The inconsistencies that have plagued the Catamounts offensively may be a thing of the past as the men’s basketball team steamrolled the NJIT Highlanders Sunday afternoon 85-69 in Burlington.Led by fifth-year senior Finn Sullivan and his career-high 28 points, the ‘Cats drained 32 buckets, their most against a Division I opponent this year. Head Coach John Becker was very happy with how his veteran stepped up when his team needed a jolt.”Finn with a career-high 28 and shot it great,” said Becker “Which is something the last couple games he’s done a much better job being aggressive offensively.”Kam Gibson also shined for UVM, contributing 18 points including a 4-7 showing from three. Though he stuffed the stat sheet on the offensive end, Becker highlighted how Gibson’s defensive play stood out to him the most.”As good as he was offensively, he was I thought even better on the defensive end,” Becker said. ” took away their one really good knockdown shooter. I thought he had his best game as a Catamount.”Fifth-year senior Robin Duncan contributed a highlight of his own in the first half when the combo guard took a pass into the corner and took it to the rack for a two-hand slam, which is surprisingly the first dunk of his career.After the game, Becker revealed that Robin’s oldest brother Everett, who played for UVM from 2015-2020, had a friendly wager with Robin, betting he wouldn’t record an in-game dunk by the time his UVM career came to a close.After the game, Robin tweeted “Pay up @everett_duncan,” showing the brotherly love the Duncan family still brings to the Catamount community.
The inconsistencies that have plagued the Catamounts offensively may be a thing of the past as the men’s basketball team steamrolled the NJIT Highlanders Sunday afternoon 85-69 in Burlington.
Led by fifth-year senior Finn Sullivan and his career-high 28 points, the ‘Cats drained 32 buckets, their most against a Division I opponent this year. Head Coach John Becker was very happy with how his veteran stepped up when his team needed a jolt.
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“Finn with a career-high 28 and shot it great,” said Becker “Which is something the last couple games he’s done a much better job being aggressive offensively.”
Kam Gibson also shined for UVM, contributing 18 points including a 4-7 showing from three. Though he stuffed the stat sheet on the offensive end, Becker highlighted how Gibson’s defensive play stood out to him the most.
“As good as he was offensively, he was I thought even better on the defensive end,” Becker said. “[Kam] took away their one really good knockdown shooter. I thought he had his best game as a Catamount.”
Fifth-year senior Robin Duncan contributed a highlight of his own in the first half when the combo guard took a pass into the corner and took it to the rack for a two-hand slam, which is surprisingly the first dunk of his career.
After the game, Becker revealed that Robin’s oldest brother Everett, who played for UVM from 2015-2020, had a friendly wager with Robin, betting he wouldn’t record an in-game dunk by the time his UVM career came to a close.
After the game, Robin tweeted “Pay up @everett_duncan,” showing the brotherly love the Duncan family still brings to the Catamount community.
