University of New Hampshire Athletics
Sunday, November 19
Gainesville, FL
6 PM
University of New Hampshire
1-2
63
at
70
University of Florida
3-0
1
2
F
New Hampshire
32
31
63
Florida
32
38
70
Team Stats
UNHMBB
UF
FG%
.361
.321
3FG%
.400
.167
FT%
.900
.816
RB
38
44
TO
11
6
STL
1
5
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
9
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
F
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Tanner Leissner heads to the hoop on Sunday night.
Photo by: Madison Ross
Leissner, 'Cats Give No. 8 Florida A Scare, 70-63
11/19/2017 9:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Wildcats Play Host to American on Tuesday
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Senior forward Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) scored 23 points and was tough the entire game as the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team threw a major scare into No. 8 Florida before falling, 70-63, in front of a loud crowd of 9,501 in Exactech Arena on Sunday night.
Leissner added five rebounds and doubled his career high with four assists.
The Wildcats are 1-2 and play America University on Tuesday night at 7 at home in Lundholm Gymnasium.
Florida improved to 3-0. The Gators had won their first two games in routs, over Gardner-Webb, 116-74, and over North Florida, 108-68.
Freshman guard Elijah Jordan (Orlando, Fla.) made four of his six three-point shots to join Leissner in double figures with 12 points.
Senior forward Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) led the Wildcats in rebounds with 10 and scored seven points.
NEXT UP
UNH returns home to play American University on Tuesday at 7 p.m. American fell to 0-3 with a 71-70 loss at Wagner Saturday.
The Wildcats continue play in the Phil Knight Invitational/PK 80 presented by State Farm next weekend in a pair of games in Nashville. They play Furman on Friday at 1 p.m. and Utah State Saturday at 1 p.m.
Tickets for all UNH home games are available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
HIGHLIGHTS
Led by Leissner, the Wildcats hung with the Gators the entire game. Florida's largest lead was eight points, an advantage the Gators reached first with 3:30 left in the first half.
UNH went on an 12-4 run from there to halftime and a Jordan Reed three-pointer with two seconds left in the half made it 32-32 at the break.
Florida got the lead back to eight at 41-33 with 16 minutes left in the second half.
The Wildcats battled back again and with a couple of three-pointers by Jordan – both on inside-out assists by Leissner – and another trey by sophomore guard John Ogwuche (Makurdi, Nigeria) grabbed the lead at 49-48 with 9:27 left.
Florida pulled away with a couple of baskets. UNH had it down to two points down the stretch and it was still a three-point game at 66-63 on a Leissner jumper with 2:02 to go.
A layup and a couple of foul shots gave the Gators some breathing room.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Wildcats played tough defense throughout the game and Florida made only 18 of its 56 field goals (32.1 percent).
The Gators made 31 of their 38 free throw attempts, 16 of 18 in the second half. UNH took only 10 foul shots and made nine of them.
Florida had 31 points off the bench and UNH had nine.
SERIES INFO
Florida leads 4-0
WILDCAT NOTES
Leissner added five rebounds and doubled his career high with four assists.
The Wildcats are 1-2 and play America University on Tuesday night at 7 at home in Lundholm Gymnasium.
Florida improved to 3-0. The Gators had won their first two games in routs, over Gardner-Webb, 116-74, and over North Florida, 108-68.
Freshman guard Elijah Jordan (Orlando, Fla.) made four of his six three-point shots to join Leissner in double figures with 12 points.
Senior forward Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) led the Wildcats in rebounds with 10 and scored seven points.
NEXT UP
UNH returns home to play American University on Tuesday at 7 p.m. American fell to 0-3 with a 71-70 loss at Wagner Saturday.
The Wildcats continue play in the Phil Knight Invitational/PK 80 presented by State Farm next weekend in a pair of games in Nashville. They play Furman on Friday at 1 p.m. and Utah State Saturday at 1 p.m.
Tickets for all UNH home games are available by CLICKING HERE or by calling 603-862-4000.
HIGHLIGHTS
Led by Leissner, the Wildcats hung with the Gators the entire game. Florida's largest lead was eight points, an advantage the Gators reached first with 3:30 left in the first half.
UNH went on an 12-4 run from there to halftime and a Jordan Reed three-pointer with two seconds left in the half made it 32-32 at the break.
Florida got the lead back to eight at 41-33 with 16 minutes left in the second half.
The Wildcats battled back again and with a couple of three-pointers by Jordan – both on inside-out assists by Leissner – and another trey by sophomore guard John Ogwuche (Makurdi, Nigeria) grabbed the lead at 49-48 with 9:27 left.
Florida pulled away with a couple of baskets. UNH had it down to two points down the stretch and it was still a three-point game at 66-63 on a Leissner jumper with 2:02 to go.
A layup and a couple of foul shots gave the Gators some breathing room.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Wildcats played tough defense throughout the game and Florida made only 18 of its 56 field goals (32.1 percent).
The Gators made 31 of their 38 free throw attempts, 16 of 18 in the second half. UNH took only 10 foul shots and made nine of them.
Florida had 31 points off the bench and UNH had nine.
SERIES INFO
Florida leads 4-0
WILDCAT NOTES
- Ogwuche made all three of his three-pointers.
- The Wildcats were 10-for-25 from behind the arc.
- They made six of their 12 three-pointers in the second half.
- Senior guard Jordan Reed (Lucas, Texas) had eight points, four assists and four rebounds.
- Senior forward Jacoby Armstrong (Dallas, Texas) had five rebounds and a couple of assists.
- Leissner supplanted Jaleen Smith at No. 10 on UNH's career list in field goals attempted with 1,095.
- Smith (2013-17) finished at 1,088.
- Leissner made all four of his foul shots.
- He moved into a tie for No. 3 in free throws attempted with Robin Dixon (1979-83) with 492.
- He also extended his program record for free throws made to 382.
- The Wildcats had 14 assists on their 22 baskets.
- They committed 11 turnovers.
- Florida had three assists on its 18 baskets.
- The Gators turned the ball over six times.
- Florida outscored UNH 20-16 in the paint.
- The teams each had 10 points off turnovers.
- Florida scored 12 second chance points, UNH had four.
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