Off to its best start to America East play since the 2010-11 America East regular season championship team, the UMBC Women's Basketball team (9-10, 6-2 AE) will host Vermont (14-6, 6-2) on Saturday afternoon at The Peake. 

The game will have a noon tip-off, and it will be broadcast on ESPN3.

Last Time Out:

• UMBC sophomore guard Laycee Drake's 23-foot, one-footed jumper with 0.2 seconds remaining gave the Retrievers a thrilling 61-60 victory over NJIT in an America East Conference contest at Chesapeake Arena.
• The 6-2 start is the program's best versus America East competition since a 7-2 beginning to the 2010-11 campaign.
• Drake's shot earned the number one spot on SportCenter's Top 10 on Wednesday night.
• Drake was one of three Retrievers in double figures, scoring 15 points, one shy of her career best.
• Graduate students KK White (16) and Ashia McCalla (14) also posted double figures.
• NJIT outrebounded UMBC 31-29, making it the first game all season that the Retrievers won when being outrebounded (1-8)

Scouting Vermont:

• The Catamounts earned their sixth consecutive win Wednesday night defeating Binghamton 63-56 at Patrick Gym
• Richason posted a career high with 21 points on an efficient 66.7 percent shooting from the floor and 75.0 percent shooting from three. She also grabbed down six rebounds and dished out a game-high four assists.
• Utterback had 14 points, three assists and three rebounds.
• Olson finished with 10 points while recording six rebounds and two assists
• The Catamounts shot 45.3 percent for the game while holding the Bearcats to 38.6 percent.
• Vermont's last loss was a 58-57 home defeat to UMBC on January 1

All-Time Series:

• Vermont leads the all-time series, 22-19, and had won four straight until UMBC's New Years Day victory
• Visiting UMBC outscored Vermont, 14-5, to open the fourth quarter and held off the Catamounts late to secure the victory
• Graduate student wing KK White tied her season high and led all scorers with 18 points, hitting 8-of-13 shots from the floor.
• Classmate forward Kiara Bell hauled down a career high 18 rebounds and added 9 points for UMBC.