Dion Scores 18 in 69-55 Loss to Albany

Monday, February 6

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

14-10, 5-5AE

Albany

15-11, 6-5AE

UAlbany

New Hampshire

Photo by: Audrey Powell

2/6/2017 10:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Daniel Dion (Cedar Park, Texas) scored 18 points as the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team (14-10, 5-5 AE) fell 69-55 to the University at Albany (15-11, 6-5 AE) in Lundholm Gym Monday night.

NEXT HOME GAME
New Hampshire returns home on Wednesday, Feb. 15 (7 PM) to host the University of Maine in Lundholm Gym. It's Light Up Lundholm night with every fan in attendance receiving a foam light stick to light up the place during intros. Tickets are available HERE.

HIGHLIGHTS

Dion scored 18 points on 5 of 10 shooting with four threes.
The senior has scored 15+ points in 12 games this season and eight of the last nine games.
UNH outrebounded the Great Danes 33-28.
New Hampshire clawed back from a 12 point deficit in the second half to tie it at 45 points with 11:32 to play.
Junior Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds for his 13^th career double-double.
Classmate Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds while playing with four fouls.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UNH jumped out to a 5-2 lead early in the first quarter on a Dion 3-pointer and a layup in the paint. The 'Cats then went on a 10-4 run to increase their lead to 15-6 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half. Albany fought back, and tied the game at 17 with under seven minutes to go in the half. Albany controlled the pace of the game, and pushed their lead to 27-20 before the half ended. After a layup by Camara, the Wildcats headed to the locker room trailing 29-22. UNH went cold to finish the half, going the final two minutes without a basket.

Albany came out firing in the second half and increased their lead to 42-30 with 15:54 to play. David Nichols scored six points for the Great Danes in the stretch. The Wildcats answered with seven straight points to force a Will Brown timeout to reduce the deficit to five, 42-37. Shortly after, UNH evened the score, 45-45, on a David Watkins three with 11:32 to play. New Hampshire thought they had Albany cornered, but the Great Danes rattled off 10 straight points to reclaim a cushion that continued for the remainder of the game.

-POSTGAME NOTES-
UNH STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Jaleen Smith (24/96)
Sr. G Daniel Dion (24/57)
Jr. G Jordan Reed (21/21)
Jr. F Tanner Leissner (24/78)
Jr. F Iba Camara (19/57)

GROUP'S RECORD: 8-9

SERIES INFO
Albany pushes its all-time series lead to 22-15 and snapped a 2-game winning streak for UNH.

ATTENDANCE: 3685

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Daniel Dion: 18 points / 5 of 10 shooting / 4 of 7 threes / 4 rebounds / 3 assists
Iba Camara: 12 points / 14 rebounds / 5 of 9 shooting / 2 assists
Tanner Leissner: 10 points / 7 rebounds / 5 of 10 shooting
Jaleen Smith: 9 points / 7 assists

Joe Cremo: 21 points / 6 of 12 shooting
David Nichols: 18 points / 7 rebounds / 5 assists
Travis Charles: 10 points / 5 of 7 shooting