Smith's Last Second Chance Called off in Loss at Dartmouth, 63-62

Saturday, December 31

Hanover, NH

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-5

Dartmouth College

3-9

New Hampshire

Dartmouth

Photo by: China Wong

Smith's Last Second Chance Called off in Loss at Dartmouth, 63-62

12/31/2016 4:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. – Senior Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) of the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team had a go-ahead three at the buzzer ruled not in time, in a 63-62 loss at Dartmouth College, Saturday afternoon.

LOOKING AHEAD
New Hampshire opens the New Year at home on Monday, Jan. 2 (1 PM) against Wheelock College on ESPN3. Tickets are available at UNHWildcats.com.

HIGHLIGHTS

With time expiring, Smith hit a 3-pointer for the win but was called off. After review the call on the court stood.
Smith finished with 16 points and six rebounds with three assists.
Junior Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) finished with 19 points and five rebounds.
Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) finished with 11 points with three 3-pointers, two assists and a steal.
Sophomore David Watkins (Dorchester, Mass.) was productive off the bench with 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting and six rebounds in 24 minutes.
New Hampshire was outrebounded by Dartmouth, 34-28.

UPDATED TEAM RECORDS
New Hampshire (8-5)
Dartmouth (3-9)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Dartmouth got on the board first with their leading scorer Evan Boudreaux's 3-pointer. Dion matched for three of his eight first-half points. Halfway through the first, Dartmouth held a 19-13 lead, the largest of the game up until that point, when New Hampshire went on a 12-0 run to take a 25-19 lead with six minutes to play. Leissner and Watkins each had four in the stretch. Dartmouth responded with an 8-2 run to tie it at 27 with three minutes to play. The first half ended with a Leissner finish in the paint and a defensive stop for a Wildcat halftime lead of 31-29.

No team led by more than four in the final half. In the final minute, the score was knotted up at 59, the 13^th tie in the game. Boudreaux of the Big Green scored the basket for the tie and drilled the free throw after the foul to take a one-point lead. Smith in the next possession went straight at the defensive and knifed into the paint for a bucket off the glass to retake a Wildcat lead. After a missed three by Dartmouth, Watkins grabbed his final rebound of the game and was fouled and put to the line. After hitting the front-end of two to go up two, Dartmouth had a chance in UNH's zone following a timeout with eight seconds to play. After a few high screens, Brendan Barry was alone on the wing with a good 3-point look that dropped for the lead and the game, 63-62.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (13/85)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (13/46)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (11/11)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (13/67)
Jr. F Iba Camara (9/47)

GROUP'S RECORD: 5-4

SERIES INFO

The Wildcats are still in control of the all-time series, currently at 34-30.

ATTENDANCE: 655

TEAM NOTES

The Wildcats led in the points-off-turnovers effort, 15-8.
Points in the paint were even at 32 apiece.
Dartmouth shot 50 percent from the field in the second half, up from just 36.7 percent in the first.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Tanner Leissner: 19 points / 5 rebounds / 7 of 14 shooting / 2 assists
Jaleen Smith: 16 points / 6 rebounds / 3 assists / 8 of 15 shooting
Daniel Dion: 11 points / 4 rebounds / 2 assists / 3 of 7 on threes
David Watkins: 10 points / 6 rebounds / 4 of 5 shooting
Iba Camara: 6 points / 5 rebounds / 2 blocks / 2 steals

Evan Boudreaux: 16 points / 10 rebounds / 2 steals
Guilien Smith: 12 points / 6 rebounds / 3 assists / 5 of 11 shooting