Jordan Ties Career High of 19 Points in 69-63 Loss to Quinnipiac

Tuesday, November 20

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

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Quinnipiac

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Quinnipiac

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Jordan Ties Career High of 19 Points in 69-63 Loss to Quinnipiac

11/20/2018 10:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.H. – Elijah Jordan (Orlando, Fla.) matched his career high of 19 points but the University of New Hampshire was edged 69-63 by Quinnipiac University at Lundholm Gym on Tuesday night.

Jordan shot 7-for-16 from the floor, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. The four 3's also tied a personal best. Jordan Reed (Lucas, Texas) netted 17 points – one less than his career high – on 6 of 10 shooting; he made a pair of 3-pointers and all three free throw attempts. Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) finished with 14 points, including a pair of 3's.

QU was led by Jacob Rigoni (23 points, nine rebounds) and Cameron Young (17 points). Kevin Marfo recorded four points and game-high 14 rebounds – as well as a game-high four assists – before fouling out.

UNH is now 2-3. Quinnipiac, which led 61-59 with 2:52 remaining, outscored the hosts 8-4 the rest of the way improve to 1-2 on the season.

LOOKING AHEAD

New Hampshire returns to action Nov. 24 (12 p.m.) at the University of Connecticut. The Wildcats' next home game is Nov. 28 (7 p.m.) against Boston University at Lundholm Gym.
Tickets for all home games are available online at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling (603) 862-4000.

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FIRST HALF

The Wildcats started off the game strong with Jordan sinking a 3-pointer just 14 seconds into the game.
At the first media timeout of the game, UNH trailed Quinnipiac 8-7.
The contest was tight between the Bobcats and the Wildcats with Quinnipiac leading 12-10 halfway through the first half.
Each of QU's next six field goals was a 3-pointer as the visitors build a 30-13 lead at 5:40.
Another three by Rigoni gave the Bobcats the largest lead of the game of 19 points, 35-16, at 3:17.
UNH went on a 9-2 run the next two minutes to trim the deficit to 37-25.
Rigoni hit two free throws with one second on the clock and the half ended with the score at 39-25 in favor of Quinnipiac.

SECOND HALF

The second half kicked off for New Hampshire with a jumper from Jordan, and his 3-pointer lifted the 'Cats within 10 points, 50-40, at 11:24.
Midway through the second half, both teams had added 15 points totals to advance the score to 54-40.
The Wildcats built momentum to trim the deficit to single digits, 56-47, and it continued when Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) hit his first career 3-pointer with 6:41 left in the game to bring the score to 56-50.
After the Bobcats extended the lead to 61-50, a layup from Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) ignited a 9-0 run. Reed followed with a three-point play and two foul shots, then Hopkins hit a short jumper to make it 61-59 at 2:52.
Still trailing by two, the 'Cats committed a turnover each of the next two possessions.
QU then converted a long inbounds pass into a three-point play by Rigoni to give the visitors a 64-59 lead at 2:02. Another three-point play, this time by Cameron Young, pushed the margin to 67-59 at 1:16.
The Wildcats never got closer than six points the rest of the way.

UNH NOTEBOOK

This was UNH's first home loss of the season. The Wildcats are now 2-1 at Lundholm Gym.
This was the first game of the season decided by fewer than 24 points.
In his first career start, Jayden Martinez (Cibolo, Texas) recorded four rebounds and a steal in nine minutes.
In his first start of the season – second career – Luke Rosinski (Derry, N.H.) tallied one point and one steal in 18 minutes.
Lester finished with five points and a team-high six rebounds.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UNH shot 34.9 percent (22-63) from the floor. Quinnipiac made 23 of 57 field goal attempts (40.4%).
QU was 12-for-30 (40.0%) on 3-pointers in comparison to the Wildcts' 37.5% (9-24).
Neither team shot well from the foul line. QU made 11 of 21 (52.4%) and UNH was 10-for-16 (62.5%).
The visitors finished with a 50-33 rebounding advantage, including 15-11 on the offensive glass.
The Bobcats recorded the edge in points in the paint (22-16), second-chance points (17-13) and fastbreak points (7-0).
UNH had the advantage in points off turnovers (16-8), as the Wildcats committed 11 turnovers in comparison to the Bobcats' 20.