Camara Records Double-Double in 79-62 Loss to Hartford

Wednesday, January 31

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-14, 5-4AE

University of Hartford

13-10, 6-3AE

Hartford

New Hampshire

Photo by: Joey Walker

1/31/2018 10:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Highlights Postgame Presser

DURHAM, N.H. – Tanner Leissner (Converse, Texas) scored a team-high 16 points and Iba Camara (Dakar, Senegal) recorded a double-double, but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was defeated 79-62 by the University of Hartford on Wednesday night at Lundholm Gym.

Leissner has been UNH's top scorer in 17 of 23 games this season. Camara recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan Reed (Lucas, Texas) also scored in double digits; all 12 of his points were on 3-pointers. Elijah Jordan (Orlando, Fla.) had six assists in 18 minutes off the bench.

Jason Dunne netted a game-high 24 points on the strength of 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range. J.R. Lynch (17 points), John Carroll (12) and Jack Hobbs (11) also scored in double digits. George Blagojevic pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.

UNH is now 9-14 overall and 5-4 in America East. Hartford, which has lost six straight to the Wildcats, improved to 13-10, 6-3.

LOOKING AHEAD

New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 3 (7 p.m.) at UAlbany.
The Wildcats' next home game is Feb. 8 vs. Maine. Start time in Lundholm Gym is 7 p.m. Tickets for all home games are available online at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling (603) 862-4000.

GAME RECAP

Hartford hit 11 of its first 12 field goal attempts to build a 27-15 lead at 11:07.
Trailing 35-24 with 6:23 remaining in the first half, UNH went on a 10-0 run the next 3 minutes, 30 seconds to close within 35-34. Leissner ignited the spurt with a 3-pointer, then Camara hit a pair of layups on back-to-back possessions and Reed hit his third 3-pointer of the half at 2:55.
Carroll hit two free throws at 2:05 and two more with 32 seconds on the clock to send the Hawks into the locker room with a 39-34 lead.
The Wildcats opened the second half on an 8-0 run to surge ahead, 42-39, at 16:50. Leissner hit a pair of foul shots on the opening possession, then John Ogwuche (Makurdi, Nigeria) made a driving layup on the left baseline to once again trim the deficit to one point, 39-38.
Reed's fourth 3-pointer of the game gave New Hampshire a 41-39 lead at 17:59, and a Leissner free throw at 16:32 capped the run.
Travis Weatherington's 3-pointer put the visitors back in front, 44-42 but Jacoby Armstrong (Dallas, Texas) answered with a jumper inside the foul line to tie the score with 14:19 remaining.
Dunne responded with a layup at the other end of the court that sparked a 7-0 run, and Hartford led the rest of the way.
The lead extended to double digits, 59-49, on Hobbs' layup at 9:36.
UNH called time out and Leissner connected on a jumper, but Dunne answered with a 3-pointer to start a 14-0 run that pushed the margin to 73-51 with 4:29 remaining.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Hartford shot 55.1% from the floor (27-49), including 55.0% on 3-pointers (11-20).
In comparison, UNH was 20-55 on FGs (36.4%) and 9-26 on 3's (34.6%).
UNH, ranked No. 8 in the nation in rebound margin (+8.2), was outrebounded 37-30 by the Hawks.
Dunne scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half, when he was 6-for-9 from the floor, including 5 of 6 on 3's.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Camara increased his school record for career rebounds to 934.
He also climbed to a tie for No. 7 on the career games played list with 114.
Leissner extended his UNH benchmarks for career free throws made (495) and attempted (641).
Leissner now has 1,820 career points, which is 41 points away from tying the school record.
Leissner moved into a tie for fourth on the career rebounds list (826) and a tie for ninth on the career games played list (113).
Leissner climbed two spots to No. 18 on the America East all-time scoring leaderboard.