Guadarrama, Sutherlin Tally Double-Doubles in 78-71 Loss at James Madison

Saturday, November 23

Harrisonburg, Va.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-3,0-0America East

James Madison

4-2,0-0CAA

New Hampshire

James Madison

Photo by: Shannon Dean

Guadarrama, Sutherlin Tally Double-Doubles in 78-71 Loss at James Madison

11/23/2019 7:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) and Sean Sutherlin (New Brighton, Minn.) both recorded a double-double for the Wildcats, but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team's second-half comeback fell short in a 78-71 loss to James Madison University at the Convocation Center on Saturday afternoon.

Guadarrama led UNH in both scoring (20 points) and rebounding (11) for the third time this season; he also had a team-high three assists. Sutherlin recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds. Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) netted a season-high 18 points.

JMU was led by Darius Banks (23 points) and Matt Lewis (20).

UNH, which trailed by 24 points (72-48) with five minutes remaining, is now 3-3. The Dukes improved to 4-2.

UP NEXT
•New Hampshire returns home Nov. 26 for a 7 p.m. tipoff vs. Bryant at Lundholm Gym.

TICKETS
•Single-game tickets for UNH men's basketball home games start at $3. Tickets can be purchased by calling (603) 862-4000, visiting the Whittemore Center Box Office or by clicking here.

FIRST HALF
•JMU scored the first eight points of the game and UNH never tied the score.
•The home team pushed the advantage to 26-9 at 9:42 and led by as many as 24 points (40-16 at 1:36) before taking a 42-23 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF
•Hopkins hit back-to-back 3-pointers, then Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) converted a three-point play and then scored in the paint as UNH whittled the deficit to nine points, 43-34, at 16:36.
•Leading 45-36 with 15 minutes remaining, JMU scored 15 consecutive points to extend the advantage to 24 points, 60-36, at 10:34.
•The Dukes led by a 24-point margin, 72-48, before New Hampshire made a furious comeback.
•Trailing 74-51 with three minutes remaining, the Wildcats netted 12 points in 1 minute, 45 seconds to trim the deficit to 74-63. Both Sutherlin and Guadarrama scored five points during the spurt.
•A 3-pointer by Guadarrama extended UNH's run to 15-0 and lifted the 'Cats within 74-66 with 43 seconds to play.
•Lewis was fouled and made both free throws to reestablish a double-digit lead with 35 seconds on the clock.
•Sutherlin quickly countered with a 3-pointer to advance the score to 76-69 with 27 seconds remaining.
•Lewis made two more foul shots with 19 seconds to go to secure the win.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•Guadarrama netted 20 points on 8 of 15 shooting from the floor, including 3-for-7 on 3-pointers.
•Guadarrama has scored 20+ points in 4 of 6 games and has pulled down double-digit rebounds in 4 of 6 games.
•Sutherlin scored 14 points by making 6 of 13 field goal attempts, including 1 of 2 from behind the 3-point line, and hitting his only free throw attempt.
•Hopkins hit 4 of 13 3-pointers and was 7-for-20 overall.
•Meekness Payne (Phoenix, Ariz.) finished with a career-high eight rebounds.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
•UNH shot 43.2% (19-44) in the second half after shooting 27.8% (10-36) in the first half.
•In comparison, JMU shot 50% (15-30) in the opening 20 minutes and 29% (9-31) in the final 20 minutes.
•The Wildcats finished with the scoring edge in the paint (30-26) and off turnovers (17-10).
•JMU had the advantage in second-chance points (14-10) – despite the fact the Wildcats had an 11-7 edge on the offensive glass – and outscored the visitors 9-3 in fastbreak points.
•The Dukes had a 50-46 rebounding advantage.
•JMU made 21 of 28 free throws; UNH was 3-for-7.

SERIES NOTEBOOK
•Saturday's game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and James Madison men's basketball programs.