7 p.m. Friday at Williams Arena
About Vermont: Picked to finish high in the America East Conference, the Catamounts are coming off a 25-12 season that ended with a three-point loss to Saint Louis in the WNIT semifinals; the same Saint Louis team that then beat the Gophers by 19 in the tournament final. Much of that team returns, including three-time all-conference forward Anna Olson, the former Monticello High School athlete, who had 18 points seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals in Vermont’s 62-46 opening night victory over Missouri, the Catamounts’ first win against an SEC school ever. Missouri was picked to be a second-division SEC team, but it was still an impressive victory for Vermont, which held the Tigers to 12 points in the second and third quarters.
