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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 im- plications 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 Tied for the team lead in scoring... 1st in FT% and FT 20 Sat. at UMass Lowell * 1 pm made & attempts.... 2nd in rebounding, assists, steals, PPG RPG APG 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- Blondeau Tchoukuiegno AE Overall 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 UNH 67.4 .401 .325 .687 37.8 11.4 5.2 2.8 11.8 9-8 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.