'Cats Race By Stony Brook, 52-49

Saturday, January 16

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

4-8,4-5America East

Stony Brook

5-4,3-2America East

Stony Brook

New Hampshire

The teams fight over a loose ball in the closing seconds

Photo by: Larissa Biette

1/16/2021 4:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Torres’ baseline jumper highlights game-ending 7-0 run

DURHAM, N.H. – Amanda Torres (Hudson, N.H.) hit the go-ahead baseline jumper with 13 seconds left to highlight a game-ending 7-0 run that propelled the UNH women's basketball team past Stony Brook, 52-49, in Saturday afternoon's America East game at Lundholm Gym.

With the Wildcats (4-8, 4-5 America East) trailing 49-48 and the shot clock nearing expiration, Torres scored the final two of her team-leading 15 points on a floater off one foot from the right baseline. Torres went 5-for-10 from the field, including 3 of 4 beyond the arc and 2-for-2 at the FT line.

UNH went 14-for-14 from the free throw line –led by an 8-for-8 performance from Ivy Gogolin (Hopkinton, Mass. / 12 points, three rebounds, career-high three steals)-- and connected on 8 of 19 shots (42.1 percent) from 3-point distance to offset SBU's advantages in points in the paint (18-8) and points off turnovers (13-8).

Ivy Gogolin went 8-for-8 at the free-throw line to headline UNH's 14-for-14 team FT shooting.

Paige Cote (Sanford, Maine) scored a career-high 10 points, and Héléna Delaruelle (Enghien-les-Bains, France) added seven points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Stony Brook (5-4, 3-2 AE) missed three consecutive shots in the closing seconds before Brooke Kane (Derry, N.H. / six points, five rebounds) grabbed a key defensive rebound and, following a foul, Adara Groman (Hopkinton, Mass. / two points, five rebounds, two assists) hit two free throws to provide the final margin.

Anastasia Warren scored a game-high 19 points for the Seawolves.

The same two teams meet Sunday at 1 p.m. (ESPN3) in Lundholm Gym.

Score: UNH 52, Stony Brook 49
Records: UNH (4-8, 4-5 AE) Stony Brook (5-4, 3-2 AE)
Location: Durham, N.H. – Lundholm Gym
Date: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Box Score * Game Highlights * Kelsey Hogan Postgame Press Conference * Photo Gallery

HOW IT HAPPENED:

First Quarter:

Stony Brook led by as many as eight points (11-3) and never trailed in taking a 13-9 lead at the end of one.
Mckenzie Bushee went 3 of 5 for six points, and Warren hit both her 3-point tries.
Delaruelle scored on her first two shots to pace the Wildcats with four points.

Second Quarter:

UNH won the period, 13-6, behind Torres' seven points (2-for-3 FG, 2-for-2 FT), to take a 22-19 lead at the half.
The 'Cats went 6-for-6 at the line and held the Seawolves to 15-percent shooting (2-for-13).
UNH outrebounded Stony Brook, 12-8, and won the points-in-the-paint category, 4-0.

Third Quarter:

A high-scoring quarter saw Stony Brook score 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Warren, India Pagan and Asiah Dingle each scored seven points.
Gogolin notched eight of New Hampshire's 17 points on 2-for-3 shooting from the floor and a flawless 4-for-4 at the charity stripe.
The Seawolves held the edge in rebounding (9-5) and points in the paint (10-2).
Stony Brook brought a 40-39 lead to the fourth.

Paige Cote jump-started the game-ending 7-0 run with a 3-pointer that capped her career-high 10-point effort.

Fourth Quarter:

The Seawolves bumped the lead to 45-39 with 6:42 left after a Warren 3 and a Pagan fast-break bucket.
A Torres 3 sliced it to 45-42 before Pagan's putback increased SBU's lead to five with 3:19 remaining.
Delaruelle and Cote each drained 3-pointers sandwiched around a Pagan layup to cut the Seawolves' lead to 49-48 with 2:04 left.
Cote's triple jump-started UNH's decisive 7-0 run.

Game Notebook

Stony Brook's biggest lead was eight points, and UNH led by as many as seven.
The game featured four ties and seven lead changes.
The teams finished even in rebounding (33-33).
UNH recorded nine steals to SBU's five.

LOOKING AHEAD

Following Sunday's rematch with Stony Brook, UNH is scheduled to visit UAlbany for games on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 24. Each contest is slated for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.