Guadarrama's Career-High 28 Points Lifts 'Cats Past Crusaders, 87-83

Saturday, November 9

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-0,0-0America

Holy Cross

0-2,0-0Patriot

Team	1	2	F
Holy Cross	40	43	83
New Hampshire	46	41	87

Photo by: Helene Bartsch

Guadarrama's Career-High 28 Points Lifts 'Cats Past Crusaders, 87-83

11/9/2019 5:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHOTO GALLERY

DURHAM, N.H. – Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team to Saturday afternoon's 87-83 win against College of the Holy Cross at Lundholm Gym.

It was the second double-double in as many games of the season for Guadarrama, who was also credited with three assists and three steals. Sean Sutherlin (New Brighton, Minn.) also recorded his second double-double of the year with 11 points and 11 rebounds; he also had a game-high six assists and two steals.

Mark Carbone (Wethersfield, Conn.) went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the last 13 seconds to finish with 13 points and secure the victory.

UNH improves to 2-0 overall and Holy Cross is now 0-2.

UP NEXT

New Hampshire begins a stretch of four consecutive road games Nov. 12 (7 p.m.) at St. John's University.
The Wildcats' next home game is Nov. 26 (7 p.m.) vs. Bryant.

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 going online to www.unhwildcats.com.

FIRST HALF

UNH took an 11-3 lead into the first media timeout at 15:59 and pushed the margin to double digits, 17-7, on a 3-pointer by Jayden Martinez (Cibolo, Texas) at 14:46.
Holy Cross rallied to tie the score, 17-17, at 11:28 but Carbone made a 3-pointer at the other end of the floor and the Crusaders never pulled even the rest of the way.
Leading 20-19 at 10:40, the 'Cats went on a 13-5 run to build a 33-24 lead at 7:38. Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) made a pair of 3's during the spurt.
Holy Cross pulled within four points four times and UNH took a 46-40 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF

UNH led 59-54 at 14:49, then neither team scored for nearly two minutes until HC's Joe Pridgen made 1 of 2 free throws at 13:18, and then his 3-pointer lifted the Crusaders within 59-58 at 12:43.
Guadarrama scored UNH's next five points as the lead extended to 64-60 at 11:33, and then Carbone connected again from beyond the 3-point line to advance the score to 67-60 at 11:01.
Blake Verbeek's basket lifted Holy Cross within one point, 73-72, at 5:51.
A putback by Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) made it 75-72 at 5:15, and that was also the score at the final media timeout at 3:57.
Leading 79-74 with two minutes remaining, UNH got the defensive stops to preserve the lead down the stretch. It started with a steal by Guadarrama, and then the Crusaders missed four consecutive field goal attempts.
Ryan Wade was fouled on a 3-pointer and hit all three foul shots to trim the deficit to 82-77 with 13 seconds to play.
Carbone was fouled, but calmly hit both free throws to establish a seven-point lead.
Holy Cross hit a jumper and once again fouled Carbone, but he made both shots from the foul line to give the 'Cats an 86-80 lead with five seconds left.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 13-24 lifetime record against Holy Cross but has won three of the last four meetings

UNH NOTEBOOK

Five Wildcats scored in double digits. Guadarrama (28) was followed by Hopkins (15), Carbone (13), Martinez (11) and Sutherlin (11).
Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) made his season debut. He played 11 minutes off the bench; his stat line included one rebound and one assist.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UNH never trailed after Martinez drained a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game.
There was just one tie score (17-17).
UNH recorded the scoring edge for points in the paint (32-24), off turnovers (16-7), and second-chance points (14-6).
Holy Cross had a 10-3 edge in fastbreak points.
The Crusaders shot 45.5% from 3-point range (10-22) and 80.8% from the foul line (21-26).
The visitors had the slight edge in field goal percentage at 46.6% (15-32) compared to UNH's 44.4% (16-36).