Storey Leads ‘Cats to Season Sweep of Hawks

Wednesday, February 19

West Hartford, Conn.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-16,6-7America East

Hartford

0-27,0-14America East

New Hampshire

Hartford

Ashley Storey (Photo by Vincent Dejana)

Photo by: Vincent Dejana

2/19/2020 9:38:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Ashley Storey finishes with a game-high 21 points.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior Ashley Storey (Cumberland, Maine) went 2-for-2 from three-point range tallying a game-high 21 points as the University of New Hampshire women's basketball took down the Hartford Hawks by a score of 64-55 on Wednesday evening.

New Hampshire took care of the ball with a +8 turnover margin, causing 22 Hartford turnovers and scoring 27 points off of those turnovers. They also grabbed 14 offensive rebounds and tallied 13 points off second-chance opportunities, to Hartford's two.

The Wildcats have now won two in a row and are up to 6-7 in the conference, sitting one win outside of the top four, while Hartford falls to 0-14 in America East play.

NEXT UP: The Wildcats play two straight home games before one final road game to wrap up the regular season; on Saturday they host UAlbany for Senior Day and America East Spread Respect day on February 22 at 12 P.M. They wrap up the home slate with their second to last game of the regular season, hosting Maine in the Border Battle presented by Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday, February 26 at 6 P.M. For tickets to all remaining UNH women's basketball home games, visit UNHWildcats.com/tickets or call (603)862-4000.

GAME INFORMATION:
Score: UNH 64, Hartford 55
Records: UNH: 9-16 (6-7 AE), Hartford: 0-27 (0-14 AE)
Location: Chase Family Arena – West Hartford, Conn.
Date: Feb. 19, 2020
Time: 1:45
Attendance: 610

HIGHLIGHTS:

Storey ended the night at 8-of-18 shooting, five rebounds, three assists and a steal. Storey also drew a team-high six fouls, making three free-throws on the night.
Fellow senior Caroline Soucy (Beverly, Mass.) had a big fourth quarter, tallying 10 points with two big three-pointers, putting her total on the night to 12 points. She was a team-high +17 on the night.
Juniors Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) and Maggie Ahearn (Marshfield, Mass.) each tallied 11 points in the contest; Torres grabbed three steals and dished two assists on no turnovers, while Ahearn grabbed a team-high three offensive boards and eight total, along with a team-high two blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

New Hampshire began the game with two quick buckets off an offensive rebound and a steal to lead 4-0, but a quick three-pointer from Hartford put the deficit back to just one.
After UNH put the lead back to three points at 6-3 another Hartford three-pointer tied the game back up with five minutes to go in the first.
The two teams would trade leads and buckets with Hartford eventually coming out on top at the end of the first frame, 17-14.
The game was tied three times in the early-going of the second quarter; a fast-break three-pointer from Ashley Storey put the 'Cats back in front for the majority of the quarter.
The Hawks would go on a run in the final minute and a half and took a one-point lead at halftime, 31-30.
Hartford extended its lead to four points twice in the third quarter.
The 'Cats started a 9-0 run with 7:40 left in the third up until the media timeout at 4:54 to go, leading 41-36.
UNH would extend to its largest lead of the game thus far, 50-43, on a big three-pointer by Storey with 10 seconds to go.
The Wildcats capped off their best scoring run of the night at 10-0 with a three-pointer by Caroline Soucy with 8:10 remaining in regulation. The 'Cats led by 14 and would on for the 64-55 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

UNH	Leaders	HART
Storey (21)	Points	Lucas (21)
Ahearn (8)	Rebounds	Smith (16)
Delaruelle (5)	Assists	McLemore, Dothard (5)
Storey (3-7) Ahearn (3-4)	Free Throws	Three players (2)

	Team Stats
40%	FG%	41.2%
54.5%	3-pt FG %	36.8%
10-19	FT	6-11
37	Rebounds	37
12	Assists	14
14	Turnovers	22
15	Steals	8
2	Blocks	1

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

With 21 points, Ashley Storey has now tallied 20 or more points in a game eight times this season and 16 times in her career.
Storey is now up to 969 career points, just 31 shy of the 1,000-point mark.
UNH shot 54.5% from behind the arc (6-of-11); it was the fifth game this season where UNH shot 40% or better from three-point range (3-2 record in those games).
New Hampshire is 7-2 on the season when shooting 40% or better from the field (24-of-60, 40% against Hartford).
The win was UNH's first of the year when tying the opponent in rebounds.

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