Fogarty Grabs Nine Rebounds to Lead ’Cats in Loss at No. 15 Kentucky, 92-43

Thursday, November 17

Lexington, KY

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

0-2

University of Kentucky

3-0

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Kentucky

Fogarty Grabs Nine Rebounds to Lead ’Cats in Loss at No. 15 Kentucky, 92-43

11/17/2016 2:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Junior forward Kat Fogarty (Westminster, Mass.) pulled down a season-high nine rebounds and blocked three shots, but the University of New Hampshire fell at No. 15 Kentucky, 92-43, Thursday morning in front of 4,793 on "Winning Tools Education Day" in Memorial Coliseum.

UNH is now 1-2 and starts a two-game home-stand on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. against Bryant in Lundholm Gymnasium.

Kentucky, which had six players score in double figures, improves to 3-0 for the season.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats play their next two games at home in Lundholm Gymnasium. They face Bryant on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Wagner on Saturday, Nov. 26, also at 5 p.m.
Individual and group tickets for UNH home games may be purchased at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling 603-862-4000 or at the Whittemore Center box office.

HIGHLIGHTS
Junior guard Brittni Lai (Irvington, N.Y.) led UNH in scoring with eight points and junior center Carlie Pogue (Cincinnati, Ohio) had seven.
In addition to her nine rebounds, Fogarty scored four points. Her three blocks were high for a Wildcat this season.
Freshman guard Caroline Soucy (Beverly, Mass.) made two of her four three-point shots for a career-high six points.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Kentucky opened an early lead in the game. A Lai three-pointer with the shot clock running out in the last minute of the first period, left it 17-9 Kentucky at the end of the quarter.
The home team outscored UNH 58-20 in the middle two periods to pull away.
Kentucky had six players in double fjgures, led by the 20 of three-point specialist Makenzie Cann. Cann made six of her eight three-pointers.
Evelyn Akhator, a 6-foot-3 senior forward, had a double-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. Senior guard Makayla Epps had 14 points and five assists.

UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Jr. G Peyton Booth (3/21)
Jr. C Carlie Pogue (3/40)
Jr. F Kat Fogarty (3/3)
Jr. G Brittni Lai (3/3)
Jr. G Aliza Simpson (3/52)

GROUP'S RECORD: 1-2

SERIES INFO
First meeting

WILDCAT NOTES

Kat Fogarty and Brittni Lai both played the first game of their collegiate career against Kentucky.They played their first two years at Marist before transferring to UNH.
Ogechi Anyagaligbo is on the Kentucky roster. She was the America East Rookie of the Year last year at Stony Brook and is sitting out as a Kentucky transfer.
Kentucky had a 39-35 edge in rebounds.
UNH had the advantage in offensive rebounds, 12-10.
Junior guard Aliza Simpson (Londonderry, N.H.) had five points and five rebounds.
Pogue, Lai and Sam Sabino (Rumson, N.J.) each had a pair of assists.
Fogarty made all four of her foul shots.
Five of Fogarty's rebounds came on the offensive end.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

UNH
Carlie Pogue: 7 points / 2 rebounds
Brittni Lai: 8 points / 3 rebounds / 2 assists
Aliza Simpson: 5 points / 5 rebounds
Kat Fogarty: 6 points / 9 rebounds

Kentucky
Evelyn Akhator: 17 points / 11 rebounds
Makayla Epps: 14 points / 5 assists
Maci Morris: Makenzie Cann / 20 points / 6-for-8 three-pointers