Sutherlin's Double-Double Leads 'Cats past UAlbany, 68-56

Saturday, February 22

Albany, N.Y.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

13-13,6-7America East

Albany

14-14,7-6America East

Team	1	2	F
New Hampshire	35	33	68
Albany (NY)	26	30	56

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Photo by: Brian Foley

2/22/2020 10:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Head Coach Bill Herrion Moves Into Tie for UNH All-Time Wins Lead with 185th Victory

ALBANY, N.Y. – Sean Sutherlin (New Brighton, Minn.) recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team to Saturday night's 68-56 victory against the University at Albany at SEFCU Arena.

The victory was the 185^th at UNH's helm for head coach Bill Herrion to tie the program benchmark established by Gerry Friel.

Marque Maultsby (Raleigh, N.C.) recorded 11 points, four assists, four rebounds and two blocks. Mark Carbone (Wethersfield, Conn.) also scored in double digits with 11 points.

UAlbany was led by Ahmad Clark, who scored 13 of his game-high 24 points at the foul line.

UNH won its second consecutive game to improve to 13-13 overall and 6-7 in America East. UAlbany is now 14-14, 7-6.

NEXT GAME // NEXT HOME GAME
•New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 26 (7 p.m.) at the University of Maine for the next installment in the Border Battle presented by Buffalo Wild Wings.
•UNH's next home game is Senior Day on Feb. 29 (1 p.m.) against Binghamton University.

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
•UAlbany took a 6-2 lead at 16:26.
•UNH went on an 8-0 run to build a 10-6 advantage at 14:56 on a 3-pointer by Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.).
•The Great Danes stopped the run at 14:28, but UNH responded with consecutive 3-pointers by Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) and Jayden Martinez (Cibolo, Texas) to push the margin to 16-8 at 13:32.
•The Great Danes closed within 19-15 at 11:37.
•Carbone hit a 3-pointer at 7:58 and Martinez's layup at 7:00 extended the advantage to 26-17.
•Guadarrama's layup closed the first-half scoring with 52 seconds on the clock and sent the 'Cats into halftime with a 35-26 lead.

SECOND HALF
•Layups by Sutherlin and Chris Lester (Barrington, Ill.) give New Hampshire the first double-digit lead of the game, 39-29, at 16:19.
•UAlbany's 7-0 run sliced the deficit to 39-36 at 13:52.
•UNH responded with seven consecutive points. Carbone hit a 3-ball at 13:08, Maultsby followed with a jumper and Sutherlin made a layup to push the lead to 46-36 at 11:12.
•Guadarrama's layup off a feed from Maultsby pushed the margin to 11 points, 52-41, at 6:27.
•Maultsby's three-point play off a steal and pass from Guadarrama extended the advantage to 55-43 at 4:48.
•A 3-pointer by Sutherlin gave UNH its largest lead of the game, 15 points (60-45) at 4:11.
•UAlbany never got closer than 12 points the rest of the way.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•Sutherlin recorded a double-double for the second consecutive game and third time in four games. He has a team-high nine double-doubles this season.
•Sutherlin has led UNH in scoring six times, rebounding 12 times, and both points and rebounds four times.
•Maultsby has led the team in assists in 13 of 25 games played.
•New Hampshire is 11-0 when leading at halftime.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
•Martinez gave UNH a 7-6 lead 4:36 into the game and the 'Cats remained in front the rest of the way (35:24).
•New Hampshire shot 43.3 percent from the floor and held UAlbany to a .304 field goal percentage.
•UNH made 9 of 20 3-pointers in comparison to the Great Danes' 3-for-21.
•UAlbany made 19 of 27 free throws; the 'Cats were 7-8 from the foul line.
•UNH recorded a 36-31 rebounding advantage.
•New Hampshire finished with a 30-24 scoring edge in the paint, as well an 11-7 advantage in second-chance points (10-8 edge on the offensive glass).

SERIES NOTEBOOK
•UNH has an 18-25 lifetime record against UAlbany. The road team has won each of the past four meetings.