University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, January 27
Durham, N.H.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
Binghamton University
Amanda Torres (Photo by Greg Greene)
Photo by: Greg Greene
UNH Hosts Binghamton for Alumni, Spread Respect Game
1/26/2018 3:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
2017-2018 New Hampshire Women's Basketball
Saturday, January 27, 2018
New Hampshire (14-6, 5-2 AE) vs
Binghamton (13-7, 4-3 AE); 1:00 p.m.
Lundholm Gymnasium • Durham, N.H.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team looks to bounce back after their first home loss of the season as they host the Binghamton Bearcats Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 P.M. The game will be the annual celebration of UNH women's basketball alumni, and also the annual America East "Spread Respect" game. Saturday's game will be available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.
STORYLINES
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 22 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Wildcats, but they came up short against Maine, 56-46, on Wednesday night in Lundholm Gymnasium. The defeat snapped UNH's four-game win streak and was its first loss at home this year. It was the team's first America East loss in a home game since a 63-59 setback against Vermont on Feb. 25, 2016. The Wildcats won all eight of their home conference games last season while putting up a 15-1 record in league play.
UNH is 14-6 overall and 5-2 in America East as the league hits the halfway point of the conference schedule. The Wildcats and Maine are tied for second place in the league standings behind Albany at 7-1. Binghamton and Hartford are close behind and tied for fourth at 4-3.
Pogue is one of four Wildcat seniors averaging double figures and is fifth in the league at 15.1 points a game. Olivia Healy is at 12.2 points a game, Kat Fogarty at 11.8 and Brittni Lai at 10.5. Fogarty leads in rebounding at 6.3 a game, Healy averages 6.2, Pogue 5.9 and senior Aliza Simpson 4.8. Lai leads the team and is fourth in the league in assists at 4.3 per game.
The Wildcats lead America East in scoring defense, allowing 55.1 points a game, which is 13th best in Division I. The Wildcats average 60.5 points a game, which is seventh-best in the league in scoring offense.
The Binghamton game marks UNH's Alumni Day and Spread Respect Game. An alumni game will be played at 10 a.m. and alumni will be recognized at halftime of the UNH-Binghamton game.
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 Carlie 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. Kat 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 BINGHAMTON
Alyssa James, a 6-foot-1 senior forward, scored 22 points and had 11 rebounds for her 17th career double-double to lead the Bearcats past UMBC, 81-51, on Wednesday. Binghamton improved to 13-7 overall and 4-3 in America East with its second straight win. Sophomore guard Kai Moon had 20 points and seven steals against UMBC and senior guard Imani Walker scored 19 points.
James recently became the Binghamton and America East career record holder in blocked shots. She is third in the country in blocked shots with 3.9 per game. Her 78 blocks this season are nearly double the next best total in the league (40).
Watkins leads America East and is 12th in Division I in the nation in scoring at 21.7 points per game. Watkins has made 2.7 three-point field goals per game, which is second in America East. Moon averages 12.3 points per game and James averages 10.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.
Binghamton averages 67.4 points a game, which is second in the league to Albany. The Bearcats give up 58.3 points a game, fourth-best in the league. They lead the league in three-point percentage at 33.3 percent. They are tied for the league lead in threes made with Maine with 151 or 7.6 per game. UNH held Maine to 3-for-15 shooting behind the arc Wednesday night. The Wildcats have made 59 treys, which is the lowest total in the league.
Brittni Lai drove for a winning basket in the closing seconds to lift UNH over the Bearcats, 63-61, in Binghamton on Jan. 10. Olivia Healy had 23 points and 11 rebounds for UNH in that game.
UNH took a pair of games from the Bearcats last season: 70-62 at Binghamton on Jan. 14 and 76-69 in Durham on Feb. 12.
Linda Cimino, a 2001 graduate of Adelphi, is in her fourth season as Binghamton head coach. She led the Bearcats to a 13-17 overall record and 8-8 mark in America East last season.
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.
LUCKY LUNDHOLM: The Wildcats are 7-1 at home in Lundholm Gymnasium this season. They were 14-2 in their Lundholm games last season.
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 125-106 overall record at UNH.
Magarity ranks fourth in all-time coaching wins at UNH. Kathy Sanborn (1986-97) was 170-127 in her 11 seasons. Cecelia DeMarco (1977-86) went 136-86 in her nine seasons and Sue Johnson (1997-2007) was 133-150 in her 10 seasons.
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, has broken into the Top 10 on UNH's career scoring list. She is at No. 7 on the list with 1,375 career points. Orsi Farkas (1996-2000) is at No. 6 with 1,434. Elizabeth Belanger (1,453) is No. 5 with 1,453. Pogue is No. 11 on the rebounding list with 650. Aubrey Danen (1998-03) is at No. 10 with 666 and Kelly Butterfield (1981-85) is No. 9 at 678. Pogue is No. 8 in career blocked shots with 73. Kris Kinney (1985-89) is No. 7 and Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 6 with 84.
THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS: UNH leads America East in scoring defense. The Wildcats allow 55.1 points a game, which also ranks No. 13 in the nation. UNH led the league in scoring defense last year as well when it gave up 55 points a game.
SIMPSON ON THE MOVE: Aliza Simpson has moved into the Top 20 in a couple of career categories. She's No. 16 in three-point field goals with 84. Adriane Domanski (1998-00) is next on the list at No. 15 with 87 and Marcie Lane (1991-94) is at No. 14 with 95. Simpson is No. 15 in assists with 242. Christine Gulas (1982-84) is No. 14 with 264.
DOUBLE THE FUN: Olivia Healy scored a career high 23 points and had 11 rebounds in a 63-61 win at Binghamton on Jan. 10. It was Healy's second double-double of the season and the third for the team. She had 17 points and 10 rebounds against Dartmouth on Dec. 5. Kat Fogarty had 18 points and 11 rebounds against Xavier on Nov. 11 for UNH's first double-double of the season. Fogarty had three double-doubles last season.
BUZZER BEATERS: Three of UNH's four straight league wins from Jan. 10 to Jan. 21 came on baskets in the closing seconds. A Brittni Lai bucket with a couple of seconds left beat Binghamton, 63-61, on the road Jan. 10. A Fogarty basket with 9.3 seconds left at Vermont on Jan. 18 put UNH on top in what became a 52-49 win. Carlie Pogue scored with two seconds left to lift the Wildcats over Stony Brook on Jan. 21. All three of those wins came on the road.
RALLY TIME: The Wildcats have rallied from behind in the fourth quarter on the way to four of their five America East wins this season. They trailed Vermont 37-34 after three periods before rallying to a 52-49 win on Jan. 18. They trailed UMBC, 38-33, heading into the fourth quarter on Jan. 3 and roared back for a 56-51 victory. Binghamton owned a 49-46 lead going into the fourth period on Jan. 10 and UNH pulled out a 63-61 win. UNH led at Stony Brook going into the fourth quarter, but trailed in the last minute before pulling out a 51-50 victory. The Wildcats came from behind to win another America East game as well. On Jan. 15, they trailed UMass Lowell 25-22 at the half and took their first lead at 32-30 with 5:18 left in the third period on the way to a 66-45 win.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats were listed under "Others receiving votes" in the latest www.collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
GOOD MORNING: The Wagner, Dartmouth and UMBC games had morning start times. They were three of four UNH games scheduled before noon this season. The Wildcats play Hartford on Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. for Education Day.
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."
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.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
New Hampshire (14-6, 5-2 AE) vs
Binghamton (13-7, 4-3 AE); 1:00 p.m.
Lundholm Gymnasium • Durham, N.H.
WATCH - ESPN3 | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES | TICKETS
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team looks to bounce back after their first home loss of the season as they host the Binghamton Bearcats Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 P.M. The game will be the annual celebration of UNH women's basketball alumni, and also the annual America East "Spread Respect" game. Saturday's game will be available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.
STORYLINES
- UNH is 5-2 in America East and 14-6 overall after Wednesday night's 56-46 home loss to Maine.
- The Wildcats are 7-1 at home. They were 14-2 at home last year.
- UNH allows 55.1 points a game, best in the league and 13th in the country.
- Saturday's contest marks the team's Alumni Day and Spread Respect game.
- In each of its last three wins, UNH has scored the deciding points with less than 10 seconds to play.
- UNH posted a program-best record of 26-6 in 2016-17.
- The Wildcats won their first outright America East regular season championship with a 15-1 league record last season.
- Coach Maureen Magarity was named America East Coach of the Year last season.
- Tickets for UNH home games are available at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling 603-862-4000 or at the Whittemore Center box office.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Carlie Pogue scored 22 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Wildcats, but they came up short against Maine, 56-46, on Wednesday night in Lundholm Gymnasium. The defeat snapped UNH's four-game win streak and was its first loss at home this year. It was the team's first America East loss in a home game since a 63-59 setback against Vermont on Feb. 25, 2016. The Wildcats won all eight of their home conference games last season while putting up a 15-1 record in league play.
UNH is 14-6 overall and 5-2 in America East as the league hits the halfway point of the conference schedule. The Wildcats and Maine are tied for second place in the league standings behind Albany at 7-1. Binghamton and Hartford are close behind and tied for fourth at 4-3.
Pogue is one of four Wildcat seniors averaging double figures and is fifth in the league at 15.1 points a game. Olivia Healy is at 12.2 points a game, Kat Fogarty at 11.8 and Brittni Lai at 10.5. Fogarty leads in rebounding at 6.3 a game, Healy averages 6.2, Pogue 5.9 and senior Aliza Simpson 4.8. Lai leads the team and is fourth in the league in assists at 4.3 per game.
The Wildcats lead America East in scoring defense, allowing 55.1 points a game, which is 13th best in Division I. The Wildcats average 60.5 points a game, which is seventh-best in the league in scoring offense.
The Binghamton game marks UNH's Alumni Day and Spread Respect Game. An alumni game will be played at 10 a.m. and alumni will be recognized at halftime of the UNH-Binghamton game.
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 Carlie 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. Kat 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 BINGHAMTON
Alyssa James, a 6-foot-1 senior forward, scored 22 points and had 11 rebounds for her 17th career double-double to lead the Bearcats past UMBC, 81-51, on Wednesday. Binghamton improved to 13-7 overall and 4-3 in America East with its second straight win. Sophomore guard Kai Moon had 20 points and seven steals against UMBC and senior guard Imani Walker scored 19 points.
James recently became the Binghamton and America East career record holder in blocked shots. She is third in the country in blocked shots with 3.9 per game. Her 78 blocks this season are nearly double the next best total in the league (40).
Watkins leads America East and is 12th in Division I in the nation in scoring at 21.7 points per game. Watkins has made 2.7 three-point field goals per game, which is second in America East. Moon averages 12.3 points per game and James averages 10.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.
Binghamton averages 67.4 points a game, which is second in the league to Albany. The Bearcats give up 58.3 points a game, fourth-best in the league. They lead the league in three-point percentage at 33.3 percent. They are tied for the league lead in threes made with Maine with 151 or 7.6 per game. UNH held Maine to 3-for-15 shooting behind the arc Wednesday night. The Wildcats have made 59 treys, which is the lowest total in the league.
Brittni Lai drove for a winning basket in the closing seconds to lift UNH over the Bearcats, 63-61, in Binghamton on Jan. 10. Olivia Healy had 23 points and 11 rebounds for UNH in that game.
UNH took a pair of games from the Bearcats last season: 70-62 at Binghamton on Jan. 14 and 76-69 in Durham on Feb. 12.
Linda Cimino, a 2001 graduate of Adelphi, is in her fourth season as Binghamton head coach. She led the Bearcats to a 13-17 overall record and 8-8 mark in America East last season.
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.
LUCKY LUNDHOLM: The Wildcats are 7-1 at home in Lundholm Gymnasium this season. They were 14-2 in their Lundholm games last season.
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 125-106 overall record at UNH.
Magarity ranks fourth in all-time coaching wins at UNH. Kathy Sanborn (1986-97) was 170-127 in her 11 seasons. Cecelia DeMarco (1977-86) went 136-86 in her nine seasons and Sue Johnson (1997-2007) was 133-150 in her 10 seasons.
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, has broken into the Top 10 on UNH's career scoring list. She is at No. 7 on the list with 1,375 career points. Orsi Farkas (1996-2000) is at No. 6 with 1,434. Elizabeth Belanger (1,453) is No. 5 with 1,453. Pogue is No. 11 on the rebounding list with 650. Aubrey Danen (1998-03) is at No. 10 with 666 and Kelly Butterfield (1981-85) is No. 9 at 678. Pogue is No. 8 in career blocked shots with 73. Kris Kinney (1985-89) is No. 7 and Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 6 with 84.
THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS: UNH leads America East in scoring defense. The Wildcats allow 55.1 points a game, which also ranks No. 13 in the nation. UNH led the league in scoring defense last year as well when it gave up 55 points a game.
SIMPSON ON THE MOVE: Aliza Simpson has moved into the Top 20 in a couple of career categories. She's No. 16 in three-point field goals with 84. Adriane Domanski (1998-00) is next on the list at No. 15 with 87 and Marcie Lane (1991-94) is at No. 14 with 95. Simpson is No. 15 in assists with 242. Christine Gulas (1982-84) is No. 14 with 264.
DOUBLE THE FUN: Olivia Healy scored a career high 23 points and had 11 rebounds in a 63-61 win at Binghamton on Jan. 10. It was Healy's second double-double of the season and the third for the team. She had 17 points and 10 rebounds against Dartmouth on Dec. 5. Kat Fogarty had 18 points and 11 rebounds against Xavier on Nov. 11 for UNH's first double-double of the season. Fogarty had three double-doubles last season.
BUZZER BEATERS: Three of UNH's four straight league wins from Jan. 10 to Jan. 21 came on baskets in the closing seconds. A Brittni Lai bucket with a couple of seconds left beat Binghamton, 63-61, on the road Jan. 10. A Fogarty basket with 9.3 seconds left at Vermont on Jan. 18 put UNH on top in what became a 52-49 win. Carlie Pogue scored with two seconds left to lift the Wildcats over Stony Brook on Jan. 21. All three of those wins came on the road.
RALLY TIME: The Wildcats have rallied from behind in the fourth quarter on the way to four of their five America East wins this season. They trailed Vermont 37-34 after three periods before rallying to a 52-49 win on Jan. 18. They trailed UMBC, 38-33, heading into the fourth quarter on Jan. 3 and roared back for a 56-51 victory. Binghamton owned a 49-46 lead going into the fourth period on Jan. 10 and UNH pulled out a 63-61 win. UNH led at Stony Brook going into the fourth quarter, but trailed in the last minute before pulling out a 51-50 victory. The Wildcats came from behind to win another America East game as well. On Jan. 15, they trailed UMass Lowell 25-22 at the half and took their first lead at 32-30 with 5:18 left in the third period on the way to a 66-45 win.
EVERYONE INTO THE POLL: The Wildcats were listed under "Others receiving votes" in the latest www.collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
GOOD MORNING: The Wagner, Dartmouth and UMBC games had morning start times. They were three of four UNH games scheduled before noon this season. The Wildcats play Hartford on Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. for Education Day.
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."
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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