{"id":229086,"date":"2026-01-09T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229086\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:37:21","slug":"womens-basketball-suffers-first-conference-loss-to-binghamton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229086\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Basketball Suffers First Conference Loss To Binghamton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maine.png\" alt=\"Maine\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Maine<\/p>\n<p>1\/15\/2026 | 6 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        WVMT&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 15 (Thu) \/ 6 p.m. &#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maine.png\" alt=\"Maine\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Maine&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/maine\/11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">FINAL SCORE: Vermont 67, Binghamton 71<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">VESTAL, N.Y. \u2013 Vermont (13-5, 2-1 AE) fell to Binghamton (10-5, 2-0 AE) on Thursday evening at Dr. Bai Lee Court. The Bearcats scored 26 points off the bench compared to Vermont&#8217;s three, handing the Catamounts their first conference loss of the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">RELATED LINKS<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/stats\/2025-26\/binghamton\/boxscore\/6504\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Bearcats opened the game on an 11\u20132 run, with Bella Pucci and Yanniah Boyd combining for all 11 points, as Pucci scored five and Boyd added six.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Catamounts answered with back-to-back three-pointers from <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/emma-haan\/11769\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11769\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Haan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/keira-hanson\/10082\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10082\" target=\"_blank\">Keira Hanson<\/a>, followed by another triple from Haan, closing the quarter on a 9\u20136 run to trail 15\u201311 at the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Vermont carried that momentum into the second quarter, going on a 15\u20135 run from the start of the quarter to the 5:18 mark. <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/malia-lenz\/10091\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10091\" target=\"_blank\">Malia Lenz<\/a> led the surge, opening the quarter with a layup and knocking down a pair of three-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Binghamton responded with a 14\u20137 run of its own, sparked by Boyd converting on both free throws and capped by a driving layup. The Catamounts trailed 34\u201333 going into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Lenz opened the second half with a strong layup off a Hanson assist, which helped the Catamounts put together a 10\u20136 run to begin the third quarter. She would score six of the 10 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Vermont continued to apply pressure, outscoring Binghamton 13\u20137 from the 6:08 mark of the third quarter through the end of the quarter. Haan ignited the run with a breakaway layup off an assist from Lenz, while <a href=\"https:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/nikola-priede\/10086\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10086\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Priede<\/a> caught fire, scoring nine points in the quarter. Priede began her scoring with a tough baseline fadeaway through contact and closed the quarter by converting on both free throws.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u00a0Boyd beat the buzzer at the end of the third quarter with a left-handed driving layup to cut Vermont&#8217;s lead to seven heading into the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Binghamton opened the final quarter on an 8\u20135 run, beginning with a Kaia Goode three-pointer and ending with Leah Middleton converting both free throws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Vermont held a four-point lead before a timeout at the 6:38 mark. Out of the break, Lenz would make a driving layup, Carletta Bennette made both free throws, and Pucci would make a three at the 5:08 mark, trimming the Catamount lead to 61\u201360.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Bearcats closed the game on an 11\u20136 run. Boyd finished with a driving layup with eight seconds remaining, and Pucci sealed the win at the free-throw line, securing a 71\u201367 victory for Binghamton.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">INSIDE THE BOX SCORE<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Lenz scored a career-high 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and added two assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Priede posted her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Pucci led the Bearcats with 20 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Vermont held the edge in field-goal shooting, going 28-57 (49.1%) compared to Binghamton&#8217;s 22-58 (45.8%).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Bearcats shot more efficiently from three-point range, going 6-13 (46.2%) from beyond the arc, while the Catamounts went 7-25 (28.0%). Binghamton also held the advantage at the free-throw line, going 21-25 (84.0%) compared to Vermont&#8217;s 4-7 (57.1%) effort.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vermont travels to Maine for its first matchup versus the Black Bears on Thursday, Jan. 15, at Memorial Gym on the Skip Chappelle Court. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/search\/_\/o\/watch\/q\/vermont\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a>, with the radio broadcast available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsitynetwork.com\/audioapplink\/source\/oas-378\/content\/uvm:allaccess-Live-4741\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Varsity Network App<\/a> featuring Ryan Zimmerman on the call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontfederal.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vermont Federal Credit Union<\/a> is the presenting sponsor of Vermont women&#8217;s basketball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Maine 1\/15\/2026 | 6 p.m. &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; WVMT&#13; &#13; Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-229086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}