DeChent Scores 1,000th Career Point in Loss at UMBC

Saturday, February 14

Baltimore, Md.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-17,2-10America East

UMBC

12-12,7-5America East

New Hampshire

UMBC

Photo by: Ryan Moran

2/14/2026 4:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BALTIMORE – Junior guard Eva DeChent (Westchester, N.Y.) scored a team-high 15 points and her 1,000^th career point but the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team was defeated 61-44 by UMBC at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Saturday.

DeChent, who entered the game with 988 career points, reached the milestone with a layup at 5:22 of the fourth quarter. She also had four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block.

Senior forward Lucia Melero Sabat (Barcelona, Spain) finished with 10 points and team-high six rebounds.

UMBC was led by Delaney Yarborough (21 points) and Jade Tillman (13).

UNH moves to 8-17 overall and 2-10 in America East. UMBC is now 12-12, 7-5.

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FIRST QUARTER

UNH got off to a quick start as both Elizabeth Lavoie (Hampstead, N.H.) and DeChent hit a 3-pointer in the opening minute of the game to give the Wildcats a 6-0 lead.
The 'Cats also led 8-2 and 10-4 before UMBC ended the first quarter on a 6-0 run to forge a 10-10 tie through 10 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER

Yarborough opened the second quarter scoring with a pair of free throws to give the Retrievers their first lead of the game, 12-10, at 9:08.
Melero Sabat's layup leveled the score, 12-12, at 8:58.
UMBC went on a 7-2 spurt to build a 21-14 advantage at 7:00.
Back-to-back layups by Maggie Cavanaugh (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.) and Averie Harding (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) and two DeChent free throws trimmed the deficit to one point, 23-22, at 2:10.
UMBC's Heidi Williams beat the halftime buzzer to give the home team a 27-24 lead going into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

UMBC opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run to build a double-digit margin, 36-24, at 5:02.
Carolina Williams (Valatie, N.Y.) ended the spurt with a 3-pointer at 4:30, but the 'Cats got no closer than nine points the rest of the quarter.
The Retrievers led 42-29 through 30 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER

UMBC extended the advantage to 16 points, 47-31, at 8:10 of the fourth quarter.
UNH went on an 8-1 run that started with DeChent's three-point play at 7:52 and ended with her layup at 5:52 to make it 48-39. Camryn Fauria (North Attleborough, Mass.) made a 3-pointer between those baskets.
Another three-point play by DeChent sliced the difference to eight points, 50-42, at 4:25.
Yarborough responded with a layup at 3:53 and the Retrievers maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

UNH NOTEBOOK

DeChent has 1,003 career points with a split of 957 points in 55 games at UNH and 46 in 24 games at the University of Rhode Island.
She was a perfect 6-for-6 at the foul line and scored 10 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter.
DeChent's three assists and two steals were also team highs.
Melero Sabat scored 10 points for the third time this season and she has scored in double digits four times overall.

 
GAME NOTEBOOK

UNH had a 31-30 rebounding advantage that included 9-8 on the offensive glass, and with that a 6-5 edge in second-chance points.
There were two ties and one lead change in the game.
UNH led by as many as six points (three times) and UMBC's largest lead was 17.
UMBC had a 36-24 scoring edge in the paint.
The Retrievers made 15 of 18 free throws in comparison to UNH's 6-for-9.