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University of New Hampshire Athletics
University of New Hampshire
Wheelock College
America East Play Opens With Stony Brook on ESPN3 (Jan. 5: 7 PM)
1/4/2017 2:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's basketball team will open America East play with Stony Brook University on Thursday, Jan. 5 (7 PM) in Lundholm Gymnasium on ESPN3.
Looking Ahead
The Wildcats will have six days off before taking on the University at Albany on the road on Jan. 11 (7 PM). The 'Cats return home on Jan. 14 with a 1 PM matchup with Binghamton University in Lundholm. Both contests will be on ESPN3.
Cat Facts
- New Hampshire defeated Wheelock College 95-50 on Monday to improve to 9-5 on the season.
- 95 points is the largest point total since Jan. 18, 2016 when they scored 99 in a win at Maine.
- Freshman John Ogwuche (Makurdi, Nigeria) scored a career-high 15 points off the bench with five rebounds in 24 minutes.
- Junior Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) grabbed a season-high 16 boards to go along with 13 points on 4 of 5 shooting.
- New Hampshire is off to the best start since the 1971-72 season when they went 10-4.
- With a win, UNH will match that season's 15-game mark.
- Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) is 62 points away from becoming the third Wildcat this season to score 1,000 career points.
All-Time Series
Stony Brook holds a slight 16-15 lead in the all-time series and has won four of the last five meetings including three straight. The Wildcats last won at home on Jan. 31, 2015 in a 63-48 game.
AE on ESPN3
The Wildcats will play the remainder of their home schedule on ESPN3 with the new deal by the America East and ESPN. The 11-year deal will feature 3,000+ events on ESPN3 over the course of the deal, kicking off with men's and women's basketball this season and transitioning to more sports in the future. ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of exclusive sports events annually. It is accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and streaming devices through WatchESPN. The network is available nationwide at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. The ESPN3 production started on Dec. 21 against Daniel Webster College.
