WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME NOTES UNH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS - 145 MAIN STREET - DURHAM, N.H. - UNHWILDCATS.COM ALLEN LESSELS/MIMI BORKAN (WBB CONTACTS) (603) 731-3768 - [email protected] / (508) 641-3309 - [email protected] 2016-17 SCHEDULE NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDIA NOVEMBER 11 FRI. @ CORNELL L, 61-56 WILDCATS INFORMATION 14 MON. NEW ENGLAND W, 58-38 VENUE: Lundholm Gym | Durham, N.H. 17 THURS. @ KENTUCKY NEW L, 92-43 HAMPSHIRERADIO: UNHWildcats.com 22 TUES. BRYANT W, 62-60 14-3|4-0 26 SAT. WAGNER W, 73-40 OVERALL AMERICA EAST PLAY-BY-PLAY: Jim Jeannotte 28 MON. @ BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 59-51 COLOR: Rob Dally DECEMBER Home: 8-1 2-0 Road: 6-2 2-0 1 THURS. @ NORTHEASTERN W, 66-63 (OT) Neutral: 0-0 6 TUES. @SIENA W, 77-67 Last 5: 5-0 4-0 11 SUN. YALE L, 64-58 Last 10: 9-1 4-0 VS 18 SUN. SACRED HEART W, 71-43 21 WED. CCSU & W, 56-52 PXP: Brendan Glasheen 28 WED. @ MANHATTAN COLLEGE W, 59-42 Color: Denise Beliveau 31 SAT. DARTMOUTH & W, 64-47 Maine Sideline: Amanda Soucy JANUARY LIVE STATS: UNHWildcats.com 4 WED. STONY BROOK &• W, 49-46 Black Bears 11 WED. UALBANY &• W, 71-58 TWITTER: @UNHHoops 14 SAT. @ BINGHAMTON &• W, 70-62 10-10|3-2 INSIDE 16 MON. @ VERMONT &• W, 57. 49 19 THURS. MAINE &• 7 PM OVERALL AE THE SERIES 22 SUN. HARTFORD &• 1 PM SERIES VS. MAINE: 50-0, MAINE LEADS Home: 5-1 2-0 STREAK: L3 25 WED. @ UMASS LOWELL &• 11 AM Road: 2-8 1-2 28 SAT. UMBC &• 12 PM Neutral: 3-1 LAST MEETING: MAINE WIN, 58-47 (03/05/2016) FEBRUARY Last 5: 3-2 3-2 FIRST MEETING: MAINE WIN, 68-58 (1975-76) 1 WED. @ STONY BROOK &• 5 PM Last 10: 5-5 3-2 6 MON. @ UALBANY &• 7 PM 9 THURS. VERMONT &• 7 PM 12 SUN. BINGHAMTON &• 1 PM UNH STORYLINES 15 WED. @ MAINE &• 7 PM • UNH’s 14-3 record matches the best start in program history and was last accomplished in 1981-82. 18 SAT. @ HARTFORD &• 2 PM 23 THURS. UMASS LOWELL &• 7 PM • The team takes a record-matching eight-game winning streak into Thursday’s 7 p.m. game at home 26 SUN. @ UMBC &• 12 PM against Maine on ESPN3. MARCH 4 SAT. AE QUARTERFINALS TBA • The Wildcats also won their first four league games in 2013-14 season, but have never won their first 5 SUN. AE SEMIFINALS TBA five. 10 FRI. AE FINALS TBA • Maine handed Hartford its first league loss, 73-62, on Saturday. *AE QUARTERFINALS/SEMIFINALS AT CROSS INSURANCE ARENA, PORTLAND, ME* • Next up: The Wildcats play Hartford at home on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1 p.m., also on ESPN3, for HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS, NEUTRAL GAMES IN ITALICS • AMERICA EAST GAME Alumni Day and their You Can Play Game. & TV: ESPN3/FOX COLLEGE SPORTS/WBIN CLASSICS • Individual and group tickets for all home games are available at www.unhwildcats.com, by calling 2016-17 AMERICA EAST 603-862-4000 or at the Whittemore Center box office. STANDINGS AMERICA EAST OVERALL W L PCT. W L PCT. PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES New Hampshire 4 0 1.000 14 3 .824 #2 BRITTNI LAI • Leads team with 25 steals Jr. | Guard | 5-6 13.0 3.1 3.9 33.8 Hartford 3 01 1.000 12 5 .706 Irvington, N.Y./Irvington Binghamton 3 1 .750 8 9 .471 #10 ALIZA SIMPSON • 11 points, 6 rebounds vs. Vermont Sr.| Guard | 5-7 5.5 4.0 2.5 25.9 Maine 3 2 .600 10 10 .500 Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry Stony Brook 2 2 .500 9 8 .529 #4 KRISTEN ANDERSON • Leads league, 2nd in nation in Jr. | Guard | 5-6 4.2 2.9 4.3 25.2 assist/turnover ratio Albany 2 2 .500 8 9 .471 Greene, Maine/Leavitt #35 KAT FOGARTY • 36 points, 13 rebounds in last UMBC 2 3 .400 7 11 .389 Jr. | Forward | 6-2 12.2 6.1 0.9 28.3 2 games Westminster, Mass./Marist College Vermont 1 4 .200 4 13 .235 #32 CARLIE POGUE • 4th double-double of year at UMass Lowell 0 5 .000 3 15 .167 Jr. | Center | 6-2 13.9 7.0 1.0 273 Vermont Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton *BASED OFF OF STARTERS FROM THE PREVIOUS GAME 2016-17 TV/RADIO SPOT CHART BRITTANI #2 SARAH #3 KRISTEN #4 ALIZA #10 ASHLEY #11PEYTON #12 LAI CLEMENT ANDERSON SIMPSON STOREY BOOTH JR. G 5-6 FR. G 5-8 SR. G 5-7 JR. G 5-9 SO. F/C 6-3JR. G 5-10 SAM #13 CORINNE #15 ALLI #21 EMILY #25 CARLIE #32 CAROLINE #32 SABINO COIA GRIBBIN PETERS POGUE SOUCY SO. G 5-8 GR. F 6-4 SO. G/F 5-11 SO. G 5-6 JR. C 6-2 FR. G 5-9 KAT #35 Olivia #44 MORGAN #50 MAUREEN BRENDAN FOGARTY HEALY BASSETT-SMITH MAGARITY COPES JR. F 6-2 JR. G/F 5-10 JR. C 6-2 HEAD ASSISTANT COACH COACH PRONUNCIATIONS BASSETT-SMITH: BASS-it Smith SABINO: sa-BEAN-no COIA: COY-ah SPOTO: SPO-toe FOGARTY: FOE-gr-tee MAGARITY: Ma-GAIR-ity KELSEY WHITNEY GRIBBIN: Grib-BIN HOGAN EDWARDS ASSISTANT ASSISTANT LAI: LIE COACH COACH POGUE: Poh-g The Wildcats won their eighth straight game, 57-49, at Vermont on Monday afternoon to improve to 14-3 overall and 4-0 in America East. QUICK FACTS UNH is getting into uncharted territory these days. The Wildcats have matchedTHE STATE the OF longest NEW HAMPSHIREwinning streak, best start to a season and best start GENERAL INFORMATION to league play in program history. Location: ..................................................................................................Durham, N.H. 03824 Founded: ............................................................................................................................... 1866 Junior Carlie Pogue had 15 points and 12 rebounds for her fourth Enrollment: .......................................................................................................................14,596 double-double of the season and Kat Fogarty checked in with 17 points President: ..................................................................................................... Mark Huddleston and six rebounds and Aliza Simpson with 11 points and six rebounds Athletic Director: ............................................................................................Marty Scarano against Vermont. Deputy Athletic Director: ............................................................................Steve Metcalf Three Wildcats average in double figures in scoring and rank in the top Senior Associate A.D. for Compliance/SWA: ...............................Michelle Bronner 10 in America East: Pogue is fourth at 13.9 points a game, Brittni Lai Faculty Representative: ....................................................................Dr. Heather Barber seventh at 13 and Fogarty is 10th at 12.2. Olivia Healy is averaging 10 Colors: ......................................................................................................Navy Blue and White points and 7.3 rebounds in her three games since joining the team as a Nickname: ......................................................................................................................Wildcats graduate transfer from the University of Richmond. Affiliation: ........................................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference: .......................................................................................................... America East The Wildcats lead America East in scoring defense (55 points allowed per Arena (Capacity): ������������������������������������������������������������ Lundholm Gymnasium (2,500) game), scoring margin (plus-6.7 points), free throw percentage (72.9) Basketball Office Phone: ......................................................................... (603) 862-0281 and rebounding margin (plus-5.5). Basketball Office Fax: ................................................................................ (603) 862-3839 UNH lost three games to Maine last season: 62-52 at home, 59-55 in Main Athletics Office: ................................................................................ (603) 862-1850 Bangor and 58-47 in an America East quarterfinal game in Binghamton. Athletic Website: �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������UNHWildcats.com UNH Athletics Facebook: ............................................................................./UNHWildcats UNH Athletics Twitter: ................................................................................@UNHWildcats After dropping four straight games, the Black Bears have bounced back UNH Women’s Basketball Twitter: .............................................................@UNHHoops by winning three of their last four, bringing their record to 10-10 overall UNH Athletics Instagram:..........................................................................@UNHWildcats and 3-2 in America East. Maine handed Hartford its first conference loss, UNH Women’s Basketball Instagram: ............................................................@unhwbb 73-62,SCOUTING on Sunday. MAINE Freshman Blanca Millan had a career-high 23 points UNH Athletics YouTube: .............................................................................../UNHAthletics and added five rebounds against Hartford. Maine made 28 of its 55 field goal attempts in the game and outrebounded Hartford, 45-24. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF INFORMATION Millan has averaged eight points and 2.7 rebounds per game for the Head Basketball Coach: ..............................................Maureen Magarity (Marist, ’03) season. Senior guard Sigi Koizar, a first-team, all-conference player the Career Record/Years: ................................................................... 99-97/Seventh Season last two seasons, leads the Black Bears in scoring at 13.2 points per Record at School/Years: ...............................................................................................Same game. Redshirt sophomore guard Tanesha Sutton leads the Black Bears Assistant Coach: ....................................................................Brendan