Sutherlin, Guadarrama Lead 'Cats Past UMBC, 65-60

Saturday, January 18

Durham, N.H.

11:30 AM

University of New Hampshire

9-9,2-3America East

UMBC

7-12,0-4America East

Team	1	2	F
UMBC	16	44	60
New Hampshire	28	37	65

1/18/2020 3:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Sean Sutherlin (New Brighton, Minn.) recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team to Saturday afternoon's 65-60 win against UMBC.

Sutherlin had a strong shooting performance from the floor (6-for-9) and also hit a pair of foul shots. Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) shot 5-8 from the field, which included 2-4 from the 3-point line, as well as 5-5 from the free throw line to finish with a team-high 17 points. He scored the last four points of the game – all from the foul line – in the final 10 seconds to secure the win.

K.J. Jackson led the way for UMBC with a game high 22 points and nine rebounds. Brandon Horvath and R.J. Eytle-Rock added 14 and 12 points, respectively.

UNH improves to 7-1 at home, 9-9 overall and 2-3 in America East. UMBC falls to 7-12 on the season and 0-4 in America East.

NEXT GAME // NEXT HOME GAME
•New Hampshire returns to action Jan. 25 (4 p.m.) in Vestal N.Y. against Binghamton University.
•UNH's next home game is Wednesday, Jan. 29 (7 p.m.) against the University of Vermont.

TICKETS
•Single game tickets for UNH men's basketball home games start as low as $3 and can be purchased by calling (603) 862-4000, visiting the Whittemore Center box office or going online to www.unhwildcats.com.

FIRST HALF
•UNH opened the game with three buckets inside the paint to give the Wildcats a 6-5 lead at 16:11.
•Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) and Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) hit back-to-back 3-pointers to extend UNH's lead to 14-9 at 11:56.
•The Wildcats continued to extend the lead with a 9-2 run to advance the score to 23-11 at 6:33.
•Sutherlin's short jumper gave New Hampshire its largest lead of the half, 28-14, at 1:20 and the 'Cats took a 28-16 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF
•UNH opened the second half with back-to-back buckets scored by Martinez to build a 32-16 lead at 18:16.
•UNH inched ahead 37-22 at 16:06.
•UMBC slowly began to chip back with 11-6 run to close within 43-33 at 11:06.
•UNH responded with an 8-3 spurt – fueled by Guadarrama and Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) 3-poinerts – to increase the margin to 15 points, 51-36, with 6:53 remaining.
•UMBC got hot and went on a 14-4 run to trim the deficit to 55-50 at 3:53.
•Trailing 59-52, the visitors scored six consecutive points to close within 59-58 with 68 seconds to play.
•Lester's offensive rebound and layup gave the 'Cats a 61-58 lead with 34 seconds remaining.
•Eytle-Rock answered with a layup to once again make it a one-point differential with 25 seconds on the clock.
•UNH called its last timeout, then kept possession on a jump ball with 12 seconds left. Guadarrama was quickly fouled and hit both free throws to push the lead to 63-60.
•Horvath missed a 3-pointer at the other end of the court. Guadarrama grabbed the defensive rebound, was fouled and made both free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining.

SERIES NOTEBOOK
•UNH has a 20-15 lifetime record against UMBC and ended the Retrievers' four-game win streak in the series.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•Sutherlin and Guadarrama are tied for the team lead with six double-doubles.
•Mark Carbone (Wethersfield, Conn.) recorded a game-high four assists. He also had seven points and two rebounds.
•Lester finished with six points and eight rebounds in a game-high 35:48.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
•There were just three lead changes and one tie in the game.
•New Hampshire held the lead for 35 minutes, 49 seconds to UMBC's 3:34.
•UNH finished with a 41-30 rebounding advantage, including an 8-4 advantage on the offensive glass that led to a 13-4 edge in second-chance points.
•UMBC's first-half shooting struggles – 7-23 field goals, 1-5 on 3-pointers, 1-8 free throws – was the main reason the Retrievers netted 16 first-half points.
•In the second half, UMBC shot 13-25 from the floor, 6-10 on 3's and 12-19 at the foul line.
•UNH made 10 of 15 free throws, including 8-12 in the second half.