WOMEN S BASKETBALL 2014-15UNH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS’ -GAME 145 MAIN STREET - DURHAM, NOTES N.H. - UNHWILDCATS.COM JON LUSZCZ (WBB CONTACT), ASST. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS (603) 812-6877 - [email protected] Overall: 5-3 America East: 0-0 Home: 3-1 Away: 2-2 Neutral: 0-0 Streak: L1 2014-15 Schedule/Results 14 Fri. NJIT W (61-56) NEW HAMPSHIRE18 Tues. at Howard W (78-68) 22 Sat. BROWN W (60-57) VS 25NOVEMBER Tues (3-2,at Penn 0-0 AE) L, (39-74) 30 Sun. CENTRAL CONN. ST. L, (58-64) 3 Wed. at Boston U. W, (67-55) 7 Sun. DANIEL WEBSTER W, (84-32) Dartmouth (5-4, 0-0 Ivy) 14 Sun. at Boston College L, (58-64) At New Hampshire (5-3, 0-0 America East) 18DECEMBER Thu. (2-1,DARTMOUTH 0-0 AE) 7:00 PM RADIO: WPKX-AM - 930, WGIR-AM - 610, Stretch - UNHWildcats.com 22 Mon. at Northeastern 2:00 PM PLAY BY PLAY: Jim Jeannotte 28 Sun. at Manhattan 2:00 PM COLOR COMMENTARY: Mike Murphy 31 Wed BRYANT 3:00 PM LIVE STATS: UNHWildcats.com VIDEO: AmericaEast.tv 3 Sat. at Stony Brook• 12:00 PM TWITTER: @UNHWildcats 7 Wed. at Albany• 7:00 PM ALL-TIME SERIES: UNH leads 21-15 10 Sat. UMBC• 1:00 PM LAST MEETING: Dec. 6, 2013 (UNH win, 54-37) JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 AE) LAST WIN: Dec. 6, 2013 (UNH win, 54-37) 14 Wed. at Vermont• 11:30 AM FIRST MEETING: Feb. 27, 1979, UNH win 67-56 17 Sat. BINGHAMTON• 1:00 PM STREAK: W4 19 Mon. UMASS LOWELL• Ω 1:00 PM 21 Wed. at Hartford• 7:00 PM 29 Thu. at Maine• 7:00 PM The Wildcats return to Lundholm Gymnasium with a 5-3 overall record, which includes a 3-1 mark at home. UNH looks to rebound after suffering a 1 Sun. STONY BROOK• 1:00 PM 64-58 setback at Boston College on Sunday. Dec. 14. 4 Wed. ALBANY• 7:00 PM 7 Sat. at UMBC• 1:00 PM FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 AE) SeniorTHE STATE forward OF NEWKaylee HAMPSHIRE: Kilpatrick (Saint John, New Brunswick) led the way for UNH with a 14 Sat. at Binghamton• Ω 2:00 PM game-high 17 points and a career-high six assists. Classmate Sarah-Marie Frankenberger 18 Wed. HARTFORD• 7:00 PM (Gross Gerau, Germany) notched 16 points while senior guard Ariel Gaston (Toledo, Ohio) 21 Sat. at UMass Lowell• 2:00 PM pitched in nine points and nine assists. 1 Sun. MAINE• Ω 1:00 PM Junior guard Elizabeth Belanger (Acton, Mass.) is the leading scorer for the Wildcats this HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS season, registering 17.3 points per game. Kilpatrick and Gaston also average double figures MARCH (0-0, 0-0 AE) in the points column, tallying 12.0 and 10.4 ppg respectively. Kilpatrick holds the team's top • America East game field goal percentage (.521) and blocks per game (1.4) while Gaston paces the team in both Ω TV: WBIN, FOX College Sports Atlantic, ESPN3 rebounds (7.3) and assists per game (3.0). New Hampshire averages 63.1 ppg while conceding 58.8. The Wildcats hold a slight edge in /UNHWildcats @UNHWildcats @UNHWildcats /UNHAthletics rpg with a 39.6-36.0 margin. The Big Green arrive in Durham with a 5-4 overall record. Dartmouth looks to rebound after a 62-42 loss at Northern Iowa on Dec. 13. Road games SCOUTING DARTMOUTH: Probable Starters Cl. Ht. Hometown / Previous Team PPG RPG APG G 1 Ariel Gaston Sr. 5-7 Toledo, Ohio/Start 10.4 7.3 3.0 G 5 Elizabeth Belanger Jr. 5-10 Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough 15.7 6.5 1.3 G 10 Aliza Simpson Fr. 5-9 Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry 4.3 2.6 2.5 F 11 Kaylee Kilpatrick Jr. 6-4 Saint John, New Brunswick/Harbour View 12.0 5.9 1.7 G/F 12 Sarah-Maire Frankenberger Sr. 5-10 Gross Gerau, Germany /Theresianum Mainz 6.5 2.5 0.8 RESERVES Cl. Ht. Hometown / Previous Team PPG RPG APG G 3 Madi Rowan So. 5-9 Aliquippa, Pa./Central Valley 1.6 1.2 0.2 G 4 Kristen Anderson NEWSo. 5-7 HAMPSHIRE Greene, Maine/Leavitt DEPTH CHART4.3 3.6 2.0 F 15 Corinne Coia^ Jr. 6-4 North Smithfield, R.I./U. of Rhode Island -- -- -- G 20 Peyton Booth Fr. 5-10 Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth 0.0 0.8 1.0 G 22 Madison Lopez Jr. 5-11 Albuquerque, N.M./Cochise College 0.5 2.0 0.0 G 25 Emily Peters^ Fr. 5-6 Lindstrom, Minn. /Forest Lake -- -- -- C 32 Carlie Pogue Fr. 6-2 Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton 5.6 3.0 0.3 F 33 Stephanie Spoto Jr. 5-10 Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland 4.1 2.4 1.1 C 50 Morgan Bassett-Smith Fr. 6-2 Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North 1.6 1.6 0.0 ^ Will not play due to season-ending injury * Based on last game’s starters have hindered Dartmouth this season, struggling to a 1-4 record away from Leede Arena. TALE OF THE TAPE Sophomore guard Fanni Szabo has carried the squad's scoring load UNH DC thus far. Starting in each of Dartmouth's first nine games, Szabo leads Record 5-3 5-4 Dartmouth with 19.9 ppg and a team-high field goal percentage of .458. Conference 0-0 0-0 The sophomore's 17 steals and seven blocks are also atop Dartmouth in Home 3-1 3-0 both respective categories. Away 2-2 1-4 To go along with Szabo's impressive shooting ability, Dartmouth Neutral 0-0 1-0 enjoys the services of junior forward Lakin Roland, who has delivered Last 5 2-3 1-4 consistent scoring and rebounding. Roland leads the squad in Last 10 N/A N/A rebounding (9.9 rpg) while averaging 13.2 ppg this season. Senior guard PPG 63.1 57.8 Milica Toskovic has also been a key contributor for the Big Green. Opp. PPG 58.8 58.9 The senior averages a team-leading 2.6 apg and is second in both FG % .404 .373 rebounding (7.2) and steals (13). Opp. FG % .383 .355 3-pt FG % .196 .291 The Big Green has been edged out in scoring this season by a margin of Opp. 3-pt FG % .289 .308 57.8-58.9, but owns the rebounding advantage, 39.3-38.8. Head coach Belle Koclanes enters her second season at the helm FT % .719 .715 for Dartmouth after serving as an assistant coach and recruiting Rebounding Avg. 39.6 39.3 coordinator at American University from 2011-2013. Koclanes now leads Opp. Rebounding Avg. 36.0 38.8 a Big Green roster that has already matched its winning total from last Assists Avg. 13.5 9.0 season. Turnovers Avg. 13.0 17.7 Steals Avg. 6.5 7.0 The Big Green and Wildcats will Blocks Avg. 2.9 3.6 compete for the 36th time in the all-time series. New Hampshire leads Scoring Leader E. Belanger (15.7 ppg) F. Szabo (19.9 ppg) the all-time series 20-15, which includes victories in each of the last four Rebounds Leader E. Belanger (6.9 rpg) L. Roland (9.9 rpg) match ups. The rivalry between the two Granite State schools dates backTHE GRANITEto Feb. 27, STATE 1979 as CHALLENGE: UNH prevailed 67-56 in the first-ever meeting in Assists Leader A. Gaston (3.0 apg) M. Toskovic (2.5 apg) Durham. Blocks Leader K.Kilpatrick (1.4 bpg) F. Szabo (0.7 bpg) Steals Leader A. Gaston (1.4 spg) F. Szabo (1.8 spg) Prior to the arrival of head coach FG% Leader K. Kilpatrick (.521) A. Norman (.471) Maureen Magarity, Dartmouth tallied an all-time series-high five game- 3-Pt.% Leader A. Simpson (.421) K. Vareika (.438) winning streak against the 'Cats. Since the 2010-11 season, the Wildcats FT% Leader A. Gaston (.846) E. Slagle (1.000) have yet to be defeated by the Big Green. Additionally, UNH has limited DartmouthMAGARITY to VS. a series-low DARTMOUTH: 37 points in its last meeting (Dec. 7, 2013, 54-37). ’Cat Nips Ariel Gaston will play her 100th collegiate game as a Wildcat in Thursday's contest against Dartmouth. The senior has played in all of UNH's contest since her arrival to Durham in 2011. Furthermore, America East Player of the Week: Belanger (1) Gaston has become a mainstay in head coach Maureen Magarity's America East Rookie of the Week: startingIRON WOMAN: lineup, earning the nod in 35 straight games. 2014-15America EastINDIVIDUAL Player of the Game: UNH has entered halftime with the lead on four Led UNH in scoring: Belanger (4), Kilpatrick (1), Frankenberger (1), occasions and won all four times. The only time the Wildcats trailed at Pogue (1) halftime and ended up winning the game was at Howard on Nov. 18 Led UNH in rebounding: Gaston (4), Belanger (3), Kilpatrick (1), Pogue (78-68). TAKING THE LEAD: (1) New Hampshire is 4-1 this season when Led UNH in assists: Gatson (3), Simpson (3) Anderson (1), Belanger (1), outscoring its opponent in the paint. The only loss in which the Wildcats Frankenberger (1), Kilpatrick (1) owned the scoring battle in the paint came against Boston College Led UNH in steals: Gaston (4), Spoto (2), Anderson (1), Kilpatrick (1), (Dec.