Wildcats fall at Vermont in AE Hoops opener, 82-68

Thursday, January 6

Burlington, VT

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

5-5,0-1America East

Vermont

9-4,1-0America East

New Hampshire

Vermont

1/6/2022 9:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Nick Guadarrama and Josh Hopkins each tallied 18 points apiece in the losing effort for UNH

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Senior Nick Guadarrama (Newington, Conn.) scored a team-leading 18 points to pace three UNH men's basketball players in double digits, but Ben Shungu's 29-point outburst led the University of Vermont to Thursday night's 82-68 America East victory at Patrick Gym on ESPNU.

Sophomore Blondeau Tchoukuiegno (Montreal, Quebec) scored all 16 of his points in the first half, including a career-high four 3-point field goals, and graduate student Josh Hopkins (Greensboro, N.C.) tallied 14 of his 16 after halftime for UNH (5-5, 0-1 America East), which was playing its first game in 24 days.

Vermont (9-4, 1-0 AE) broke the game open with a 20-6 run after a Guadarrama conventional three-point play trimmed the UVM lead to 62-59 with 8:38 left.

Shungu hit 11 of 16 shots (68.8 percent), which included 4-of-6 from 3-point range, and Ryan Davis scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half to go along with seven rebounds.

NOTEBOOK
•Vermont outscored New Hampshire 40-20 in points in the paint.
•The Wildcat bench held a 21-17 edge over the Catamount reserves, led by Hopkins' 6-for-8 shooting and 4-of-5 from 3-point land.
•The first half featured three ties and four lead changes before Vermont went to the intermission with a 36-35 lead.
•UNH's largest lead was 26-23 with 7:26 left in the first half.

NEXT UP
•The Wildcats return to Lundholm Gym for an America East matchup against UAlbany on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 12 p.m. (ESPN3). Tickets are available at www.unhwildcats.com or by calling 603-862-4000.

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