Smith Tallies 1,000th Career Point in 76-62 Loss at Providence

Wednesday, November 30

Providence, RI

6:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

4-3

Providence College

5-2

New Hampshire

Providence College

Photo by: Joey Walker

Smith Tallies 1,000th Career Point in 76-62 Loss at Providence

11/30/2016 9:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Providence, R.I. – Senior guard Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) of the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team scored his 1,000^th career point in the 76-62 loss to Providence College, Wednesday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

HIGHLIGHTS

Junior forward Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) was the only other Wildcat scorer in double digits with 10 points and six rebounds.
Senior guard Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) had nine points on three 3-pointers in the game.
Freshman guard Kijana Love (Cibolo, Texas) poured in eight points, one point shy of his career high, in 28 minutes of play.
UNH outrebounded Providence 32-31 in the contest.
The 'Cats doubled their 3-point field goal percentage in the 2^nd half, from 25.0 to 53.8 percent.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UNH got on the board with an Camara layup through traffic just over two minutes into the game. A few possessions later, Dion found Smith at the top of the key for a deep transition three. Smith followed up with a pull-up jumper to put the Wildcats ahead 9-7 with 14:16 remaining in the half. After a handful of Friar buckets, Smith proved the bank stays open late with a deep three off the glass as the shot clock wound down. Fresh out of the 8:00 media timeout, Camara finished with an inside hook to make it 22-21 Providence. Junior Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) got on the board with 1:52 left in the half to split two late Friar runs. Providence shot 54.5 percent from deep to take a 39-23 lead over the Wildcats heading into halftime. The Friars' Rodney Bullock finished the half with 19 points.

The Wildcats opened the half with a triple from Smith to provide an early spark. Love played fearless as he finished two crafty layups through Friar traffic to cut into the Providence lead. The 'Cats caught fire from deep as Watkins and Dion put in three consecutive triples to make it a 58-44 game with 10 minutes left. At the 7:19 mark, Smith nailed two free throws to give him his 1,000^th point. On the ensuing possessions, Camara finished a transition layup followed by a deep Smith three. With 2:14 remaining, Smith finished a euro step layup in transition to slice the Friar lead to 11 heading into the final stretch.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (7/80)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (7/40)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (7/7)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (7/63)
Jr. F Iba Camara (4/41)

GROUP'S RECORD: 2-2

SERIES INFO

Providence increased its all-time series lead to 15-1 over UNH.

ATTENDANCE: 4,801

TEAM NOTES

UNH out-rebounded their opponent, 32-31, for the 4^th consecutive contest
The Wildcats shot 50 percent from the field on 12-24 in the second half
The 'Cats went perfect from the free throw line on 10-10 shooting

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Jaleen Smith: 20 points / 7 rebounds / 4 assists / 7 of 11 shooting
Daniel Dion: 9 points / 2 rebounds / 3 threes
David Watkins: 8 points / 3 rebounds
Kijana Love: 8 points / 1 rebound / 1 assist

Rodney Bullock: 36 points (Career High) / 6 rebounds / 3 assists / 12 of 21 shooting