‘Cats Fall Short on Spread Respect Night in Conference Battle with Binghamton

2/8/2023 11:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's basketball team fell short Wednesday night at Lundholm Gym, 66-64, as Binghamton came out with the win on Spread Respect night.

With the loss, UNH falls to 11-12 (6-5 AE) and Binghamton improves to 10-13 (6-4 AE).

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Final Stats vs. Binghamton

FIRST HALF

Graduate student Matt Herasme (Chester, N.Y.) started off the scoring for the 'Cats with a putback to make the score 2-2 at the 18:29 mark of the first half.
Junior Kyree Brown (Oakland, Calif.) added a tough layup at the rim to cut the Binghamton lead to 5-4.
After a few scoreless possessions for the Bearcats, Brown drove to the basket before hitting his defender with a great turnaround fade in the paint as the Wildcats led 8-5.
Junior Clarence Daniels (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) built on the 'Cats momentum with a great steal and slam to increase the lead to 10-5.
Junior Nick Johnson (Bronx, N.Y.) hit a catch and shoot three to increase UNH's lead to 6, 13-7. Johnson added on to his points with a great finish at the rim as the Wildcats lead 17-12, with 10:59 remaining in the first half.
Herasme hit a pull-up three to give the 'Cats their largest lead of the game at 7, 21-14.
Binghamton clawed their way back, putting themselves within one point of the lead, 23-22, with 5 minutes remaining.
After a layup and five free throws from UNH, the two teams were neck and neck with a minute to play in the first half, 30-30.
At the end of the opening frame, UNH trailed 33-30 against Binghamton.

SECOND HALF

Once again, Herasme kicked off the scoring in the second half with a drive down the left lane for the finish over the defender.
Freshman Ridvan Tutic (Novi Pazar, Serbia) had an impressive assist to a cutting Herasme who finished with a reverse layup for his second bucket of the half.
The next possession, Tutic came up with the offensive rebound plus the putback layup to tie the game at 36-36.

Daniels gave the Wildcats their first lead since the first half after knocking down a free throw as the 'Cats led 39-38 at the 15:00 minute mark of the second half.
Daniels pulled up for a catch and shoot three-pointer to give UNH a 43-40 lead over Binghamton. Next possession down, great ball movement from the Wildcats led to a Johnson three from the corner.
Johnson showed off his handles, creating separation to knock down his third three of the game. UNH leads 49-42 over Binghamton.
After several defensive stops, UNH had their largest lead of the game, 54-44, thanks to another three-pointer from Johnson to set a new career-high.
Binghamton responded in a big way, going on a 15-0 run over the next five minutes to take a 59-54 lead with 5:31 left to play in the game.
The teams went back and forth over the final five minutes of the game with UNH trimming the deficit to just one point after a defensive stop led to a three from graduate student Jaxson Baker (Phoenix, Ariz.) with 29 seconds to play.
Following a Binghamton layup plus the foul, Hersame netted two free throws to make it a two-point game with 14 seconds to play.
After a well-fought battle, UNH fell in defeat, 66-64 against Binghamton.

NOTEWORTHY

UNH leads the all-time series with Binghamton, holding a 28-23 record. The Wildcats are now 13-13 when hosting the Bearcats at Lundholm Gymnasium.
This is the third consecutive loss for the 'Cats when they play Binghamton.
Herasme finished with 18 points and five rebounds.
Johnson finished with 17 points, three rebounds, and one steal with a career-high in three-pointers made (4).
Daniels just missed the mark of a double-double, recording 15 points and nine rebounds.
The Bearcats were led by Armon Harried who scored 23 points while grabbing seven rebounds.

NEXT UP

The Wildcats return to action when they travel to Burlington, Vt. to take on Vermont, Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Patrick Gymnasium at 7 p.m.
UNH returns to Lundholm Gymnasium on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. to take on UMBC on ESPN3.

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