UNH MBB to Honor 1994-95 Team at Friel Memorial Golf Tournament (Friday, Sept. 28)

DURHAM, N.H. – The 1994-95 University of New Hampshire men's basketball team will be honored as part of the 2018 Gerry Friel Memorial Golf Tournament, which is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28 (9 a.m.), at The Links at Outlook in South Berwick, Maine.

"We are excited to celebrate the 1995 team and properly recognize what was, arguably, the best men's basketball team in the history of UNH," said 14^th-year head coach Bill Herrion. "As the head coach of Drexel at the time, I vividly remember how difficult it was to coach against that team featuring so many New Hampshire-born kids, and how close those Wildcats came to winning the league championship."

The '94-95 Wildcats posted an overall record of 19-9 and went 11-5 in the North Atlantic Conference (now America East). UNH shattered previous school records for wins, as no Wildcat squad had posted more than 16 in the previous 91 years of the program.

Watch Highlights from 1994-95 (courtesy WMUR-TV)

Scott Drapeau (Concord, N.H.) and Matt Alosa (Pembroke, N.H.) each scored over 600 points and finished as the top two scorers in the NAC. Drapeau broke his own single-season scoring record with 648 points (23.1 points/game), and Alosa averaged 22.3 points/game while setting UNH"s single-season record for made 3-pointers (87) and leading the NAC in free-throw percentage (.845). Eric Montanari (Hudson, N.H.), who played in 82 consecutive games to close his career, was the third-leading scorer (11.9 points/game).

The 'Cats set an attendance record with 31,871 fans attending 12 home games (2,656 per game) at Lundholm Gym. The highlight was an audience of 3,000-plus that witnessed a 113-111 double-overtime victory over Northeastern on Jan. 26, 1995.

Here is the 1994-95 UNH men's basketball team roster

Number	Name	Hometown
4	Scott Drapeau	Concord, N.H.
10	Matt Alosa	Pembroke, N.H.
12	Spencer Kupferman	Raleigh, N.C.
14	Brad Cirino*	Old Westbury, N.Y.
20	Matt Smith	Concord, N.H.
21	Jamahl Jackson	Amherst, Mass.
22	Ed Eusebio	Hoboken, N.J.
24	Matt Murphy	Fort Edward, N.Y.
30	Doug Wilson	Oshawa, Ontario
32	Eric Montanari	Hudson, N.H.
34	Ryan Gatchell	Epping, N.H.
40	Dan Purdy	Santa Barbara, Calif.
42	Erik Freeman	Newport Beach, Calif.
44	Matt Acres	Palos Verdes, Calif.
50	Ken Rassi*	Bangor, Maine
54	Chris Hibbs	Crystal Lake, Ill.
*-Sat out as transfer
Head Coach: Gib Chapman
Associate Head Coach: Paul Faison
Assistant Coaches: Whit Lesure, Chris O'Connor
Head Athletic Trainer: Jon Dana

To register for the 2018 Gerry Friel Memorial Golf Tournament, visit www.unhwildcats.com/frielgolftourney or contact UNH assistant basketball coach Chris Mohr at chris.mohr@unh.edu.

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