Smith’s 27 Points Cruises Past Hartford, 81-56

Sunday, January 22

West Hartford, Conn.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

13-7, 4-2AE

Hartford

6-15, 1-5AE

New Hampshire

Hartford

Photo by: Greg Greene

1/22/2017 3:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) finished with 27 points as the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team (13-7, 4-2 AE) earned its seventh road win of the season at the University of Hartford (6-15, 1-5 AE), 81-56, Sunday afternoon at Chase Arena.

NEXT HOME GAME
New Hampshire returns home on Wednesday, Jan. 25 (7 PM) to host UMass Lowell in Lundholm Gym on ESPN3. The Wildcats welcome back students from winter break in the contest.

HIGHLIGHTS

Smith drilled a career-high five threes and was 1 point shy of matching his career-high in points.
Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) scored 17 points and dished five assists in the game.
Junior Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) finished with 15 points and eight rebounds with five free throws.
UNH led by as much as 31 points in the contest.
New Hampshire shot 30 of 54 (55.6 percent) in the game and dished 18 assists on 30 buckets.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UNH led for all but 22 seconds in the first half with a dominate 51.7 percent shooting and seven threes. The 'Cats distributed 11 assists on 15 baskets to open the game and went 6 of 8 from the free throw line. UNH outplayed Hartford in fast break points (5-0), second chance points (8-0) and points off turnovers (15-2). UNH went on an 11-0 run to close out the half led by Smith with six points. Seven of the eight athletes who played scored in the first half.

New Hampshire led by 20+ for most of the second frame. Smith scored 15 of his 27 points in the second half and the team shot 15 of 25 (60.0 percent) in the final frame.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (20/92)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (20/53)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (17/17)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (20/74)
Jr. F Iba Camara (15/53)

GROUP'S RECORD: 7-6

SERIES INFO
The Wildcats have toppled the Hawks in five straight games and reduced the Hartford all-time lead 41-26.

ATTENDANCE: 931

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Jaleen Smith: 27 points / 7 rebounds / 4 assists / 2 steals / 9 of 11 shooting
Daniel Dion: 17 points / 5 assists / 1 steal / 7 of 13 shooting
Tanner Leissner: 15 points / 8 rebounds / 3 assists
Iba Camara: 12 points / 8 rebounds / 2 assists / 1 block / 1 steal

Jalen Ross: 17 points / 5 rebounds / 2 assists / 3 steals
Hassan Attia: 12 points / 4 rebounds / 2 blocks / 1 steal