Double Doubles From Camara and Burns Takes Out Wheelock, 95-50

Monday, January 2

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-5

Wheelock College

4-6, 2-0NECC

Wheelock

New Hampshire

Double Doubles From Camara and Burns Takes Out Wheelock, 95-50

1/2/2017 3:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Presser

DURHAM, N.H. – Juniors Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) and Keon Burns (Beaverton, Ore.) notched double-double efforts to propel the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team over Wheelock College, 95-50, Monday afternoon in Lundholm Gym.

LOOKING AHEAD
New Hampshire opens conference play against defending America East champions Stony Brook University on Thursday, Jan. 5 (7 PM) on Super Hero Night! Wear your favorite super hero costume and get into the game free! Tickets are available at UNHWildcats.com.

HIGHLIGHTS

Camara finished with 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds on 4 of 5 shooting in 14 minutes of action.
Burns earns his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds with an assist and two steals in 24 minutes.
Freshman John Ogwuche (Makurdi, Nigeria) had a career-day with a game-high 15 points and five rebounds off the bench.
Freshman Luke Rosinski (Derry, N.H.) also had a personal-best outing with 10 points and six rebounds.
Both seniors Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) and Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) finished with double digit scoring (10 and 11 points respectively).

UPDATED TEAM RECORDS
New Hampshire (9-5)
Wheelock (4-6, 2-0 NECC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Wheelock came out firing in the opening minutes, playing tough and holding a 15-14 lead less than 10 minutes into the game. Then New Hampshire found their rhythm, going on a 20-0 run in a span of five minutes to regain control, 34-15. Ogwuche jumpstarted the scoring with nine points in the run, followed by Smith with four. Wheelock went on to score eight points in the final 6:38 of the first half and UNH stretched its lead to 25, 48-23, at the break.

The Wildcats coasted through the second half to hang on to the commanding lead. They outscored the other Wildcats 32-4 in the paint and had 17 second-chance-points in the final frame. The young bench received plenty of minutes, scoring 31 points.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (14/86)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (14/47)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (12/12)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (14/68)
So. F David Watkins (5/5)

GROUP'S RECORD: 3-1

SERIES INFO

The Wildcats have now defeated Wheelock in both games in the all-times series with a 2-0 record.

ATTENDANCE: 524

TEAM NOTES

New Hamsphire outrebounded Wheelock 66-21, the largest rebounding total and margin this season.
UNH also got to the foul line 28 times, hitting 21 of those attempts, to Wheelock's six attempts.
Wheelock won the turnover battle with seven to UNH's 14.
The Granite State Wildcats had 18 assists in the game.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
John Ogwuche: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 free throws
Iba Camara: 13 points, 16 rebounds
Keon Burns: 10 points, 10 rebounds
Jaleen Smith: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
Daniel Dion: 11 points, 3 rebonuds, 3 assists, 1 steal

Anthony Williams: 13 points, 5 rebounds
Brandon Collier: 11 points, 3 threes, 4 of 5 shooting