Smith Leads Five Double Digit Scorers in Win at American, 80-70

Tuesday, December 6

Washington, D.C.

7:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

(6-3)

American University

(1-7)

New Hampshire

AMERICAN

Photo by: Mitchell Layton

Smith Leads Five Double Digit Scorers in Win at American, 80-70

12/6/2016 9:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON – Senior guard Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) of the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team leads five double-digit scorers in the 80-70 win over American University Tuesday night at Bender Arena.

HIGHLIGHTS

Smith tallies 20 points for the fourth time in five games.
Junior Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) finished with a season-high 16 points on 8 of 9 shooting.
Junior Jordan Reed (Lucas, Texas) drilled a career-high four threes for 12 points.
Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) finished with 11 points and a team-leading six rebounds to go along with five assists.
Junior Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) scored 10 points, eight in the second half, on 4 of 7 shooting.
New Hampshire finished with a season-high four blocks led by Smith with three.
The Wildcats shot 28 of 50 (56.0 percent) from the field and 12 of 17 (70.6 percent) from beyond the arc.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams traded offense in the first 4:30 as the score was tied 9-9 led by Camara's four points in the paint. No team led by more than four points until the 7:27 minute mark as Burns drilled a jumper with two defenders on him at the baseline. The Eagles responded with back-to-back buckets from Charlie Jones and Matt Cimino to cut the deficit to one point. Reed responded the American push with a three followed by two Dion free throws, both backend attempts, after being fouled at the 3-point line. UNH led 34-28 with 3:38 to play in the first. The Eagles finished the first half with a 5-0 run on a Nelson Sa'eed bucket and a Delante and-1 finish in the lane to cut the UNH lead to one, 34-33, after drilling the free throw.

The second half started much like the first with both teams going back and forth on the offensive end before UNH took the lead for good on a 3-pointer from Reed with 15:34 to play. The 'Cats got second-half stops, holding American to 22.2 percent shooting in the second half after they shot 55.6 percent in the opening frame. The Wildcats lead was stretched to double-digits, 51-62, on a made 3-pointer from Dion with 8:34 to play. About four minutes later Camara finished a hook in the paint to push the Wildcat lead to 18 points, the largest of the game, at 4:55 in the second half.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (9/82)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (9/42)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (8/8)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (9/65)
Jr. F Iba Camara (6/45)

GROUP'S RECORD: 3-2

SERIES INFO
The Wildcats break the all-time series in half, trailing America 2-1 in the series.

ATTENDANCE: 474