University of New Hampshire Athletics
Friday, December 1
Durham, NH
7 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
Northeastern University
Peyton Booth (Photo by Joey Walker)
Photo by: Joey Walker
‘Cats host Northeastern for Friday Evening matchup on ESPN3 (7 P.M.)
11/30/2017 1:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
December begins with the second half of a two-game home stand.
DURHAM, N.H. – After defeating Colby-Sawyer on Wednesday evening, the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team is back in action at Lundholm Gymnasium just two nights later as they welcome the Northeastern Huskies for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 14 points and added seven rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 64-40 win over Colby-Sawyer College on Wednesday night. UNH got out to a 34-8 lead at halftime and team's starters did not play beyond the second quarter. The Wildcats have won two straight games and are 2-0 at home. They beat Fairfield University in the consolation game of the Christmas City Classic at Lehigh University on Sunday.
UNH is 5-2 overall with six nonconference games – three home and three on the road – scheduled before New Year's. The America East portion of the schedule opens with a home game against UMBC on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 11 a.m.
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 their regular season league title earned a spot in the WNIT.
SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN
The Huskies split a pair of games in the UMass Thanksgiving Classic to bring a 3-3 record into Friday night's game. They beat UMass, 65-54, in their first game in the tournament on Friday, Nov. 24 and then fell to Houston, 72-64, in the championship game Saturday. NU lost its season opener against Boston University, 74-73, and lost to Providence, 98-95 in overtime. The Huskies also have wins over Fairfield and Marist.
The Huskies have five players averaging in double figures. Freshman guard Stella Clark leads the way at 15 points and 3.5 assists a game. Junior guard Jess Genco averages 14 points and 4.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists, senior guard Claudia Ortiz averages 13.8 points and 3.8 rebounds, junior guard Gabby Giacone averages 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds. Northeastern averages 72.8 points a game and allows 68.8 per contest.
Kelly Cole is in her fourth season as Northeastern's head coach.
Whitney Edwards is in her first season as an assistant with the Huskies. Edwards is a former UNH player and graduated in 2007. She was a Wildcat assistant each of the last two seasons.
WILD WIN: New Hampshire rallied late to knock off Northeastern, 66-63 in overtime, last year in Boston. Brittni Lai hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to get the game to overtime. Carlie Pogue had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Pogue grabbed the rebound and got a pass out to Kristen Anderson that led to Lai's three-pointer. Lai had 19 points.
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 three nonconference home games remaining before New Year's, starting with Friday's game against Northeastern. They play Manhattan at home Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. and play Cornell on Friday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. The other nonconference games remaining are at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m., at Boston College on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. and at Sacred Heart on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at noon.
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 116-102 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 1,201 career points. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is at No. 10 with 1,252. Candace Williams (2006-10) is at No. 9 with 1,277 and Danielle Clark (1,331) is at No. 8 with 1,331. Pogue is No. 13 on the rebounding list with 575. Clark (2003-07) is at No. 12 with 579. Orsi Farkas (1996-2000) is at No. 11 with 635 and Aubrey Danen (1998-03) is at No. 10 with 666.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats hold down the No. 17 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 14 points and added seven rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 64-40 win over Colby-Sawyer College on Wednesday night. UNH got out to a 34-8 lead at halftime and team's starters did not play beyond the second quarter. The Wildcats have won two straight games and are 2-0 at home. They beat Fairfield University in the consolation game of the Christmas City Classic at Lehigh University on Sunday.
UNH is 5-2 overall with six nonconference games – three home and three on the road – scheduled before New Year's. The America East portion of the schedule opens with a home game against UMBC on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 11 a.m.
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 their regular season league title earned a spot in the WNIT.
SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN
The Huskies split a pair of games in the UMass Thanksgiving Classic to bring a 3-3 record into Friday night's game. They beat UMass, 65-54, in their first game in the tournament on Friday, Nov. 24 and then fell to Houston, 72-64, in the championship game Saturday. NU lost its season opener against Boston University, 74-73, and lost to Providence, 98-95 in overtime. The Huskies also have wins over Fairfield and Marist.
The Huskies have five players averaging in double figures. Freshman guard Stella Clark leads the way at 15 points and 3.5 assists a game. Junior guard Jess Genco averages 14 points and 4.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists, senior guard Claudia Ortiz averages 13.8 points and 3.8 rebounds, junior guard Gabby Giacone averages 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds. Northeastern averages 72.8 points a game and allows 68.8 per contest.
Kelly Cole is in her fourth season as Northeastern's head coach.
Whitney Edwards is in her first season as an assistant with the Huskies. Edwards is a former UNH player and graduated in 2007. She was a Wildcat assistant each of the last two seasons.
WILD WIN: New Hampshire rallied late to knock off Northeastern, 66-63 in overtime, last year in Boston. Brittni Lai hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to get the game to overtime. Carlie Pogue had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Pogue grabbed the rebound and got a pass out to Kristen Anderson that led to Lai's three-pointer. Lai had 19 points.
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 three nonconference home games remaining before New Year's, starting with Friday's game against Northeastern. They play Manhattan at home Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. and play Cornell on Friday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. The other nonconference games remaining are at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m., at Boston College on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. and at Sacred Heart on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at noon.
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 116-102 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 1,201 career points. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is at No. 10 with 1,252. Candace Williams (2006-10) is at No. 9 with 1,277 and Danielle Clark (1,331) is at No. 8 with 1,331. Pogue is No. 13 on the rebounding list with 575. Clark (2003-07) is at No. 12 with 579. Orsi Farkas (1996-2000) is at No. 11 with 635 and Aubrey Danen (1998-03) is at No. 10 with 666.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats hold down the No. 17 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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