Men’s Basketball Continues Road Swing at New Hampshire on Monday

UMBC men’s basketball continues their tough stretch with the second game of a three in five day span against the Wildcats in Durham.

BALTIMORE– UMBC men's basketball continues their tough stretch with the second game of a three in five day span against the Wildcats in Durham. These two met just nine days ago in Baltimore where a hot shooting Retriever team won 88-77, shooting over 60 percent in the game. UMBC is coming off an 88-71 loss at UMass Lowell on Saturday that saw Keondre Kennedy (Atlanta, Ga.) pace the Retrievers with 19 points.

New Hampshire Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (12-11, 7-5 AE) at New Hampshire Wildcats (11-10, 6-6 AE)
Where: Lundholm Gym - Durham, N.H.
When: Monday, February 14 - 4:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Live stream on ESPN3 and ESPN app, live stats at UNHWildcats.com
Social Media: @UMBC_MBB, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEHoops

Scouting the Retrievers:

UMBC comes into the contest on the second leg of a three game in five day swing after seeing their six game win streak end in an 88-71 loss at UMass Lowell on Saturday. UMBC had a lead at halftime, but ran into a hot shooting River Hawk side in the second half.
Keondre Kennedy led the way with 19 points and leads the team with 14.7 ppg shooting 49.8 percent from the floor and grabbing 5.0 rpg.
L.J. Owens (Annapolis, Md./Severn School/William & Mary) and Darnell Rogers (Baltimore, Md./Indian Land (SC)/New Mexico JC) are also in double figures, both averaging 10.6 ppg. Rogers is dishing out 3.7 apg, having at least five assists in the last four games.
Yaw Obeng-Mensah (Toronto, Ontario) leads the team on the glass grabbing 5.6 rpg.

Scouting the Wildcats:

New Hampshire comes into the Valentine's Day contest at 11-10, 6-6 AE after picking up a 69-60 win at Binghamton on Saturday. The Wildcats used 13 offensive rebounds for 14 second chance points in the win. UNH is a stellar 8-2 at home this year.
Jayden Martinez leads a trio of Wildcats in double figures at 14.9 ppg. He is also the team leader in rebounds pulling down 6.2 per game and is shooting 41.6 percent from three.
Nick Guadarrama and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno are also in double figures at 12.8 and 11.6 ppg respectively. Tchoukuiegno is dishing out a team best 4.0 apg.

All-Time Series:

This will be the 41st all-time meeting between the two and the second meeting in nine days after UMBC came away with an 88-77 win in Baltimore on February 5. The all-time series is tied 20-20.
UMBC has won the last five meetings, including a pair in Durham last year.

Among the Best:

UMBC sits 20th nationally in team free throw percentage at 77.1 going 297-385 from the charity stripe this season.
The mark is good for first in the conference.

Milestone Watch:

L.J. Owens is approaching the 1,000 point mark, needing just 58 points to achieve the mark.
As a team, the Retrievers are on pace to have their best season from the foul line in program history. UMBC is currently at 77.1 percent from the charity stripe. The previous best was 75.5 percent in 1986-87.

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