Storey Powers UNH Past CCSU, 70-59

Sunday, December 8

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-6,0-0America East

CCSU

0-8,0-0NEC

Central Conn. St.

New Hampshire

Ashley Storey (Photo by Helene Bartsch)

Photo by: Helene Bartsch

12/8/2019 3:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Storey has UNH’s first 30+ point performance since 2017.

DURHAM, N.H. – Ashley Storey (Cumberland, Maine) scored a career-high 33 points and hauled down a team-leading eight rebounds to propel the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to Sunday afternoon's 70-59 victory over Central Connecticut State at Lundholm Gym.

Storey shot 13 of 22 (.590) from the floor, including 4-for-5 from 3-point distance, and added three steals in 36 minutes of action for UNH, which snapped a three-game skid to improve to 3-6 in non-conference action.

CCSU slipped to 0-8.

NEXT UP: Following a 10-day break for final exams, the Wildcats travel to Dartmouth in the battle for Granite State bragging rights Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.

NEXT HOME GAME: UNH's next home game Saturday, Jan. 5 (1 p.m.) against Hartford in an America East matchup. For tickets, visit www.unhwildcats.com or call 603-862-4000.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Junior guard Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) followed up Storey's performance with 15 points, going 5-5 at the free-throw line, and dishing six assists on just one turnover, while also grabbing two steals.
Senior Caroline Soucy (Beverly, Mass.) was also perfect from the charity stripe going 4-4; she finished with nine points, five boards, two steals, and four assists on two turnovers.
Sophomore Ivy Gogolin (Hopkinton, Mass.) tallied eight points off the bench, half of those coming at the free throw line.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blue Devils got the first points of the contest, but New Hampshire answered right back with an opening three-pointer by Ashley Storey, and the Wildcats got all the way up to an early 10-4 lead after a quick layup off a rebound by Amanda Torres, assisted by Lexi Greffen (Portsmouth, R.I.) who got the rebound.
Despite a late 8-1 run by the Wildcats in the second, CCSU climbed back to narrow the gap to 18-13 at the first quarter break.
After a steady back and forth second quarter, CCSU came back to take the lead at 33-27, their first lead since the first basket of the game.
New Hampshire answered that by closing out the second quarter on a 10-0 run of their own; a big three-pointer by Ashley Storey halted the Blue Devils' run, followed by Ivy Gogolin (Hopkinton, Mass.) who got a three the old fashioned way with the hoop plus the harm to tie the game at 33-33; UNH would go on to lead 37-33 at halftime.
New Hampshire outscored CCSU 15-6 in the third quarter to maintain the lead at 52-39. UNH saw scoring from Storey (six points) Héléna Delaruelle (Enghien-les-Bains, France), Torres, and Soucy (all with three points) in the third.
The Blue Devils opened up the fourth on a 7-2 run to cut the gap to 55-46, but a final run by UNH capped off by a fastbreak layup by Torres put the lead at 61-46 forcing a CCSU time out.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

UNH outscored CCSU 34-22 in the paint.
New Hampshire tallied 18 points off CCSU's 20 turnovers. UNH only committed seven turnovers in the contest.
New Hampshire shot 6-of-12 from the three point line for 50% three-point shooting on the afternoon. They shot 41.4% from the field overall.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

70 points is UNH's second-highest point total of the year.
Four made three-pointers is another new career high for Ashley Storey in the contest.
Storey's 30+ point performance is UNH's first since the 2016-2017 season.
- Carlie Pogue '18 dropped 31 points on 8-13 shooting and 15-18 free throws against the UMBC Retrievers on February 26, 2017; New Hampshire won that contest 65-61, its 25^th win of the season after clinching their first America East regular season title.
Torres' six assists ties her career high set last season at Minnesota.
Sophomore Mariah Gonzalez (Watkins Glen, N.Y.) got her first career start in Sunday's game. She tallied four rebounds and a block in the contest.