Guadarrama Has Career Night (21p, 16r) in 70-50 Loss to Hartford

Thursday, February 21

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-23, 1-12AE

Hartford

14-13, 7-5AE

HARTFORD

New Hampshire

Photo by: Vincent Dejana

Guadarrama Has Career Night (21p, 16r) in 70-50 Loss to Hartford

2/21/2019 10:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Freshman Forward Hits Five 3-Pointers and Pulls Down Five Offensive Rebounds As Part of First Career Double-Double

DURHAM, N.H. – Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) led both teams and the only double digit scorer for the 'Cats with a career- and game-high 21 points, and led with another career- and game-high 16 rebounds, but the University of Hartford came out with the 70-50 victory against the University of New Hampshire in Lundholm Gymnasium on Thursday night.

Guadarrama made 5 of 6 3-pointers – another career high – and shot 7-for-13 from the floor overall; he was a perfect 2-for-2 at the foul line. The freshman forward pulled down five offensive rebounds as part of his first career double-double. Guadarrama also matched his career high with a game-high three steals.

Jordan Reed (Lucas, Texas) was UNH's next leading scorer with eight points and three rebounds, as well as a team-high three assists.

J.R. Lynch led four Hartford double-digit scorers with 18 points. He was followed by George Blogojevic (13), Travis Weatherington (11) and John Carroll (10). Blagojevic had a team-high 10 rebounds to record a double-double.

UNH is now 3-23 overall and 1-12 in America East. Hartford improved to 14-13 overall and 7-5 in America East.

LOOKING AHEAD

New Hampshire returns to action Feb 27 (7 p.m.) at UAlbany.
The Wildcats' next home game is Senior Day vs. Maine on March 5 (7 p.m.).

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FIRST HALF

Hartford was on the board first and secured a 7-0 lead at 16:20, fueled by a layup and a 3-pointer from Jason Dunne, and a Blagojevic layup.
UNH got its first points on the board on a 3-pointer from Guadarrama at 16:00.
The Hawks extended their lead to 13-3 at 14:08 after a 6-point run with two layups from Weatherington and another by Blagojevic.
Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) sunk two free throws at 10:31 to shorten Hartford's lead to 19-5.

Hopkins hit a jumper for UNH to bring the score to 22-7 at 9:58.
Hartford increased the advantage to 29-7 before Hopkins made a layup at 5:39.
Guadarrama scored 10 consecutive UNH points on a layup, two 3-pointers and another layup to lift the 'Cats within 35-19 in the closing minute.

SECOND HALF

Guadarrama continued his hot hand in the second half with a 3-pointer at 19:15.
Not long after, Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) made a layup at 18:25 to make the score 38-24.
Blagojevic's dunk at 18:02 increased the Hawks' lead to 40-24.
Guadarrama netted his fifth 3-pointer of the game to cut the lead to 40-27 at 17:52, but UNH got not closer the rest of the game.
Reed and David Watkins (Dorchester, Mass.) scored their first layups of the game at 13:58 and 12:44, respectively, to advance the score to 46-31.
Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) with his first points of the game, a layup at 12:11 and a jumper at 9:33, moved the score to 51-35.
Guadarrama hit two free throws at 8:46 to cut the deficit to 54-37.
Watkins and Reed hit consecutive jumpers – albeit two minutes apart – to pull the Wildcats within 56-41 at 5:51.
A 9-2 run by Hartford gave the visitors the largest lead of the game, 68-44, at 2:24.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 27-46 lifetime record against Hartford, which has won each of the last five games in the series.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Guadarrama recorded a double-double in the first half with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He made 5 of 7 field goals, including all three 3-point attempts.
Guadarrama's 16 rebounds are the most by a UNH player since Feb. 8, 2018, when Iba Camara also pulled down 16 boards vs. Maine.
Guadarrama's 21 points is tied for the third highest total by a Wildcat this season.
Guadarrama's previous career highs were 14 points (Nov. 6, 2018 vs. Rivier) and 10 rebounds (Jan. 16, 2019 vs. Vermont).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

There were no ties and no lead changes in the game. Hartford took the lead and didn't look back.
The Hawks built their 35-19 lead on the strength of a .452 shooting percentage while holding the Wildcats to 23.3 percent.
Hartford made 27 of 55 field goals (49.1 percent) and made 10 of 21 of its 3-point attempts (46.7 percent).
UNH made 17 of 58 field goals (29.3 percent) and was 6-for-25 on its 3-pointers (24 percent).
The Wildcats led Hartford in rebounding (39-35), second chance points (12-4) and fastbreak points (7-2).
Hartford outscored UNH in the paint (32-16) and committed fewer turnovers (8-13).