Massachusetts-Lowell 64, at Vermont 66

BURLINGTON, Vt. (Interstat) — In a game defined by grinding defense and missed opportunities, the Vermont Catamounts escaped with a narrow 66-64 victory over the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks in an America East Conference men’s basketball clash Thursday night at a packed Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium. The contest, witnessed by 2,496 fans, was a stark contrast to the teams’ first meeting in January, which Vermont won by nine. This was a possession-by-possession struggle where neither team led by more than six points and the outcome remained in doubt until the final buzzer. The most critical sequence of the game unfolded in… Read more...