and never looked back as the Catamounts closed out conference play with the 78-41 victory.

 

Vermont shot 49.2 percent for the game and 37.5 percent from long range. The Raiders hit 34.1 percent of their shots from the floor and 33 percent from behind the arc. The Catamounts held a 39-27 on the glass and got 37 points off of turnovers.

 

Colgate has a 10-day break before it hits the court again on Jan. 12 at Army. Tipoff with the Black Knights is set for 1 p.m.