Guadarrama Scores Career-High 34 Points in 68-66 Loss to UMBC

Sunday, January 10

Durham, N.H.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

4-5,3-3America East

UMBC

9-2,5-1America East

UMBC

New Hampshire

Photo by: Larissa Biette

Guadarrama Scores Career-High 34 Points in 68-66 Loss to UMBC

1/10/2021 6:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) scored a career-high 34 points, but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was edged down the stretch in Sunday afternoon's 68-66 loss to UMBC at Lundholm Gym.

Guadarrama made 11 of 20 field goal attempts, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the foul line in 36+ minutes. Tayler Mattos (New London, N.H.) recorded his first double-double as a Wildcat with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

UMBC was led offensively by R.J. Eytle-Rock's 27 points.

UNH is now 4-5 overall, 3-3 in America East and 3-3 at home. UMBC improved to 9-2 overall and 5-1 in the conference with a weekend sweep of the Wildcats.

Score: UMBC 68, New Hampshire 66
Records: New Hampshire (4-5, 3-3 AE), UMBC (9-2, 5-1 AE)
Location: Durham, N.H. (Lundholm Gym)
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021
Box Score • Highlights

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half

There were nine lead changes and three tie scores in the first half; neither team led by more than six points in the opening 20 minutes
UMBC's largest lead was three points: 21-18 at 5:28 and 23-20 at 5:08.
With UNH leading 31-29, Guadarrama closed the first-half scoring with four free throws, the last two of which came with 0.8 seconds on the clock.

Second Half

There were seven lead changes and five tie scores in the second half.
UNH extended the margin to double digits, 43-33, on Guadarrama's 3-pointer at 16:28.
Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) hit a 3-pointer from the right wing to give the Wildcats a 53-42 lead at 11:17.
UMBC responded with a 15-0 run to surge back in front, 57-53, at 6:58. The rally was sparked by an offensive rebound and three-point play by Keondre Kennedy at 10:39.
Kennedy then hit two more three throws and a pull-up jumper to trim the deficit to 53-49 at 9:14.
A Brandon Horvath steal and dunk made it a two-point game, and then Eytle-Rock's back-to-back three-point plays gave the Retrievers a 57-53 lead.
Guadarrama's driving layup ended UMBC's run at 6:23 and sparked a 7-2 spurt [capped by a Jayden Martinez (Cibolo, Texas) 3-pointer] that gave the 'Cats a 60-59 lead at 4:38.
With UNH trailing 64-62, Guadarrama hit two three throws to tie the score at 2:32, and his next two foul shots gave the 'Cats a 66-65 lead at 1:56.
Eytle-Rock made 1 of 2 free throws to forge the eighth tie of the game, 66-66, at 1:43 and his layup gave UMBC a 68-66 lead with 58 seconds remaining.
UNH's Blondeau Tchoukuiengo (Montreal, Quebec) missed the front end of the 1-and-1 with 39 seconds left and Horvath pulled down the defensive rebound.
With UMBC's shot clock wining down, Eytle-Rock missed a 3-pointer and Martinez grabbed the defensive rebound with eight seconds left.
The Wildcats pushed the ball into the frontcourt. Tchoukuiengo caught a pass in the right corner with two seconds to play. He attempted to split a double team and his game-tying jumper fell short at the buzzer.

WILDCAT NOTEBOOK

Guadarrama bested his previous career high of 28 points vs. Holy Cross in November 2019.
Mattos scored his 11 points on an efficient 5-for-8 shooting from the floor in 24 minutes; five of his 11 rebounds were on the offensive glass.
Martinez finished with 11 points and seven rebounds.
Qon Murphy (Charlotte, N.C.) had a career-high five assists.
UNH shot 42.9 percent (9-21) from 3-point range and made 11 of 15 free throws (73.3%).
UNH finished with a 34-30 rebounding advantage, including an 11-3 edge on the offensive glass that produced a 14-3 margin in second-chance points.
UMBC outscored UNH 38-20 in the paint.

UP NEXT

New Hampshire is scheduled to return to action Jan. 16-17 at Stony Brook University.
The Wildcats' next scheduled home series is Jan. 23-24 vs. UAlbany.