University of New Hampshire Athletics
Wednesday, November 29
Durham, NH
5 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
Colby-Sawyer College
Aliza Simpson (Photo by Greg Greene)
Photo by: Greg Greene
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11/28/2017 10:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team returns home to Lundholm Gymnasium after going 1-1 in the Christmas City Classic in Bethlehem, P.A. falling to La Salle 59-51 in game one and defeating Fairfield 71-61 in the consolation match. The Wildcats will face off with the Colby-Sawyer College Chargers in UNH's second home game of the season.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 17 points and classmates Brittni Lai and Olivia Healy added 13 points apiece to lead UNH to a 71-61 win over Fairfield University in the consolation game of the Christmas City Classic at Lehigh University on Sunday. The Wildcats bounced back from a first-round loss to La Salle on Saturday. La Salle went on to beat Lehigh for the tournament title.
UNH has a record of 4-2 for the season after the weekend split at the Lehigh event. After losing their season opener at Xavier, the Wildcats went on a three-game win streak before the loss to La Salle.
The Wildcats went 26-6 overall last season and were 15-1 in the America East Conference to grab their first outright regular season league title. They return a veteran group – led by Pogue, the reigning America East Player of the Year, and three other players who won league postseason honors.
The returning players combined to score 55.7 points of the 61.3 points UNH scored per game last year. Pogue averaged 16.6 points and 7.9 rebounds a game to lead the team in both categories and pull down the program's first Player of the Year honors in nearly three decades.
UNH was picked to finish sixth in last year's America East preseason coaches' poll. Coach Maureen Magarity's squad was picked to finish first in the preseason poll this year.
Pogue was also a first-team All-Conference pick last year. Fogarty averaged 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds and was named second-team All-Conference. Brittni Lai and Olivia Healy both were named to the All-Conference third team. Lai averaged 11.1 points and 3.3 assists a game and Healy scored 8.7 points and pulled down 5.7 rebounds.
The 2016-17 Wildcats set a program record for wins (the previous mark was 23 in 1982-83) and with its regular season league title earned a spot in the WNIT.
SCOUTING COLBY-SAWYER
The Chargers ran their record to 3-0 with a 63-51 win over Suffolk University their last time out Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Tianna Sugars, a 6-foot sophomore forward, scored 19 points and had eight rebounds against Suffolk. Lexie Hamilton, a 6-foot sophomore guard, had 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and senior forward Emmani Robinson had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Sugars leads Colby-Sawyer with 16.7 points and 12 rebounds a game. Hamilton averages 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists. Robinson is at 10.7 points and 9.0 rebounds.
The Chargers average 59.7 points a game and allow 46.
Colby-Sawyer competes in the Division III North Atlantic Conference. Last year, the Chargers were 18-9 overall and 12-6 in the NAC.
George Martin is in his 24th season as head coach.
GOOD SEATS ARE AVAILABLE: Individual and group tickets for UNH women's basketball games are available at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling 603-862-4000 or at the Whittemore Center box office.
HOME COOKING: The Wildcats have four nonconference home games remaining before New Year's, starting with Wednesday's game at 5 p.m. against Colby-Sawyer. UNH also has nonconference home games Friday, Dec. 1 against Northeastern at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 9 against Manhattan at 1 p.m.; and Friday, Dec. 29 against Cornell at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats open America East play with a home game Wednesday, Jan. 3 against UMBC at 11 a.m.
THE COACH: Maureen Magarity is in her eighth season as head coach of the Wildcats. She directed the program to a 26-6 record and its first outright America East regular season championship in 2016-17. The team won as many as 20 games for only the third time in its history and first since the 1983-84 season. The program's previous record for wins was 23 in 1982-83.
One of last season's featured victories was a 50-44 decision over Maine in Lundholm Gymnasium on Jan. 19. That win was Magarity's 100th as head coach of the Wildcats. She owns a 115-102 overall record at UNH.
Magarity earned America East Coach of the Year honors last season. She was also a finalist for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year award.
CARLIE'S CLIMBING: Carlie Pogue, the America East Player of the Year last season, is closing in on a spot on UNH's Top 10 scoring list. She is at No. 11 on the list with 1,187 career points. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is at No. 10 with 1,252. Pogue is No. 15 spot on the rebounding list with 561. No. 14 Denise Higgins (1980-84) is at 564. Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 13 with 569 and Danielle Clark (2003-07) is at No. 12 with 579.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats hold down the No. 16 spot in the latest www.collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll.
GOOD MORNING: The Nov. 18 game at Wagner was played at 11:30 a.m. and is one of four UNH games this season scheduled before noon. The Wildcats play at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. They have home games against UMBC on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. and against Hartford on Feb. 14, also at 11 a.m.
THE CAPTAINS: Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, senior guard Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) and junior guard Emily Peters (Lindstrom, Minn.) have been named captains for the 2017-18 Wildcats.
"All four are tremendous leaders and each brings something different to the group," Magarity said. "Kat and Peyton were our captains last year and obviously did a great job and were deserving again. All four of them stood out as leaders during the offseason and we're excited to have them as our captains."
LUCKY LUNDHOLM: The Wildcats had a record of 14-2 in their home games in Lundholm Gymnasium last season.
TITLE TIME: Last year's America East regular season championship was UNH's first outright league title. The Wildcats shared the championship of what was then the Seaboard Conference with Northeastern in 1984-85. Both teams had 4-1 records in the league.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 17 points and classmates Brittni Lai and Olivia Healy added 13 points apiece to lead UNH to a 71-61 win over Fairfield University in the consolation game of the Christmas City Classic at Lehigh University on Sunday. The Wildcats bounced back from a first-round loss to La Salle on Saturday. La Salle went on to beat Lehigh for the tournament title.
UNH has a record of 4-2 for the season after the weekend split at the Lehigh event. After losing their season opener at Xavier, the Wildcats went on a three-game win streak before the loss to La Salle.
The Wildcats went 26-6 overall last season and were 15-1 in the America East Conference to grab their first outright regular season league title. They return a veteran group – led by Pogue, the reigning America East Player of the Year, and three other players who won league postseason honors.
The returning players combined to score 55.7 points of the 61.3 points UNH scored per game last year. Pogue averaged 16.6 points and 7.9 rebounds a game to lead the team in both categories and pull down the program's first Player of the Year honors in nearly three decades.
UNH was picked to finish sixth in last year's America East preseason coaches' poll. Coach Maureen Magarity's squad was picked to finish first in the preseason poll this year.
Pogue was also a first-team All-Conference pick last year. Fogarty averaged 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds and was named second-team All-Conference. Brittni Lai and Olivia Healy both were named to the All-Conference third team. Lai averaged 11.1 points and 3.3 assists a game and Healy scored 8.7 points and pulled down 5.7 rebounds.
The 2016-17 Wildcats set a program record for wins (the previous mark was 23 in 1982-83) and with its regular season league title earned a spot in the WNIT.
SCOUTING COLBY-SAWYER
The Chargers ran their record to 3-0 with a 63-51 win over Suffolk University their last time out Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Tianna Sugars, a 6-foot sophomore forward, scored 19 points and had eight rebounds against Suffolk. Lexie Hamilton, a 6-foot sophomore guard, had 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and senior forward Emmani Robinson had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Sugars leads Colby-Sawyer with 16.7 points and 12 rebounds a game. Hamilton averages 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists. Robinson is at 10.7 points and 9.0 rebounds.
The Chargers average 59.7 points a game and allow 46.
Colby-Sawyer competes in the Division III North Atlantic Conference. Last year, the Chargers were 18-9 overall and 12-6 in the NAC.
George Martin is in his 24th season as head coach.
GOOD SEATS ARE AVAILABLE: Individual and group tickets for UNH women's basketball games are available at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling 603-862-4000 or at the Whittemore Center box office.
HOME COOKING: The Wildcats have four nonconference home games remaining before New Year's, starting with Wednesday's game at 5 p.m. against Colby-Sawyer. UNH also has nonconference home games Friday, Dec. 1 against Northeastern at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 9 against Manhattan at 1 p.m.; and Friday, Dec. 29 against Cornell at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats open America East play with a home game Wednesday, Jan. 3 against UMBC at 11 a.m.
THE COACH: Maureen Magarity is in her eighth season as head coach of the Wildcats. She directed the program to a 26-6 record and its first outright America East regular season championship in 2016-17. The team won as many as 20 games for only the third time in its history and first since the 1983-84 season. The program's previous record for wins was 23 in 1982-83.
One of last season's featured victories was a 50-44 decision over Maine in Lundholm Gymnasium on Jan. 19. That win was Magarity's 100th as head coach of the Wildcats. She owns a 115-102 overall record at UNH.
Magarity earned America East Coach of the Year honors last season. She was also a finalist for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year award.
CARLIE'S CLIMBING: Carlie Pogue, the America East Player of the Year last season, is closing in on a spot on UNH's Top 10 scoring list. She is at No. 11 on the list with 1,187 career points. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is at No. 10 with 1,252. Pogue is No. 15 spot on the rebounding list with 561. No. 14 Denise Higgins (1980-84) is at 564. Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 13 with 569 and Danielle Clark (2003-07) is at No. 12 with 579.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats hold down the No. 16 spot in the latest www.collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll.
GOOD MORNING: The Nov. 18 game at Wagner was played at 11:30 a.m. and is one of four UNH games this season scheduled before noon. The Wildcats play at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. They have home games against UMBC on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. and against Hartford on Feb. 14, also at 11 a.m.
THE CAPTAINS: Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, senior guard Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) and junior guard Emily Peters (Lindstrom, Minn.) have been named captains for the 2017-18 Wildcats.
"All four are tremendous leaders and each brings something different to the group," Magarity said. "Kat and Peyton were our captains last year and obviously did a great job and were deserving again. All four of them stood out as leaders during the offseason and we're excited to have them as our captains."
LUCKY LUNDHOLM: The Wildcats had a record of 14-2 in their home games in Lundholm Gymnasium last season.
TITLE TIME: Last year's America East regular season championship was UNH's first outright league title. The Wildcats shared the championship of what was then the Seaboard Conference with Northeastern in 1984-85. Both teams had 4-1 records in the league.
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