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Thursday, February 22
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Olivia Healy (Photo by Audrey Powell)
Wildcats Travel to Lowell for Regular Season Finale
2/21/2018 1:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
2017-2018 New Hampshire Women's Basketball
Thursday, February 22, 2018
New Hampshire (17-11, 8-7 AE) vs.
UMass Lowell (4-23, 1-13 AE); 7:00 p.m.
Tsongas Center - Lowell, Mass.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team rounds out the regular season traveling to Lowell, Mass. to face the UMass Lowell River Hawks Thursday evening at 7 P.M. The game will be presented on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App. The Wildcats will then have the following weekend off as the conference standings get set for the America East tournament seeding.
STORYLINES
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senior Brittni Lai scored 20 points and senior Olivia Healy added 13 points and nine rebounds in UNH's 62-56 loss at home to Stony Brook on Saturday. Lai made three of UNH's five three-pointers against Stony Brook and Healy had the other two. UNH and Stony Brook split the season series. UNH won at Stony Brook, 51-50, on Jan. 21.
The Wildcats are 17-11 overall and 8-7 in America East. They are in fifth place in the league standings. Stony Brook is in fourth place at 9-6 and Hartford is in sixth at 7-7.
Albany and Maine are tied atop the league standings with 11-3 records. Binghamton is in third place at 10-4. Vermont is in seventh place at 5-9, UMBC is in eighth at 2-12 and UMass Lowell is in ninth at 1-13.
Pogue leads four Wildcats in double figures in scoring at 15 points a game. Healy is next at 12.4, Fogarty is at 11.4 and Lai averages 10.3 points. Healy leads the team in rebounds at 6.5, Pogue's at 6.1, Fogarty at 5.9 and senior Aliza Simpson at 4.7.
The Wildcats are third in America East in scoring defense, allowing 57.5 points a game. UMass Lowell is ninth at 70.6. The Wildcats average 59.5 points a game, which is seventh-best in the league in scoring offense. UMass Lowell is sixth at 59.6
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 UMASS LOWELL
The River Hawks lost at Binghamton, 52-38, in their most recent game on Saturday. Junior guard Brianna Rudolph had 10 points and freshman guard Paula Lopez added seven points and nine rebounds against Binghamton.
UMass Lowell is 4-23 overall and 1-13 in America East. The River Hawks stopped Vermont, 65-60, on Feb. 11 for their league win.
The River Hawks average 59.6 points a game, which is the sixth-best total in the league. They allow 70.6 points a contest, which is ninth best.
Senior forward Kayla Gibbs averages 12.4 points and 8.5 rebounds to lead the River Hawks. Rudolph averages 9.9 points and 4.1 rebounds and Lopez is at 9.2 points and 3.2 rebounds.
UNH swept a pair of games from UMass-Lowell last season. The Wildcats beat the River Hawks, 66-45, at home on Jan. 15 in their first meeting this season.
Jenerrie Harris is in her fourth season as coach of the River Hawks. Her team went 3-26 overall and 0-16 in the league last season.
UPCOMING: The Wildcats close out the regular season with Thursday's game at UMass Lowell. The final America East games of the regular season are scheduled for Sunday. UNH's next game will be in the quarterfinals of the league tournament in Portland on Saturday, March 3.
WEEKLY HONORS
Carlie Pogue was named America East Player of the Week on Feb. 19. The league's Player of the Year in 2016-17, Pogue averaged 20 points and eight rebounds a game in a pair of UNH contests in the week leading up to Feb. 19. She made 17 of her 23 field goals (74 percent) in the two games. UNH split the games. Pogue scored a season-high 29 points with nine rebounds against Hartford. She made 12 of her 14 field goal attempts in that game. The Player of the Week honors were the first received by a Wildcat this season. Pogue was named Player of the Week four times in the 2015-16 season, including three times in the last six weeks of the season.
SENIOR DAY: The women's basketball team celebrated its eight seniors on Saturday, Feb. 17. These seniors helped take the program to new and unprecedented heights over their four years. Their many accomplishments included the team's first outright America East regular season championship in 2016-17 when they also put up a best-ever overall record of 26-6. The Wildcats smashed the previous record of wins in a season of 23. They also had a program-best 15-1 record in America East last season, a 13-game winning streak and made an appearance in the NIT tournament. Kudos to the seniors: Carlie Pogue, Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, Olivia Healy, Aliza Simpson, Peyton Booth, Morgan Bassett-Smith and head team manager Andrew Marden.
PORTLAND TOWN: Tickets are on sale for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the America East tournament that will be played for the second year at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. The quarterfinals are scheduled for Saturday, March 3 and the semifinals for Sunday, March 4. Tickets for the games in Portland are available at www.crossarenaportland.com. The championship game will be played on Friday, March 9 at the home of the top seed remaining in the tournament. The games in Portland will be on ESPN3 and the title game will be on ESPNU. A first-round game will be played Wednesday, Feb. 28 with the No. 8 team in the standings playing host to the No. 9.
PLAY4KAY: The Saturday, Feb. 3 contest against Albany was the team's Play4Kay game in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Foundation, breast cancer awareness and the fight against all women's cancers. Originally called Think Pink, the organization was founded by the late Kay Yow, the head women's basketball coach at North Carolina State University. Yow battled breast cancer off and on for 22 years before passing away from the illness in 2009.
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.
HOME AGAIN: The Wildcats are 9-4 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 128-111 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 a few UNH career lists. She is at No. 5 on the scoring list with 1,494 career points. Maren Matthias (2000-04) is No. 4 at 1,503. Sheila Danker (1993-97) is No. 3 1,539. Pogue is No. 7 in rebounding with 704. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is No. 6 at 745 and Gail Jackson (1980-84) is No. 5 at 747. Pogue is No. 8 in career blocked shots with 76. Kris Kinney (1985-89) is No. 7 with 77 and Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 6 with 84.
FOR THE DEFENSE: UNH is third in America East in scoring defense. The Wildcats allow 57.5 points a game. UNH led the league in scoring defense last year 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. 15 in three-point field goals with 90. Marcie Lane (1991-94) is at No. 14 with 95. Simpson is No. 15 in assists with 255. Christine Gulas (1982-84) is No. 14 with 264.
DOUBLE THE FUN: Carlie Pogue scored 20 points and had 12 rebounds in UNH's 74-68 win over league-leading Albany on Feb. 3 for her first double-double of the season. It was the fifth double-double for the team. Olivia Healy scored 13 points and had 10 rebounds in a 54-52 loss to Binghamton on Jan. 27 for her third double-double. Healy had a career high 23 points and had 11 rebounds in a 63-61 win at Binghamton on Jan. 10. 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.
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 eight 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 three other America East games 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. On Feb. 11 they trailed at UMBC 23-22 at the half and rallied for a 51-46 win. On Feb. 14, UNH trailed Hartford 32-31 at the half and won 76-58.
GOOD MORNING: The Wildcats played four games with 11 a.m. start times this season. They went 3-1 in those contests with wins over Wagner, UMBC at home and Hartford at home.
THE CAPTAINS: Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, senior guard Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) and junior guard Emily Peters (Lindstrom, Minn.) are 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.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
New Hampshire (17-11, 8-7 AE) vs.
UMass Lowell (4-23, 1-13 AE); 7:00 p.m.
Tsongas Center - Lowell, Mass.
WATCH-ESPN3 | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team rounds out the regular season traveling to Lowell, Mass. to face the UMass Lowell River Hawks Thursday evening at 7 P.M. The game will be presented on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App. The Wildcats will then have the following weekend off as the conference standings get set for the America East tournament seeding.
STORYLINES
- UNH is 8-7 in America East and 17-11 overall after Saturday's 62-56 loss at home to Stony Brook.
- The Wildcats are in fifth place in the league standings.
- Carlie Pogue is No. 5 on UNH's career scoring list and needs six points for 1,500.
- Pogue was named America East Player of the Week on Monday.
- Quarterfinals and semifinals of the league tournament are March 3 and 4 in Portland, Maine.
- UNH is 9-4 in Lundholm Gymnasium this season.
- The Wildcats won their first outright America East regular season championship with a 15-1 league record last year.
- 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 Brittni Lai scored 20 points and senior Olivia Healy added 13 points and nine rebounds in UNH's 62-56 loss at home to Stony Brook on Saturday. Lai made three of UNH's five three-pointers against Stony Brook and Healy had the other two. UNH and Stony Brook split the season series. UNH won at Stony Brook, 51-50, on Jan. 21.
The Wildcats are 17-11 overall and 8-7 in America East. They are in fifth place in the league standings. Stony Brook is in fourth place at 9-6 and Hartford is in sixth at 7-7.
Albany and Maine are tied atop the league standings with 11-3 records. Binghamton is in third place at 10-4. Vermont is in seventh place at 5-9, UMBC is in eighth at 2-12 and UMass Lowell is in ninth at 1-13.
Pogue leads four Wildcats in double figures in scoring at 15 points a game. Healy is next at 12.4, Fogarty is at 11.4 and Lai averages 10.3 points. Healy leads the team in rebounds at 6.5, Pogue's at 6.1, Fogarty at 5.9 and senior Aliza Simpson at 4.7.
The Wildcats are third in America East in scoring defense, allowing 57.5 points a game. UMass Lowell is ninth at 70.6. The Wildcats average 59.5 points a game, which is seventh-best in the league in scoring offense. UMass Lowell is sixth at 59.6
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 UMASS LOWELL
The River Hawks lost at Binghamton, 52-38, in their most recent game on Saturday. Junior guard Brianna Rudolph had 10 points and freshman guard Paula Lopez added seven points and nine rebounds against Binghamton.
UMass Lowell is 4-23 overall and 1-13 in America East. The River Hawks stopped Vermont, 65-60, on Feb. 11 for their league win.
The River Hawks average 59.6 points a game, which is the sixth-best total in the league. They allow 70.6 points a contest, which is ninth best.
Senior forward Kayla Gibbs averages 12.4 points and 8.5 rebounds to lead the River Hawks. Rudolph averages 9.9 points and 4.1 rebounds and Lopez is at 9.2 points and 3.2 rebounds.
UNH swept a pair of games from UMass-Lowell last season. The Wildcats beat the River Hawks, 66-45, at home on Jan. 15 in their first meeting this season.
Jenerrie Harris is in her fourth season as coach of the River Hawks. Her team went 3-26 overall and 0-16 in the league last season.
UPCOMING: The Wildcats close out the regular season with Thursday's game at UMass Lowell. The final America East games of the regular season are scheduled for Sunday. UNH's next game will be in the quarterfinals of the league tournament in Portland on Saturday, March 3.
WEEKLY HONORS
Carlie Pogue was named America East Player of the Week on Feb. 19. The league's Player of the Year in 2016-17, Pogue averaged 20 points and eight rebounds a game in a pair of UNH contests in the week leading up to Feb. 19. She made 17 of her 23 field goals (74 percent) in the two games. UNH split the games. Pogue scored a season-high 29 points with nine rebounds against Hartford. She made 12 of her 14 field goal attempts in that game. The Player of the Week honors were the first received by a Wildcat this season. Pogue was named Player of the Week four times in the 2015-16 season, including three times in the last six weeks of the season.
SENIOR DAY: The women's basketball team celebrated its eight seniors on Saturday, Feb. 17. These seniors helped take the program to new and unprecedented heights over their four years. Their many accomplishments included the team's first outright America East regular season championship in 2016-17 when they also put up a best-ever overall record of 26-6. The Wildcats smashed the previous record of wins in a season of 23. They also had a program-best 15-1 record in America East last season, a 13-game winning streak and made an appearance in the NIT tournament. Kudos to the seniors: Carlie Pogue, Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, Olivia Healy, Aliza Simpson, Peyton Booth, Morgan Bassett-Smith and head team manager Andrew Marden.
PORTLAND TOWN: Tickets are on sale for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the America East tournament that will be played for the second year at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. The quarterfinals are scheduled for Saturday, March 3 and the semifinals for Sunday, March 4. Tickets for the games in Portland are available at www.crossarenaportland.com. The championship game will be played on Friday, March 9 at the home of the top seed remaining in the tournament. The games in Portland will be on ESPN3 and the title game will be on ESPNU. A first-round game will be played Wednesday, Feb. 28 with the No. 8 team in the standings playing host to the No. 9.
PLAY4KAY: The Saturday, Feb. 3 contest against Albany was the team's Play4Kay game in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Foundation, breast cancer awareness and the fight against all women's cancers. Originally called Think Pink, the organization was founded by the late Kay Yow, the head women's basketball coach at North Carolina State University. Yow battled breast cancer off and on for 22 years before passing away from the illness in 2009.
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.
HOME AGAIN: The Wildcats are 9-4 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 128-111 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 a few UNH career lists. She is at No. 5 on the scoring list with 1,494 career points. Maren Matthias (2000-04) is No. 4 at 1,503. Sheila Danker (1993-97) is No. 3 1,539. Pogue is No. 7 in rebounding with 704. Theresa Redmond (1979-83) is No. 6 at 745 and Gail Jackson (1980-84) is No. 5 at 747. Pogue is No. 8 in career blocked shots with 76. Kris Kinney (1985-89) is No. 7 with 77 and Ray Williams (2003-07) is at No. 6 with 84.
FOR THE DEFENSE: UNH is third in America East in scoring defense. The Wildcats allow 57.5 points a game. UNH led the league in scoring defense last year 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. 15 in three-point field goals with 90. Marcie Lane (1991-94) is at No. 14 with 95. Simpson is No. 15 in assists with 255. Christine Gulas (1982-84) is No. 14 with 264.
DOUBLE THE FUN: Carlie Pogue scored 20 points and had 12 rebounds in UNH's 74-68 win over league-leading Albany on Feb. 3 for her first double-double of the season. It was the fifth double-double for the team. Olivia Healy scored 13 points and had 10 rebounds in a 54-52 loss to Binghamton on Jan. 27 for her third double-double. Healy had a career high 23 points and had 11 rebounds in a 63-61 win at Binghamton on Jan. 10. 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.
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 eight 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 three other America East games 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. On Feb. 11 they trailed at UMBC 23-22 at the half and rallied for a 51-46 win. On Feb. 14, UNH trailed Hartford 32-31 at the half and won 76-58.
GOOD MORNING: The Wildcats played four games with 11 a.m. start times this season. They went 3-1 in those contests with wins over Wagner, UMBC at home and Hartford at home.
THE CAPTAINS: Kat Fogarty, Brittni Lai, senior guard Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) and junior guard Emily Peters (Lindstrom, Minn.) are 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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