Seniors, Torres Lead 'Cats Past UAlbany, 56-53

Saturday, February 22

Durham, N.H.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

10-16,7-7America East

Albany

9-18,5-9America East

Albany (NY)

New Hampshire

Photo by: Helene Bartsch

2/22/2020 4:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Seniors Maggie Ahearn (Marshfield, Mass.), Caroline Soucy (Beverly, Mass.) and Ashley Storey (Cumberland, Maine) all scored in double digits to lead the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 56-53 Senior Day victory against UAlbany at Lundholm Gym.

Soucy and Storey netted 11 points apiece and Ahearn scored 10. Soucy also tallied three rebounds and three steals, while Storey finished with four rebounds and four assists. Ahearn added four rebounds, a steal and a block.

Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) scored 11 points and hit two free throws with 2.7 seconds left in the game to seal the win. Her other stats included four rebounds, four steals, an assist and one block.

UAlbany was led by Helene Haegerstrand (15 points, seven rebounds) and Alexi Schecter (11 points, five rebounds).

UNH completed the season series sweep of the Great Danes to extend its winning streak to three games, improve to 10-16 overall and 7-7 in America East. UAlbany is now 9-18, 5-9.

NEXT UP
New Hampshire returns to action Wednesday, Feb. 26 at home against the University of Maine in a continuation of the Border Battle, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: UNH 56, UAlbany 53
Records: New Hampshire (10-16, 7-7 AE), UAlbany (9-18, 5-9 AE)
Location: Lundholm Gymnasium (Durham, N.H.)
Date: February 22, 2020
Time: 1:523
Attendance: 422

HIGHLIGHTS

UNH matched its season low of six turnovers and recorded nine steals.
The Wildcats scored 23 third-quarter points with a .429 field goal percentage (6-14) and .818 free throw percentage (9-11).
Héléna Delaruelle (Enghien-les-Bains, France) finished with two points, six rebounds and four assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Ahearn opened the game scoring with a steal and fastbreak layup at 8:03.
UAlbany took a 6-2 lead, but the Wildcat responded with an 8-2 run to take a 10-8 lead on Soucy's 3-pointer at 3:52.
The Great Danes went back in front 13-10 before Ivy Gogolin (Hopkinton, Mass.) made a layup to end the first quarter.
UAlbany's Haegerstrand started the second quarter with a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 16-12.
That remained the score until Amanda Kantzy's layup pushed the margin to 18-12 at 4:46.
Storey scored UNH's first basket in the second quarter at 1:19 to lift the 'Cats within 20-15.
The Great Danes took a 22-15 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Ahearn starts the third quarter by going 4-for-4 at the line to bring the Wildcats within 22-19 at 8:37.
Trailing 27-21, Torres hits two foul shots, then steals the ball and Storey scores on a drive to the basket to trim the deficit to 27-25 at 6:55.
Torres goes 1-2 at the line to make it a one-point game at 6:17.
New Hampshire pulled within one point twice more when Gogolin completed a three-point play at 4:10 and Storey drained a 3-pointer at 2:02.
Brooke Kane (Derry, N.H.) hit a 3-pointer on UNH's next possession to give the 'Cats a 37-35 lead at 1:17 and the home team was in front, 38-37, at the end of three quarters.
UAlbany starts the fourth quarter on a 6-2 run to regain the lead, 44-39, at 7:30.
Trailing 48-41, Soucy had a key steal and fastbreak layup to ignite a 6-0 spurt that lifted the 'Cats within one point, 48-47, at 3:56.
The Great Danes took a 51-48 lead at 2:46, but Torres responded with a driving layup, steal and another layup to give New Hampshire a 52-51 advantage at 2:05.
Torres goes on 2-0 run giving the 'Cats the lead, 52-51
Haegerstrand goes 2-for-2 at the foul line to put the visitors back in front, 53-52, at 1:45.
Delaruelle drove the right baseline and hit a reverse layup to give UNH a one-point lead, 54-53, at 1:21.
Delaruelle stole the ball with 33 seconds remaining and UNH called a full timeout with 29 on the clock.
Torres was fouled on a drive to the basket with two seconds remaining on the shot clock. She hit two free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead to 56-53 with 2.7 seconds remaining.
UAlbany called a timeout to advance the ball to the frontcourt, and Kantzy misses a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UNH	Leaders	UAlbany
Soucy (11), Storey (11), Torres (11)	Points	Haegerstrand (15)
Delaruelle (6)	Rebounds	Decortes (7), Haegerstrand (7) , Kantzy (7)
Delaruelle (4), Storey (4)	Assists	Stokes (6)
Torres (7-10)	Free Throws	Haegerstrand (4-4)

	Team Stats
32.2%	FG%	42.6%
27.3%	3-pt FG %	30.8%
71.4%	FT	69.2%
28	Rebounds	43
9	Assists	14
6	Turnovers	22
9	Steals	3
2	Blocks	1

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

The senior quartet of Ahearn, Soucy, Storey and Sarah Clement (Falmouth, Maine) were honored before this Senior Day game.
This is UNH's longest win streak of the season.
New Hampshire's two wins vs. UAlbany were by a total of four points. The 'Cats prevailed 48-47 at SEFCU Arena on Jan. 15.
This marked the fifth time this season UNH overcame a halftime deficit to win.
UNH is 4-4 when the game is decided by five points or less.
This was Storey's 21^st double-digit scoring game of the season. Torres is next with 16, followed by Soucy at 15.
UNH converted UAlbany's 22 turnovers into 21 points.
The points in the paint were even at 28.
UAlbany had 12 offensive rebounds to UNH's 11, but the Wildcats had a 7-5 edge in second-chance points.
New Hampshire had a 13-4 advantage in fastbreak points.