Maultsby, Guadarrama Score 11 Points Each in 73-44 Loss at UVM

Wednesday, February 13

Burlington, Vt.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-21, 1-10AE

Vermont

20-5, 10-1AE

New Hampshire

Vermont

Maultsby, Guadarrama Score 11 Points Each in 73-44 Loss at UVM

2/13/2019 9:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) and Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) scored a team-high 11 points apiece as the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was defeated 73-44 by the University of Vermont at Patrick Gym on Wednesday night.

Guadarrama also had a team-leading six rebounds and three steals. Maultsby's other stats included four rebounds and team-high three assists.

Vermont was led by Anthony Lamb (20 points, six rebounds).Samuel Dingba, Stef Smith and Ben Shungu had eight points apiece.

UNH is now 3-21 overall and 1-10 in America East. Vermont completed the series sweep of the Wildcats to improve to 20-5, 10-1.

LOOKING AHEAD

* New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 16 (1 p.m.) at home for Alumni Day against Stony Brook.

* Tickets for all home games are available online at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling (603) 862-4000.

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FIRST HALF

* With UNH trailing 5-2, Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) made a layup and Guadarrama's 3-pointer from the right corner gave UNH its first lead of the game, 7-5, at 15:15.

* UVM went back in front, 9-7, but Maultsby hit a pull-up 3-pointer in transition to give the Wildcats a 10-9 lead at 12:29.

* Lamb responded with a basket at the other end of the floor and then hit a 3-ball to give the Catamounts a 14-10 lead at 10:54, and the home team led the rest of the way.

* Leading 16-14, UVM went on a 7-0 run to extend the margin to 23-14 at 6:09.

* Maultsby hit a floater in the lane, but the Catamounts responded by pushing the lead to double digits, 27-16, at 4:16.

* The lead then fluctuated between 8 and 10 points until Vermont scored the last four points of the half to take a 38-26 advantage into halftime.

SECOND HALF

* UVM opened the second half on an 8-0 run to push the differential to 20 points, 46-26, at 16:50.

* The lead ballooned to as high as 30 points twice: 66-36 at 6:30 and 67-37 at 4:54.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

* New Hampshire has a 49-103 lifetime record against Vermont. The Catamounts have won 11 straight in the series and 20 consecutive matchups at Patrick Gym dating back to UNH's win in January 2000.

UNH NOTEBOOK

* Guadarrama played a career-high 39 minutes.

* Maultsby played a career-high 33 minutes.
* Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) scored nine points in 35 minutes.

* UNH's five 3-pointers (5-20) tied the team's season low for 3's in a game.

* The Wildcats' 25 rebounds also matched the season low.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

* There was one tie and four lead changes in the game -- all in the first half.

* UVM built its 12-point lead through 20 minutes by shooting 57.7 percent from the floor (15-26) while holding UNH to 37.5 percent (9-24). The Catamounts also tallied a 17-10 rebounding advantage in the first half.

* UVM finished with a .491 shooting percentage. UNH shot 34.1 percent from the floor.

* The Catamounts recorded a 35-25 rebounding advantage.

* Vermont had the scoring edge in the paint (38-16), off turnovers (14-4) and second-chance (6-0).

* Neither team scored a fastbreak point.