'Cats Defeated 66-47 at Dartmouth

Wednesday, December 18

Hanover, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-7,0-0America East

Dartmouth

6-4,0-0Ivy League

New Hampshire

Dartmouth

Ashley Storey shoots over Veronica Kelly for two of her team-high 12 points

Photo by: Doug Austin

12/18/2019 9:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Big Green win third straight in intrastate series

HANOVER, N.H. – Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) scored 10 points and registered team highs of four assists and three steals, but the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team dropped Wednesday night's non-conference, Granite State showdown to Dartmouth College, 66-47, at Leede Arena.

Ashley Storey (Cumberland Maine) led the Wildcats (3-7, 0-0 America East) with 12 points, and Héléna Delaruelle (Enghien-les-Bains, France) scored seven points and handed out three assists.

Katie Douglas paced three players in double figures for Dartmouth (6-4, 0-0 Ivy League) with a game-high 17 points on 6-for-15 shooting, including 4-for-8 from 3-point distance. Annie McKenna chipped in with 14 points (4-for-8), including 2-for-3 from beyond the arc and a game-high eight assists. Anna Luce posted a double-double with 12 points (5-for-9) and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Dartmouth, which never trailed, led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter en route to its third straight win over New Hampshire.

NEXT HOME GAME: The Wildcats play their first home America East Conference game of the season Sunday, Jan. 5 (1 p.m.) against Hartford at Lundholm Gym. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for a food drive that afternoon. For tickets, which start at just $3 for groups, CLICK HERE or call 603-862-4000.

NEXT UP: UNH plays its second straight road game when it visits Holy Cross (5-3) on Sunday, Dec. 22, for a 2:30 p.m. game that will be broadcast live on NESN.

GAME INFORMATION:
Score: Dartmouth 66, UNH 47
Records: UNH (3-7), Dartmouth (6-4)
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena)
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019
Time: 1:38
Attendance: 399

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter
•Dartmouth started out 3-for-3 from 3-point distance, including 2-for-2 for Douglas, to take an 11-7 lead to the first media timeout at 4:27.
•Torres hit an off-balance scoop shot with 2:53 left in the quarter to draw the Wildcats even, 11-11, for the only time.
•The Big Green responded with a 7-0 run to take an 18-11 advantage into the second.

Second Quarter
•Dartmouth kept its hot hand in the early stages of the second, hitting four of its first seven shots and going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc in the first 4:06 of the quarter.
•UNH called timeout to stall a Big Green 10-0 run that upped the home team's lead to 30-15 with 5:54 left in the half.
•The run, which eventually went 21-4, increased the score to 32-15 with 5:23 left before UNH leveled the scoring 6-6 the rest of the quarter, highlighted by a 3-point basket from Sarah Serbascewicz (Ledyard, Conn.) with 2:06 left before the intermission.
•The Big Green led 38-21 at halftime.

Ashley Storey connects on free throw during Wildcats' 8-0 run

Third Quarter
•The Wildcats went on an 8-0 run, sparked by a 3-pointer from Caroline Soucy (Beverly Mass.), a Delaruelle layup, a free throw by Storey and a steal and bucket by Torres that trimmed the lead to 43-31 with 4:46 left.
•UNH outscored Dartmouth, 20-14, in the quarter by shooting 66.7 percent (8-12) from the floor while holding the Green to 33.3 percent (5-for-15).

Fourth Quarter
•Dartmouth outscored UNH, 14-6, in the final quarter.
•The Big Green's biggest lead was 64-43 with 4:16 remaining.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

UNH	Leaders	Dartmouth
Storey (12)	Points	Douglas (17)
Soucy (6)	Rebounds	Luce (13)
Torres (4)	Assists	McKenna (8)
Soucy (2-6)	3-pointers	Douglas (4-8)

	Team Stats
33.3	FG%	48.1
26.7	3-pt FG %	45.0
3-7	FT	7-10
26	Rebounds	42
10	Assists	13
11	Turnovers	20
5	Steals	8
1	Blocks	2

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
•Storey extended her double-digit scoring streak to five consecutive games dating back to Nov. 24. She has led the team in scoring all five games.
•Torres has achieved double figures in three straight games after only hitting that mark once in the first seven games.