Martinez Records Double-Double in 56-43 Loss to UVM

Wednesday, January 29

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

10-10,3-4America East

Vermont

16-6,6-1America East

Team	1	2	F
Vermont	25	31	56
New Hampshire	16	27	43

Photo by: Taylor Starkey

1/29/2020 10:29:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Sophomore Forward Jayden Martinez Finishes With 17 Points, 11 Rebounds

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

DURHAM, N.H. – Jayden Martinez (Cibolo, Texas) led the Wildcats in points (17) and rebounds (11), but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was defeated 56-43 by the University of Vermont in Wednesday night's matchup at Lundholm Gym.

It was Martinez's sixth double-double of the season. He was a perfect 4 of 4 on 3-pointers and went 3-for-4 at the foul line. Sean Sutherlin (New Brighton, Minn.) finished with totals of nine points and nine rebounds, while Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) had eight points and seven rebounds.

Anthony Lamb led the way for UVM with a game-high 20 points and five rebounds. Stef Smith and Ryan Davis added 11 and 9 points, respectively.

UNH is now 7-2 at home, 10-10 overall and 3-4 in America East. UVM extends its record to 8-3 on the road, 16-6 overall and 6-1 in America East with a sixth straight win.

NEXT GAME // NEXT HOME GAME
•New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 1 (5:30 p.m.) in Lowell, Mass. against UMass Lowell.
•UNH's next home game is Feb. 8 (1 p.m.) against Stony Brook for Alumni Day.

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
•Both teams struggled to score in the opening 20 minutes with UNH at 19.2 percent (5-25) from the floor and Vermont at 35.7 percent (10-28).
•UNH scored the first four points of the game and held a 7-2 lead at 13:10.
•UVM went on a 4-0 spurt to take its first lead, 8-7, at 11:52.
•Guadarrama's layup put the Wildcats back in front, 9-8, at 11:25.
•Neither team scored again until 7:45, when UVM got hot and extended its advantage to 18-9 at 5:52.
•Martinez decreased UVM's lead with two free throws that advanced the score to 20-13 at 1:44.
•Sutherlin's layup lifted the Wildcats within 22-16 with 20 seconds on the clock, but Smith hit a 3-pointer at the other end of the court to send Vermont into the locker room with a 25-16 lead.

SECOND HALF
•A 3-pointer scored by Martinez made the score 27-19 at 18:59, but UVM surged ahead to a 37-19 lead at 15:33.
•Trailing 40-22 at 14:41, UNH slowly chipped back as another Martinez 3-pointer was followed by baskets in the paint from Sutherlin and Guadarrama to pull the Wildcats within 40-29 at 12:43.
•Vermont pushed the margin to 18 points, 50-32, at 9:05.
•Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) decreased the Wildcats' deficit to 52-37 with a 3-pointer at 6:50.
•The Wildcats would get no closer, however, until Sutherlin's layup in transition closed the scoring, 56-43, with 2:19 remaining.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•Martinez's six double-doubles are tied for the team lead with Sutherlin and Guadarrama.
•This marked the fourth time this season Martinez was UNH's top scorer.
•It was also the fourth time he was the top rebounder.
•Martinez has led the 'Cats in both points and rebounds in the same game three times.
•Sutherlin led the team with five assists.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
•There were just three lead changes before UVM pulled away. The score was never tied (other than 0-0 to start the game).
•UVM limited UNH to a .263 field goal percentage (15-57). The Catamounts made 40.4 percent of their field goal attempts (21-52).
•Vermont recorded a 41-38 rebounding advantage.
•UVM outscored UNH in the paint 32-16, as well as 12-2 in fastbreak points.

SERIES NOTEBOOK
•UNH has a 49-104 lifetime record against UVM, which has won each of the past 12 meetings.