VESTAL, N.Y. – Much of the standing within the America East Conference remains up in the air as the season is about to hit its final stretch before the conference tournament. University of New Hampshire (UNH) men’s basketball (8-7, 7-5) had yet another opportunity to take a leap and solidify themselves in the top half of the America East. The Wildcats, however, failed to take care of business on a trip to the last place Binghamton Bearcats (2-13, 2-10).
DURHAM, N.H. – After sweeping Stony Brook (7-7, 4-2 America East) last weekend in a series that was going to begin to dictate the direction of the Wildcats’ (7-6, 6-4 AE) season, University of New Hampshire men’s basketball had an opportunity to jump into the top-three of the America East standings. UNH welcomed UAlbany (4-6, 4-4 AE) into Lundholm Gymnasium for a date with the Great Danes as the conference standings remain in flux.
Injuries had plagued the University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team (3-3) to this point in the season, but head coach Bill Herrion finally had his entire rotation available for the weekend set with the UMBC Retrievers (5-1).
The UNH Wildcats men’s basketball team (4-3, 3-1) traveled to Orono, ME for a weekend set with the Black Bears (1-4, 1-3) on the heels of a two-game sweep of the Hartford Hawks to start their conference schedule. UNH remains plagued by injuries to their top-end talent but juniors Marque Maultsby and Jayden Martinez took on the team’s top scorer role as they split two games with UMaine.
DURHAM, N.H. – The UNH men’s basketball team was back in action for the first time since March on Wednesday afternoon when they welcomed Keene State College into the Lundholm Gymnasium. The Owls were the first team the Wildcats have played since UMBC in the America East Tournament, and it showed in the first half. Led by junior Nick Guadarrama, UNH pulled ahead in the second half to win by a final of 93-54 leaving head coach Bill Herrion optimistic about the season ahead of them.
Playoff implications, senior day, career milestones and the Wildcats looking to extend their longest winning streak of the season were all at play this past Saturday.
UNH men’s basketball played host to the Stony Brook Seawolves on Saturday, Feb. 8. The Wildcats featured four players reaching double digits including senior forward Chris Lester who led all scorers with 22 en route to his team’s 81-64 win.
