University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, December 9
Durham, N.H.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
Manhattan College
Carlie Pogue (Photo by Greg Greene)
Photo by: Greg Greene
Wildcats Host Manhattan to End Fall Semester
12/7/2017 4:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball
New Hampshire is looking to bounce back after loss to intrastate rival Dartmouth
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team plays its second to last home game of the 2017 calendar year this Saturday at 1 P.M. when they host the Manhattan Jaspers. The Wildcats, who are 3-0 at home this season, will host Manhattan after a midweek loss to Dartmouth; the Wildcats now have a 6-3 record, while the Jaspers come into the matchup with a 2-6 record.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Olivia Healy scored 17 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Wildcats in a 57-49 loss at Dartmouth on Tuesday. The double-double was Healy's first as a Wildcats and the team's second of the season. Senior Carlie Pogue joined Healy added 11 points and had seven rebounds.
The loss snapped UNH's win streak at three games and dropped the team to 6-3 overall.
The Wildcats have four nonconference games – two home and two on the road – remaining 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 MANHATTAN
The Jaspers have lost three straight games coming into Durham. They lost to Albany, 62-56, at home Wednesday and fell at Penn State, 78-46, on Sunday. They are 2-6 for the season and 0-4 on the road.
Senior Kayla Grimme had 17 points and six rebounds against Albany and classmate Amani Tatum had 14 points and three rebounds. Grimme averages 16.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and Tatum is at 10.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Tatum has made 16 of her 36 three-point field goal attempts (44.4 percent.)
The Jaspers average 58.4 points a game and give up 66.2.
Heather Vulin, a 1999 graduate of the University of Minnesota-Morris, is in her second year as the head coach of the Manhattan women's basketball team. The Jaspers finished 8-22 overall and 4-16 in the MAAC last year.
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: After Manhattan, the Wildcats have one nonconference home game remaining before New Year's. They play Cornell on Friday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. The other nonconference games remaining are 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 117-103 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 1,235 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. 12 on the rebounding list with 590. 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 Wagner and Dartmouth games had morning start times. They were two of four UNH games scheduled before noon this season. The Wildcats 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 UMBC game is Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day and faculty and staff get in for free. The Hartford game is an Education Day contest.
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 Olivia Healy scored 17 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Wildcats in a 57-49 loss at Dartmouth on Tuesday. The double-double was Healy's first as a Wildcats and the team's second of the season. Senior Carlie Pogue joined Healy added 11 points and had seven rebounds.
The loss snapped UNH's win streak at three games and dropped the team to 6-3 overall.
The Wildcats have four nonconference games – two home and two on the road – remaining 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 MANHATTAN
The Jaspers have lost three straight games coming into Durham. They lost to Albany, 62-56, at home Wednesday and fell at Penn State, 78-46, on Sunday. They are 2-6 for the season and 0-4 on the road.
Senior Kayla Grimme had 17 points and six rebounds against Albany and classmate Amani Tatum had 14 points and three rebounds. Grimme averages 16.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and Tatum is at 10.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Tatum has made 16 of her 36 three-point field goal attempts (44.4 percent.)
The Jaspers average 58.4 points a game and give up 66.2.
Heather Vulin, a 1999 graduate of the University of Minnesota-Morris, is in her second year as the head coach of the Manhattan women's basketball team. The Jaspers finished 8-22 overall and 4-16 in the MAAC last year.
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: After Manhattan, the Wildcats have one nonconference home game remaining before New Year's. They play Cornell on Friday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. The other nonconference games remaining are 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 117-103 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 1,235 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. 12 on the rebounding list with 590. 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 Wagner and Dartmouth games had morning start times. They were two of four UNH games scheduled before noon this season. The Wildcats 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 UMBC game is Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day and faculty and staff get in for free. The Hartford game is an Education Day contest.
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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