‘Cats Sweep Regular Season Series against UAlbany with 84-65 Win

Wednesday, January 25

Durham, N.H.

5 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-10,4-3America East

UAlbany

6-16,1-6America East

UAlbany

New Hampshire

‘Cats Sweep Regular Season Series against UAlbany with 84-65 Win

1/25/2023 10:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

First regular season sweep of UAlbany since the 2009-10 season

DURHAM, N.H. – Junior Kyree Brown (Oakland, Calif.) and graduate student Matt Herasme (Chester, N.Y.) each surpassed the 20-point mark in an 84-65 victory against UAlbany, Wednesday evening, at Lundholm Gymnasium.

With the win, UNH improves to 9-10 (4-3 AE) and UAlbany falls to 6-16 (1-6 AE).

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FIRST HALF

The 'Cats took the lead from the beginning with junior Clarence Daniels (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) securing two free-throws after being followed on a layup.
The 'Cats and the Great Danes both contributed buckets over the next few minutes leaving the 'Cats with a three-point lead.
A three pointer from graduate student Jaxson Baker (Phoenix, Ariz.) increased the 'Cats lead to six points, 23-17, with 10:55 remaining in the half.
The Great Danes cut the deficit to within four after a layup from Aaron Reddish made it 30-26 with 4:25 on the clock.
Brown's three-pointer at 3:15 opened up their largest lead of the half at seven points, 33-26.
Herasme paced the 'Cats with 15 points with Brown contributing nine points of his own in the opening frame. Marcus Jackson netted 11 points for the Great Danes.
UNH led UAlbany 40-29 at the half.

SECOND HALF

Junior Nick Johnson (Bronx, N.Y.) and freshman Ridvan Tutic (Novi Pazar, Serbia) got the Wildcats offense going in the second half with a basket from each of them.
The 'Cats went on to score the first four baskets of the half building their lead to 19 points, 48-29.
The Great Danes went scoreless until 15:52 when Malik Edmead scored a jumper making it 48-31
Johnson drove to the rack and finished with a monstrous dunk with 15:14 remaining in the game.
A three-pointer from UAlbanys' Sarju Patel cut the deficit to 12 points for the Great Danes but the 'Cats responded with a 9-0 run for a 61-40 lead.
The Wildcats went 5 of 5 from the field over a four-minute stretch to hold onto their double-digit lead with less than four minutes remaining.
Herasme sank a three-pointer with 2:38 left in the game to reach a career-high 22 points.
Johnson ended the game with a three-pointer securing the win, 84-65
UNH outscored UAlbany 44-36 in the second half on 54.8% shooting from the field.

NOTEWORTHY

UNH is now 19-21 in the all-time series against UAlbany. The 'Cats are 11-7 when hosting the Great Danes at Lundholm Gymnasium.
This is the first time the Wildcats have swept the two-game regular season series with UAlbany since the 2009-10 season.
Herasme scored a career-high 22 points, 15of which came in the first half of the game.
Daniels put up 17 rebounds to lead the 'Cats on the glass. The last time Daniels recorded 17+ rebounds was at Columbia (18) on Dec. 3, 2022.
Herasme has now recorded a three in 18 of the 19 games he's played in this season.
Johnson has now scored in double figures in 10 straight games, the longest active streak on the team.
Daniels recorded his 10th double-double of the season, scoring 12 points while grabbing 17 rebounds, tying him for the ninth most in Div. 1.
The 'Cats led for 39:17, never trailing in the game.
Marcus Jackson scored 15 points to lead the Great Danes while Sarju Patel tallied 14 of his own for UAlbany.

NEXT UP

UNH returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Lundholm Gym against UMass Lowell in America East play at 1 p.m.

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