University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, February 17
Durham, N.H.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
17-11, 8-7
56
vs
62
Stony Brook University
17-11, 9-6
1
2
3
4
F
Stony Brook
12
17
15
18
62
New Hampshire
13
20
10
13
56
Team Stats
SBUWBB
UNHWBB
FG%
.479
.407
3FG%
.316
.313
FT%
.625
.700
RB
31
29
TO
13
10
STL
4
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's BasketballThe Wildcats celebrated Senior Day on Saturday vs. Stony Brook.
Photo by: Audrey Powell
Lai Leads 'Cats in Setback vs. Stony Brook
2/17/2018 4:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior guard Brittni Lai (Irvington, N.Y.) scored 20 points to lead the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team on Saturday afternoon, but the Wildcats came up short against Stony Brook and lost 62-56 on Senior Day in Lundholm Gymnasium.
UNH is now 17-11 overall and 8-7 in America East with just one game remaining in the regular season. The Wildcats play at UMass Lowell on Thursday night at 7. Stony Brook is also 17-11 overall and improved to 9-6 in the league to take sole possession of fourth place in the standings.
Senior forward Olivia Healy (Reading, Mass.) had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats and senior center Carlie Pogue (Cincinnati, Ohio) had 11 points and seven rebounds.
NEXT UP
The Wildcats are down to their final game of the regular season.
They play at UMass Lowell on Thursday night at 7.
The quarterfinals and semifinals of the America East tournament are scheduled for Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4 at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. Tickets for the games in Portland are available at www.crossarenaportland.com.
The America East championship game will be played Friday, March 9 at the home of the top remaining seed in the tournament. The games in Portland will be on ESPN3 and the title game will be on ESPNU.
HIGHLIGHTS
Lai hit the 20-point mark for the third time this season and first since early January. She had 20 points in a 66-53 loss at Albany on Jan. 6 and had a season-high 24 points in a 68-55 win over Manhattan on Dec. 9. Her career high of 31 points came last year against Bryant.
Lai had a season-high in three-point shots made with three in eight attempts.
Healy had UNH's other two three-point baskets in the game. She attempted four.
Lai led the Wildcats to a four-point lead at halftime.
Her three-pointer, fast-break layup and drive for a basket accounted for a personal 7-0 run midway through the second period and gave UNH a 24-18 lead.
Pogue scored the team's last six points of the half on shots from in close and it was 33-29 at the break.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stony Brook outscored UNH 15-10 in the third period to take a 44-43 lead with one quarter to play.
A couple of Healy foul shots with 4:35 left cut a Stony Brook lead down to 52-50. A Lai layup and foul shot made it 57-54 Stony Brook with 1:16 to play.
Senior Kat Fogarty (Westminster, Mass.) drew a charge at the other end.
But the Wildcats missed their next field goal attempt and had to foul.
The Seawolves made five of six free throws in the last 25 seconds to put the game away.
STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Aliza Simpson (22/95)
Sr. C Carlie Pogue (26/95)
Sr. F Kat Fogarty (28/60)
Sr. G Brittni Lai (27/57)
Sr. F Olivia Healy (28/43)
GROUP'S RECORD: 13-7
SERIES INFO
UNH leads 25-15
WILDCAT NOTES
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
UNH
Brittni Lai: 20 points / 3 assists
Carlie Pogue: 11 points / 7 rebounds
Olivia Healy: 13 points / 9 rebounds
STONY BROOK
Jerell Matthews: 15 points / 5 assists
Shania Johnson: 15 points / 6 assists
India Pagan: 10 points / 4 rebounds
UNH is now 17-11 overall and 8-7 in America East with just one game remaining in the regular season. The Wildcats play at UMass Lowell on Thursday night at 7. Stony Brook is also 17-11 overall and improved to 9-6 in the league to take sole possession of fourth place in the standings.
Senior forward Olivia Healy (Reading, Mass.) had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats and senior center Carlie Pogue (Cincinnati, Ohio) had 11 points and seven rebounds.
NEXT UP
The Wildcats are down to their final game of the regular season.
They play at UMass Lowell on Thursday night at 7.
The quarterfinals and semifinals of the America East tournament are scheduled for Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4 at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. Tickets for the games in Portland are available at www.crossarenaportland.com.
The America East championship game will be played Friday, March 9 at the home of the top remaining seed in the tournament. The games in Portland will be on ESPN3 and the title game will be on ESPNU.
HIGHLIGHTS
Lai hit the 20-point mark for the third time this season and first since early January. She had 20 points in a 66-53 loss at Albany on Jan. 6 and had a season-high 24 points in a 68-55 win over Manhattan on Dec. 9. Her career high of 31 points came last year against Bryant.
Lai had a season-high in three-point shots made with three in eight attempts.
Healy had UNH's other two three-point baskets in the game. She attempted four.
Lai led the Wildcats to a four-point lead at halftime.
Her three-pointer, fast-break layup and drive for a basket accounted for a personal 7-0 run midway through the second period and gave UNH a 24-18 lead.
Pogue scored the team's last six points of the half on shots from in close and it was 33-29 at the break.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stony Brook outscored UNH 15-10 in the third period to take a 44-43 lead with one quarter to play.
A couple of Healy foul shots with 4:35 left cut a Stony Brook lead down to 52-50. A Lai layup and foul shot made it 57-54 Stony Brook with 1:16 to play.
Senior Kat Fogarty (Westminster, Mass.) drew a charge at the other end.
But the Wildcats missed their next field goal attempt and had to foul.
The Seawolves made five of six free throws in the last 25 seconds to put the game away.
STARTERS (SEASON/CAREER STARTS)
Sr. G Aliza Simpson (22/95)
Sr. C Carlie Pogue (26/95)
Sr. F Kat Fogarty (28/60)
Sr. G Brittni Lai (27/57)
Sr. F Olivia Healy (28/43)
GROUP'S RECORD: 13-7
SERIES INFO
UNH leads 25-15
WILDCAT NOTES
- Fogarty had six points, six rebounds and three assists.
- Pogue was five-for-nine from the field.
- Lai was eight-for-17 from the field and had three assists.
- UNH was 4-for-6 in three-pointers in the first half, 1-for-10 in the second.
- The Wildcats were 7-for-10 from the foul line.
- Stony Brook had a 31-29 edge in rebounds.
- UNH had 13 offensive rebounds.
- Pogue had four offensive rebounds and Healy had three.
- Healy and Pogue each had three steals.
- UNH shot 22-for-54 from the field (40.7 percent).
- Stony Brook was 23-for-48 (47.9 percent).
- The Seawolves made six of their 19 three-pointers.
- Each team had 24 points in the paint.
- UNH led in points off turnovers, 13-12.
- Stony Brook had a 12-10 edge in second-chance points.
- Stony Brook had 21 points off the bench to UNH's five.
- The Wildcats had 10 turnovers in the game.
- Stony Brook had 13.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
UNH
Brittni Lai: 20 points / 3 assists
Carlie Pogue: 11 points / 7 rebounds
Olivia Healy: 13 points / 9 rebounds
STONY BROOK
Jerell Matthews: 15 points / 5 assists
Shania Johnson: 15 points / 6 assists
India Pagan: 10 points / 4 rebounds
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