UMass Lowell River Hawks vs. Vermont Catamounts

FINAL

Feb 26, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
UML	30	34	64
UVM	34	32	66

Game Recap

Yalden has 21-point double-double, Barnett scores winner in Vermont's 66-64 win over UMass-Lowell. Gus Yalden had 21 points and Noah Barnett scored a game-winning tip-in for Vermont in a 66-64 win against UMass-Lowell on Thursday.

Player Stats

UMASS LOWELL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Austin Green	39	7-9	0-0	2-2	14	3	0	1	2	3	16
13Shawn Simmons II	25	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	1	2	3	3
11Xavier Spencer	39	5-13	1-5	4-4	6	0	0	0	0	4	15
3Darrel Yepdo	33	5-12	1-5	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2	11
9Angel Montas Jr.	38	5-19	1-4	4-9	6	3	2	0	3	3	15
23Victor Okojie	17	1-5	0-2	0-2	2	0	2	1	1	1	2
22Khalil Farmer	9	1-1	0-0	0-1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2



TOTAL	-	25-6141.0%	3-1618.8%	11-2055.0%	35	10	6	4	9	17	64

VERMONT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
34Noah Barnett	21	3-4	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	4	7
19Gus Yalden	33	7-16	3-5	4-6	12	1	1	0	2	1	21
5Sean Blake	32	3-8	0-3	0-0	4	2	3	2	4	2	6
3TJ Hurley	35	6-15	3-9	4-5	2	2	0	0	0	3	19
24Ben Johnson	18	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3
2Ben Michaels	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
4Jackson Skipper	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21Lucas Mari	17	1-5	0-3	1-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	3
1Momo Nkugwa	15	2-2	1-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
20TJ Long	24	0-8	0-3	2-2	2	2	0	2	2	1	2
TOTAL	-	23-6038.3%	8-2630.8%	12-1675.0%	34	9	5	5	9	14	66

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUMLUVM

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by UMass Lowell.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Vermont.
(19:34) Shawn Simmons II misses 8-foot hook shot.
(19:34) Sean Blake Defensive Rebound.
(19:34) Ben Johnson Block.
(19:17) Sean Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:14) Austin Green Defensive Rebound.
(18:50) Foul on TJ Hurley.
+1 (18:50) Angel Montas Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
10
+1 (18:50) Angel Montas Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
20
(18:37) Ben Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:32) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(18:32) Gus Yalden misses tip in layup.
(18:32) Shawn Simmons II Defensive Rebound.
(18:32) Austin Green Block.
+2 (18:28) Xavier Spencer makes 15-foot jumper.
40
(17:50) Foul on Shawn Simmons II.
(17:50) Noah Barnett misses free throw 1 of 2.
(17:50) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (17:50) Noah Barnett makes free throw 2 of 2.
41
(17:31) Angel Montas Jr. misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(17:31) Angel Montas Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(17:31) Angel Montas Jr. misses tip in layup.
(17:31) Austin Green Offensive Rebound.
(17:31) Austin Green misses tip in layup.
(17:31) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
(17:05) Sean Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:05) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(17:05) Foul on Shawn Simmons II.
+2 (17:02) TJ Hurley makes layup.
43
+2 (16:40) Victor Okojie makes layup (Austin Green assists).
63
(16:24) TJ Hurley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:21) Xavier Spencer Defensive Rebound.
(16:18) Victor Okojie misses layup.
(16:18) Sean Blake Block.
(16:11) Noah Barnett Defensive Rebound.
(16:09) Sean Blake out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (15:52) Angel Montas Jr. makes driving layup.
83
(15:26) Foul on Darrel Yepdo.
(15:03) Noah Barnett misses layup.
+2 (15:02) Noah Barnett makes 0-foot tip in layup.
85
(14:57) Noah Barnett Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:42) Xavier Spencer makes 16-foot jumper.
105
+2 (14:22) TJ Hurley makes layup (Gus Yalden assists).
107
(14:15) Darrel Yepdo misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:11) Vermont Defensive Rebound.
(14:03) TJ Long misses 16-foot jumper.
(13:56) TJ Long Offensive Rebound.
(13:55) TJ Long misses 12-foot jumper.
(13:55) Victor Okojie Block.
(13:55) Xavier Spencer Defensive Rebound.
(13:53) Foul on Noah Barnett.
(13:31) Xavier Spencer misses 17-foot jumper.
(13:31) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
(13:21) Sean Blake bad pass turnover.
(13:21) Victor Okojie Steal.
(13:10) Angel Montas Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+3 (12:41) Momo Nkugwa makes 23-foot three point jumper (TJ Long assists).
1010
(12:22) Darrel Yepdo misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(12:19) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:11) Gus Yalden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sean Blake assists).
1013
(11:57) Angel Montas Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:53) Momo Nkugwa Defensive Rebound.
(11:48) TJ Long misses driving layup.
(11:44) Austin Green Defensive Rebound.
(11:36) Xavier Spencer misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:33) Victor Okojie Offensive Rebound.
(11:17) Xavier Spencer misses layup.
(11:13) Austin Green Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:13) Austin Green makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1213
+2 (11:04) Lucas Mari makes driving layup.
1215
(11:04) Foul on Victor Okojie.
+1 (11:04) Lucas Mari makes free throw 1 of 1.
1216
+2 (10:47) Austin Green makes layup (Angel Montas Jr. assists).
1416
(10:18) Lucas Mari misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:15) Xavier Spencer Defensive Rebound.
(10:03) Foul on Lucas Mari.
(10:03) Victor Okojie misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:03) UMass Lowell Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:03) Victor Okojie misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:03) Lucas Mari Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:38) Noah Barnett makes layup.
1418
(9:35) Technical Foul on Noah Barnett.
+1 (9:35) Xavier Spencer makes free throw 1 of 2.
1518
+1 (9:35) Xavier Spencer makes free throw 2 of 2.
1618
(9:24) Foul on Gus Yalden.
+1 (9:24) Austin Green makes free throw 1 of 2.
1718
+1 (9:24) Austin Green makes free throw 2 of 2.
1818
(9:12) Gus Yalden bad pass turnover.
(8:54) Angel Montas Jr. misses layup.
(8:51) Austin Green Offensive Rebound.
(8:50) Victor Okojie misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:44) Lucas Mari Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:38) Momo Nkugwa makes 1-foot dunk (Lucas Mari assists).
1820
+2 (8:18) Austin Green makes 8-foot jumper.
2020
(7:49) Foul on Austin Green.
(7:49) Gus Yalden misses free throw 1 of 2.
(7:49) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:49) Gus Yalden makes free throw 2 of 2.
2021
(7:27) Victor Okojie misses 7-foot hook shot.
(7:27) Ben Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(7:25) Foul on Khalil Farmer.
(7:01) TJ Hurley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:59) Angel Montas Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(6:53) Angel Montas Jr. misses 10-foot jumper.
(6:51) Sean Blake Defensive Rebound.
(6:42) Sean Blake misses driving layup.
(6:39) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(6:21) Angel Montas Jr. misses driving layup.
(6:21) Sean Blake Block.
(6:14) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
(6:13) Gus Yalden bad pass turnover.
(6:13) Khalil Farmer Steal.
+3 (6:10) Xavier Spencer makes 26-foot three point jumper.
2321
+2 (5:39) Gus Yalden makes layup.
2323
+3 (5:26) Angel Montas Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Khalil Farmer assists).
2623
(5:00) Gus Yalden misses 7-foot hook shot.
(4:57) Angel Montas Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:46) Austin Green makes 11-foot jumper (Khalil Farmer assists).
2823
(4:22) Lucas Mari misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:19) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(4:16) Gus Yalden misses layup.
(4:16) Khalil Farmer Block.
(4:14) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(4:13) Foul on Angel Montas Jr..
+1 (4:13) Gus Yalden makes free throw 1 of 2.
2824
+1 (4:13) Gus Yalden makes free throw 2 of 2.
2825
(3:58) Victor Okojie misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:55) Momo Nkugwa Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:48) TJ Hurley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Momo Nkugwa assists).
2828
+2 (3:25) Khalil Farmer makes layup (Angel Montas Jr. assists).
3028
(3:25) Foul on Noah Barnett.
(3:25) Khalil Farmer misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:25) TJ Hurley Defensive Rebound.
(3:12) Foul on Angel Montas Jr..
+1 (3:12) TJ Long makes free throw 1 of 2.
3029
+1 (3:12) TJ Long makes free throw 2 of 2.
3030
(3:00) Xavier Spencer misses layup.
(2:57) Sean Blake Defensive Rebound.
(2:32) Sean Blake misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(2:28) Austin Green Defensive Rebound.
(2:25) Victor Okojie bad pass turnover.
(2:25) Sean Blake Steal.
+2 (2:19) Sean Blake makes driving layup.
3032
(2:01) Foul on Momo Nkugwa.
(2:01) Shawn Simmons II turnover.
+2 (1:51) Sean Blake makes layup.
3034
(1:27) Foul on Austin Green.
(1:27) Austin Green turnover.
(1:10) Gus Yalden misses layup.
(1:10) Shawn Simmons II Block.
(1:04) Momo Nkugwa Offensive Rebound.
(1:01) TJ Hurley misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(0:57) UMass Lowell Defensive Rebound.
(0:42) Angel Montas Jr. misses layup.
(0:42) TJ Long Block.
(0:40) Foul on Ben Michaels.
(0:40) Angel Montas Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:40) UMass Lowell Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:40) Angel Montas Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:40) UMass Lowell Offensive Rebound.
(0:38) Angel Montas Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(0:24) Angel Montas Jr. misses 10-foot jumper.
(0:20) Ben Michaels Defensive Rebound.
(0:16) Sean Blake bad pass turnover.
(0:16) Victor Okojie Steal.
(0:05) Xavier Spencer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UML

UVM

64Points66

25-61(41.0%)Field Goal(%)23-60(38.3%)

3-16(18.8%)3-Point(%)8-26(30.8%)

11-20(55.0%)Free Throw(%)12-16(75.0%)

40(14)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

10Assists9

6Steals5

4Blocks5

9Turnovers9

17(0)Fouls(Technical)14(1)

5Largest Lead6

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Patrick Gymnasium · Burlington, VT

attendance: 2,496 (76.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UVM -9.5

over/under: 146.5