University of New Hampshire Athletics
Thursday, January 18
Burlington, VT
7 PM
University of New Hampshire
13-5, 4-1AE
52
at
49
University of Vermont
5-13, 2-3AE
1
2
3
4
F
New Hampshire
15
6
13
18
52
Vermont
17
8
12
12
49
Team Stats
UNH
VERMONT
FG%
.340
.391
3FG%
.100
.267
FT%
.833
.750
RB
31
35
TO
9
15
STL
5
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG/F
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballC
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
Kat Fogarty scored a season high 21 points to lead UNH to a comeback win at Vermont on Thursday night.
Photo by: Paige O'Donnell
Fogarty Rallies 'Cats to Comeback Win at Vermont
1/18/2018 10:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Senior forward Kat Fogarty (Westminster, Mass.) scored a season-high 21 points, including a 10-footer in the lane with 9.3 seconds to play, to rally the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 52-49 comeback win over Vermont on Thursday night in Patrick Gymnasium.
The Wildcats won their third straight game and improved to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in America East. They trailed 37-34 after three periods and 42-34 with 8:03 left in the game before roaring back. UNH has trailed entering the fourth quarter in three of its four league wins.
Vermont fell to 5-13 and 2-3.
Senior guard Brittni Lai (Irvington, N.Y.) scored 10 points and iced the game with a huge defensive rebound and pair of foul shots with less than a second to play. Senior guard Aliza Simpson (Londonderry, N.H.) contributed a season—high 10 rebounds.
NEXT UP
UNH plays at Stony Brook on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Wildcats then return to Lundholm Gymnasium for a two-game homestand. They play Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. and face Binghamton on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. for Alumni Day and their "Spread Respect Game."
Tickets for all UNH home games are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000. All America East basketball games are on ESPN3.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Wildcats have been behind at the half in all four of their America East wins and have trailed with a period to go in three of them.
UNH was down 42-34 two minutes into the fourth quarter and began to rally.
Senior Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) scored on a fastbreak layup and she was fouled and made the free throw to make it 45-43 with 4:27 to play. Fogarty's 12-footer tied it at 45 and she hit another to put UNH up 47-45 with 1:28 left.
Vermont went back in front with a foul shot at 49-48 with 17.9 seconds left.
UNH had a timeout and set up Fogarty's 10-footer for 50-49 with 9.3 seconds left.
Lai pulled down the rebound at the other end and made her foul shots to finish it off.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UNH led 15-6 early, but Vermont came back and was on top 17-15 after one period. The Catamounts extended the lead to 25-21 at the half.
Fogarty scored all six of UNH's points in the second period. She led the team with 10 points and had three rebounds at the half.
The Wildcats outscored Vermont 18-7 over the last eight minutes of the game.
STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Aliza Simpson (18/91)
Sr. C Carlie Pogue (17/86)
Sr. F Kat Fogarty (18/50)
Sr. G Brittni Lai (18/487)
Sr. F Olivia Healy (18/33)
GROUP'S RECORD: 12-5
SERIES INFO
Vermont leads 43-39
WILDCAT NOTES
- UNH won its third straight over Vermont.
- The Wildcats were down at the half in their win over UMass Lowell on Monday.
- They trailed after three quarters in wins over UMBC and Binghamton.
- Fogarty's career high in points is 23.
- Simpson's career high in rebounds is 11.
- Lai had four of UNH's eight assists.
- Senior center Carlie Pogue (Cincinnati, Ohio) had eight points and four rebounds.
- Senior forward Olivia Healy (Reading, Mass.) had seven points.
- Booth matched her season high with six points.
- Only five Wildcats scored in the game.
- UNH was 1-for-10 in three-pointers.
- The Wildcats made 15 of their 18 foul shots (83.3 percent).
- Lai made all six of her foul shots.
- UNH was 19-for-53 from the field (34 percent).
- Vermont was 4-for-15 in three-pointers and 18-for-46 from the field (39.1 percent).
- The Wildcats had nine turnovers.
- UMass Lowell had 14.
- Fogarty blocked two shots.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
UNH
Kat Fogarty: 21 points / 8 rebounds
Brittni Lai: 10 points / 4 assists
Carlie Pogue: 8 points / 4 rebounds
Vermont
Hanna Crymble: 20 points / 7 rebounds
Sydney Smith: 11 points
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