Baker Scores Career High 20 in Loss to #4 UConn, 84-64

Monday, November 27

Storrs, Conn.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

4-3,0-0America East

#4 UConn

7-0,0-0Big East

New Hampshire

UConn

Jaxson Baker drains a three point shot.

11/27/2023 11:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

STORRS, CONN. – Grad student forward Jaxson Baker (Phoenix, Ariz.) scored a career high 20 points as the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team fell to defending National Champions #4 UConn, 84-64 on Monday evening from Gampel Pavilion.

Junior guard Ahmad Robinson (West Orange, N.J.) and senior forward Clarence Daniels (Brooklyn, Minn.) both scored 19 points for the Wildcats. Robinson's share marked a career high as a Wildcat.

The Wildcats' record falls to 4-3 (0-0 AE) and UConn's advances to 7-0 (0-0 Big East).

Score: New Hampshire 64, #6 Connecticut 84
Records: UNH (4-3, 0-0 AE), UConn (7-0, 0-0 Big East)
Location: Storrs, Conn. (Harry A. Gampel Pavilion)
Date: Monday, Nov. 27, 2023

UP NEXT:

UNH travels to Sacred Heart on Thursday, Nov. 30 for a match up with the Pioneers at 7 p.m.
The 'Cats will return to Lundholm Gymnasium to take on Columbia on Sunday Dec. 3 at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.

FIRST HALF: 

Daniels opened scoring for the Wildcats, but the Huskies responded with a quick 6-0 run over two minutes to take the lead.
Three pointers from Daniels and Robinson tied the game at 8-8.
UConn later went on a 20-3 run pulling ahead of the Wildcats with 9:00 remaining in the half.
Baker drained four three-pointers in four straight drives over the span of two minutes to cut the UConn led to ten with 5:03 left.

SECOND HALF:

The Huskies opened the half on a 13-3 run followed by a six-minute offensive drought for the Wildcats as UConn expanded their lead to 20 points.
UConn pulled away to a nearly 30-point lead, but UNH responded with a 13-3 run with 3:30 remaining.
The Wildcats added seven more unanswered points to cut the lead to 79-60.
Robinson sank six free throws in the final five minutes for the Wildcats.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The Wildcats were 7-10 from the three-point line in the first half. Of those seven, Baker had four, tying his career high for a full game, in the opening half.
Baker had a total of six made three-point field goals. The last Wildcat to score five or more in a game was Marco Foster when he drained five at NJIT on February 23, 2022.
All the UNH free throw attempts came in the second half.
58 of the Wildcats points were scored by Baker, Daniels, and Robinson.