Hot-shooting Vermont men's basketball thrashes Dartmouth
The University of Vermont men's basketball team cashed in on an efficient offensive performance to land a decisive, 68-52 nonconference victory over host Dartmouth on Tuesday evening.
The Catamounts raced out to a 41-21 halftime advantage on 65.4% field-goal shooting and built its lead to as many as 30 points to defeat the Big Green for the 14th straight time in the long-running series.
Vermont (5-7), winner of three in a row, have also captured 22 of its last 23 meetings against Dartmouth.
In Tuesday's game, Aaron Deloney tallied 17 points on 6 of 12 shooting and Dylan Penn scored 10 of UVM's first 12 points in a 14-point outing for the Catamounts, who finished 28 of 54 from the floor (51.9%).
Redshirt freshman Sam Alamutu (eight points, eight rebounds) and true freshman Perry Smith Jr. (eight points, five rebounds) took advantage of Vermont ball movement for a bevy of finishes inside 5 feet. Finn Sullivan and Kam Gibson added seven points apiece and Robin Duncan grabbed six boards while handing out half of UVM's 14 assists.
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A Matt Veretto 3-pointer at the 9:40 mark of the first half gave UVM its first double-digit lead, 22-12. Then in the closing 3:50, UVM unleashed a 13-0 spurt: Perry knocked down back-to-back baskets and Deloney poured in a baseline jumper at the halftime buzzer to highlight the run.
The UVM advantage grew to 30 points, 61-31, on a Sullivan 3-pointer with 8:45 to play.
Dame Adelekun dropped 17 points to lead Dartmouth, which was held to 31% on its field-goal attempts over the first 20 minutes.
UVM plays at Colgate on Saturday.
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont men's basketball: Catamounts thrash Dartmouth
