El Shakery Leads Wildcats with 16 Points at UMass Lowell

Thursday, February 19

Lowell, Mass.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-17,4-8America East

UMass Lowell

12-15,7-5America East

New Hampshire

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Lucy Olson

2/19/2026 10:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

LOWELL, Mass. – Redshirt sophomore forward Belal El Shakery (Alexandria, Egypt) recorded 16 points and eight rebounds but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was defeated 78-56 by UMass Lowell at the Kennedy Family Athletic Complex on Thursday night.

Sophomore forward John Squire (Sausalito, Calif.) pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and scored seven points.

UMass Lowell was led by Angel Montas, Jr. (25 points), Xavier Spencer (17) and Darrel Yepdo (12). Austin Green had a game-high 12 rebounds and Montas, Jr. had 10.

UNH moves to 8-17 overall and 4-8 in America East while UML is now 12-15, 7-5.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Feb. 21 (4pm) against Maine for a Buffalo Wild Wings Border Battle at Lundholm Gym.
It is Campus Race to Zero Waste.
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FIRST HALF

UNH took its first lead of the game when Jack Graham (Smithfield, R.I.) hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key for a 5-4 lead at 18:37.
El Shakery's layup put the Wildcats back in front, 7-6, at 16:51.
UML went on a 9-0 run to built a 15-7 advantage and the River Hawks maintained the lead the rest of the way.
The margin reached double digits, 24-14, at 9:33.
The lead grew to 40-23 with 1:27 remaining in the first half.

SECOND HALF

UNH opened the second half on a 9-4 spurt to trim the deficit to single digits, 46-37, when Bike hit a 3-pointer at 15:26.
UMass Lowell scored 12 consecutive points to build a 58-37 lead at 11:16.
The margin fluctuated between 18-26 points the rest of the way.

UNH NOTEBOOK

El Shakery has been UNH's top scorer in seven games this season.
Squire has also been the Wildcats top rebounder seven times.
Jon O'Neill (Kaukauna, Wis.) recorded seven points and four points in 11 minutes.
Tyler Bike (Merrimack N.H.) had a team-high four assists.
Bike has been UNH's assist leader 11 times.
UNH had 13 assists on 22 made field goals.

GAME NOTEBOOK

UNH had an 11-10 edge in second-chance points with a 12-8 advantage in offensive rebounds.
UML finished with the overall rebounding advantage, 44-39.
The River Hawks went 11-for-18 at the foul line. UNH was a perfect 5-for-5.
The Wildcats committed 10 turnovers and UML had nine.