Wildcats Close Out Non-Conference Slate with #25 Princeton (Sunday, 1:00 PM, ESPN+)

Sunday, December 29

Princeton, N.J.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

Princeton

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Wildcats Close Out Non-Conference Slate with #25 Princeton (Sunday, 1:00 PM, ESPN+)

12/28/2019 12:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

UNH takes on Princeton for just the 4th time in each program’s history.

NEW HAMPSHIRE (3-8) at RV/#25 PRINCETON (11-1)
Sunday, Dec. 29 – 1:00 P.M. – Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, N.J. – ESPN+
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team faces one more non-conference challenge ahead of the start of the America East schedule next Thursday; the Wildcats travel to Princeton, New Jersey this Sunday, December 29 to take on the Prince Tigers at 1 P.M. on ESPN+.

The Wildcats are currently 1-4 in the month of December, 3-8 overall, looking to face one more tough non-conference test; the Tigers, 11-1 on the season, entered the USA Today's Coaches' Poll this past week for the first time since 2015, and are receiving votes in the AP Top-25 as well.

The Wildcats begin America East conference play this coming Thursday, January 2 when they travel to UMass Lowell for a 7 P.M. matchup. New Hampshire returns home for its conference home opener on Sunday, January 5, hosting the Hartford Hawks in Lundholm Gymnasium at 1 P.M. For tickets for the conference schedule this coming January and February, visit UNHWildcats.com/tickets or call (603)862-4000. All America East conference games will be streaming on the ESPN digital family of networks.

LAST TIME OUT:

Senior guard Caroline Soucy (Beverly, Mass.) tallied a new career high mark with 26 points, as the Wildcats women's basketball team fell to the Holy Cross Crusaders by a score of 82-61 on Sunday afternoon. Soucy tallied her new career-high on nine made field goals, three of them from behind the arc, and a perfect 5-5 from the free throw line. Soucy also grabbed five rebounds and two steals.
Fellow senior Ashley Storey (Cumberland, Maine) followed up that effort with 16 points of her own, along with a team-leading six boards, two steals, and two blocks in the contest.
The Wildcats also got a pair of seven-point performances by junior Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) and sophomore Ivy Gogolin (Hopkinton, Mass.). Gogolin also tallied an assist, collected three rebounds and shot 3-4 from the free throw line, while Torres grabbed four rebounds.

ABOUT PRINCETON

The Tigers (Princeton, N.J.) have just one loss on the season to the defending Big Ten Champion Iowa, on the road; they enter the Coaches' Poll for the first time since Nov. 20, 2015.
Princeton has the slight advantage in the young series history; Princeton has two wins to New Hampshire's one.
Last season the two teams faced off for the first time since 1999; Princeton took a victory out of Lundholm Gymnasium, 92-40. The Wildcats won the previous matchup in December 4, 1999 (74-61).
The Tigers have two players averaging over 15 points per game; senior forward Bella Alarie (16.8) and junior guard Carlie Littlefield (15.6).

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