Welcome Back Students vs. UMass Lowell on ESPN3 (Jan. 25: 7 PM)

Wednesday, January 25

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

UMass Lowell

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Welcome Back Students vs. UMass Lowell on ESPN3 (Jan. 25: 7 PM)

1/24/2017 12:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's basketball team (13-7, 4-2 AE) takes on UMass Lowell (8-13, 3-4 AE) on Wednesday, Jan. 25 (7 PM) in Lundholm Gymnasium on ESPN3 to welcome back students to campus.

Looking Ahead
UNH hits the road for two contests before returning home to host the University at Albany on Monday, Feb. 6 (7 PM) for the You Can Play game. If you can play, you can play. Tickets are available HERE.

Cat Facts

The Wildcats are in a 4-way tie for the best 20-game record in program history (94-95, 73-74, 71-72).
With a win, UNH will match the 94-95 season with a 14-7 record through 21 games and be in a 3-way tie (94-95, 71-72).
Senior Jaleen Smith (Freeport, Texas) scored 27, one point away from tying his career-high in scoring, against Hartford last Sunday.
UNH is 1 of 10 teams with 7+ road wins this season. Four programs (Texas Southern, Jacksonville St., Winthrop, UNCW) all have eight road wins.
UNH will play Vermont on Thursday, Feb. 9 (9 PM) on ESPNU for the first time in program history.
The last time UNH scoring 80+ points seven times in the first 20 games was in the 94-95 season when they scored 80+ points 10 times.
New Hampshire ranks 17^th in the country in defensive rebounds per game (28.30 drpg).
According to TeamRankings.com, UNH is sixth in the country in defensive rebounding percentage (79.7 percent).

The State of New Hampshire
The Wildcats earned their seventh road victory of the season with an 81-56 win at the University of Hartford last Sunday. Smith finished with 27 points, seven rebounds and four assists on 9 of 11 shooting. Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) finished with 17 points and five assists on 7 of 13 shooting. UNH outrebounded the Hawks 39-29 in the game and led in paint-points 30-22. The Wildcats drilled 10 threes for the 10^th time this season.

Junior Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) averaged 15.6 points per game to lead the team, trailed closely by Smith at 15.5 points per game. Dion scores 13.9 points per game, a number which jumps up to 17.5 points per game in conference play. Junior Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) grabs a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game and has been on a scoring tear recently with four straight games with 12+ points, including a 21-outburst against Maine (Jan. 19).

Head coach Bill Herrion earned his 150^th career win against Hartford.