New Hampshire Men's Basketball

NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN’S BASKETBALL UNH (9-8, 8-6 AE) at UMass Lowell (8-10, 7-7 AE) Saturday, Feb. 20 • 1 p.m. ESPN3 Costello Athletic Center • Lowell, Mass. 2020-21 Schedule/Results UNH Storylines NOVEMBER (1-0, 0-0 AE) 25 Wed. KEENE STATE ESPN3 93-54 W Overall: 9-8 H: 5-5 A: 4-3 N: 0-0 Streak: W-1 UNH Men’s Basketball Home Page DECEMBER (2-2, 2-0 AE) 1 Tues. BRYANT ESPN3 93-85 L UNH has a 10-6 lifetime record, including 5-2 on the road, vs. UMass Lowell. The River Hawks defeated the Wildcats for the fourth consecutive time Feb. 5, but UNH ended that 6 Sun. at Quinnipiac ESPN+ 64-58 L streak with a 74-63 win one day later (both games were at Lundholm Gym). 27 Sun. HARTFORD * ESPN+ 77-69 W 28 Mon. HARTFORD * ESPN3 53-51 W With the regular season ending this weekend, Saturday’s regular-season finale has major implications in the log-jammed America East standings. UNH could be seeded anywhere from JANUARY (5-5, 5-5 AE) third through sixth. 2 Sat. at Maine * ESPN3 59-56 L 3 Sun. at Maine * ESPN3 62-58 W Jayden Martinez has made 14 of 20 3-pointers the past three games; that calculates to a .700 9 Sat. UMBC * ESPN3 69-54 L shooting percentage. Fueled by his long-range sharpshooting, Martinez is averaging 21.7 10 Sun. UMBC * ESPN3 68-66 L points in that span. 16 Sat. at Stony Brook * ESPN3 81-64 W Qon Murphy has thrived in three games as a starter with averages of 12.7 points, 2.7 rebounds 17 Sun. at Stony Brook * ESPN3 67-64 W and 1.3 assists in 27.7 minutes per game; he is shooting 52%(13 of 25) from the floor. 23 Sat. UALBANY * ESPN3 71-64 W 24 Sun. UALBANY * ESPN3 83-64 L Blondeau Tchoukuiegno has also been flourishing since being reinserted into the starting line- 30 Sat. at Binghamton* ESPN3 65-44 L up Jan. 30 at Binghamton. In four games, he has averaged 10.0 points, 4.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 31 Sun. at Binghamton* ESPN3 ot-71-65 W 3.0 rebounds in 34.9 minutes per game. He has a .483 field goal percentage (14 of 29).

FEBRUARY (1-1, 1-1 AE) 5 Fri. UMASS LOWELL * 74-69 L 6 Sat. UMASS LOWELL * 74-63 W Projected Starters 20 Sat. at UMass Lowell * 1 pm Tied for the team lead in scoring... 1st in FT% and FT PPG RPG APG made & attempts.... 2nd in rebounding, assists, steals, 3 3-point FG made and minutes... AE ranks: #8 in scor- Nick Guadarrama On Feb. 17, America East announced that the regular 13.9 6.7 2.1 ing and #7 in rebounding; #2 in FT%; #5 in defensive Jr. • F • 6-5 • 250 season will conclude Feb. 21. rebounding; #11 in assists; #12 in minutes. 4x AE Rookie of the Week (Feb. 8; Jan. 25; Jan. 19; Dec 28)... Second on the team in FG%... is the team’s top HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS 10 PPG RPG APG Nick Johnson rebounding guard (fourth overall)... Eight consecutive * America East conference game 7.3 4.1 1.2 starts (nine overall)... UNH is 6-3 with Nick in the R-Fr. • G • 6-4 • 200 starting lineup. 3x AE Rookie of the Week (Feb. 2; Jan. 11, Nov. 30)... PPG RPG APG UNH leader in both assists and steals... AE ranks: #6 2020-21 America East Standings 11 in assists; #7 in steals; #5 in assist/turnover ratio... Ca- AE Overall Blondeau Tchoukuiegno 7.4 3.2 3.1 reer-high eight assists Feb. 5... Scored 16 points the next R-Fr. • G • 6-2 • 190 day... Four consecutive starts (10 overall). Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Three consecutive starts and is averaging 12.7 ppg with UMBC 9 3 .750 13 4 .765 22 PPG RPG APG a .520 FG% in those three games (Jan. 31; Feb. 5-6)... Vermont 9 3 .750 9 3 .750 Career-high 24 points with four 3’s Jan. 16 at Stony Qon Murphy 9.1 2.4 1.2 Brook. Hartford 8 6 .571 11 8 .579 Jr • F • 6-5 • 195 New Hampshire 8 6 .571 9 8 .529 Matched career high of five 3’s in both games vs. UMa- PPG RPG APG ss Lowell... UNH leader in 13 stats, including scoring, UMass Lowell 7 7 .500 8 10 .444 24 rebounding, FG%, 3-point FG%, blocks and minutes... UAlbany 5 5 .500 5 7 .417 Jayden Martinez 13.9 8.6 1.1 AE rank: #1 in 3-point FG%; #3 in rebounding; #7 in NJIT 6 8 .429 7 9 .438 Jr • F • 6-7 • 215 scoring; #4 in blocks; #5 in minutes; #6 in FG%. Stony Brook 6 8 .429 8 12 .400 9-8 UNH 67.4 .401 .325 .687 37.8 11.4 5.2 2.8 11.8 Maine 2 6 .250 2 7 .222 Opp 66.3 .425 .342 .724 34.4 9.5 5.6 3.6 12.4 Binghamton 2 10 .167 2 13 .133 W-L PPG FG% 3% FT% RPG APG STL BLK TO UML 69.1 .459 .351 .662 34.4 12.3 5.3 4.1 15.0 UNH Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Murphy 8-10 Phone: 603-862-3906 Email: [email protected] Opp 71.9 .431 .319 .714 32.5 10.7 6.2 2.3 11.7 THE MATCHUP: UNH VS. UMASS LOWELL Series Synopsis Tale of the Tape CLICK HERE for complete series boxes & recaps UNH UML Overall 9-8 8-10 UNH has a 10-6 lifetime record, including 5-2 on the road, vs. UMass Conference 8-6 7-7 Lowell, which elevated to D-I and joined America East in the 2013-14 Home 5-5 3-3 season. The River Hawks extended their win streak in the series to four Away 4-3 4-5 games Feb. 5 at Lundholm Gym, but the Wildcats were 74-63 victors the Neutral 0-0 1-2 next day. Last 5 2-3 3-2 01/26/14 A UNH 61 UML 32 01/15/18 A UNH 72 UML 62 Last 10 5-5 6-4 02/22/14 H UML 58 UNH 52 02/27/18 H UML 92 UNH 77 PPG 67.4 69.1 01/19/15 H UNH 67 UML 64 ot 01/09/19 H UNH 68 UML 64 02/21/15 A UNH 76 UML 60 02/06/19 A UML 72 UNH 62 Opp. PPG 66.3 71.9 02/21/16 A UNH 78 UML 76 02/01/20 A UML 77 UNH 75 FG % 40.1 45.9 02/17/16 H UNH 80 UML 69 03/03/20 H UML 63 UNH 54 Opp. FG % 42.5 43.1 01/25/17 H UNH 80 UML 71 02/05/21 H UML 74 UNH 69 3-pt FG % 32.5 35.1 02/22/17 A UNH 78 UML 67 02/06/21 H UNH 74 UML 63 Opp. 3-pt FG % 34.2 31.9 FT % 68.7 66.2 Most Recent Meeting Rebounding Avg. 37.8 34.4 Opp. Rebounding Avg. 34.4 32.5 DURHAM, N.H. – Junior forward Jayden Martinez scored a game-high Assists Avg. 11.4 12.3 22 points to elevate UNH past UMass Lowell, 74-63, on Saturday after- Turnovers Avg. 11.8 15.0 noon at Lundholm Gymnasium. (Feb. 6) Steals Avg. 5.2 5.3 Martinez also posted a game-high nine rebounds while shooting Blocks Avg. 2.8 4.1 6-for-13 from the floor, including 5-for-6 from 3-point range; the five 3’s Scoring Leader two tied (13.9 ppg) O. Noel (21.2 ppg) matched his career high. Redshirt freshman Blondeau Tchoukuiegno scored 16 points on the Rebounds Leader J. Martinez (8.6 rpg) C. Withers (6.3 rpg) strength of 6-for-10 shooting from the field. He also notched a game-high Assists Leader B. Tchoukuiegno (3.1 apg) B. Daley (3.8 apg) five assists. Steals Leader B. Tchoukuiegno (1.1 spg) O. Noel (1.4 spg) UMass Lowell’s largest lead of the first half was eight points (16-8 at Blocks Leader J. Martinez (1.0 bpg) C. Withers (1.3 bpg) 10:45), while UNH’s largest lead was three (23-20 and 25-22). There were FG Made Leader J. Martinez (86) O. Noel (90) three ties and seven lead changes in the opening 20 minutes. FG% Leader (min 4.0 FGA/game) J. Martinez (48.9%) S. Boudie (64.6%) Bryce Daley beat the buzzer to tie the score at 31 heading into halftime. 3-Pt Made Leader J. Martinez (36) O. Noel (24) UNH led for a majority of the second half (17 minutes, 5 seconds). 3-Pt% Leader (min 2.0 FGA/game) J. Martinez (45.0%) K. Thomas (45.1%) UML led for only 21 seconds, the last of which was at 19:23. FT Made Leader N. Guadarrama (55) O. Noel (93) Nick Johnson’s pull-up jumper gave the Wildcats a 34-33 lead at 19:03. FT% Leader (min 1.0 FTA/game) N. Guadarrama (84.6%) O. Noel (76.2%) The River Hawks tied the game four more times – at 36, 38, 40 and 42 – before Martinez made another 3-ball to five the ‘Cats a 45-42 lead at 14:19 that would not be relinquished. Scouting the River Hawks UNH’s led fluctuated between 3-to-6 points until Murphy and UMass Lowell MBB Website Tchoukuiegno hit back-to-back 3-pointers to extend the advantage to nine points, 62-53, at 6:04. UMass Lowell enters the weekend with an 8-10 overall record that Tchoukuiegno made a pair of free throws to push the margin to double includes 7-7 in America East and 3-3 at home (3-3 in home conference digits, 65-55, at 4:42. games). Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM UML inched within four points,UMass Lo w65-61,ell at New Hatam p2:15shire but the WildcatsGam closede Duration: 1:57 The River Hawks have split each of the last two weekend series; they 02/06/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham the game on a 9-2 run to build a 74-632020-21 Men 'leads Basketba ll with 32 seconds left. Officials: Michael Kitts, Rob Snedden, Andy O'Brien won Game 1 and lost Game 2 in both series at UNH (Feb. 5-6) and at UMass Lowell - 63 Record: 7-9 (6-6) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period UAlbany (Feb. 12-13). TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-31 38.7% 5 Connor Withers F 34:54 5-10 2-3 0-0 1 4 5 2 1 12 2 2 2 0 0 -4 3PT% 3-5 60.0% UMass Lowell has not played a home game since the Jan. 9-10 series 15 Allin Blunt F 32:00 3-9 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 7 2 1 0 1 1 -8 FT% 4-6 66.7% against Hartford. The River Hawks won the series opener, 71-62, but 23 Salif Boudie F 16:23 2-4 0-0 2-2 2 2 4 1 1 6 1 0 2 2 0 -5 2nd FG% 12-29 41.4% 1 Bryce Daley G 37:37 6-15 1-2 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 15 3 2 1 0 0 -5 3PT% 1-7 14.3% Hartford prevailed 75-58 the next day. 2 Kalil Thomas G 22:35 5-11 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 10 0 1 1 1 1 0 FT% 7-8 87.5% 12 Darion Jordan-Thomas 06:35 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 GM FG% 24-60 40.0% On the America East leaderboard, UML is No. 4 in offense (69.1 ppg) 3 Gregory Hammond 07:41 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 3PT% 4-12 33.3% 14 Anthony Blunt 27:14 2-6 0-1 5-6 1 3 4 1 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 -20 FT% 11-14 78.6% and No. 9 in defense (71.9 ppg). The River Hawks are second in field 10 Max Brooks 11:42 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 00 Ron Mitchell 03:19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 goal percentage (.459) and 3-point field goal percentage (.351), but are Team 1 3 4 0 0 Totals 24-60 4-12 11-14 7 22 29 16 9 63 9 6 7 4 4 -11 ninth in 3-pointers per game (6.2). They also average the second highest Technical Fouls::NONE New Hampshire - 74 Record: 9-8 (8-6) number of turnovers per game (15.0) and are fifth in rebounding margin FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-32 34.4% (+1.9). 3 Nick Guadarrama F 38:04 2-6 1-3 2-2 0 5 5 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 0 9 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 24 Jayden Martinez F 35:59 6-13 5-6 5-6 2 7 9 1 4 22 0 2 0 2 0 11 FT% 6-8 75% 10 Nick Johnson G 32:01 5-8 0-1 5-7 3 3 6 0 4 15 2 3 0 1 1 16 2nd FG% 13-24 54.2% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 35:19 6-10 1-3 3-3 0 4 4 2 2 16 5 1 2 0 1 16 3PT% 5-7 71.4% 22 Qon Murphy G 27:30 4-9 1-3 1-2 1 4 5 3 1 10 0 2 0 1 2 9 FT% 12-14 85.7% 1 Marque Maultsby 07:39 0-5 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 GM FG% 24-56 42.9% 15 Tayler Mattos 17:23 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3PT% 8-18 44.4% 23 Chris Lester 06:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 18-22 81.8% Team 2 2 4 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 Totals 24-56 8-18 18-22 12 31 43 10 16 74 10 12 3 4 4 11 Technical Fouls::NONE UML UNH Points from UML UNH Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 8 (1st 10:45) 11 (2nd 0:32) Turnovers 8 2 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 7(1st 10:45) 7(1st 8:40) Paint 30 28 UML 31 32 63 Lead Changes 9 Second Chance 2 13 Times Tied 7 Fast Breaks 11 7 UNH 31 43 74 Time with Lead 13:47 20:49 Bench 13 4 The State of New Hampshire UNH takes a 9-8 overall record, including 8-6 in America East and 4-3 2021 Hercules Tires America East on the road (4-2 in conference road games), into the Feb. 20 regular-season finale at UMass Lowell. Men’s Basketball Championship The Wildcats did not play last weekend. Most recently, the ‘Cats split a home series against UMass Lowell with a 74-69 loss (Feb. 5) followed by a On Wednesday (Feb. 17), America East announced a revision to 74-63 win (Feb. 6). the format for the 2021 Hercules Tires America East Men’s Basket- New Hampshire has alternated between home and away every confer- ball Playoffs that was originally unveiled Jan. 28. ence weekend, and that continues this weekend with a road game at UMass The regular season concludes Sunday, Feb. 21 and all eligible Lowell. teams will qualify for the playoffs. This is the 16th season as UNH head coach for Bill Herrion, who has The top two seeds will earn automatic byes into the semifinals. the most wins in program history with 196. He was honored as the 2019-20 The remaining teams will compete in #AEPlayoffs pods with the America East Coach of the Year by Hoops HD. #3 and #4 seeds hosting games starting on either Friday, Feb. 26 or Saturday, Feb. 27. Playoff Implications The third, sixth and seven seeds will play at one pod. With the regular season ending this weekend, Saturday’s regular-season The fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth seeds will play at the other pod. finale has major implications in the log-jammed America East standings. The field will be re-seeded prior to the semifinals, which will be UNH is currently tied with Hartford for third in the standings at 8-6; Hart- one game played at the #1 seed and the other at the #2 seed. ford is not playing this weekend, so the Wildcats would climb into the No. The men’s championship game is Saturday, March 13 and will be 3 seed with a win Saturday at UMass Lowell. And the third seed will host a carried on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. playoff pod. A loss, however, would send the ‘Cats down the standings and on the READ COMPLETE AE RELEASE road for a playoff pod. That’s because UMass Lowell would move into a tie with New Hampshire Brook -- and have been swept once (vs. UMBC). for fourth place (at 8-7) and would own the head-to-head tiebreaker to earn the No. 4 seed. And with a loss, UNH could potentially fall to the No. 6 seed; Top Rookies UAlbany is 5-5 and could improve to 7-5 with a weekend sweep of Stony Nick Johnson and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno have combined to win five Brook. of the past six America East Rookie of the Week awards; the Wildcats did not The No. 5 seed travels to the pod hosted by the No. 4 seed, whereas the play last week, and thereby did not have a candidate for the award. sixth seed goes to the No. 3-seed pod. Johnson (four) and Tchoukuiegno (three) have combined to win seven rookie awards this season. Johnson was feted Dec. 29, Jan. 19, Jan. 25 and John Thompson Towel Initiative Feb. 8, while Tchoukuiegno received the honor Nov. 30, Jan. 11 and Feb. 2. UNH head coach Bill Herrion will be one of many coaches across men’s basketball who will pay tribute to John Thompson, Jr. by wearing a com- Home / Road Splits memorative towel over a shoulder during games this weekend to mirror the Here’s a breakdown of New Hampshire’s home and road stats (all stats late coach’s signature sideline look. listed home/opponent): The National Association of Basketball Coaches launched the initiative PPG FG% 3-pt FG% FT% Rebs TOs -- intentionally targeted to occur during Black History Month -- to honor Home 70.6/68.8 .421/.423 .362/.343 .671/.758 39.5/33.3 12.2/11.1 Thompson for his lasting impact both on and off the court. Away 62.7/62.7 .371/.429 .277/.340 .707/.664 35.4/36.0 11.3/14.3

3-Point Barrage The Race to 65 Junior forward Jayden Martinez matched his career high of five 3-point- The first team to score 65 points has won each of the past 10 games (the ers in both games of the UMass Lowell series at Lundholm Gym on Feb. 5-6. three games prior to that, neither team scored 65 points). Most recently, He was 5-for-8 from long range on Friday and followed that by hitting 5 of UNH won the race to 65 in a 74-63 win vs. UMass Lowell (Feb. 6). One day 6 from behind the 3-point arc on Saturday for a two-game total of 10-for-14 earlier, the River Hawks took a 66-61 lead at 3:43 and fended off New Hamp- (71.4%). shire down the stretch for a 74-69 victory. Going back one more game (Jan. 31 at Binghamton), Martinez is 14-for- 20 from 3-point range, which calculates to a .700 percentage. In comparison, Conference Leaderboard he is 8 of 21 (38.1%) on 2-point field goals in the same span. UNH enters the final regular-season weekend ranked second in America Fueled by his 3-point barrage, Martinez is averaging 21.7 points the past East in rebounding (37.8 rpg), offensive rebounding (10.9 per game) and three games. rebounding margin (+3.4). New Hampshire averages 11.8 turnovers per game -- that’s second lowest Flourishing as a Starter in the league (to NJIT’s 11.1) -- and the ‘Cats also rank second in assist/ Junior guard Qon Murphy has thrived since being inserted into the start- turnover ratio (0.96). ing lineup Jan. 31 at Binghamton. In three games, Murphy is averaging 12.7 In other stats, the Wildcats are fifth in both offense (67.4 ppg) and de- points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 27.7 minutes per game. Also of note, fense (66.3 ppg). Murphy is shooting 52 percent (13-25) from the floor, and that includes 37.5 percentage (3-8) from 3-point range. Shuffling Starters Redshirt freshman guard Blondeau Tchoukuiegno has also been flour- UNH has used 11 different starting lineups in 17 games, but the Wildcats ishing since being reinserted into the starting lineup Jan. 30 at Binghamton. have sent the same Starting 5 to the floor each of the past three games with In four games, Tchoukuiegno has averaged 10.0 points, 4.5 assists, 1.5 steals guards Nick Johnson, Qon Murphy and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno joined and 3.0 rebounds in 34.9 minutes per game. He has a .483 field goal percent- by forwards Nick Guadarrama and Jayden Martinez. That starting unit has age (14 of 29). a 2-1 record. It is just the second time this season the Wildcats have had the same start- Weekend Splits ing lineup three consecutive games; no Starting 5 has lasted four straight UNH split four of the seven America East conference series, including games. each of the past three -- vs. UAlbany (Jan. 23-24), at Binghamton (Jan. 30- The Wildcats used the same starers during its three-game winning streak 31) and vs. UMass Lowell (Feb. 5-6). that spanned Jan. 16-23. (guards Marque Maultsby and Nick Johnson; for- The Wildcats swept two conference series -- vs. Hartford and at Stony wards Nick Guadarrama and Jayden Martinez; center Tayler Mattos) Then why the change Sunday, Jan. 24, you ask. Mattos was knocked out of the Jan. 23 game just 3:20 after the opening tip and was unavailable the Leads & Comebacks rest of the weekend. Chris Lester, who started the first six games of the Largest lead: 44 [93-49] (Nov. 25 vs. Keene State; 93-54 W) season, was inserted into the starting lineup. Martinez is the only Wildcat who has started all 17 games. Guadarrama Largest margin of victory: 39 [93-54] (Nov. 25 vs. Keene State) has 10 consecutive starts and has started every game in which he’s played. Largest comeback victory: 13 [32-19] (Jan. 16 at Stony Brook; 81-64 win) Johnson has started each of the past eight games. Maultsby started each of Largest deficit: 26, 2x [62-36] (Jan. 30 at Binghamton; 65-44 L) the first 14 games before coming off the bench Jan. 31. [61-35] (Jan. 9 vs. UMBC; 69-54 L) Last Time Out Largest margin of defeat: 21 [65-44] (Jan. 30 at Binghamton) Junior forward Jayden Martinez scored a game-high 22 points to ele- Largest opp. comeback win: 12 [22-10] (Feb. 5 vs UMass Lowell; 74-69) vate UNH past UMass Lowell, 74-63, last Saturday at Lundholm Gym. Martinez also posted a game-high nine rebounds while shooting 6-for-13 from the floor, including 5-for-6 from 3-point range; the five 3’s breakdown of 3-2 with a 1-4 point margin and a 4-3 record when the mar- matched his career high. gin is between 5-9 points. Redshirt freshman Blondeau Tchoukuiegno scored 16 points on the strength of 6-for-10 shooting from the field. He also notched a game-high Wildcats Silence Seawolves’ Offense five assists. Stony Brook entered the Jan. 16-17 series vs. New Hampshire as the UMass Lowell’s largest lead of the first half was eight points (16-8 at second-highest scoring team in America East at 72.5 points per game, but 10:45), while UNH’s largest lead was three (23-20 and 25-22). There were UNH limited the Seawolves to 64 points in both games to earn a weekend three ties and seven lead changes in the opening 20 minutes. sweep at Island Federal Arena. Bryce Daley beat the buzzer to tie the score at 31 heading into halftime. UNH led for a majority of the second half (17 minutes, 5 seconds). Sutherlin Sidelined UML led for only 21 seconds, the last of which was at 19:23. Senior guard Sean Sutherlin is sidelined by a hip injury this season, and Nick Johnson’s pull-up jumper gave the Wildcats a 34-33 lead at 19:03. that is a significant loss for UNH. The River Hawks tied the game four more times – at 36, 38, 40 and 42 – In his first season as a Wildcat last year, Sutherlin averaged 12.8 points, before Martinez made another 3-ball to five the ‘Cats a 45-42 lead at 14:19 9.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 33.9 minutes per game, and he ranked #14 in that would not be relinquished. the nation in defensive rebounding (7.64 per game). UNH’s led fluctuated between 3-to-6 points until Murphy and He was the America East conference leader in double-doubles (12) and Tchoukuiegno hit back-to-back 3-pointers to extend the advantage to defensive rebounding. He also ranked #2 in overall rebounding; #9 in as- nine points, 62-53, at 6:04. sists, field goal percentage (.434) and minutes; 14th in offensive rebounding Tchoukuiegno made a pair of free throws to push the margin to double (1.6 rpg); and 16th in scoring. digits, 65-55, at 4:42. Sutherlin led the team in a total of nine stats and ranked second in three UML inched within four points, 65-61, at 2:15 but the Wildcats closed others. the game on a 9-2 run to build a 74-63 lead with 32 seconds left. Missing Time Saturday Snippets (Feb. 6) Junior forward Nick Guadarrama, selected to the America East Presea- The Wildcats shot 71.4 percent (5-7) from 3-point range in the second son All-Conference Team, missed the Jan. 2-3 Maine series and also was half and finished with a game percentage of 44.4 (8-18), the second-best a DNP Game 3 of the season at Quinnipiac. UNH lost two of those three percentage of the season. games. In comparison, UML made 1 of 7 (14.3%) 3-pointers in the second half Senior guard Josh Hopkins, a stalwart defender and perimeter threat, and was 4-for-12 (33.3%) in the game. has been limited to four games played (with two starts) because of injury. He In the second half, the Wildcats shot 54.2 percent (13-24) from the played back-to-back games Dec. 1 & 6 , then was a DNP the first four Amer- field and finished with a game percentage of 42.9. UMass Lowell finished ica East games before returning to action Jan. 9-10 vs. UMBC. Hopkins has the game shooting 40 percent. once again been a DNP the past eight games. UNH made 18 of 22 free throws (81.8%). The Wildcats finished with a 43-29 rebounding advantage that includ- Top of the List ed a 12-7 edge on the offensive glass, which led to a 13-2 margin in sec- UNH head coach Bill Herrion became the program’s all-time wins lead- ond-chance points. er Feb. 26, 2020, when he guided the Wildcats to a 77-70 victory at Maine. It marked his 186th win in 15 seasons at New Hampshire. Herrion now has January Recap 196 wins at the helm of this program. New Hampshire went 5-5 in January with a breakdown of 1-3 at home The previous UNH benchmark of 185 career wins was held by Gerry and 4-2 on the road. The Wildcats had a season-best three-game winning Friel, who served as head coach for 20 seasons (1970-89). streak (Jan. 16-17-23) and lost back-to-back games twice. Here’s a comparison between January and 2020-21 overall stats. [All stats listed in UNH/ America East Preseason Prognostications opponent format] Junior forward Nick Guadarrama was the only frontcourt player select- PPG FG% 3-pt FG% FT% Rebs TOs ed to the five-member America East Preseason All-Conference Team. Jan. 63.6/65.9 .388/.437 .314/.310 .706/.716 35.5/34.9 11.5/11.7 UNH was selected third in this year’s conference preseason poll. Only Season 67.4/66.3 .401/.425 .325/.342 .687/.724 37.8/34.4 11.8/12.4 Vermont and UMBC placed ahead of the Wildcats.

Give Me a Second Chance Living Up to the Hype UNH outscored the opponent in second chance points each of the first Nick Guadarrama, who made two free throws with 6.9 seconds re- 12 games of the season before UAlbany recorded an 8-7 edge Jan. 24. The maining to lift UNH to a 53-51 win vs. Hartford (Dec. 28) and netted a Wildcats have finished with the second chance scoring advantage in 15 of 17 career-high 34 points Jan. 10 vs. UMBC, is tied for the team lead in scoring games; the other exception was Jan. 31 at Binghamton (15-7 in favor of the (13.9 ppg) Bearcats). Guadarrama is also the top ‘Cat in free throw percentage (84.6%), free throws made (55) and attempted (65). He ranks second in rebounding (6.7 Keepin’ It Close rpg), assists (2.1 per game), steals (0.9 per game), 3-pointers made (20) and Twelve of UNH’s 17 games have been decided by single digits with a minutes per game (31.6). On the America East conference leaderboard, he ranks No. 8 in scoring and No. 7 in rebounding. He also ranks: second in free throw percentage; America East Awards fifth in defensive rebounding (5.2); 11th in assists; 12th in offensive rebounding (1.7) and minutes; and 13th in field goal percentage. Player of the Week Guadarrama recorded his third double-double of the season and 10th Jayden Martinez (Dec. 29) career with 18 points and 10 rebounds in the Jan. 31st 71-65 overtime win at Binghamton. Rookie of the Week In the Jan. 23rd 71-64 win vs. UAlbany, Guadarrama tied his career Nick Johnson, 4x (Dec. 29 ... Jan. 19 ... Jan. 25 ... Feb. 8) high with five 3-pointers and netted a game-high 25 points; he made 7 of 15 field goals, including 5-for-8 3-pointers, and was a perfect 6 of 6 at Blondeau Tchoukuiegno, 2x (Nov. 30... Jan. 11... Feb. 2) the foul line. He helped secure the W with a clutch 3-pointer that gave the ‘Cats a 67-59 lead at 1:15 and made two free throws to advance the score three assists. to 69-64 with 31 seconds remaining. Martinez scored 23 points -- a personal best at the time -- Jan. 3 at Guadarrama scored a career-high 34 points in UNH’s 68-66 home loss Maine in which he made 9 of 16 FGs (2-6 on 3’s) and was 3-5 on free to UMBC (Jan. 10); he made 11 of 20 field goal attempts, including 4 of 6 throws. from 3-point range, and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the foul line. The pre- Martinez had a monster weekend vs. Hartford to earn AE Player of the vious day, he did not score a point (0-2 FGs) in 20+ minutes. Week recognition Dec. 29. He averaged 16.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in Guadarrama netted 19 points (6-10 FGs; 2-4 3’s; 5-6 FTs) in the 77-69 the Wildcats’ back-to-back wins. home win vs. Hartford (Dec. 27). Martinez went 12-for-18 (.667) from the floor, including 4-for-7 (.571) Guadarrama recorded a double-double each of the first two games from behind the 3-point line and 4-for-6 (.667) at the free-throw line. Af- this season. He recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes against ter scoring 13 points (5-for-8 shooting) and collecting eight rebounds in Keene State (Nov. 25) and then scored 16 points with 15 rebounds in 36.3 the 77-69 win against the Hawks (Dec. 27), Martinez followed up with minutes vs. Bryant (Dec. 1). his third double-double of the season, a 19-point, 13-rebound effort on Guadarrama was a DNP Dec. 6 at Quinnipiac as well as both games at 70-percent shooting (7-for-10) in the 53-51 victory on Monday, Dec. 28. Maine (Jan. 2-3). With Guadarrama out of the lineup at Quinnipiac (Dec. 6), Martinez put up 17 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double. He made 30-Point Performance 7 of 15 field goal attempts, including a pair of 3-pointers, in 37 minutes. Nick Guadarrama scored a career-high 34 points Jan. 10 vs. UMBC; his previous career high was 28 points vs. Holy Cross (November 2019). Martinez Lifts ‘Cats past Maine The previous time a Wildcat scored 30+ points in a game was Dec. 30, Jayden Martinez scored a (then) career-high 23 points to lift UNH to a 2017 (Tanner Leissner, 32 points vs. Dartmouth; 83-66 win). 62-58 win at Maine (Sunday, Jan. 3). He also pulled down seven rebounds, Guadarrama’s 34 points is the highest total by a ‘Cat since Jan. 28, including three on the offensive glass. 2017, when Leissner netted 36 points in a 105-103 double overtime loss at One of those offensive rebounds helped secure the win. With UNH UMBC. leading 60-58 and 14 seconds on the clock, the Wildcats were sent to the foul line but missed two foul shots. Martinez corralled the rebound on Martinez’s Jump the second miss, however, and then made 1 of 2 free throws to extend the Junior forward Jayden Martinez, who averaged 7.7 points and 4.9 re- advantage to three points. He played all 20 minutes in the second half with bounds a year ago, has elevated his game in 2020-21 with averages of 13.9 nine points and two rebounds after halftime. points and 8.6 rebounds per game to lead the Wildcats in rebounding and Martinez was UNH’s offense in the first half, when he scored the team’s tie for the lead in scoring. last nine points to lead the ‘Cats to a 30-29 halftime lead. He tallied 14 Martinez leads New Hampshire in a total of 13 statistics, including points (6 of 9 FGs) and five rebounds before halftime. double-doubles (five), offensive rebounding (2.7 per game), defensive rebounding (5.9 per game), field goal percentage (.489), field goals made Now Starting... (86) and attempted (176), and minutes (32.9 per game). Redshirt freshman guard Nick Johnson, a four-time America East He is also the top ‘Cat in 3-pointers made (36) and attempted (80), and Rookie of the Week (Dec. 29, Jan. 19, Jan. 25, Feb. 8), made his second 3-point percentage (45.0%). career start Jan. 16 at Stony Brook and has been in the starting lineup each Martinez has a team-high 18 blocks with a career high of four Jan. 9 vs. of the past eight games; his first start was Jan. 3 at Maine. UNH has a 6-3 UMBC as well as three in both games vs. UAlbany (Jan. 23-24). record with Johnson in the starting lineup. Martinez leads the America East conference in 3-point field goal per- Johnson has made 49 of 106 shot attempts for a .462 field goal percent- centage (.450), is No. 3 in rebounding and No. 7 in scoring. He averages a age that is second best on the team. Johnson is UNH’s top rebounding conference-best 2.7 offensive rebounds per game and is third in defensive guard -- fourth overall -- at 4.1 per game. rebounds per game (5.9). Martinez is also fourth in blocks/game (1.1); In 17 games (nine starts), Johnson is averaging 7.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, fifth in minutes; and sixth in both field goal percentage and 3-pointers per 1.2 assists and 0.8 steals in 23.1 minutes per game. His 0.8 steals/game game (2.1). ranks third. Martinez has been UNH’s top rebounder in 11 of 17 games. Johnson received his fourth America East Rookie of the Week award In the Feb. 5-6 series vs. UMass Lowell, Martinez averaged 20.5 and 7.0 following the Feb. 5-6 series against UMass Lowell. He averaged 14.0 rebounds per game; he matched his career high of five 3-pointers in both points on10-for-19 shooting and also pulled down 4.0 rebounds per game. games. He scored a game-high 22 points and hit 5 of 6 3-point attempts Johnson scored 13 points on Feb. 5 and followed that with a 15-point effort in the 74-63 win on Feb. 6; he also had nine rebounds and two blocks that on 5-of-8 shooting and six rebounds in the Feb. 6th 74-63 victory. game. Martinez netted 19 points and was 5-for-8 on 3’s in the Feb. 5 loss. Johnson registered the first double-double of his collegiate career and The 6-foot-7 junior scored a career-high 24 points and pulled down a set career highs in points (18) and rebounds (10) in the Jan. 23rd 71-64 game-high 14 rebounds to lead the ‘Cats to a 71-65 overtime win at Bing- victory against UAlbany at Lundholm Gym. The 6-foot-4 guard also set hamton on Jan. 31. The 14 boards matched his season high, and the four personal bests in field goals (eight), field goal attempts (15), assists (four) 3-pointers (on six attempts) was a season high. He played all 45 minutes in and minutes (38). recording his fifth double-double of the season and 14th career. One week earlier, Johnson netted 13 points (a personal best at the time) Martinez recorded his fourth double-double with 16 points and game- on 6-for-10 shooting from the floor while adding three rebounds in the high 10 rebounds in UNH’s 81-64 win at Stony Brook on Jan. 16. Martinez Jan. 16 win at Stony Brook. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 9.5 points on shot a highly-efficient 62.5 percent from the floor (5-8) and that included 52.9-percent shooting (9-for-17) to go along with 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 50 percent from 3-point range (3-6). He also matched his season high of assists in 35 minutes in the series at SBU. Dishing it Out, Taking it Away six games as a Wildcat. Murphy went 7 of 14 from the field, which included Redshirt freshman guard Blondeau Tchoukuiegno, a three-time Amer- 4-for-7 from 3-point range, and a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in ica East Rookie of the Week, leads UNH in both assists (3.1 per game) and a season-high 27 minutes, 34 seconds. steals (1.1 per game). Those numbers rank sixth in America East in assists One day later, he made three 3-pointers in the last eight minutes of the and seventh in steals. He is also fifth in the conference in assist/turnover game to help lead the ’Cats to a 67-64 win. His first 3-ball tied the game, ratio (1.4). 49-49, at 7:33, and his next 3-pointer tied the score at 52 at 6:17. Then he Tchoukuiegno’s other stats include 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in 26.7 gave the ‘Cats a 62-61 lead at 2:49. Murphy finished with 11 points on 4 of 8 minutes per game. He ranks fourth in field goal attempts (114) with an av- shooting (3-6 on 3’s). erage of 6.7 per game. Also of note, he is second in free throws made (31) Murphy made his first start as a Wildcat last Jan. 31 at Binghamton. In with an .816 free throw percentage (31 of 38); he’s 10-for-11 (90.9%) from 33:31 of action, he scored 12 points on 4 of 8 shooting, including 1-for-2 on the line the past five games. 3-pointers, and was a perfect 3-for-3 at the foul line. Murphy also had three He’s played all 17 games with 10 starts, including each of the past four rebounds and an assist. and a six-game stretch from Dec. 27 to Jan. 10. Murphy recorded a career-high five assists in 18 minutes Jan. 10 vs. Tchoukuiegno recorded 13 assists in the two-game series against UMa- UMBC. One day earlier, Murphy tallied nine points, three rebounds, one ss Lowell, and that included a career-high eight on Feb. 5. He recorded 16 assist and a steal in 23+ minutes. points -- his highest since netting 18 in the season opener vs. Keen State -- as Murphy played 27 minutes, 22 seconds off the bench to help lead New well as five assists and four rebounds in the Feb. 6 rematch. Hampshire to a 62-58 road win against Maine (Sunday, Jan. 3). Murphy Tchoukuiegno earned AE Rookie of the Week honors on Feb. 2 by re- scored 11 points (3-8 FGs; 5-8 FTs) and pulled down five rebounds. He had cording averages of 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 a strong first half with nine points, including 5-for-6 at the foul line, and blocks at Binghamton. He scored a team-high 10 points in 36 minutes (Jan. three rebounds. 30) and, one day later, led UNH to a 71-65 overtime win by scoring seven of his nine points in OT; in the extra session, he made his only FG attempt and Man in the Middle was a perfect 5-for-5 at the foul line. Junior center Tayler Mattos, a transfer from Bowling Green State, is Tchoukuiegno came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points on the UNH’s man in the middle at 6-foot-11. Mattos made his UNH debut Dec. strength of 6-for-9 shooting from the floor in 26:19 of action vs. UAlbany 27 and was in the starting lineup two games later at Maine (Jan. 2); he start- (Jan. 24). ed four consecutive games spanning Jan. 10 to Jan. 23, but then was a DNP Tchoukuiegno’s streak of six consecutive starts (spanning Dec. 27 to Jan. three consecutive games after being knocked out 3:20 into the Jan. 23 game 10) ended Jan. 16 at Stony Brook. In that game, however, he matched his vs. UAlbany. career high of six rebounds and also had six assists. Then on Sunday, Jan. 17, Mattos returned to action in the Feb. 5-6 series against UMass Lowell. he played a season-low 10:33 with three points, two assists and one rebound. In 11 games (six starts), he is averaging 4.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in 15.2 Tchoukuiegno recorded six assists in playing a 35 minutes, 36 seconds minutes per game. Mattos ranks second on the squad in blocks (nine) and is Jan. 2 at Maine; it was a personal-best mark at the time. third in rebounding. He recorded career highs of 18 points and four steals in the season open- Most recently, he recorded four points and six rebounds in 17:23 vs. the er vs. Keene State (Nov. 25) and pulled down a personal-best six rebounds River Hawks on Feb. 6. at Quinnipiac (Dec. 6). Mattos recorded his first double-double as a Wildcat with 11 points and Tchoukuiegno was named America East Rookie of the Week on Jan. 11 11 rebounds Jan. 10 against UMBC. He scored the 11 points on an efficient to become the first two-time recipient of that award in the 2020-21 season; 5-for-8 shooting from the floor in 24 minutes; five of his 11 rebounds were he was also feted Nov. 30 and again Feb. 2. on the offensive glass. In that first start (Jan. 2 at Maine), Mattos finished with eight points and Maultsby’s Start Streak Stopped three rebounds in 22:24 and followed with six points, three rebounds, two Junior guard Marque Maultsby, whose streak of 28 consecutive starts blocks and two steals in 18:44 (Jan. 3 at Maine). ended Jan. 31 at Binghamton, has 14 starts in 17 games. He’s come off the Mattos made an immediate impact at both ends of the floor in his first bench each of the past three games. games as a Wildcat in the Dec. 27-28 series against Hartford. Maultsby is averaging 6.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per He recorded 10 points, seven rebounds and matched his career high of game. He ranks second in field goal attempts (143; 8.4 per game) and third three blocks in his UNH debut, the 77-69 win Dec. 27 vs. Hartford; he made in 3-point field goal attempts (54; 3.2 per game), as well as third in assists per 4 of 6 field goal attempts, including 1 of 2 from behind the 3-point line. game (1.4) and fourth in steals per game (0.6). Mattos followed that with eight points and nine rebounds in the 53-51 win Despite coming off the bench in that Jan. 31 game at Binghamton, Dec. 28. Maultsby played 35:26 of a possible 45 minutes, including all five in overtime. He finished with four points and season-high eight rebounds, six of Lester Got Back on Track which came on the offensive glass. Grad student forward Chris Lester scored a season-high 12 points, in- Most recently, Maultsby recorded totals of two points and two rebounds cluding a clutch 3-pointer that gave UNH a 59-57 lead with 4:39 remaining, with no assists or steals in the two-game series vs. UMass Lowell (Feb. 5-6); to help lift the Wildcats to a 67-64 win and two-game sweep of Stony Brook he played a total of 26:28. (Sunday, Jan. 17). Maultsby netted a career-high 21 points on the strength of 8-for-9 shoot- Lester was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor -- all on 3-pointers -- and also ing from the floor, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range, to lead the Wildcats made 3 of 4 free throws in 14:43 off the bench. He had scored a total of 12 to a 77-69 win vs. Hartford on Dec. 27. points the previous five games. In the Jan. 2 game at Maine, he scored 17 points on 6 of 10 shooting from But in six games since that outburst, Lester has scored a total of four the floor (2-4 on 3’s) and made all three foul shots; his other stats included points (he hasn’t scored a point each of the past five games). two assists and two steals. Maultsby played a season-high 39:16 the next day In 17 games (seven starts), Lester is averaging 3.2 points and 2.5 re- (and finished with six points). bounds in 15.5 minutes per game. His stretch of 12 consecutive starts (going back to last season) ended Murphy’s Law when he came off the bench Jan. 3 at Maine. He came off the bench six Junior guard Qon Murphy has three consecutive starts and has scored consecutive games before being reinserted as a starter Jan. 24 vs. UAlbany; in double digits with 12 points at Binghamton (Jan. 31) followed by 16 and he played just 7:32, however, did not attempt a field goal or free throw, and 10 at home vs. UMass Lowell (Feb. 5-6). In 14 games overall, Murphy is had two rebounds. averaging 9.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 21.7 minutes per game. Murphy exploded for a career-high 24 points to lead UNH to an 81-64 Return of McClurg victory at Stony Brook on Jan. 16; he had scored a total of 33 points his first After starting the first three games of the season, freshman guard K.J. McClurg was sidelined by injury for the Hartford series (Dec. 27-28) but His accolades included All-State First Team as a senior and All-State Sec- returned to action -- although not the starting lineup -- in the two games at ond Team as a junior, as well as All-OVAC First Team and TRAC Confer- Maine (Jan. 2-3). He recorded seven points on a perfect shooting day (1-1 ence First Team. He was also selected for the WVADA North/South Basket- FGs, 5-5 FTs), in 6:31 off the bench Jan. 2. ball All-Star Classic. Academically, McClurg was a member of the National McClurg scored six points Jan. 24 vs. UAlbany to end a stretch of three Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta (U.S. math honor society). consecutive scoreless games; he had scored a total of four points the previ- As a junior, McClurg helped lead University to the first state champion- ous five games (Jan. 3-23). ship in school history. He averaged 20.0 points and 8.7 rebounds in three He followed that with another six-point effort Jan. 30 at Binghamton in tournament games, and that included 20 points and eight rebounds – both which he played a season-high 27:05; he made 2 of 7 FGs (0-3 on 3’s) and game highs – in the title game. was 2-for-3 at the foul line; it marked his first free throw miss of the season. Willeman averaged over 18 points per game as senior at Lebanon High In 13 games (three starts), McClurg is averaging 4.1 points and 0.8 re- School in 2019-20. He received the 2020 Boys D-II Jack Ford Memorial bounds in 12.5 minutes per game. He is 15-for-16 (93.8%) at the foul line. Scholar Athlete Award for basketball performance, academic performance McClurg scored a season-high 18 points vs. Bryant (Dec. 1) on the and community service/citizenship. As a starting quarterback, Willeman strength of 8-for-8 shooting from the foul line (he shot 4-13 from the floor, passed for more than 20 touchdowns for a Raiders team that reached the including 2-6 on 3-pointers). 2019 D-III championship game at UNH’s Wildcat Stadium. Willeman has played in five games; he scored a season-high four points Frontcourt Depth Jan. 30 at Binghamton; Willeman made his only FG attempt (a 3-pointer) Junior forward Meekness Payne is averaging 3.0 points and 2.1 rebounds and was 1-2 at the foul line. in 11.6 minutes per game; he’s played in nine games, all off the bench. Payne In the in Nov. 25 season opener vs. Keene State, Willeman played 10+ has been a DNP the past three games. minutes, recorded three points and one rebound. He played nearly nine Payne scored a career-high nine points Jan. 24 vs. UAlbany. He was 3-for- minutes (8:52) Jan. 24 vs. UAlbany and recorded two assists and one re- 8 from the floor, including 1 of 2 from 3-point range, and also made both bound, but did not attempt a field goal or free throw. free throw attempts. He also matched his season high of six rebounds in 23 minutes. 3-1 Conference Start In the next game, Payne did not score (0-5 FGs) and had one rebound in New Hampshire’s 3-1 record in America East was the Wildcats’ best con- 13:28 at Binghamton (Jan. 30). ference record through four games since the 2017-18 season, when UNH Payne recorded six points and six rebounds in the opener against Keene lost its conference opener at UMBC before defeating UAlbany, Binghamton State (Nov. 25) and had a career high of two steals at Quinnipiac (Dec. 6). and UMass Lowell. Also of note, UNH had 2-0 conference start for the first time since the Tayler Mattos Returns to Granite State 1994-95 season. Tayler Mattos, a native of New London, N.H. and former standout at Kearsarge Regional High School, announced his transfer to UNH in April Defending Durham 2020. Mattos was granted NCAA clearance to play this season in late De- UNH has a 4-4 home record that includes 3-3 against conference foes. cember. The Wildcats were 10-3 at Lundholm Gym last season, and the six-game As a sophomore in the 2019-20 season at Bowling Green State Universi- home winning streak to start the season marked the longest in 60 years (dat- ty, Mattos played every game with 30 starts to help lead Bowling Green to ing back to the 1960-61 season). a 21-10 record. The 6-foot-11, 250-pound center was one of four Falcons to play every game and no teammate had more starts. How Low Can You Go? Mattos led BGSU in blocks (24) and ranked second in both total re- The 44 points (Jan. 30 at Binghamton) marked a season low for New bounding (5.1 rpg) and offensive rebounding (1.4 per game). He also aver- Hampshire, as did the 15 field goals made, .259 field goal percentage (15- aged 4.9 points per game and had a .475 field goal percentage. 58), .174 3-point field goal percentage (4-23), and four assists. As a freshman in the 2018-19 season, Mattos played a total of 67 minutes in 18 games off the bench. Out of Kearsarge Regional High School, Mattos was ranked the No. 16 player in New Hampshire for the class of 2018 by NewEnglandRecruitin- gReport.com. He was the NH Player of the Year in consecutive years – Divi- sion II as a senior and Division III as a junior.

Qon Murphy Transfers from Houston Baptist University Qon Murphy announced his transfer to UNH in April 2020. Murphy was given NCAA clearance to play this season in late December. Murphy played all 29 games with five starts, including the last four games, in the 2019-20 season for Houston Baptist with averages of 7.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-5, 190-pound guard scored in double digits eight times and matched his career high of 14 points in the regular-season finale on the strength of 4-for-5 shooting from 3-point range. Murphy ranked fourth on the team in points scored (206), 3-pointers made (22) and attempted (61), free throws made (44) and attempted (61), and assists (36).

The Other New ‘Cats in Town UNH’s 13-player roster includes freshmen K.J. McClurg (Morgantown, W.Va.) and Jon Willeman (Lebanon, N.H.). McClurg is a 6-foot-4 shooting guard out of University High School, where he scored 1,294 career points. McClurg’s combined junior and senior season stats included averages of 21.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.5 steals per game, as well as a .554 field goal percentage that included 40.7% (114 of 280) from 3-point range. The Starting Lineup Game-by-Game Date G G G C F F F Res. 11/25 Maultsby McClurg -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester W 12/01 Maultsby McClurg -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester L 12/06 Maultsby McClurg Hopkins -- -- Martinez Lester L 12/27 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester W 12/28 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester W 01/02 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- Mattos -- Martinez Lester L 01/03 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Johnson Mattos -- Martinez -- W 01/09 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Hopkins -- Guadarrama Martinez -- L 01/10 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- L 01/16 Maultsby -- Johnson Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- W 01/17 Maultsby -- Johnson Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- W 01/23 Maultsby -- Johnson Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- W 01/24 Maultsby -- Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester L 01/30 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- L 01/31 Murphy Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- W 02/05 Murphy Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- L 02/06 Murphy Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- W

Record by Lineup G G G C F F F 3-0 Maultsby -- Johnson Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- 2-0 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester 2-1 Murphy Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- 1-0 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Johnson Mattos -- Martinez -- 1-1 Maultsby McClurg -- -- Guadarrama Martinez Lester 0-1 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Johnson -- Guadarrama Martinez -- 0-1 Maultsby -- Johnson -- Guadarrama Matinez Lester 0-1 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- Mattos -- Martinez Lester 0-1 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno -- Mattos Guadarrama Martinez -- 0-1 Maultsby Tchoukuiegno Hopkins -- Guadarrama Martinez -- 0-1 Maultsby McClurg Hopkins -- -- Martinez Lester

Record by Position 3-2 Two Guards / Three Forwards 3-2 Two Guards/ Two Forwards / Center 1-0 Three Guards / One Forward / Center 2-4 Three Guards / Two Forwards

Player Starts Consecutive Season Career Guadarrama 10 14 52 Hopkins -- 2 66 Johnson 8 9 9 Lester -- 7 47 Martinez 17 17 46 Mattos * -- 6 36 Maultsby -- 14 51 McClurg -- 3 3 Murphy # 3 3 8 Payne ------Sutherlin -- -- 27 Tchoukuiegno 4 10 10 Willeman ------

* includes 30 starts at Bowling Green # includes five starts at Houston Baptis Wildcat Single-Game Superlatives Double-Doubles 20+ Point Games 10+ Rebound Games (2020-21 season / career) Nick Guadarrama (2x / 7x) Nick Guadarrama (3x / 12x) Nick Guadarrama (3x / 10x) 25 vs. UAlbany (Jan. 23, 2021) 10 at Binghamton (Jan. 31, 2021) Jan. 31, 2021 at Binghamton (18p, 10r) 34 vs. UMBC (Jan. 10, 2021) 15 vs. Bryant (Dec. 1, 2020) Dec. 1, 2020 vs. Bryant (16p, 15r) 22 at Marist (Dec. 18, 2019) 10 vs. Keene State (Nov. 25, 2020) Nov. 25, 2020 vs. Keene State (18p, 10r) 20 at James Madison (Nov. 23, 2019) 11 vs. UAlbany (Jan. 15, 2020) Dec. 18, 2019 at Marist (22p, 10r) 28 vs. Holy Cross (Nov. 9, 2019) 10 at Marist (Dec. 18, 2019) Nov. 30, 2019 at Florida International (10p, 12r) 20 vs. Curry (Nov. 5, 2019) 12 at Florida International (Nov. 30, 2019) Nov. 23, 2019 at James Madison (20p, 11r) 21 vs. Hartford (Feb. 21, 2019) 11 at James Madison (Nov. 23, 2019) Nov. 19, 2019 at Central Connecticut (13p, 10r) 10 at Central Connecticut (Nov. 19, 2019) Josh Hopkins (-- / 4x) Nov. 9, 2019 vs. Holy Cross (28p, 13r) ------13 vs. Holy Cross (Nov. 9, 2019) Nov. 5, 2019 vs. Curry (20p, 18r) 23 at Binghamton (Jan. 25, 2020) 18 vs. Curry (Nov. 5, 2019) Feb. 21, 2019 vs. Hartford (21p, 16r) 21 at Quinnipiac (Dec. 7, 2019) 10 vs. Vermont (Jan. 16, 2019) 16 vs. Hartford (Feb. 21, 2019) Nick Johnson (1x / 1x) 23 at Florida International (Nov. 30, 2019) Jan. 23, 2021 vs. UAlbany (18p, 10r) 23 at Binghamton (Jan. 5, 2019) Nick Johnson (1x / 1x) Chris Lester (-- / 1x) 10 vs. UAlbany (Jan. 23, 2021) Chris Lester (-- / 2x) ------Chris Lester (-- / 4x) Nov. 12, 2019 at St. John’s (12p, 10r) 22 vs. Stony Brook (Feb. 8, 2020) ------Feb. 9, 2019 vs. Binghamton (10p, 10r) Jayden Martinez (3x / 5x) 11 at Hartford (Jan. 4, 2020) 11 vs. Dartmouth (Dec. 30, 2019) Jayden Martinez (5x / 14x) 22 vs. UMass Lowell (Feb. 6, 2021) 24 at Binghamton (Jan. 31, 2021) 10 at St. John’s (Nov. 12, 2019) Jan. 31, 2021 at Binghamton (24p, 14 r) 10 vs. Binghamton (Feb. 09, 2019) Jan. 16, 2021 at Stony Brook (16-, 10r) 23 at Maine (Jan. 3, 2021) Dec. 28, 2020 vs. Hartford (19p, 13r) 22 at Central Connecticut (Nov. 19, 2019) Jayden Martinez (5x / 15x) Dec. 6, 2020 at Quinnipiac (17p, 12r) 20 at Niagara (Dec. 9, 2018) 14 at Binghamton (Jan. 31, 2021) Nov. 25, 2020 vs. Keene State (14p, 14r) Marque Maultsby (1x / 1x) 10 at Stony Brook (Jan. 16, 2021) Feb. 26, 2020 at Maine (16p, 11r) 21 vs. Hartford (Dec. 27, 2020) 13 vs. Hartford (Dec. 28, 2020) Jan. 29, 2020 vs Vermont (17p, 11r) 12 at Quinnipiac (Dec. 6, 2020) Dec. 7, 2019 at Quinnipiac (12p, 11r) Qon Murphy (1x / 1x) 14 vs. Keene State (Nov. 25, 2020) Dec. 4, 2019 vs Maine Maritime (17p, 10r) 24 at Stony Brook (Jan. 16, 2021) 11 at Maine (Feb. 26, 2020) Nov. 30, 2019 at Florida International (11p, 11r) 11 vs Vermont (Jan. 29, 2020) Sean Sutherlin (-- / 4x) Nov. 26, 2019 vs. Bryant (14p, 12r) ------11 at Quinnipiac (Dec. 7, 2019) Nov. 19, 2019 at Central Connecticut (22p, 15r) 20 vs. Binghamton (Feb. 29, 2020) 10 vs. Maine Maritime (Dec. 4, 2019) Jan. 9, 2019 vs. UMass Lowell (12p, 10r) 22 vs. Dartmouth (Dec. 30, 2019) 11 at Florida International (Nov. 30, 2019) Dec. 9, 2018 at Niagara (20p, 13r) 21 vs. Bryant (Nov. 26, 2019) 12 vs. Bryant (Nov. 26, 2019) 20 at Boston U. (Nov. 16, 2019) 15 at Central Connecticut (Nov. 19, 2019) Tayler Mattos (1x / ) 10 vs. UMass Lowell (Jan. 9, 2019) Jan. 10, 2021 vs. UMBC (11p, 11r) 13 at Niagara (Dec. 9, 2018) Sean Sutherlin (-/ 11x) 10 at American (Nov. 16, 2018) ------March 7, 2020 at UMBC (19p, 13r) Tayler Mattos (1x / ) Feb. 29, 2020 vs. Binghamton (20p, 13r) 11 vs. UMBC (Jan. 10, 2021) Feb. 22, 2020 vs. Albany (18p, 10r) Marque Maultsby (-- / 2x) Feb. 20, 2020 vs. Hartford (13p, 17r) ------Feb. 12, 2020 at Vermont (10p, 11r) 11 vs. Hartford (Feb. 20, 2020 Jan. 18, 2020 vs. UMBC (14p, 14r) 11 at American (Nov. 16, 2018) Dec. 7, 2019 at Quinnipiac (12p, 13r) Sean Sutherlin (-- / 13x) Nov. 26, 2019 vs. Bryant (21p, 20r) ------Nov. 23, 2019 at James Madison (14p, 10r) 13 at UMBC (March 7, 2020) Nov. 9, 2019 vs. Holy Cross (11p, 11r) 13 vs. Binghamton (Feb. 29, 2020) Nov. 5, 2019 vs. Curry (16p, 10r) 10 vs. Albany (Feb. 22, 2020) 17 vs. Hartford (Feb. 20, 2020) 11 at Vermont (Feb. 12, 2020) 14 vs. UMBC (Jan. 18, 2020) 10 at Stony Brook (Jan. 11, 2020) 10 at Marist (Dec. 18, 2019) 13 at Quinnipiac (Dec. 7, 2019) 20 vs. Bryant (Nov. 26, 2019) 10 at James Madison (Nov. 23, 2019) 11 vs. Holy Cross (Nov. 9, 2019) 10 vs. Curry (Nov. 5, 2019) UNH’s Record When...

UNH’s Record... Offensively... Overall...... 9-8 when UNH scores under 50 points...... 0-1 Home...... 5-5 when UNH scores 50-59...... 1-3 vs. America East...... 4-4 when UNH scores 60-69...... 2-3 vs. non-conference...... 1-1 when UNH scores 70-79...... 4-0 Road...... 4-3 when UNH scores 80-89...... 1-1 vs. America East 4-2 when UNH scores 90-99...... 1-0 vs. non-conference 0-1 when UNH scores 100+...... 0-0 Neutral...... 0-0 In Overtime...... 0-0 Defensively... when opponent scores under 50 points...... 0-0 Conference Breakdown... when opponent scores 50-59...... 3-1 America East...... 8-6 when opponent scores 60-69...... 6-4 Little East Conference (Keene State)...... 1-0 when opponent scores 70-79...... 0-1 MAAC (Quinnipiac)...... 0-1 when opponent scores 80-89...... 0-1 NEC (Bryant)...... 0-1 when opponent scores 90-99...... 0-1 when opponent scores 100+...... 0-0 Time of the Day... Day...... 9-8 FG Percentage... Night...... 0-0 when UNH shoots below 30%...... 0-1 when UNH shoots 30-39.9%...... 3-5 Day of the Week... when UNH shoots 40-44.9%...... 3-1 Monday...... 1-0 when UNH shoots 45-49.9%...... 2-1 Tuesday...... 0-1 when UNH shoots 50% +...... 1-0 Wednesday...... 1-0 Thursday...... 0-0 FG Percentage Defense... Friday...... 0-1 when opponent shoots below 30%...... 1-0 Saturday...... 2-4 when opponent shoots 30-39.9%...... 3-1 Sunday...... 4-3 when opponent shoots 40-44.9%...... 4-2 when opponent shoots 45-49.9%...... 1-2 Month of the Year... when opponent shoots 50% +...... 0-3 November...... 1-0 December...... 2-2 3-Point FG Offense %... January...... 5-5 when UNH shoots under 30%...... 2-4 February...... 1-1 when UNH shoots 30-39%...... 4-2 when UNH shoots 40% or higher...... 3-2 Strength of Opposition... vs. teams with losing record...... 4-6 3-Point FG Defense %... vs. teams with .500 record (including 0-0)...... 1-0 when opponent shoots under 30%...... 4-1 vs. teams with winning record...... 4-2 when opponent shoots 30-39%...... 2-6 when opponent shoots 40% or higher...... 3-1 Opening Tipoff... when UNH wins opening tipoff...... 4-4 Free Throws... when opponent wins opening tipoff...... 5-4 when UNH attempts more FTs...... 5-3 when opponent attempts more FTs...... 4-5 Scoring First... when FT attempts are even...... 0-0 when UNH scores first...... 4-3 when opponent scores first...... 5-5 Rebounding... when UNH has more rebounds...... 7-2 At the Half... when opponent has more rebounds...... 2-4 when UNH leads...... 4-2 when rebounds are even...... 0-2 when opponent leads...... 3-6 when tied...... 2-0 Turnovers... when UNH has more turnovers...... 4-4 Margin of Victory... when opponent has more turnovers...... 4-4 1-4 points...... 3-2 when turnovers are even...... 1-0 5-9...... 4-3 10-14...... 0-0 In the Paint... 15-19...... 1-2 when UNH outscores the opponent...... 5-4 20+...... 1-1 when opponent outscores UNH...... 4-4 when even...... 0-0 Second Chance Points... when UNH has more second chance points...... 8-7 when opponent has more second chance points...... 1-1 when even...... 0-0 Fastbreak Points... when UNH has more fastbreak points...... 7-1 when opponent has more fastbreak points...... 1-6 when even...... 1-1 The Last Time UNH...

Won at home ��02/06/21 vs. UMass Lowell (74-63) Lost at home ��02/05/21 vs. UMass Lowell (74-69) Won on the road ��01/31/2021 at Binghamton (71-65, OT) Lost on the road ��01/30/21 at Binghamton (65-44) Won at a neutral site ��12/29/10 vs. Cornell (68-66 at Richmond, Va.) Lost at a neutral site ��11/25/17 vs. Utah State (77-63 at Nashville, Tenn.) Won an AE quarterfinal ��03/02/16 vs. Binghamton (56-51) Won five consecutive games ��2016-17 (02/15/17 - 03/01/17) Won six consecutive games ��2016-17 (02/12/17 - 03/01/17) Won seven consecutive games ��1993-94 (02/01/94 - 02/22/94) Won eight consecutive games �� 1926-27 Won eight road games in a single season �� 2015-16 Lost five consecutive games ��2018-19 (01/12/19 - 02/21/19 ... 11 games) Scored less than 40 points ��01/23/19 at Hartford (L, 74-39) Scored 80-89 points ��01/16/21 at Stony Brook (W, 81-64) Scored 90-99 points ��12/4/19 vs. Maine Maritime (91-37) Scored 100+ points ��11/12/18 vs. Mount Saint Vincent (100-61) Played a single overtime game �� 01/31/21 at Binghamton (W, 71-65) Played a double overtime game ��02/25/17 vs. UMBC (W, 94-90) Played a triple overtime game ��01/19/96, at Maine (W, 109-106, 4OT) Won in overtime ��01/31/21 at Binghamton (71-65 OT) Won by 20-29 points ��01/22/17 at Hartford (25 - 81-56) Won by 30-39 points ��11/25/20 vs. Keene Stats (39 - 93-54) Won by 40-49 points ��1/02/17 vs. Wheelock (45 - 95-50) Won by 50+ points ��12/4/19 vs. Maine Maritime (W 91-37) Shot under 30% from field ��01/31/21 at Binghamton, 25.9% (15-58; L, 65-44) Shot 50% from field �� 12/28/20 vs. Hartford, 52.8% (28x53) ( W, 77-69) Shot 60% from field �� 11/06/18 vs. Rivier, 60.3% (41x68; W, 108-54) Had 50+ rebounds ��12/01/20, 50 vs. Bryant (L, 93-85) Made 10+ 3-pointers �� 01/16/21, 13 at Stony Brook (W, 81-64) Had 3 players score 10+ points �� 01/31/21 at Binghamton (W, 71-65 OT) Jayden Martinez (24), Nick Guadarrama (18), Qon Murphy (12) Had 4 players score 10+ points ��02/06/21 vs. UMass Lowell (W, 74-63) Jayden Martinez (22), Blondeau Tchoukuiegno (16), Nick Johnson (15), Qon Murphy (10) Had 5 players score 10+ points �� 11/30/19 at Florida International (L, 70-69) Josh Hopkins (23), Marque Maultsby (12), Chris Lester (11), Jayden Martinez (11), Nick Guadarrama (10) Had 6 players score 10+ points...... 01/02/17 vs. Wheelock (W, 95-50) John Ogwuche (15), Iba Camara (13), Daniel Dion (11), Jaleen Smith (10), Keon Burns (10), Luke Rosinski (10) Had 2 players score 20+ points ��12/30/17 vs. Dartmouth (W, 83-66) Tanner Leissner (32), Jacoby Armstrong (21) Had 2 players with 10+ rebounds �� 01/31/21 at Binghamton (W, 71-65 OT) Jayden Martinez (14), Nick Guadarrama (10) Had 3 players with 10+ rebounds �� 12/18/16 at Boston U. (L, 73-69) Jaleen Smith (11), Iba Camara (11), Tanner Leissner (10) Had 2 players with a double-double �� 01/31/21 at Binghamton (W, 71-65 OT) Jayden Martinez (24p, 14r), Nick Guadarrama (18p, 10r) Last Time a Wildcat...

Scored 20-24 points...... 02/06/21, Jayden Martinez, 22 vs. UMass Lowell (W, 74-63) Scored 25-29 points...... 01/23/21, Nick Guadarrama, 25 vs. UAlbany (W, 71-64) Scored 30-34 points...... 01/10/21, Nick Guadarrama, 34 vs. UMBC (L, 68-66) Scored 35+ points...... 01/28/17, Tanner Leissner, 36 at UMBC (L, 105-103, 2OT) Made 10+ field goals...... 01/10/21, Nick Guadarrama, 11 vs. UMBC (L, 68-66) Made 5+ 3-pointers...... 01/23/21, Nick Guadarrama, 5 vs. UAlbany (W, 71-64) Had 10-14 rebounds...... 01/31/21, Jayden Martinez (14) and Nick Guadarrama (10) at Binghamton (W, 71-65 OT) Had 15-19 rebounds...... 02/20/20, Sean Sutherlin, 17 vs. Hartford (W, 67-63 OT) Had 20+ rebounds...... 11/26/19, Sean Sutherlin, 20 vs. Bryant (W, 87-76 OT) Had a double-double...... 01/31/21, Jaydent Martinez (24p, 14r) and Nick Guadarrama (18p, 10r) at Binghatmon (W, 71-65 OT) Had 20+ points and 20+ rebounds...... 11/26/19, Sean Sutherlin (21p, 20r) vs. Bryant (W, 87-76 OT) Had a triple-double...... 11/11/16, Jaleen Smith (20p, 10r, 10a) vs. Lesley (W, 85-60) Led UNH in points and rebounds...... 02/06/21, Jayden Martinez (22p, 9r) vs. UMass Lowell (W, 74-63) Shot 100% FG (min 5 attempts)...... 12/16/17, Jacoby Armstrong, 6-6 vs. Lyndon State (W 111-31) Had 10+ assists...... 11/25/17, Elijah Jordan, 10 vs. Utah State (L, 77-63) Had 5+ steals...... 12/08/12, Chandler Rhoads, 6 vs. Yale (W, 64-56) Had 5+ blocks...... 01/26/14, Chris Pelcher, 7 at UMass Lowell (W, 61-32) Made 10+ free throws...... 01/10/18, Tanner Leissner, 13 vs. Binghamton (W, 71-67) Attempted 20+ free throws...... 11/21/17, Tanner Leissner, 20 vs. American (L, 74-70) 2020-21 Roster Breakdown NUMERICAL No. Name Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous Team 0 K.J. McClurg Fr. G 6-4 185 Morgantown, W.Va. / University High School 1 Marque Maultsby Jr. G 6-3 165 Raleigh, N.C. / Garner High School 2 Sean Sutherlin Sr. G 6-5 200 New Brighton, Minn. / Irondale / Sheridan Coll. 3 Nick Guadarrama Jr. F 6-5 250 Newington, Conn. / Newington H.S. / Perkiomen 4 Jon Willeman Fr. G 6-2 175 Lebanon, N.H. / Lebanon High School 5 Josh Hopkins Sr. G 6-5 210 Greensboro, N.C. / James B. Dudley High School 10 Nick Johnson R-Fr. G 6-4 200 Bronx, N.Y. / All Hallows 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiegno R-Fr. G 6-2 190 Montreal, Quebec / Montmorency School 13 Meekness Payne Jr. F 6-8 215 Phoenix, Ariz. / Ariz. Compass Prep / Central Ariz. Coll. 15 Tayler Mattos Jr. C 6-11 240 New London, N.H. / Kearsage Regional / Bowling Green 22 Qon Murphy Jr. G 6-5 195 Charlotte, N.C. / Cannon School / Houston Baptist 23 Chris Lester Gr. F 6-6 230 Barrington, Ill. / Barrington High School 24 Jayden Martinez Jr. F 6-7 215 Cibolo, Texas / Steele High School

COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Bill Herrion (Merrimack College ’81) / 16th season Associate Head Coach Chris Mohr (Merrimack ’97) / 16th season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Marque (mar-KEY) Maultsby (malts-be) Assistant Coach Jordon Bronner (UNH ’14) / 3rd season 3 Guadarrama (GWAH-duh-RA-ma) Assistant Coach Ryan Herrion (UNH ‘12) / 3rd season 4 Willeman (will-uh-min) Associate Athletic Director, Ken Dempsey (Moravian College ’83) / 3rd season 11 Blondeau (blon-doh) Administration & Basketball [14th season at UNH] Tchoukuiegno (cho-KWAIN-you) Athletic Trainer Meg Yurista 15 Mattos (MATT-tose) Director of Strength & Conditioning John Ciani 22 Qon (KWAHN)

ALPHABETICAL CLASS STATE / PROVINCE 3 Nick Guadarrama GRADUATE (1): Lester ARIZONA (1): Payne 5 Josh Hopkins SENIORS (2): Hopkins, Sutherlin CONNECTICUT (1): Guadarrama 10 Nick Johnson JUNIORS (6): Guadarrama, Martinez, Maultsby, Mattos, ILLINOIS (1): Lester 23 Chris Lester Murphy, Payne MINNESOTA (1): Sutherlin 24 Jayden Martinez REDSHIRT FRESHMEN (2): N. Johnson, Tchoukuiegno NEW HAMPSHIRE (2): Mattos, Willeman 15 Tayler Mattos FRESHMEN (2): McClurg, Willeman NEW YORK (1): Johnson 1 Marque Maultsby 0 K.J. McClurg NORTH CAROLINA (3): Hopkins, Maultsby, 22 Qon Murphy POSITION Murphy 13 Meekness Payne GUARDS (8): Hopkins, Johnson, Maultsby, McClurg, TEXAS (1): Martinez 2 Sean Sutherlin Murphy, Sutherlin, Tchoukuiegno, Willeman WEST VIRGINIA (1): McClurg 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiegno FORWARDS (4): Guadarrama, Lester, Martinez, Payne 4 Jon Willeman CENTER (1): Mattos QUEBEC (1): Tchoukuiegno Bill Herrion Head coach – 16th season

Bill Herrion, one of the most success- conference and grabbed the No. 4 seed in the America East tournament, their best seed ful coaches in America East men’s basket- since 2002. Herrion guided UNH to just its sixth semifinal appearance in school history and ball history, is in his 16th season as New second during his tenure. The Wildcats nearly knocked off top-seeded Binghamton, coming Hampshire head coach in the 2020-21 within two minutes of making it to – and hosting – their first title game ever. season. Herrion was named the 20th men’s Although the 9-20 record may not show it, the 2007-08 campaign was a giant leap in basketball head coach in UNH history on the right direction for the future of the program. The Wildcats were picked dead last in the May 26, 2005. He became the program’s America East preseason poll, but ended up finishing seventh out of nine teams and nearly all-time wins leader Feb. 26, 2020, when upset the second-ranked Hartford Hawks in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. UNH the Wildcats were 77-70 victors at Maine began the season with only five returners from the previous year and by the end of it, had for his 186th win at UNH; Herrion enters only three of those players available to suit up. Six newcomers joined the program at the the 2020-21 season with 187 wins at New Hampshire and 424 career wins overall. beginning of the year and all of them saw significant minutes, including three who were in New Hampshire had one of the biggest turnarounds in program history in the the top five on the team in minutes per game. 2019-20 season, when the Wildcats were one of seven teams in Division I men’s Picked to finish last in the preseason America East poll in the 2005-06 season, New basketball to increase their previous season’s win total by double digits. Spurred Hampshire rebounded in the second half of the season to finish in fifth place with a regular by a four-game winning streak in February, the ‘Cats finished the season with a season record of 11-16. The Wildcats posted a conference record of 8-8 that included a reg- 15-15 overall record. UNH was one of the best rebounding teams in the country ular-season sweep against UMBC, as well as conference champion, Albany. UNH advanced at No. 2 in defensive rebounds per game (29.83) and No. 5 in total rebounds per to the semifinals of the America East Championship, its furthest advancement since 1995. game (41.30). Herrion was honored by Hoops HD as the America East Coach Herrion, who arrived at New Hampshire after a short stint as the associate head coach of the Year. at the University of Arkansas, is best known for his outstanding accomplishments at Drexel Herrion guided the most successful class in program history, as the Class of where he posted an impressive 167-71 record from 1991-1999. During that period, Herrion 2018 recorded 69 wins in a four-year span. That class included one of the best led the Dragons to three NCAA tournament appearances in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and also players in UNH history and all-time leading scorer, Tanner Leissner, and the led the school to its first-ever NIT appearance in 1991. The team finished first or second in all-time leading rebounder, Iba Camara, as well as another 1,000-point scorer, conference play in seven of his eight seasons. Herrion also posted five consecutive 20-win Jacoby Armstrong. seasons, including his best, a 27-4 campaign in 1996. That same year, Herrion led Drexel to He led the Wildcats to a total of 59 wins spanning the 2015-17 seasons, which its first-ever NCAA tournament victory with a first-round upset over Memphis. is the most successful three consecutive seasons in program history. UNH reached In 1998, America East celebrated its 20th year of men’s basketball by naming the 20 indi- 20 wins in a single season for the first time in 2015-16 and matched that win total viduals (players, coaches, administrators) who had been the most influential in the growth in ‘16-’17. of the conference over the first two decades. Four coaches were named to that team: Jim New Hampshire became only the third program in the Northeast to record Calhoun, Rick Pitino, Mike Jarvis and Bill Herrion. Herrion is still the only coach in America 19+ wins in three straight seasons in 2016-17 with a program-tying 20 wins East/NAC/ECAC North history to earn four Coach of the Year awards (1994, 1995, 1996 and and a third consecutive home playoff game in Durham. The Wildcats won six 1999). He also has a conference-record 21 tournament wins (21-10) and is second only to straight games heading into the conference semifinals, which was the longest Calhoun with three conference championships. The .677 America East tournament winning streak since Jan. 31-Feb. 18, 1995. The Wildcats fell to eventual America East percentage is first among active America East coaches, first among anyone with at least 10 champion University of Vermont in the semifinals. Junior Tanner Leissner was tournament appearances and fifth overall all-time. Herrion holds an overall conference named to the All-Conference First Team while senior Jaleen Smith garnered record in America East of 150-92 for a winning percentage of .620. Second Team honors. The team totaled 80+ points 11 times in the season, which Herrion also had America East ties as an assistant coach at Boston University from is the second most all-time in a single season. New Hampshire had three players 1985-1990. During his stay in Boston, the Terriers posted a 101-51 record, made NCAA reach the 1,000-point milestone in ‘16-’17, which was a program first. appearances in 1988 and 1990 and were invited to the NIT in 1986. UNH earned a program-record 20 wins in 2015-16 and won a first-ever postseason game in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament against Fairfield University. The Wildcats finished 20-13 overall, including 11-5 in America East, and were Year Team Record Postseason a few possessions away from heading to the conference finals but fell 63-56 to 1991-92 Drexel 16-14 America East Finals Vermont in the America East semifinals in Burlington, Vt. Herrion coached 1992-93 Drexel 22-7 America East Finals sophomore Tanner Leissner to an All-Conference First Team bid and junior 1993-94 Drexel 25-5 NCAA Regional First Round Jaleen Smith to All-Conference Second Team recognition. The Wildcats had their most successful season since the 1994-95 season in 1994-95 Drexel 22-8 NCAA Regional First Round 2014-15, when they posted 19 wins to tie the program record (at the time), hosted 1995-96 Drexel 27-4 NCAA Regional Quarterfinals their first playoff game in Lundholm Gymnasium in 20 years, and was selected 1996-97 Drexel 22-9 NIT First Round to participate in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The 19-13 overall record 1997-98 Drexel 13-15 America East Semifinals was the first winning season since the historic 1994-95 squad went 19-9 overall. 1998-99 Drexel 20-9 America East Finals The team lost in the semifinals to eventual champion University at Albany, 60- 1990-00 East Carolina 10-18 CAA First Round 58. The team also put together a five-game winning streak in the middle of the 2000-01 East Carolina 14-14 season. Herrion earned his 100th UNH victory against Boston University (Nov. 2001-02 East Carolina 12-18 Conference USA First Round 25) in a 75-68 decision. Herrion ranks second for wins during a coach’s first five years at UNH, and 2002-03 East Carolina 12-15 he became only the second coach in program history to reach 50 wins in less 2003-04 East Carolina 13-14 Conference USA First Round than five full seasons. 2004-05 East Carolina 9-19 In 2011-12, Herrion led the Wildcats to a 13-16 overall record, reaching 2005-06 New Hampshire 12-17 America East Semifinals double-digit wins for the fourth straight season. New Hampshire, propelled by 2006-07 New Hampshire 10-20 America East Quarterfinals a four-game winning streak late in conference play, secured the fifth seed in the 2007-08 New Hampshire 9-20 America East Quarterfinals America East tournament, but fell to No. 4 Albany in the second round. Once 2008-09 New Hampshire 14-16 America East Semifinals again, the Wildcats were one of the strongest defensive teams in the country and 2009-10 New Hampshire 13-17 America East Semifinals finished the year ranked 13th nationally in 3-point defense, limiting opponents to 29.7 percent from beyond the arc. 2010-11 New Hampshire 12-18 America East Quarterfinals In the season prior, Herrion guided New Hampshire to a 12-18 record, putting 2011-12 New Hampshire 13-16 America East Quarterfinals together another successful campaign despite a plethora of injuries, finishing with 2012-13 New Hampshire 9-20 America East Quarterfinals double-digit victories for the third straight year. UNH earned the No. 7 seed in 2013-14 New Hampshire 6-24 America East Quarterfinals the America East tournament, but fell to second-seeded and eventual conference 2014-15 New Hampshire 19-13 America East Semifinals champion Boston University in the quarterfinals. Despite the loss, the Wildcats 2015-16 New Hampshire 20-13 America East Semifinals made their mark as one of the country’s best defensive teams, ranking 18th 2016-17 New Hampshire 20-12 America East Semifinals nationally in scoring defense by holding opponents to 60.9 points per game. 2017-18 New Hampshire 10-21 America East Quarterfinals In 2009-10, UNH posted a 13-17 record and achieved numerous accomplishments that had not been reached in 15-plus seasons, including best home record 2018-19 New Hampshire 5-24 –– (9-4) and best non-conference record (7-7). The team yielded the fewest points 2019-20 New Hampshire 15-15 America East Quarterfinals per game (62.4 ppg) in at least nearly 50 years, reached New Year’s Day at .500 or 2020-21 New Hampshire 9-8 better for the first time in 12 years and also reached multiple attendance achieve- Totals ments at Lundholm Gymnasium. Despite a 6-10 record in the conference, the Drexel 167-71 (.702) Wildcats upset Maine in the quarterfinal round of the America East tournament East Carolina 70-98 (.417) with a 68-57 win to reach the semifinals, where they fell to Vermont. New Hampshire 196-274 (.417) In 2008-09, Herrion led the Wildcats to their most successful campaign in Career 433-443 (.494) nearly 15 years. The ‘Cats finished 14-16, with 14 being their highest number of victories since a 19-win campaign in 1994-95. The Wildcats were 8-8 in the Overall Stats & Results Overall & Conference Stats Extended Stats Game-by-Game Leaders

Opponent Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Keene State Guadarrama (18) Martinez (14) Tchoukuiegno (4) Tchoukuiegno (4) Guadarrama (2) Tchoukuiegno (18) Bryant McClurg (18) Guadarrama (15) Tchoukuiegno (4) Hopkins (1) ----- Johnson (1) Quinnipiac Martinez (17) Martinez (12) Hopkins, Johnson (2) Maultsby (3) Martinez (2) Tchoukuiegno (2) Hartford (12.27) * Maultsby (21) Martinez (8) Guadarrama (2) Guadarrama (2) Mattos (3) Johnson, Mattos (2) Johnson (2) Hartford (12.28) * Martinez (19) Martinez (13) Johnson (3) ^ five tied (1) Mattos (1) at Maine (01.02) * Maultsby (17) Martinez (7) Tchoukuiegno (6) Martinez, Maultsby (2) ---- at Maine (01.03) * Martinez (23) Martinez (7) Tchoukuiegno (4) Mattos (2) Mattos (2) UMBC (01.09) * Tchoukuiegno (10) Martinez (9) Guadarrama (3) Maultsby, Murphy (1) Martinez (4) Lester UMBC (01.10) * Guadarrama (34) Mattos (11) Murphy (5) Guadarrama (1) Mattos (1) Martinez, Mattos, Maultsby (1) at Stony Brook (01.16) * Murphy (24) Martinez (10) Tchoukuiegno (6) Tchoukuiegno (4) Guadarrama (1) Guadarrama (6) at Stony Brook (01.17) * Guadarrama (14) Martinez, Johnson (9) Maultsby, Johnson (3) Lester, Mattos (1) Martinez (1) UAlbany (01.23) * Guadarrama (25) Johnson (10) Johnson (4) Johnson (2) Martinez (3) UAlbany (01/24) * Maultsby (14) Johnson (7) Maultsby (3) Martinez, McClurg (1) Martinez (3) Tchoukuiegno (14) Tchoukuiegno (1) at Binghamton (01.30) * Tchoukuiegno (10) Guadarrama (7) # four tied (1) Guadarrama (2) Guadarrama (2) at Binghamton (01.31) * Martinez (24) Martinez (14) Tchoukuiegno (4) Tchoukuiegno (2) Tchoukuiegno (2) Guadarrama (2) UMass Lowell (02.05) * Martinez (19) Guadarrama (7) Thcoukuiegno (8) Johnson (2) Martinez, Johnson (1) UMass Lowell (02.06) * Martinez (22) Martinez (9) Tchoukuiegno (5) Tchoukueigno (2) Martinez (2)

^ Johnson, Martinez, Maultsby, Murphy, Tchoukuiegno # Guadarrama, Lester, Payne, Tchoukuiegno * America East conference game Number of Games a ‘Cat Has led UNH in a Stat

Nick Guadarrama Chris Lester Marque Maultsby Blondeau Tchoukuiegno Points (4) Assists (1) Points (3) Points (4) Rebounds (3) Steals (2) Assists (2) Assists (10) Assists (4) Steals (5) Steals (5) Steals (4) Jayden Martinez K.J. McClurg Blocks (1) Blocks (3) Points (6) Points (1) Rebounds (11) Steals (1) Josh Hopkins Points & Rebounds (2) Assists (1) Steals (4) Qon Murphy Steals (1) Blocks (7) Points (1) Assists (1) Nick Johnson Tayler Mattos Steals (2) Rebounds (3) Rebounds (1) Assists (5) Steals (3) Meekness Payne Steals (5) Blocks (4) Assists (1) Blocks (1) UNH Game-by-Game Breakdown

Wildcat Game Highs UNH Category Leaders UNH Category Leaders Individual Game-by-Game (2020-21 season) Individual Game-by-Game (2020-21 season) Individual Game-by-Game (2020-21 season) Individual Game-by-Game (2020-21 season) Individual Game-by-Game (2020-21 season) Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests Career Stats / Single-Game Personal Bests GAME 1: KEENE ST. AT UNH GAME 2: BRYANT AT UNH

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 4:00 PM Keene St. at New Hampshire Game Duration: 1:56 Bryant at New Hampshire Game Duration: 2:18

11/25/20 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 12/01/20 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Casey Kett, Josean Vega, Jawaan Williams Officials: Tommy Deneen, Matthew Levigne, Matt Dorn Keene St. - 54 Record: 0-0 Bryant - 93 Record: 1-1 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA st FG% 17-36 47.2% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-29 41.4% 1 3PT% 4-11 36.4% 13 Jeff Hunter F 33:41 5-12 1-3 0-0 1 5 6 5 0 11 1 6 1 2 1 -36 3PT% 3-7 42.9% 34 Hall Elisias F 17:58 5-7 0-0 3-3 4 7 11 4 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 10 FT% 8-10 80% 54 James Anozie C 29:43 1-5 0-0 1-2 1 7 8 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 -21 FT% 4-4 100% 3 Michael Green III G 36:30 8-20 3-7 4-8 0 3 3 2 6 23 2 5 2 0 0 20 5 Charles Pride G 33:07 3-9 1-5 10-12 1 7 8 3 6 17 2 1 1 0 0 10 2nd FG% 12-28 42.9% 1 Jeric Cichon G 24:01 5-8 2-3 1-1 0 1 1 5 3 13 1 4 1 0 0 -21 2nd FG% 8-29 27.6% 10 Luis Hurtado G 23:50 1-5 0-0 2-4 1 6 7 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 -3 3PT% 3-9 33.3% 4 Nate Siow G 39:13 5-14 1-4 1-2 0 3 3 3 5 12 2 6 0 1 1 -37 3PT% 3-8 37.5% FT% 20-26 76.9% 10 Jaylen Franklin G 35:08 2-13 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 2 6 3 1 0 0 2 -39 FT% 4-8 50% 32 Peter Kiss G 35:47 9-14 2-5 2-2 0 9 9 2 2 22 0 2 1 0 0 13 4 Nathaniel Stokes 20:55 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -1 GMFG% 29-64 45.3% 24 Didier Mathelier 11:45 0-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -13 GM FG% 20-58 34.5% 30 Chris Childs 25:13 2-5 1-3 7-7 2 1 3 1 4 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 3PT% 7-20 35.0% 44 Justin Williams 14:05 0-0 0-0 3-4 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 -12 3PT% 6-15 40.0% FT% 28-36 77.8% 30 Lyndon Prayer 08:44 2-2 2-2 0-1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 -8 FT% 8-12 66.7% 2 Erickson Bans 03:24 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -13 35 Luke Sutherland 03:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 20 Shea Shackford 03:40 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 Team 2 3 5 0 0 Team 0 1 1 0 0 Totals 20-58 6-15 8-12 7 23 30 16 14 54 7 19 3 3 5 -39 Totals 29-64 7-20 28-36 8 36 44 19 26 93 5 9 4 0 0 8 Technical Fouls: NONE Technical Fouls::NONE New Hampshire - 85 Record: 1-1 New Hampshire - 93 Record: 1-0 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 15-37 40.5% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA st FG% 17-39 43.6% 1 3 Nick Guadarrama F 36:24 5-14 1-5 5-5 4 11 15 2 4 16 3 3 0 0 0 -11 3PT% 4-12 33.3% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 29:03 7-12 0-1 4-4 3 7 10 2 2 18 2 1 2 2 1 35 3PT% 4-12 33.3% 23 Chris Lester F 27:22 3-9 0-4 2-4 3 3 6 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 FT% 10-14 71.4% FT% 4-5 80% 23 Chris Lester F 31:26 4-9 1-4 0-0 3 5 8 2 1 9 3 1 1 1 0 24 24 Jayden Martinez F 21:38 4-8 2-3 0-1 2 1 3 5 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 -10 2nd FG% 14-42 33.3% nd 24 Jayden Martinez F 19:53 4-10 2-5 4-4 7 7 14 0 5 14 3 1 3 1 1 35 2 FG% 20-36 55.6% 0 K.J. McClurg G 22:55 4-13 2-6 8-8 2 1 3 4 4 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 3PT% 7-19 36.8% 0 K.J. McClurg G 22:03 4-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 22 3PT% 3-10 30.0% 1 Marque Maultsby G 25:21 3-9 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 5 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 -6 FT% 6-6 100% 1 Marque Maultsby G 16:15 2-6 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 FT% 8-9 88.9% 5 Josh Hopkins 27:37 5-13 3-6 1-2 2 2 4 4 2 14 1 0 1 0 0 -5 GMFG% 29-79 36.7% 10 Nick Johnson 14:17 6-8 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 12 1 1 1 0 0 19 GM FG% 37-75 49.3% 10 Nick Johnson 19:22 4-7 1-1 0-0 1 5 6 2 0 9 1 2 1 0 0 -6 3PT% 11-31 35.5% FT% 16-20 80.0% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 32:30 7-17 2-2 2-3 1 4 5 3 4 18 4 2 4 1 1 37 3PT% 7-22 31.8% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 19:21 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 3 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 -4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 13 Meekness Payne 24:20 2-6 0-2 2-3 1 5 6 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 16 FT% 12-14 85.7% Team 1 5 6 0 0 4 Jon Willeman 10:13 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 Totals 29-79 11-31 16-20 17 33 50 26 19 85 15 11 2 0 0 -8 Team 1 2 3 0 0 Technical Fouls: NONE Totals 37-75 7-22 12-14 16 34 50 14 16 93 16 10 12 5 3 39 Bryant UNH Technical Fouls::NONE Points from Bryant UNH Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 10 (2nd 0:26) 5 (1st 10:24) Owls UNH Turnovers 12 7 1st 2nd TOT Points from Owls UNH Period by Period Scoring Best Scoring Run 8 (2nd 13:18) 10 (1st 10:24) Paint 42 30 Biggest lead 2 (1st 16:30) 44 (2nd 1:20) Turnovers 4 24 1st 2nd TOT Lead Changes 14 Second Chance 9 25 Bryant 46 47 93 Best Scoring Run nd nd 5(2 0:30) 18(2 15:55) Paint 18 56 Times Tied 11 Fast Breaks 19 8 Owls 31 23 54 UNH 44 41 85 Lead Changes 6 Second Chance 2 15 Time with Lead 28:11 05:13 Bench 14 25 Times Tied 4 Fast Breaks 7 21 UNH 42 51 93 Time with Lead 01:35 34:48 Bench 9 39

Game 1 Recap vs. Keene State (Nov. 25) Game 2 Recap vs. Bryant (Dec. 1) UNH opened the second half with a 12-0 run to build a 54-31 and then K.J. McClurg led four UNH players in double-digit scoring with 18 cruised to a 93-54 season-opening win against Keene State at Lundholm points, but Bryant University closed the game on a 15-5 run in the last four Gym. minutes to pull away for a 93-85 victory Tuesday afternoon at Lundholm The Owls held three leads early (3-2; 5-4; 8-6). New Hampshire took a Gym. 14-12 lead at 12:08 and stayed in front the rest of the way. The advantage There were four ties and eight lead changes in the first half, when nei- did not hit double digits, however, until the ‘Cats went ahead 41-31 with ther team led by more than six points and Bryant took a 46-44 lead into just under a minute remaining in the first half. the locker room. There were six ties and seven lead changes in the second half. Marque Notable Numbers vs. Keene Maultsby’s 3-pointer gave UNH a 78-77 lead with 4:53 remaining but that Two Wildcats recorded a double-double in the Nov. 25 season opener proved to be the Wildcats’ last lead of the game as the Bulldogs surged to at home vs. Keene State. an 82-78 advantage with 3:12 left. Junior forward Jayden Martinez recorded his 10th career double-dou- Bryant made six straight free throws in the final minute to build the ble with 14 points and 14 rebounds; he had seven double-doubles last sea- first double-digit lead of the game, 93-83, with 26 seconds to play. son. Martinez’s 14 rebounds were one less than his career high. Junior forward Nick Guadarrama recorded his eighth career dou- Notable Numbers vs. Bryant ble-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds; he had six double-doubles Freshman guard K.J. McClurg went 8-for-8 at the foul line as part of last season. his career-high 18-point effort. He also had three rebounds and two as- Redshirt freshman guard Blondeau Tchoukuiegno, scored a ca- sists. reer-high 18 points against the Owls. He also tallied personal bests in re- Junior forward Nick Guadarrama recorded his second straight dou- bounds (five), assists (four) and steals (four). ble-double and ninth of his career with 16 points and game-high 15 re- Redshirt freshman guard Nick Johnson recorded 12 points in his col- bounds. legiate debut by making 6 of 8 field goal attempts. Senior guard Josh Hopkins, a DNP in the season opener, hit three Freshman guard K.J. McClurg got the start in his collegiate debut. He 3-pointers and finished with 14 points in 28 minutes off the bench. finished with eight points on 4 of 5 shooting. Freshman guard Jon Willeman played 10 minutes off the bench; his stats included three points and a rebound. GAME 3: UNH AT QUINNIPIAC GAME 4: HARTFORD AT UNH

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM Hartford at New Hampshire Game Duration: 1:58

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM 12/27/20 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham New Hampshire at Quinnipiac Game Duration: 2:01 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Tim Kelly, Brandon Cruz, Tommy Deneen 12/06/20 People's United Center, Hamden 2020-21 Men's Basketball Hartford - 69 Record: 5-3 (2-1) Officials: FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- New Hampshire - 58 Record: 1-2 NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 15-30 50.0% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period 00 Hunter Marks F 27:54 1-8 0-6 0-0 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 -11 3PT% 8-17 47.1% TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-36 30.6% 15 Thomas Webley F 14:09 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 -2 FT% 2-2 100% 23 Chris Lester F 20:58 0-4 0-2 3-5 3 4 7 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 -3 3PT% 3-12 25.0% 4 Moses Flowers G 28:01 4-10 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 11 2 4 1 0 1 -10 2nd FG% 10-27 37.0% 24 Jayden Martinez F 36:45 7-15 2-6 1-3 5 7 12 1 3 17 1 0 0 2 1 -10 FT% 2-3 66.7% 20 Austin Williams G 28:46 4-7 2-3 0-0 0 6 6 4 1 10 3 2 1 0 0 -8 3PT% 6-15 40.0% 0 K.J. McClurg G 17:07 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 -12 2nd FG% 10-31 32.3% 25 Traci Carter G 33:52 7-11 4-5 3-4 0 2 2 3 3 21 1 2 5 0 0 -13 FT% 3-8 37.5% 1 Marque Maultsby G 33:48 5-19 0-6 1-3 2 2 4 4 3 11 1 1 3 0 2 2 3PT% 2-13 15.4% 12 Miroslav Stafl 25:36 4-8 2-2 2-6 3 2 5 3 4 12 3 1 1 2 1 -4 GM FG% 25-57 43.9% 5 Josh Hopkins G 29:02 3-9 3-5 0-0 0 4 4 4 0 9 2 2 0 0 2 -6 FT% 9-16 56.3% 2 D.J. Mitchell 22:07 3-5 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 -3 3PT% 14-32 43.8% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 29:42 4-11 0-2 3-4 1 5 6 4 5 11 2 4 1 0 3 -1 GM FG% 21-67 31.3% 23 Michael Dunne 06:48 2-6 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 FT% 5-10 50.0% 13 Meekness Payne 08:43 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -7 3PT% 5-25 20.0% 11 PJ Henry 12:47 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 10 Nick Johnson 23:55 1-3 0-1 3-4 0 6 6 3 3 5 2 1 3 0 0 7 FT% 11-19 57.9% Team 1 2 3 0 1 Team 0 0 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 5, 0 Totals 25-57 14-32 5-10 5 21 26 22 14 69 12 14 9 2 4 -8 Totals 21-67 5-25 11-19 11 29 40 19 20 58 9 13 9 2 10 -6 Technical Fouls:Coach 1st9:55 Technical Fouls::NONE New Hampshire - 77 Record: 2-2 (1-0) Quinnipiac - 64 Record: 2-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-25 56.0% TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-28 46.4% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 36:40 6-10 2-4 5-6 1 4 5 2 6 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 3PT% 5-7 71.4% 1 Tymu Chenery F 33:51 6-11 3-5 1-2 1 5 6 1 3 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 3PT% 5-14 35.7% 23 Chris Lester F 16:41 0-3 0-1 4-6 1 2 3 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 FT% 3-10 30% 20 Brendan McGuire F 31:53 5-5 3-3 4-4 0 4 4 3 5 17 4 6 1 1 0 5 FT% 3-3 100% 24 Jayden Martinez F 34:48 5-8 1-3 2-3 2 6 8 1 2 13 1 2 0 0 0 7 2nd FG% 14-28 50.0% 25 Jacob Rigoni F 33:49 3-11 2-9 2-2 0 10 10 1 2 10 2 1 0 0 0 17 2nd FG% 9-25 36.0% 1 Marque Maultsby G 27:06 8-9 3-3 2-3 1 3 4 4 2 21 1 1 0 0 0 8 3PT% 2-9 22.2% 4 Seth Pinkney C 19:13 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 5 0 -5 3PT% 4-10 40.0% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 21:52 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 -12 FT% 11-16 68.8% 3 Savion Lewis G 23:42 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 0 4 FT% 8-11 72.7% 10 Nick Johnson 27:22 1-7 0-1 0-5 1 5 6 2 5 2 2 4 2 1 1 20 GM FG% 28-53 52.8% 22 Elias King 18:45 1-4 0-0 3-3 0 5 5 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 13 GM FG% 22-53 41.5% 15 Tayler Mattos 20:52 4-6 1-2 1-3 2 5 7 2 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 14 3PT% 7-16 43.8% 0 Bol Akot 16:29 0-4 0-2 1-3 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 3PT% 9-24 37.5% 22 Qon Murphy 14:39 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 FT% 14-26 53.8% 2 Matt Balanc 12:17 4-6 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 FT% 11-14 78.6% Team 2 0 2 0 0 Dead Ball Rebounds: 6, 0 10 Tyree Pickron 08:10 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 -7 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 2 Totals 28-53 7-16 14-26 10 29 39 14 22 77 10 17 5 4 2 8 23 Jamil Riggins 01:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Technical Fouls::NONE Team 0 0 0 0 1 Hawks UNH Totals 22-53 9-24 11-14 4 36 40 20 19 64 13 20 3 10 2 6 Points from Hawks UNH Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 9 (2nd 17:33) 8 (2nd 0:02) Technical Fouls::NONE Turnovers 13 11 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 8(1st 16:52) 9(2nd 11:27) Paint 14 34 UNH QUI Hawks 40 29 69 Points from UNH QUI Period by Period Scoring Lead Changes 15 Second Chance 6 10 Biggest lead 0 (1st 20:00) 12 (1st 6:27) Turnovers 10 10 1st 2nd TOT Times Tied 6 Fast Breaks 3 13 UNH 36 41 77 Best Scoring Run 6(1st 11:56) 7(1st 6:27) Paint 28 22 Time with Lead 30:44 07:12 Bench 25 16 UNH 27 31 58 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 11 3 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 10 8 QUI 34 30 64 Time with Lead 00:00 39:46 Bench 16 15

Game 3 Recap at Quinnipiac (Dec. 6) Game 4 Recap vs. Hartford (Dec. 27) HAMDEN, Conn. – Junior forward Jayden Martinez led the Wildcats DURHAM, N.H. – Junior guard Marque Maultsby led UNH with a ca- with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but UNH fell to Quinnipiac University reer-high 21 points as the Wildcats defeated the University of Hartford, on Sunday afternoon, 64-58, at People’s United Center. 77-69, Sunday afternoon in a back-and-forth game that featured 15 lead QU scored the first five points of the game and never relinquished the changes and six ties. lead. The Bobcats led by as many as 12 points, 29-17 at 6:27 of the first half. With the score tied at 69-69 with 1:31 remaining in the second half, UNH closed within two points, 36-34, at 16:26 of the second half and UNH ended the game on a 8-0 run to earn the victory. also made it a one-possession game, 39-36, at 13:43. Quinnipiac went on a Maultsby made 8 of 9 from the floor including 3-for-3 from 3-point 9-2 run to open up a double-digit advantage of 48-38 with 9:01 remaining. range. Junior forward Nick Guadarrama was close behind Maultsby with The Wildcats never got closer than six points the rest of the way. 19 points. Hartford opened the game on an 8-0 run but UNH responded to take Notable Numbers at QU an 13-12 lead. There were seven lead changes in the next five minutes as Jayden Martinez recorded his second double-double of the season the score advanced to 22-21 in favor of the Hawks. with team highs of 17 points and 12 rebounds. With UNH trailing 50-42, the Wildcats went on a 9-0 run to take a 51- 50 lead with 11:27 remaining. New Hampshire transformed a 65-61 deficit into a one-point lead on an extended offensive possession. Jayden Martinez made a layup and was fouled, and UNH grabbed the offensive rebound off his missed free throw. Martinez then drilled a 3-pointer to put the ‘Cats in front, 66-65 at 3:13. Hartford hit one free throw to tie the score and both teams hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 69, and that’s when UNH closed the game on an 8-0 run.

Notable Numbers Martinez finished with 13 points and eight rebounds in 35 minutes. In his UNH debut, Tayler Mattos recorded 10 points, seven rebounds and tied his career high with three blocks. Qon Murphy also made his UNH debut with four points, one rebound and one assist. GAME 5: HARTFORD AT UNH GAME 6: UNH AT MAINE

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 3:00 PM Hartford at New Hampshire Game Duration: 2:13 New Hampshire at Maine Game Duration: 2:17

12/28/20 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 01/02/21 Memorial Gymnasium, Orono 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Tim Kelly, Brandon Cruz, Tommy Deneen Officials: Matt Dorn, David DeYong, Marek Dravinski Hartford - 51 Record: 5-4 (2-2) New Hampshire - 56 Record: 3-3 (2-1) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period st TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1 FG% 6-21 28.6% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-26 42.3% 00 Hunter Marks F 28:00 2-8 2-6 2-2 1 1 2 0 1 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 3PT% 2-9 22.2% 23 Chris Lester F 25:43 2-9 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 -9 3PT% 3-8 37.5% 15 Thomas Webley F 17:04 0-1 0-0 2-4 2 4 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 -13 FT% 10-12 83.3% 24 Jayden Martinez F 36:47 3-7 0-1 1-2 0 7 7 4 2 7 2 3 2 0 0 -3 FT% 5-5 100% 4 Moses Flowers G 30:58 1-5 0-2 6-8 1 5 6 3 5 8 0 5 2 0 0 -6 nd FG% 5-23 21.7% 2 15 Tayler Mattos C 22:24 4-8 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd FG% 9-25 36.0% 20 Austin Williams G 33:21 3-6 2-3 8-8 0 5 5 3 5 16 1 4 0 2 0 4 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 1 Marque Maultsby G 32:28 6-10 2-4 3-3 1 0 1 4 2 17 2 1 2 0 0 5 3PT% 1-11 9.1% 25 Traci Carter G 36:03 1-8 0-4 1-2 0 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 FT% 14-21 66.7% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 35:36 1-6 0-4 1-2 2 4 6 3 4 3 6 3 0 0 1 -4 FT% 7-9 77.8% 12 Miroslav Stafl 21:28 3-8 0-1 3-7 1 6 7 5 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 8 GM FG% 11-44 25.0% 13 Meekness Payne 15:17 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 GM FG% 20-51 39.2% 2 D.J. Mitchell 23:22 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3PT% 5-20 25.0% 10 Nick Johnson 07:57 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 -6 3PT% 4-19 21.1% 23 Michael Dunne 03:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -5 FT% 24-33 72.7% 22 Qon Murphy 17:12 0-5 0-2 2-2 0 6 6 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 FT% 12-14 85.7% 11 PJ Henry 05:45 0-3 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 0 K.J. McClurg 06:31 1-1 0-0 5-5 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 Team 0 4 4 0 0 4 Jon Willeman 00:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11-44 5-20 24-33 7 30 37 18 25 51 7 13 5 2 1 -2 Team 1 4 5 0 0 st nd Technical Fouls:Coach 1 18:36Williams 2 18:06 Totals 20-51 4-19 12-14 5 25 30 19 16 56 10 11 5 0 3 -3 New Hampshire - 53 Record: 3-2 (2-0) Technical Fouls::NONE FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- Maine - 59 Record: 1-3 (1-2) NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 9-28 32.1% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period 3 Nick Guadarrama F 19:58 0-3 0-2 6-6 0 6 6 4 1 6 2 3 0 0 1 3 3PT% 3-8 37.5% TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 9-22 40.9% 23 Chris Lester F 25:57 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 FT% 5-9 55.6% 3 Vilgot Larsson F 20:38 4-5 3-3 1-2 0 3 3 3 1 12 1 1 0 0 0 -2 3PT% 2-9 22.2% 24 Jayden Martinez F 38:40 7-10 3-4 2-3 5 8 13 4 3 19 1 2 1 0 0 2 2nd FG% 10-27 37.0% 10 Stephane Ingo F 33:37 5-8 0-0 6-11 2 8 10 2 7 16 2 0 1 1 0 7 FT% 6-11 54.5% 1 Marque Maultsby G 22:30 0-8 0-3 0-1 0 3 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 -2 3PT% 2-9 22.2% 2 Ja'Shonte Wright-Mcleish G 25:07 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 nd FG% 12-24 50.0% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 22:24 1-7 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 10 FT% 5-8 62.5% 2 11 LeChaun DuHart G 34:56 3-8 0-3 2-3 0 4 4 3 8 8 3 2 0 0 0 4 3PT% 4-8 50.0% 10 Nick Johnson 27:27 4-8 1-2 0-3 0 2 2 3 4 9 3 3 1 0 0 -10 GM FG% 19-55 34.5% 25 Adefolalrin Adetogun G 14:36 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 15 Tayler Mattos 24:21 4-11 0-1 0-0 3 6 9 3 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 -8 3PT% 5-17 29.4% FT% 5-7 71.4% 22 Qon Murphy 18:43 2-6 1-1 2-4 1 1 2 2 2 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 FT% 10-17 58.8% 4 Ata Turgut 17:12 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 4 GM FG% 21-46 45.7% 12 Veljko Radakovic 06:54 1-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 -6 Team 1 2 3 0 0 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 3PT% 6-17 35.3% 21 Precious Okoh 04:50 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 FT% 11-18 61.1% Totals 19-55 5-17 10-17 11 31 42 25 17 53 10 13 5 1 2 2 1 Mykhailo Yagodin 20:09 3-5 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 Technical Fouls::NONE 22 Solomon Iluyomade 07:48 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 -4 Hawks UNH 15 Taylor Schildroth 14:13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 Points from Hawks UNH Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 3 (1st 3:24) 7 (1st 17:43) Team 0 2 2 0 0 Turnovers 8 14 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 7(2nd 2:17) 7(1st 17:43) Paint 10 24 Totals 21-46 6-17 11-18 3 27 30 16 19 59 13 10 3 3 0 3 Hawks 24 27 51 Lead Changes 8 Second Chance 4 7 Technical Fouls::NONE Times Tied 5 Fast Breaks 2 2 UNH 26 27 53 UNH Maine Time with Lead 06:03 30:06 Bench 14 24 Points from UNH Maine Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 9 (2nd 17:41) 7 (1st 14:46) Turnovers 15 12 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 8(1st 8:44) 9(1st 16:01) Paint 24 22 UNH 30 26 56 Lead Changes 5 Second Chance 7 4 Times Tied 4 Fast Breaks 7 7 Maine 26 33 59 Time with Lead 15:42 20:23 Bench 16 23

Game 5 Recap vs. Hartford (Dec. 28) Game 6 Recap at Maine (Jan. 2) DURHAM, N.H. - Junior forward Jayden Martinez carried UNH with 19 ORONO, Maine - Marque Maultsby scored a game-high 17 points, but points and 13 rebounds in 39 minutes to lead the Wildcats past Hartford, UNH was edged 59-56 by Maine in Saturday afternoon’s America East 53-51, on Monday afternoon at Lundholm Gym. matchup at Memorial Gym as the Wildcats missed a potential game-tying Junior Tayler Mattos made his presence felt in the paint, tallying eight 3-pointer at the final buzzer. points and nine rebounds in his second game as a Wildcat. Maultsby hit 6 of 10 field goal attempts, including 2-for-4 from 3-point UNH held Hartford without a field goal in the first 5:05 to take a 7-1 range, and was a perfect 3 of 3 at the foul line. He also had two assists and lead into the first media timeout. The Hawks responded with a 9-2 run to two steals. take a 10-9 lead midway through the half. UNH had a late 7-0 run and UNH extended its 30-26 halftime lead to nine points, 38-29, at 17:41. took a 26-24 lead into halftime. Maine surged back in front, 44-43, at 12:12. The teams exchanged bas- The Wildcats went on a 5-0 spurt spanning four minutes to build a 35- kets to advance the score to 46-45 in favor of the Black Bears, and that 29 advantage at 13:41. Both offenses heated up as the score advanced to proved to be the last lead change of the game. 39-36 in favor of the ‘Cats at the 11:19 media timeout. The Wildcats once again pulled within one points, 52-51, at 5:10. Hartford took its first lead since 1:56 of the first half on two free throws Maine scored the next five points to inch ahead, 57-51, at 2:53. to make it 50-48 at 2:17. K.J. McClurg hit five consecutive free throws to once again make it a UNH answered quickly with Martinez’s 3-pointer to put the Wildcats one point margin, 57-56, with 18 seconds remaining. back in front, 51-50. Maine’s Mykailo Yagodin made two foul shots to reestablish a three- Hartford’s Moses Flowers made the first and missed the second free point cushion , 59-56, with 13 seconds on the clock. throw to tie the score, 51-51, with 8.9 seconds remaining. Nick Guadarrama grabbed the defensive rebound off that miss and Notable Numbers was fouled with 6.9 seconds left. He made both free throws to give UNH a Blondeau Tchoukuiegno recorded a career-high six assists and matched 53-51 lead. his personal best of six rebounds. Traci Carter missed a pull-up jumper at the right elbow as time expired. Tayler Mattos, in his first start and third game as a Wildcat, was UNH’s second-leading scorer with eight points. Notable Numbers Jayden Martinez had a team-high seven rebounds and also scored sev- UNH improved to 3-1 at home. en points. Martinez recorded season highs in points, minutes, field goals made K.J. McClurg is now 13-for-13 at the foul line this season. and 3-point field goals made. The rebounding total was even at 30; UNH entered the game with a He recorded his third double-double of the season and 16th of his ca- conference-best +8.8 rebounding margin. reer. Nick Johnson tallied nine points and three assists while shooting 50 percent (4-for-8) from the field. GAME 7: UNH AT MAINE GAME 8: UMBC AT UNH

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01/03/21 Memorial Gymnasium, Orono 01/09/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Matt Dorn, David DeYong, Marek Dravinski Officials: Kevin O"Connell, Jason Mirabito, Rob Snedden New Hampshire - 62 Record: 4-3 (3-1) UMBC - 69 Record: 8-2 (4-1) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-24 45.8% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-31 41.9% 24 Jayden Martinez F 37:33 9-16 2-6 3-5 3 4 7 1 6 23 0 0 1 0 0 3 3PT% 1-6 16.7% 12 Brandon Horvath F 32:27 4-10 1-2 4-4 1 4 5 1 4 13 0 1 1 0 2 22 3PT% 3-6 50.0% 15 Tayler Mattos C 18:44 3-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 6 0 0 2 2 1 2 FT% 7-9 77.8% 32 Dimitrije Spasojevic F 25:14 4-7 0-0 0-0 1 6 7 2 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 15 FT% 9-10 90% 1 Marque Maultsby G 39:16 2-6 0-2 2-5 0 1 1 1 5 6 3 4 1 0 0 5 2nd FG% 9-24 37.5% 1 L.J. Owens G 31:55 6-11 4-6 1-1 1 3 4 0 3 17 1 1 1 0 0 18 2nd FG% 9-27 33.3% 10 Nick Johnson G 19:04 1-1 0-0 3-3 0 1 1 2 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 4 3PT% 1-5 20.0% 2 Darnell Rogers G 19:53 0-4 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 3PT% 4-16 25.0% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 23:20 1-6 0-0 5-5 2 1 3 2 4 7 4 1 1 0 3 6 FT% 13-19 68.4% 11 R.J. Eytle-Rock G 25:12 2-6 0-1 7-8 0 1 1 2 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 6 FT% 9-9 100% 0 K.J. McClurg 10:58 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -6 GM FG% 20-48 41.7% 0 Keondre Kennedy 21:21 2-6 0-2 2-2 1 9 10 4 2 6 1 2 0 2 0 14 GM FG% 22-58 37.9% 22 Qon Murphy 27:22 3-8 0-2 5-8 3 2 5 3 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 3 3PT% 2-11 18.2% 41 Jacob Boonyasith 18:46 2-7 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 3 1 5 0 3 2 0 1 11 3PT% 7-22 31.8% 23 Chris Lester 22:49 1-3 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 FT% 20-28 71.4% 10 Szymon Wojcik 16:40 1-4 1-2 2-2 2 1 3 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 FT% 18-19 94.7% 13 Meekness Payne 00:54 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 5, 0 25 Nathan Johnson 03:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 Team 1 6 7 0 1 34 Matteo Picarelli 03:08 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -8 Totals 20-48 2-11 20-28 10 20 30 17 26 62 8 9 6 3 4 4 22 Thomas Reid 01:08 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 Technical Fouls::NONE 24 Brendan Davis 01:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 Team 1 2 3 0 0 Maine - 58 Record: 1-4 (1-3) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period Totals 22-58 7-22 18-19 9 30 39 19 17 69 6 11 4 2 4 15 TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 10-24 41.7% Technical Fouls::NONE 3 Vilgot Larsson F 18:19 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 -13 3PT% 4-11 36.4% New Hampshire - 54 Record: 4-4 (3-2) 10 Stephane Ingo F 33:42 4-8 0-0 2-6 6 11 17 3 7 10 2 1 1 4 2 2 FT% 5-13 38.5% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- 2 Ja'Shonte Wright-Mcleish G 17:33 5-6 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 11 2nd FG% 11-24 45.8% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 9-27 33.3% 11 LeChaun DuHart G 35:58 3-9 1-4 0-1 0 2 2 1 2 7 2 3 1 0 0 5 3PT% 5-11 45.5% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 20:17 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 -18 3PT% 4-14 28.6% 15 Taylor Schildroth G 17:50 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 -7 FT% 2-4 50% 24 Jayden Martinez F 30:42 2-8 1-4 3-5 2 7 9 3 4 8 0 3 0 4 0 -20 FT% 4-6 66.7% 1 Mykhailo Yagodin 20:10 3-4 3-4 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 10 0 3 0 0 0 -12 GM FG% 21-48 43.8% 1 Marque Maultsby G 13:30 2-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 -13 2nd FG% 11-31 35.5% 4 Ata Turgut 13:35 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 14 3PT% 9-22 40.9% 5 Josh Hopkins G 15:53 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -15 3PT% 2-10 20.0% 25 Adefolalrin Adetogun 24:39 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 4 5 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 FT% 7-17 41.2% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 31:20 3-5 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 -19 FT% 4-7 57.1% 22 Solomon Iluyomade 11:55 0-4 0-1 1-2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -8 Dead Ball Rebounds: 5, 0 0 K.J. McClurg 15:30 2-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 GM FG% 20-58 34.5% 12 Veljko Radakovic 02:29 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 15 Tayler Mattos 06:50 1-3 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3PT% 6-24 25.0% 21 Precious Okoh 03:50 1-1 1-1 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 -9 22 Qon Murphy 23:17 4-8 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 2 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 -2 FT% 8-13 61.5% Team 1 4 5 0 0 23 Chris Lester 10:08 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 -9 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 Totals 21-48 9-22 7-17 12 21 33 26 17 58 14 15 5 4 3 -4 10 Nick Johnson 17:22 2-5 2-2 1-2 0 4 4 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 -4 Technical Fouls::NONE 13 Meekness Payne 12:03 3-7 0-2 0-0 3 2 5 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 Jon Willeman 03:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 UNH Maine Points from UNH Maine Period by Period Scoring Team 0 2 2 0 2 Biggest lead 14 (2nd 5:13) 6 (1st 12:58) Turnovers 16 5 1st 2nd TOT Totals 20-58 6-24 8-13 10 27 37 17 19 54 7 13 3 4 2 -15 nd nd Best Scoring Run 8(2 5:13) 12(2 0:17) Paint 32 22 st UNH 30 32 62 Technical Fouls:Team 1 9:29 Lead Changes 2 Second Chance 7 12 UMBC UNH Times Tied 5 Fast Breaks 11 4 Points from UMBC UNH Maine 29 29 58 Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 26 (2nd 8:05) 0 (1st 20:00) Time with Lead 25:37 09:53 Bench 15 20 Turnovers 8 14 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 12(2nd 10:13) 8(2nd 0:37) Paint 28 22 UMBC 38 31 69 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 7 9 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 9 5 UNH 26 28 54 Time with Lead 39:41 00:00 Bench 18 30

Game 7 Recap at Maine (Jan. 3) Game 8 Recap vs. UMBC (Jan. 9) ORONO, Maine - Junior forward Jayden Martinez led the Wildcats with DURHAM, N.H. - In a battle for second place in the America East stand- a career-high 23 points as UNH defeated Maine, 62-58, Sunday afternoon ings, UMBC started the game on an 8-0 run and UNH never got closer at Memorial Gym. than three points (11-8) the rest of the game. The Retrievers extended Martinez scored UNH’s last nine points of the first half to give the ‘Cats their 12-point halftime lead to 25 points midway through the second half a 30-29 lead going into halftime. He opened the second half with a dunk and kept the margin in the 20’s until the final two minutes. to extend the advantage to three points. UNH methodically pulled out to a 60-46 lead with 5:13 remaining. Maine went on a 12-0 run to close within two points, 60-58, with 17 Notable Numbers seconds to play. Jayden Martinez matched his career high of four blocks. He almost Martinez and Marque Maultsby both went 1-for-2 at the foul line the recorded a double-double with eight points and team-high nine rebounds. rest of the way and that was enough to secure the victory. Meekness Payne matched his season high of six points and pulled down five boards in 12 minutes. Notable Numbers Nick Guadarrama did not score a point in 20 minutes; he attempted Junior guard Qon Murphy tallied a season-high 11 points. just two field goals, including a 3-pointer, and did not have a free throw UNH made a season-best 20 free throws and went to the line a sea- attempt. son-high 28 times. The Wildcats’ nine turnovers were a season low. Nick Johnson made his first career start. Chris Lester came off the bench for the first time this season. GAME 9: UMBC AT UNH GAME 10: UNH AT STONY BROOK

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 12:00 AM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Game Duration: 1:51 UMBC at New Hampshire New Hampshire at Stony Brook Game Duration: 1:58

01/10/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 01/16/21 Island Federal Arena, Stony Brook 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Kevin O'Connell, Jason Mirabito, Rob Snedden Officials: Andy O'Brien, Robert Riley Jr., Damon Williams UMBC - 68 Record: 9-2 (5-1) New Hampshire - 81 Record: 5-5 (4-3) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-30 46.7% TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 9-27 33.3% 12 Brandon Horvath F 36:48 3-8 0-1 2-2 0 8 8 3 4 8 1 3 1 0 0 4 3PT% 1-6 16.7% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 28:50 5-8 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 2 5 14 6 1 2 1 0 16 3PT% 5-15 33.3% 32 Dimitrije Spasojevic F 18:20 3-6 0-0 0-2 1 6 7 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 -11 FT% 0-2 0% 24 Jayden Martinez F 37:23 5-8 3-6 3-5 2 8 10 2 6 16 3 4 0 0 0 21 FT% 6-7 85.7% 1 L.J. Owens G 27:27 1-4 0-1 3-4 0 1 1 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 7 2nd FG% 12-20 60.0% 15 Tayler Mattos C 05:35 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 nd FG% 17-27 63.0% 2 Darnell Rogers G 26:16 4-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 0 2 0 0 -13 3PT% 1-6 16.7% 2 1 Marque Maultsby G 16:52 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 -6 11 R.J. Eytle-Rock G 32:52 10-15 1-5 6-7 1 2 3 2 6 27 1 1 0 0 0 3 FT% 14-16 87.5% 3PT% 8-14 57.1% 10 Nick Johnson G 34:02 6-10 0-1 1-2 0 3 3 1 3 13 0 1 2 0 1 20 0 Keondre Kennedy 28:30 5-10 0-3 3-3 1 4 5 3 3 13 2 2 0 1 0 9 GMFG% 26-50 52.0% FT% 10-12 83.3% 23 Chris Lester 09:43 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -8 41 Jacob Boonyasith 17:37 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3PT% 2-12 16.7% GM FG% 26-54 48.1% FT% 14-18 77.8% 22 Qon Murphy 27:34 7-14 4-7 6-6 0 0 0 2 3 24 3 1 0 0 2 16 10 Szymon Wojcik 12:10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3PT% 13-29 44.8% Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 24:38 0-4 0-1 4-4 0 6 6 3 3 4 6 1 4 0 1 22 FT% 16-19 84.2% Team 0 3 3 0 0 0 K.J. McClurg 08:53 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Totals 26-50 2-12 14-18 3 27 30 19 18 68 5 8 4 2 1 2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 13 Meekness Payne 06:30 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Technical Fouls: NONE Team 4 1 5 0 1 New Hampshire - 66 Record: 4-5 (3-3) Totals 26-54 13-29 16-19 7 23 30 16 22 81 19 11 9 1 5 17 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-35 37.1% Technical Fouls::NONE 3 Nick Guadarrama F 36:20 11-20 4-6 8-8 3 3 6 2 7 34 1 1 1 0 1 -8 3PT% 4-11 36.4% Stony Brook - 64 Record: 6-5 (4-1) FT% 5-8 62.5% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period 24 Jayden Martinez F 37:41 4-14 3-8 0-0 3 4 7 1 2 11 1 2 1 0 1 -2 TP AS TO ST +/- 15 Tayler Mattos C 23:54 5-8 0-0 1-2 5 6 11 2 1 11 1 2 1 1 0 13 2nd FG% 10-24 41.7% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-27 48.1% 1 Marque Maultsby G 35:03 1-7 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 -6 3PT% 5-10 50.0% 0 Frankie Policelli F 29:24 3-5 1-3 5-5 0 5 5 4 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 -7 3PT% 3-8 37.5% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 13:44 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 FT% 6-7 85.7% 2 Mouhamadou Gueye F 30:47 5-10 0-0 2-5 1 2 3 1 3 12 1 4 2 4 0 -15 FT% 5-7 71.4% GMFG% 23-59 39.0% 22 Qon Murphy 17:49 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -7 13 Omar Habwe F 14:29 2-3 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 3 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 -10 2nd FG% 8-18 44.4% 3PT% 9-21 42.9% 5 Josh Hopkins 18:54 1-2 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 -5 4 Tykei Greene G 27:11 3-7 1-3 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 -9 FT% 11-15 73.3% 3PT% 2-5 40.0% 10 Nick Johnson 11:20 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Juan Felix Rodriguez G 29:48 3-7 2-4 2-2 0 5 5 4 2 10 5 5 0 0 0 -11 FT% 12-15 80% Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 23 Chris Lester 05:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Leighton Elliott-Sewell 13:24 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 GM FG% 21-45 46.7% Team 0 3 3 0 0 11 Mohamed Diallo 18:50 3-6 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 -14 3PT% 5-13 38.5% Totals 23-59 9-21 11-15 11 23 34 18 19 66 14 7 4 1 2 -2 14 Tyler Stephenson-Moore 14:18 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 FT% 17-22 77.3% Technical Fouls: NONE 10 Jordan McKenzie 18:52 2-5 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 6 1 0 2 1 0 -13 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 UMBC UNH 1 Juwan White 00:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 Points from UMBC UNH Period by Period Scoring 15 Tavin Pierre Philippe 00:59 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 Biggest lead nd nd 4 (2 6:58) 11 (2 13:09) Turnovers 9 11 1st 2nd TOT 21 Alex Christie 00:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 nd nd Best Scoring Run 15 (2 6:58) 6 (2 19:22) Paint 38 20 Team 2 1 3 0 0 UMBC 29 39 68 Lead Changes 16 Second Chance 3 14 Totals 21-45 5-13 17-22 5 23 28 22 16 64 10 17 8 5 1 -17 Times Tied 8 Fast Breaks 13 5 UNH 35 31 66 Technical Fouls::NONE Time with Lead 11:20 25:23 Bench 13 5 UNH Stony Points from UNH Stony Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 17 (2nd 0:20) 13 (1st 3:55) Turnovers 22 7 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 11(2nd 7:11) 11(1st 6:30) Paint 20 28 UNH 29 52 81 Lead Changes 7 Second Chance 7 6 Times Tied 6 Fast Breaks 11 6 Stony 34 30 64 Time with Lead 10:21 24:52 Bench 32 15

Game 9 Recap vs. UMBC (Jan. 10) Game 10 Recap at Stony Brook (Jan. 16) DURHAM, N.H. - R.J. Eytle-Rock made one free throw to tie the score STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Qon Murphy exploded for a career-high 24 with 1:43 remaining and his layup gave UMBC a 68-66 lead with 58 sec- points to lead four double-digit scorers for UNH, which outscored host onds to play and that proved to be the final score as the Retrievers defeated Stony Brook 52-30 after halftime to record an 81-64 America East victory UNH at Lundholm Gym on Sunday afternoon. Saturday afternoon at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. The Wildcats had two possessions in the final minute, but they missed The Seawolves led by as many as 13 points (32-19) in the first half be- the front end of a 1-and-1 at the foul line with 39 seconds left and then a fore the Wildcats went on a 10-0 run to close within three, 32-29, with 1:17 step-back jumper from the left corner fell short at the buzzer. on the clock. SBU scored the last basket of the half to take a 34-29 lead into There were nine lead changes and three ties in the first half; neither the locker room. team led by more than six points in the opening 20 minutes. A 3-pointer by Jayden Martinez tied the score, 48-48, at 11:56. There were seven lead changes and five tie scores in the second half. UNH went on an 11-0 run to transform a five-point deficit into a six- UNH pushed a four-point halftime lead to double digits, 43-33, at point lead (59-53) at 7:11. Qon Murphy’s 3-pointer pushed the advantage 16:28. UMBC utilized a 15-0 run to surge back in front, 57-53, at 6:58. to double digits, 65-55, at 5:30. A 3-pointer by Jayden Martinez gave UNH a 60-59 lead at 4:38. Leading 70-60 with four minutes remaining, UNH outscored Stony With the ‘Cats trailing 64-62, Nick Guadarrama hit two free throws at Brook 6-0 spanning the next 2:30 to build a 76-60 lead with 1:30 left. 2:32 to tie the score, and his next two foul shots gave UNH a 66-65 lead at 1:56. Notable Numbers Qon Murphy netted a career-high 24 points in his seventh game as a Notable Numbers Wildcat; he was a two-year letterwinner at Houston Baptist (2018-19 & Guadarrama scored a career-high 34 points; he made 11 of 20 field 2019-20 seasons). Murphy’s previous career high was 14 points (twice at goal attempts, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and was a perfect 8-for- HBU); his season high had been 11 points at Maine (Jan. 3). 8 from the foul line. Murphy also set career highs in field goals made (7) and attempted Guadarrama’s previous career high was 28 points vs. Holy Cross (No- (14), and tied his marks for 3-pointers made (4) and free throws made (6). vember 2019). Jayden Martinez scored 16 points and hauled in 10 rebounds for his The last time a Wildcat scored 30+ points in a game was Dec. 30, 2017 fourth double-double of the season. (Tanner Leissner, 32 points vs. Dartmouth; 83-66 win). Nick Johnson scored a personal-best 13 points; both the six field goals Guadarrama’s 34 points is the highest total by a ‘Cat since Jan. 28, made and 10 attempted were career highs. 2017, when Leissner netted 36 points in a 105-103 double overtime loss at Nick Guadarrama matched his career high of six assists. UMBC. UNH shot 63 percent (17 of 27) from the floor in the second half; it’s Tayler Mattos recorded his first double-double as a Wildcat with 11 the highest FG percentage for a half this season -- previously 55.6% (20- points and team-high 11 rebounds. 36); 2nd half, Nov. 25 vs. Keene State. Qon Murphy had a career-high five assists. The 52-point second half is UNH’s highest scoring half of the season; it surpassed the 51 netted in the second half vs. Keene State. The Wildcats set season highs for 3-pointers made (13) and 3-point field goal percentage (13-for-29, 44.8 percent). GAME 11: UNH AT STONY BROOK GAME 12: UALBANY AT UNH

Game Time: 2:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Duration: 2:16 Game Duration: 2:03 Albany (NY) at New Hampshire New Hampshire at Stony Brook 01/23/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 01/17/21 Island Federal Arena, Stony Brook 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: John Garbinski, Joseph Palacz, Rod Mrakovich Officials: Andy O'Brien, Robert Riley Jr., Damon Williams New Hampshire - 67 Record: 6-5 (5-3) Albany (NY) - 64 Record: 3-6 (3-4) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA st FG% 7-30 23.3% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-32 37.5% 1 3 Nick Guadarrama F 23:54 3-9 0-5 8-10 3 3 6 4 7 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 3PT% 4-14 28.6% 4 Jarvis Doles F 27:10 3-4 0-0 3-3 0 1 1 5 3 9 0 0 2 0 0 3 3PT% 1-10 10.0% 24 Jayden Martinez F 40:00 4-10 1-5 3-4 5 4 9 2 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 FT% 3-5 60% 12 Kellon Taylor F 30:18 3-6 0-0 1-3 1 4 5 5 2 7 0 3 1 2 0 -4 FT% 7-12 58.3% 0 Antonio Rizzuto G 32:54 3-12 0-5 4-4 0 3 3 4 2 10 0 1 0 0 3 1 nd FG% 14-26 53.8% 15 Tayler Mattos C 13:21 1-8 0-1 0-0 2 4 6 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 7 2nd FG% 10-27 37.0% 2 5 Jamel Horton G 32:32 6-11 1-2 6-6 0 1 1 2 4 19 2 2 2 0 1 -4 1 Marque Maultsby G 34:57 3-10 1-6 0-0 0 4 4 5 3 7 3 1 0 0 0 8 3PT% 5-16 31.3% 3PT% 1-5 20.0% 15 C.J. Kelly G 24:23 4-12 0-5 3-6 2 6 8 4 6 11 1 2 1 1 0 -10 10 Nick Johnson G 35:27 3-7 0-2 0-1 3 6 9 4 2 6 3 0 0 0 1 7 FT% 11-16 68.8% FT% 13-14 92.9% 14 Adam Lulka 05:22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 22 Qon Murphy 23:44 4-8 3-6 0-2 0 2 2 1 1 11 0 1 0 0 1 -2 GM FG% 22-59 37.3% GM FG% 21-56 37.5% 30 Chuck Champion 17:23 0-4 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 -13 0 K.J. McClurg 03:21 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -8 3PT% 9-30 30.0% 3PT% 2-15 13.3% 20-26 76.9% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 10:33 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 FT% 14-21 66.7% 2 Trey Hutcheson 17:29 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 -3 FT% 11 Cameron Healy 12:29 1-5 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 23 Chris Lester 14:43 3-3 3-3 3-4 2 0 2 3 2 12 1 0 1 0 0 -2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 5, 0 Team 2 1 3 0 3 Team 3 3 6 0 0 Totals 22-59 9-30 14-21 17 25 42 21 18 67 12 12 2 1 5 3 Totals 21-56 2-15 20-26 7 27 34 23 20 64 3 10 6 3 6 -7 Technical Fouls::NONE Technical Fouls::NONE New Hampshire - 71 Record: 7-5 (6-3) Stony Brook - 64 Record: 6-6 (4-2) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-32 40.6% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-24 45.8% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 36:29 7-15 5-8 6-6 0 7 7 3 6 25 3 3 0 0 1 4 3PT% 5-14 35.7% 0 Frankie Policelli F 29:12 5-14 1-7 2-2 0 4 4 1 1 13 2 1 0 0 1 -7 3PT% 3-9 33.3% FT% 4-7 57.1% 2 Mouhamadou Gueye F 31:34 4-8 0-1 2-3 0 6 6 3 3 10 4 3 2 5 0 -8 FT% 6-9 66.7% 24 Jayden Martinez F 33:37 5-10 1-3 0-0 2 7 9 3 0 11 1 3 0 3 0 11 15 Tayler Mattos C 03:20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2nd FG% 12-29 41.4% 4 Tykei Greene G 35:21 4-8 2-5 4-7 1 3 4 4 5 14 2 2 0 0 0 -3 2nd FG% 10-23 43.5% 1 Marque Maultsby G 27:01 0-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 4 3PT% 3-8 37.5% 5 Juan Felix Rodriguez G 25:34 3-7 0-3 0-2 1 0 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 0 -8 3PT% 2-10 20.0% 10 Nick Johnson G 37:45 8-15 1-2 1-5 4 6 10 1 5 18 4 1 2 0 2 8 FT% 9-14 64.3% 10 Jordan McKenzie G 25:06 0-1 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 FT% 11-17 64.7% 23 Chris Lester 15:30 1-4 1-4 1-2 2 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -3 GM FG% 25-61 41.0% 23 Jaden Sayles 12:19 4-5 1-1 1-2 0 2 2 2 2 10 2 1 0 0 0 -1 GM FG% 21-47 44.7% 22 Qon Murphy 21:14 3-8 0-3 1-2 0 3 3 4 4 7 2 2 1 0 0 8 3PT% 8-22 36.4% 3 Leighton Elliott-Sewell 17:55 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3PT% 5-19 26.3% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 22:39 1-2 0-0 4-6 2 4 6 3 4 6 1 3 1 0 0 3 FT% 13-21 61.9% 14 Tyler Stephenson-Moore 22:59 1-2 1-1 5-5 2 1 3 0 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 3 FT% 17-26 65.4% 0 K.J. McClurg 02:15 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 Team 2 2 4 0 0 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 13 Meekness Payne 00:10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 21-47 5-19 17-26 7 22 29 18 21 64 14 8 5 5 1 -3 Team 4 1 5 0 0 Technical Fouls::NONE Totals 25-61 8-22 13-21 14 30 44 21 23 71 14 14 4 6 3 7 UNH SBU st Points from UNH SBU Period by Period Scoring Technical Fouls:Murphy 1 4:57 Biggest lead 4 (1st 14:24) 8 (1st 7:57) Turnovers 2 11 1st 2nd TOT ALB UNH st st Points from ALB UNH Best Scoring Run 6(1 1:30) 11(1 8:50) Paint 14 30 st st Period by Period Scoring UNH 31 36 67 Biggest lead 0 (1 20:00) 15 (1 0:40) Lead Changes 7 Second Chance 12 11 Turnovers 10 5 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run nd st Times Tied 13 Fast Breaks 5 2 9(2 8:41) 8(1 12:32) Paint 30 28 SBU 31 33 64 ALB 22 42 64 Time with Lead 11:04 20:19 Bench 26 19 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 9 13 Times Tied 3 Fast Breaks 7 9 UNH 35 36 71 Time with Lead 00:00 36:38 Bench 8 17

Game 11 Recap at Stony Brook (Jan. 17) Game 12 Recap vs. UAlbany (Jan. 23) STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Nick Guadarrama scored 12 of his team-leading DURHAM, N.H - Nick Guadarrama scored a game-high 25 points and 14 points after halftime while Chris Lester and Qon Murphy provided Nick Johnson recorded a double-double to lift UNH to Saturday after- clutch 3-point scoring off the bench to lead UNH to Sunday afternoon’s noon’s 71-54 victory against UAlbany at Lundhholm Gym. 67-64 America East victory against Stony Brook at Island Federal Arena. With UNH’s lead trimmed to two points, Johnson finished strong in In the second half, Guadarrama went 3-for-6 from the field and hit four the lane to get the basket and completed the three-point play to push the straight free throws in the final 13 seconds to seal the victory. advantage to 64-59 at 1:57. SBU went on an 11-0 run spanning six-plus minutes for an 18-11 ad- Guadarrama’s 3-pointer gave UNH a 67-59 lead at 1:15 and he made vantage and led by as many as eight points (21-13 at 7:57). UNH closed the two free throws to advance the score to 69-64 with 31 seconds remaining first half on an 18-10 spurt to tie the score at 31. to help secure the win. Qon Murphy hit 3-pointers that tied the score at 49 and 52, then Lester There were no lead changes and just three ties in the game – all in the connected from long range to give the Wildcats a 59-57 lead at 4:39. An- first four minutes at 2-2, 5-5 and 7-7. other 3-ball from Murphy put the ‘Cats back in front, 62-61, at 2:49. Guadarrama’s first 3-pointer of the game gave the Wildcats a 10-7 lead After the Seawolves went 1-for-2 at the foul line to tie the score, Nick (at 15:41) that it would not relinquish. Johnson’s layup with 1:33 remaining gave UNH a lead it did not relin- Guadarrama connected again from long range to give UNH its largest quish. lead of the half, 35-20, with 40 seconds on the clock. In the final 15 seconds, Nick Guadarrama pulled down a defensive UAlbany made four straight free throws to trim the deficit to 54-51 at rebound, made two free throws to give the ‘Cats a 66-62 lead and hit one 4:28 of the second half. The Great Danes got within two points at 56-54, more foul shot to make it 67-64 (with five seconds left). 58-56 and 61-59 (at 2:14). SBU’s Juan Felix Rodriguez missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Notable Numbers Notable Numbers Nick Johnson recorded career highs in points (18) and rebounds (10) Chris Lester went 3-for-3 behind the arc and 3 of 4 at the FT line for for his first career double-double, and he also had a personal-best of four 12 points in 15 minutes of action; he entered the game shooting 2-for-22 assists. from 3-point range this season. Jayden Martinez missed a double-double with 11 points and nine re- Qon Murphy (4-for-8 FG) added 11 points, including nine in the sec- bounds; he also had three blocks. ond half courtesy of three critical 3s. UNH extended its win streak to a season-long three games. Nick Johnson recorded a career-high nine rebounds in playing a per- UAlbany’s .133 3-point field goal percentage (2-for-15) is the low by a sonal-best 35 minutes, 27 seconds. His six points included a layup that put Wildcat opponent this season. UNH in front to stay, 64-62, with 1:33 to play. Jayden Martinez played all 40 minutes. He finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. GAME 13: UALBANY AT UNH GAME 14: UNH AT BINGHAMTON

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Albany (NY) at New Hampshire Game Duration: 1:48 New Hampshire at Binghamton Game Duration: 1:48

01/24/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 01/30/21 Events Center, Vestal 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: John Garbinski, Joseph Palacz, Rod Mrakovich Officials: King Whetstone, Michael Nardone, David DeYong Albany (NY) - 83 Record: 4-6 (4-4) New Hampshire - 44 Record: 7-7 (6-5) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-25 56.0% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 10-29 34.5% 4 Jarvis Doles F 30:57 2-6 0-0 8-8 1 7 8 1 4 12 2 0 2 0 2 13 3PT% 4-8 50.0% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 29:40 2-8 0-3 2-4 1 6 7 2 2 6 1 2 2 2 2 -19 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 12 Kellon Taylor F 32:15 2-4 0-0 4-8 1 7 8 1 4 8 2 3 1 0 0 26 FT% 13-17 76.5% 24 Jayden Martinez F 16:24 2-6 1-4 0-0 1 5 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 -10 FT% 6-8 75% nd 0 Antonio Rizzuto G 24:19 5-8 2-5 4-5 1 1 2 2 3 16 0 0 2 0 0 17 2nd FG% 13-27 48.1% 1 Marque Maultsby G 27:30 1-10 0-1 0-1 1 2 3 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 -16 2 FG% 5-29 17.2% 5 Jamel Horton G 36:42 5-12 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 2 2 11 2 1 2 1 3 23 3PT% 3-10 30.0% 10 Nick Johnson G 17:37 0-2 0-1 3-4 0 3 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 -9 3PT% 1-12 8.3% 15 C.J. Kelly G 29:47 7-8 3-4 6-9 0 2 2 2 4 23 1 1 1 0 0 13 FT% 9-13 69.2% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 35:58 4-8 2-4 0-1 3 2 5 1 2 10 1 2 1 0 2 -21 FT% 4-9 44.4% 2 Trey Hutcheson 11:44 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 GM FG% 27-52 51.9% 22 Qon Murphy 19:58 3-7 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 8 0 3 1 0 1 -12 GM FG% 15-58 25.9% 30 Chuck Champion 22:43 6-9 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 13 1 1 2 0 1 10 3PT% 7-18 38.9% 0 K.J. McClurg 27:05 2-7 0-3 2-3 1 0 1 2 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 -10 3PT% 4-23 17.4% 14 Adam Lulka 05:18 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 FT% 22-30 73.3% 4 Jon Willeman 04:00 1-1 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 FT% 10-17 58.8% 10 Brent Hank 02:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 23 Chris Lester 08:20 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -6 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 11 Cameron Healy 02:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 13 Meekness Payne 13:28 0-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -6 33 Jackson Brown 02:05 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 Team 3 2 5 0 0 Team 1 3 4 0 0 Totals 15-58 4-23 10-17 11 23 34 15 15 44 4 11 7 2 8 -21 Totals 27-52 7-18 22-30 6 28 34 10 17 83 9 8 10 1 6 19 Technical Fouls::NONE Technical Fouls::NONE Binghamton - 65 Record: 2-12 (2-9) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period New Hampshire - 64 Record: 7-6 (6-4) TP AS TO ST +/- st FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1 FG% 14-29 48.3% TP AS TO ST +/- 0 Bryce Beamer F 14:32 3-5 1-3 0-0 2 2 4 2 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 10 3PT% 5-9 55.6% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-33 33.3% FT% 2-4 50% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 29:59 2-8 0-2 2-3 1 3 4 2 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 -21 3PT% 2-12 16.7% 20 George Tinsley F 31:07 7-11 2-2 0-0 2 4 6 2 2 16 1 1 2 0 0 19 nd 23 Chris Lester F 07:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -11 FT% 2-2 100% 2 Brenton Mills G 27:35 4-10 2-5 0-0 0 4 4 3 1 10 0 2 1 0 1 21 2 FG% 10-24 41.7% 11 Dan Petcash G 22:57 2-6 1-3 1-3 1 7 8 1 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 19 3PT% 2-9 22.2% 24 Jayden Martinez F 26:49 3-5 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 3 0 6 2 2 1 3 0 -19 2nd FG% 15-27 55.6% 23 Tyler Bertram G 27:38 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 7 6 2 3 0 0 21 FT% 8-12 66.7% 1 Marque Maultsby G 34:48 6-14 2-7 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 14 3 2 0 0 0 -13 3PT% 5-7 71.4% 32 Thomas Bruce 20:35 4-7 0-0 1-2 1 5 6 3 2 9 0 0 1 4 1 20 GM FG% 24-53 45.3% 10 Nick Johnson G 22:05 1-6 0-1 0-0 1 6 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 -22 FT% 3-5 60% 4 Kellen Amos 10:40 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 -7 3PT% 7-18 38.9% 22 Qon Murphy 09:11 3-5 1-1 0-1 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 GM FG% 26-60 43.3% 1 Hakon Hjalmarsson 16:08 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 FT% 10-16 62.5% 0 K.J. McClurg 11:25 2-5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 -7 3PT% 7-19 36.8% 24 Christian Hinckson 18:04 1-2 0-0 5-7 1 6 7 2 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 13 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo 26:19 6-9 1-2 1-1 0 2 2 3 4 14 1 2 1 0 0 -7 FT% 5-7 71.4% Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 15 Ador Athuai 06:03 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -6 13 Meekness Payne 23:00 3-8 1-2 2-2 2 4 6 2 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 0, 0 10 Leo Gallagher 03:07 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 4 Jon Willeman 08:52 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 22 Alex Brodsky 01:34 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Team 0 1 1 0 2 Team 3 2 5 0 0 Totals 26-60 7-19 5-7 8 24 32 18 10 64 9 15 3 6 1 -19 Totals 24-53 7-18 10-16 10 38 48 16 15 65 11 14 8 8 2 21 Technical Fouls:Martinez 2nd12:59 Technical Fouls:Petcash 2nd17:49 ALB UNH Points from ALB UNH Period by Period Scoring UNH BING Biggest lead 26 (2nd 7:21) 0 (1st 20:00) Points from UNH BING Period by Period Scoring Turnovers 17 8 1st 2nd TOT Biggest lead 3 (1st 17:15) 26 (2nd 4:37) st nd Turnovers 10 14 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 9(1 14:16) 6(2 6:23) Paint 34 36 st st ALB 45 38 83 Best Scoring Run 4(1 17:15) 9(1 4:14) Paint 20 30 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 8 7 UNH 29 15 44 Lead Changes 5 Second Chance 11 8 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 14 7 UNH 26 38 64 Times Tied 5 Fast Breaks 3 4 Time with Lead 39:27 00:00 Bench 13 36 BING 35 30 65 Time with Lead 08:27 26:02 Bench 18 19

Game 13 Recap vs. UAlbany (Jan. 24) Game 14 Recap at Binghamton (Jan. 30) DURHAM, N.H - Junior Marque Maultsby and redshirt freshman VESTAL, N.Y. - George Tinsley led the Bearcats with 16 points as UNH Blondeau Tchoukuiegno led the Wildcats with 14 points each, but UNH fell to Binghamton, 65-44, Saturday afternoon at the Events Center. was upended by UAlbany, 83-64, Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gym. Junior forward Jayden Martinez scored the first five points for the The Great Danes scored the first six points of the game and led the rest Wildcats on a layup and a 3-pointer as the Wildcats took a 5-3 lead at of the way. They increased the margin to 24 points twice in the first half 17:57. (42-18 and 45-21) before taking a 19-point advantage, 45-26, into half- With the game tied at 8, the Wildcats scored the next three points to time. take an 11-8 lead. UAlbany outscored the Wildcats 8-2 in the early minutes of the second Binghamton outscored UNH 27-18 the rest of the half to take a 35-29 half to extend the cushion to 25 points, 53-28. The visitors held the largest lead into halftime. lead of the game, 26 points (77-51), at 7:21. Leading 45-34, the Bearcats went on a 6-0 run to build a 51-34 advantage at 10:54. Notable Numbers Binghamton recorded its largest lead of the game, 26 points (62-36), Junior forward Meekness Payne scored a career-high nine points in 23 with 4:47 remaining. minutes. Payne also matched his season high of six rebounds. Junior forward Jayden Martinez recorded three blocks for the second Notable Numbers consecutive game. Redshirt freshman guard Blondeau Tchoukuiegno led the Wildcats Marque Maultsby’s 14 points matched the combined total of UNH’s with 10 points. other four starters. UNH grabbed 34 rebounds and shot 25.9 percent from the field, while New Hampshire matched its high of six blocks established the previous the Bearcats posted 48 rebounds and shot 45.3 percent. day vs. UAlbany. The 44 points marked a season low for New Hampshire, as did the 15 This marked the first game of the season that an opponent scored more field goals made, .259 field goal percentage, .174 3-point field goal percent- second-chance points than UNH. UAlbany finished with an 8-7 edge in age, and four assists. that stat. New Hampshire recorded season lows in free throws made (five) and attempted (seven). UNH’s 15 turnovers marked the second-highest total of the season. GAME 15: UNH AT BINGHAMTON GAME 16: UMASS LOWELL AT UNH

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 3:00 PM New Hampshire at Binghamton Game Duration: 2:06 UMass Lowell at New Hampshire Game Duration: 1:53

01/31/21 Events Center, Vestal 02/05/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: King Whetstone, Michael Nardone, David DeYong Officials: Michael Kitts, Rob Snedden, Andy O'Brien New Hampshire - 71 Record: 8-7 (7-5) UMass Lowell - 74 Record: 7-8 (6-5) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 9-29 31.0% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 15-27 55.6% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 39:04 5-13 2-7 6-9 2 8 10 2 8 18 3 4 2 0 0 4 3PT% 4-15 26.7% 5 Connor Withers F 32:48 6-11 4-6 3-4 1 2 3 0 2 19 2 0 0 1 0 2 3PT% 2-4 50.0% 24 Jayden Martinez F 45:00 9-15 4-6 2-3 2 12 14 1 2 24 1 1 1 1 0 6 FT% 2-2 100% 15 Allin Blunt F 38:59 2-5 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 FT% 3-3 100% 10 Nick Johnson G 12:36 1-6 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 -5 2nd FG% 11-27 40.7% 23 Salif Boudie F 09:42 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 -11 2nd FG% 12-23 52.2% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 35:03 2-5 0-1 5-5 0 0 0 4 4 9 4 3 2 2 0 -2 3PT% 2-5 40.0% 1 Bryce Daley G 30:20 7-14 1-2 3-3 1 4 5 3 5 18 3 3 1 1 0 5 3PT% 5-8 62.5% 22 Qon Murphy G 33:31 4-8 1-2 3-3 0 3 3 3 5 12 1 0 0 0 1 5 FT% 8-11 72.7% 2 Kalil Thomas G 32:05 3-5 1-2 1-1 0 6 6 4 6 8 2 1 2 0 1 8 FT% 10-14 71.4% 1 Marque Maultsby 35:26 2-9 0-2 0-2 6 2 8 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 15 :OT FG% 4-6 66.7% 10 Max Brooks 14:44 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 GM FG% 27-50 54.0% 23 Chris Lester 12:05 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3PT% 1-2 50.0% 14 Anthony Blunt 13:53 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 -3 3PT% 7-12 58.3% 0 K.J. McClurg 12:15 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 FT% 6-9 66.7% 3 Gregory Hammond 07:12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 FT% 13-17 76.5% Team 0 1 1 0 0 GM FG% 24-62 38.7% 00 Ron Mitchell 04:43 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 1 Totals 24-62 7-22 16-22 12 30 42 18 22 71 11 12 6 5 2 6 3PT% 7-22 31.8% 12 Darion Jordan-Thomas 15:34 3-5 0-0 3-5 1 3 4 3 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 15 Technical Fouls::NONE FT% 16-22 72.7% Team 0 1 1 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 Totals 27-50 7-12 13-17 3 27 30 17 21 74 12 13 6 5 2 5 Binghamton - 65 Record: 2-13 (2-10) Technical Fouls:Team 2nd7:57 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- New Hampshire - 69 Record: 8-8 (7-6) NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-30 40.0% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period 0 Bryce Beamer F 26:35 3-9 3-7 2-2 1 2 3 2 3 11 0 1 1 0 0 -5 3PT% 1-10 10.0% TP AS TO ST +/- st 20 George Tinsley F 23:58 1-5 1-3 0-0 4 5 9 5 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 -4 FT% 1-2 50% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1 FG% 12-26 46.2% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 37:50 5-9 1-3 1-2 0 7 7 2 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 -5 3PT% 4-14 28.6% 2 Brenton Mills G 39:49 4-14 2-6 4-4 1 1 2 4 3 14 3 4 2 0 2 -1 2nd FG% 10-30 33.3% 24 Jayden Martinez F 38:48 7-13 5-8 0-1 2 3 5 2 2 19 2 1 0 1 2 -3 FT% 2-5 40% 11 Dan Petcash G 40:05 5-10 1-2 1-1 2 5 7 5 3 12 3 3 1 0 0 1 3PT% 5-14 35.7% 10 Nick Johnson G 33:40 5-11 1-2 2-4 0 2 2 4 5 13 1 1 2 1 2 -8 nd 23 Tyler Bertram G 36:02 3-13 0-8 0-0 0 5 5 1 3 6 2 1 0 0 2 -3 FT% 5-6 83.3% 2 FG% 14-28 50.0% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 33:17 2-6 0-2 1-1 0 3 3 5 1 5 8 3 1 0 1 11 32 Thomas Bruce 33:25 4-8 0-0 3-4 3 8 11 4 5 11 0 2 0 1 1 -6 :OT FG% 2-7 28.6% 3PT% 4-6 66.7% 22 Qon Murphy G 22:04 5-8 1-3 5-10 0 0 0 4 6 16 3 1 1 0 0 4 24 Christian Hinckson 12:37 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 -2 3PT% 1-4 25.0% FT% 7-13 53.8% 1 Hakon Hjalmarsson 12:29 3-7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 -10 FT% 4-4 100% 1 Marque Maultsby 18:49 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -11 GM FG% 26-54 48.1% 15 Tayler Mattos 10:13 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -7 Team 3 2 5 0 1 GM FG% 24-67 35.8% 3PT% 8-20 40.0% 23 Chris Lester 03:16 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 FT% 9-18 50.0% Totals 24-67 7-28 10-12 15 29 44 22 18 65 11 16 6 2 5 -6 3PT% 7-28 25.0% 0 K.J. McClurg 02:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 Dead Ball Rebounds: 5, 0 Technical Fouls::NONE FT% 10-12 83.3% Dead Ball Rebounds: 0, 0 Team 1 4 5 0 0 UNH BING Totals 26-54 8-20 9-18 4 20 24 21 17 69 15 10 4 2 5 -5 Points from UNH BING Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 8 (1st OT1:54) 8 (1st 13:24) Technical Fouls::NONE Turnovers 22 16 1st 2nd OT1 TOT Best Scoring Run 9(1st 11:28) 11(2nd 19:37) 32 26 UML UNH Paint Points from UML UNH Period by Period Scoring UNH 24 32 15 71 Biggest lead 8 (2nd 19:49) 12 (1st 13:05) Lead Changes 13 Second Chance 7 15 Turnovers 7 19 1st 2nd TOT Times Tied 6 Fast Breaks 15 2 Best Scoring Run 19(2nd 19:49) 9(1st 15:23) Paint 28 30 BING 26 30 9 65 UML 35 39 74 Time with Lead 12:54 26:15 Bench 6 19 Lead Changes 3 Second Chance 2 5 Times Tied 7 Fast Breaks 5 2 UNH 30 39 69 Time with Lead 19:29 17:58 Bench 17 4

Game 15 Recap at Binghamton (Jan. 31) Game 16 Recap vs UMass Lowell (Feb. 5) VESTAL, N.Y. - Junior forward Jayden Martinez scored a career-high 24 DURHAM, N.H. – Junior forward Jayden Martinez led UNH with a points and pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds to lead UNH to Sunday team-high 19 points in the 74-69 loss to UMass Lowell on Friday after- afternoon’s 71-65 overtime win against Binghamton at Events Center. noon in America East play at Lundholm Gymnasium. Binghamton scored the first five points of the game and built a 13-5 Martinez and Nick Guadarrama combined to score 12 points as UNH lead at 13:24. built a 20-8 lead. Martinez made back-to-back 3-pointers and Nick Guadarrama also UML’s Conner Withers hit a 3-pointer at 1:09 of the first half to give hit a 3-ball for a 9-0 spurt that gave UNH its first lead of the game, 14-13, the River Hawks their first lead of the game, 32-30, and they never trailed at 11:28. again. The Wildcats led 24-17 before the Bearcats finished the first half on a UNH leveled the score four times in the second half (at 48, 50, 54 and 9-0 run to take a two-point lead into halftime. 57). The visitors inched out to a 66-61 lead at 3:43 and still held a five- The Bearcats stretched the margin to eight points, 34-26, two minutes point advantage, 68-63, at 1:48. into the second half. With the Wildcats trailing 71-65, Qon Murphy was fouled on a made UNH tied the score, 41-41, at 11:03. Binghamton’s 7-0 run was an- 3-pointer and hit the free throw to make it a two-point game with 26 sec- swered with a 9-0 spurt that gave the Wildcats a 50-48 lead at 3:12. onds remaining. Guadarrama’s layup tied the score at 56 with 40 seconds left in the sec- Bryce Davis was fouled and made both foul shots to push the margin ond half. The Bearcats missed a 3-pointer, front end of a 1-and-1 at the to 73-69 with 21 seconds to play. The ‘Cats missed a layup with 10 seconds foul line and another 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. on the clock and Darion Jordan-Thomas made one free throw to secure UNH went on an 8-0 run to build its largest lead of the game, 66-58, at the River Hawks’ win. 1:54 of OT. With New Hampshire leading by six points, Qon Murphy drew a Notable Numbers charge and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno drained two free throws to extend Jayden Martinez finished the game with 7-for-13 shooting and 5-of-8 the margin to 70-62 with 28 seconds left. from the three-point arc to go along with five rebounds. Junior forward Qon Murphy netted 16 points on 5 of 8 shooting and Notable Numbers six rebounds. Jayden Martinez, who played all 45 minutes, recorded his fifth dou- Freshman guard Nick Johnson added 13 points. ble-double of the season and 14th career. Junior forward Nick Guadarrama recorded 12 points and seven re- Nick Guadarrama recorded his third double-double of the season and bounds; he shot 5-for-9 from the field. ninth career with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Blondeau Tchoukuiegno scored seven of his nine points in OT. He went 5-for-5 at the foul line and made his only field goal attempt in overtime; he also had two steals and a block in OT. Tchoukuiegno finished with team highs in assists (four), steals (two) and blocks (two); the two blocks were a personal best. UNH’s quintet of Guadarrama, Martinez, Maultsby, Murphy and Tchoukuiegno played the entire five minutes in OT. UNH’s 16 free throws made tied the second highest total of the season. GAME 17: UMASS LOWELL AT UNH

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM UMass Lowell at New Hampshire Game Duration: 1:57

02/06/21 Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Michael Kitts, Rob Snedden, Andy O'Brien UMass Lowell - 63 Record: 7-9 (6-6) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-31 38.7% 5 Connor Withers F 34:54 5-10 2-3 0-0 1 4 5 2 1 12 2 2 2 0 0 -4 3PT% 3-5 60.0% 15 Allin Blunt F 32:00 3-9 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 7 2 1 0 1 1 -8 FT% 4-6 66.7% 23 Salif Boudie F 16:23 2-4 0-0 2-2 2 2 4 1 1 6 1 0 2 2 0 -5 2nd FG% 12-29 41.4% 1 Bryce Daley G 37:37 6-15 1-2 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 15 3 2 1 0 0 -5 3PT% 1-7 14.3% 2 Kalil Thomas G 22:35 5-11 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 10 0 1 1 1 1 0 FT% 7-8 87.5% 12 Darion Jordan-Thomas 06:35 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 GM FG% 24-60 40.0% 3 Gregory Hammond 07:41 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 3PT% 4-12 33.3% 14 Anthony Blunt 27:14 2-6 0-1 5-6 1 3 4 1 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 -20 FT% 11-14 78.6% 10 Max Brooks 11:42 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 00 Ron Mitchell 03:19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 Team 1 3 4 0 0 Totals 24-60 4-12 11-14 7 22 29 16 9 63 9 6 7 4 4 -11 Technical Fouls::NONE New Hampshire - 74 Record: 9-8 (8-6) FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-32 34.4% 3 Nick Guadarrama F 38:04 2-6 1-3 2-2 0 5 5 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 0 9 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 24 Jayden Martinez F 35:59 6-13 5-6 5-6 2 7 9 1 4 22 0 2 0 2 0 11 FT% 6-8 75% 10 Nick Johnson G 32:01 5-8 0-1 5-7 3 3 6 0 4 15 2 3 0 1 1 16 2nd FG% 13-24 54.2% 11 Blondeau Tchoukuiengo G 35:19 6-10 1-3 3-3 0 4 4 2 2 16 5 1 2 0 1 16 3PT% 5-7 71.4% 22 Qon Murphy G 27:30 4-9 1-3 1-2 1 4 5 3 1 10 0 2 0 1 2 9 FT% 12-14 85.7% 1 Marque Maultsby 07:39 0-5 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 GM FG% 24-56 42.9% 15 Tayler Mattos 17:23 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3PT% 8-18 44.4% 23 Chris Lester 06:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 18-22 81.8% Team 2 2 4 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 Totals 24-56 8-18 18-22 12 31 43 10 16 74 10 12 3 4 4 11 Technical Fouls::NONE UML UNH Points from UML UNH Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 8 (1st 10:45) 11 (2nd 0:32) Turnovers 8 2 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 7(1st 10:45) 7(1st 8:40) Paint 30 28 UML 31 32 63 Lead Changes 9 Second Chance 2 13 Times Tied 7 Fast Breaks 11 7 UNH 31 43 74 Time with Lead 13:47 20:49 Bench 13 4

Game 17 Recap vs UMass Lowell (Feb. 6) DURHAM, N.H. – Junior forward Jayden Martinez scored a game-high 22 points to elevate UNH past UMass Lowell, 74-63, on Saturday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium. (Feb. 6) Martinez also posted a game-high nine rebounds while shooting 6-for-13 from the floor, including 5-for-6 from 3-point range; the five 3’s matched his career high. Redshirt freshman Blondeau Tchoukuiegno scored 16 points on the strength of 6-for-10 shooting from the field. He also notched a game-high five assists. UMass Lowell’s largest lead of the first half was eight points (16-8 at 10:45), while UNH’s largest lead was three (23-20 and 25-22). There were three ties and seven lead changes in the opening 20 minutes. Bryce Daley beat the buzzer to tie the score at 31 heading into halftime. UNH led for a majority of the second half (17 minutes, 5 seconds). UML led for only 21 seconds, the last of which was at 19:23. Nick Johnson’s pull-up jumper gave the Wildcats a 34-33 lead at 19:03. The River Hawks tied the game four more times – at 36, 38, 40 and 42 – before Martinez made another 3-ball to five the ‘Cats a 45-42 lead at 14:19 that would not be relinquished. UNH’s led fluctuated between 3-to-6 points until Murphy and Tchoukuiegno hit back-to-back 3-pointers to extend the advantage to nine points, 62-53, at 6:04. Tchoukuiegno made a pair of free throws to push the margin to double digits, 65-55, at 4:42. UML inched within four points, 65-61, at 2:15 but the Wildcats closed the game on a 9-2 run to build a 74-63 lead with 32 seconds left.

Notable Numbers The Wildcats shot 71.4 percent (5-7) from 3-point range in the second half and finished with a game percentage of 44.4 (8-18), the second-best percentage of the season. In comparison, UML made 1 of 7 (14.3%) 3-pointers in the second half and was 4-for-12 (33.3%) in the game. In the second half, the Wildcats shot 54.2 percent (13-24) from the field and finished with a game percentage of 42.9. UMass Lowell finished the game shooting 40 percent. UNH made 18 of 22 free throws (81.8%). The Wildcats finished with a 43-29 rebounding advantage that included a 12-7 edge on the offensive glass, which led to a 13-2 margin in second-chance points.