Poser Scores Career-High 24 Points in 65-63 Loss at Binghamton

Thursday, February 26

Vestal, N.Y.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-19,4-10America East

Binghamton

7-23,3-12America East

New Hampshire

Binghamton

Photo by: Katie Beaudrot

Poser Scores Career-High 24 Points in 65-63 Loss at Binghamton

2/26/2026 10:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

VESTAL, N.Y. – Junior forward Davide Poser (Veneto, Italy) scored a career-high 24 points but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was edged 65-63 by Binghamton University at Dr. Bai Lee Court on Thursday night.

Poser scored all 24 of his points on eight 3-pointers. He also had two rebounds and two assists in 28 minutes.

Freshman guard Tyler Bike (Merrimack N.H.) was the other Wildcat who scored in double digits with 10 points, including three 3-pointers. Redshirt sophomore forward Belal El Shakery (Alexandria, Egypt) recorded a game-high 11 rebounds and six points.

Binghamton was led by Jeremiah Quigley (17 points), Zyier Beverly (14), Jake Blackburn (11), and Jackson Benigni (10).

UNH moves to 8-19 overall and 4-10 in America East while the Bearcats are now 7-23, 3-12.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Feb. 28 (2pm) at UAlbany.
The Wildcats conclude the regular season March 3 (6pm) with a home game vs. Bryant University.
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FIRST HALF

Binghamton built an early six-point lead, 9-3, at 17:41 and inched out to a 15-8 advantage at 12:55.
Buoyed by 3-pointers from Jack Graham (Smithfield, R.I.) and Poser, the Wildcats closed within 17-16 at 11:14.
Poser's third 3-pointer of the half leveled the score, 19-19 at 10:10.
John Squire (Sausalito, Calif.) made a layup to give UNH its first lead of the game, 21-19, at 9:22 and the 'Cats remained in front the remainder of the half.
Poser connected again from behind the 3-point line to give UNH a 24-20 lead at 7:53.
El Shakery drove to the rim for a layup to push the margin to double digits, 31-20l at 4:05.
Poser's fifth 3-ball of the half gave UNH its largest lead of the game, 34-20, at 1:54.
Binghamton sliced the deficit to single digits, 34-26, before KiJan Robinson (Apopka, Fla.) made a short jumper with two seconds on the clock to send the Wildcats into halftime with a 36-26 advantage.

SECOND HALF

Bike connected on a 3-pointer to match UNH's larges lead of the game, 42-28, at 17:49.
The Bearcats went on an 11-0 run in the next three minutes to narrow the gap to 42-39 at 14:46.
Poser responded with another 3-pointer at 14:25 to create a 45-39 lead.
The differential fluctuated between 5-7 points until Benigni made three foul shots to put Binghamton back in front, 51-50, at 10:06.
The home team surged out to a 64-56 lead at 2:04.
Poser's eighth 3-pointer capped a 7-0 run that lifted UNH within 64-63 with 51 seconds on the clock.
Beverly was sent to the foul line for a pair of shots with 21 seconds left. He made the first and missed the second with Poser pulling down the defensive rebound.
The Wildcats called their full timeout with 13 seconds remaining and missed a 3-point attempt with two seconds left to end the game with Binghamton on top, 65-63.

UNH NOTEBOOK

This was Poser's first 20+ scoring effort of his career. He scored his previous best of 19 points on Nov. 20, 2024 vs. Endicott.
His previous high of five 3-pointers was also in that game.
El Shakery recorded 10+ rebounds for the eighth time this season.
He has been the team's top rebounder in 18 of 27 games.
Bike and Robinson tied for the team lead with three assists.
Squire was credited with a career-high three steals. He also had five points, four rebounds and two assists.

GAME NOTEBOOK

Binghamton made 8 of 11 free throws (72.7%) in comparison to UNH's 7-for-13 (53.8%).
UNH recorded a 36-33 rebounding advantage that included 14-4 on the offensive glass, but the Wildcats had only a 7-3 edge in second-chance points.
UNH outscored the hosts 36-15 on 3-pointers, whereas the Bearcats had a 40-20 edge in the paint.
Both teams held the lead for 19 minutes in a game that saw three ties and two lead changes.