BALTIMORE – UMBC senior wing Jacob Boonyasith led four Retrievers in double-figures with 14 points as the host Retrievers defeated the New Hampshire Wildcats, 80-69, in an America East Conference contest at the Chesapeake Employers Arena on Saturday afternoon.
 
UMBC (14-7, 4-2 AE), who scored 50 points in the opening half and led by as many as 21 points midway through the second half, also received double-figures in scoring from freshman guard Dion Brown (13 points, 5 rebounds), graduate student guard Colton Lawrence (13 points), and graduate student forward Tra'Von Fagan.
 
New Hampshire (8-10, 3-3 AE) was led by junior forward Clarence Daniels, who produced game-highs of 18 points and 13 rebounds.
 
How It Happened (First Half)
- UMBC held a slight 15-14 edge after graduate student forward Jaxson Baker hit a 3-pointer at the 14:31 mark.
-The Retrievers then scored 13 consecutive points to gain some breathing room at 28-14 with 10:36 left. 12 of the 13 points came on long-range bombs as Fagan and Lawrence connected on consecutive long-range attempts to open the run. Senior forward Yaw Obeng-Mensah converted one of two shots from the line and then junior guard Matteo Picarelli and Brown completed the stretch with two more treys.
- The Wildcats managed to get the game back under double-figures at 28-19 after a steal and layup by Daniels with 9:53 left, however, UMBC quickly pushed the lead back to 36-21 following another trifecta by Brown with 7:57 left.
- UMBC settled for a 50-38 lead at intermission after graduate student guard Craig Beaudion II stole the inbounds pass and went the other way for a layup just seconds before the final horn.
 
How It Happened (Second Half)
- New Hampshire trimmed the deficit to 50-42 just 17 seconds into the final stanza as junior guard Nick Johnson completed a four-point play.
- UMBC scored the next eight points to widen their lead to 58-42 with 15:41 remaining as Obeng-Mensah finished off the spurt with a put-back layup.
- The Wildcats closed to within 58-47 after a trifecta by graduate guard Nazim Derry at the 14:44 mark but the hosts responded with ten straight points to grab their largest lead of the contest at 68-47 with 11:27 remaining. Brown and Picarelli swished back-to-back 3s to finish the stretch.
- New Hampshire made one final push as they went on an 18-6 run to close to within 74-65 with 4:28 remaining.
- Picarelli hit a big jumper to keep the visitors at bay and Boonyasith followed with a driving layup to give the Retrievers a 78-66 advantage with 3:30 left.
- The visitors only managed to score three points the rest of the way as UMBC went on to improve to 10-2 at home this season.
 
Notes
- UMBC shot 54.2 percent (32-of-59) overall and were 10-for-19 (52.6 percent) from deep.
- New Hampshire converted 40 percent overall (26-for-65) and were just 10-of-29 (34.5 percent) from behind the arc.
- UMBC's bench outscored the visitors by a 34-11 count.
-New Hampshire held a slight 36-34 edge on the boards but UMBC outscored the Wildcats by a 32-24 margin in the paint.
- Beaudion dished a season-high seven assists for the second straight game and for the third time this season.
-UMBC has won 10 of the last 12 contests against New Hampshire and seven straight in Baltimore.
- The Retrievers have shot 50 percent or better in five of their last six contests.

Coach Ferry Quotes
"This was a really good win for us coming off a week in which we played three games and lost a tough game at UMass Lowell. UNH is a physical team and they are an exceptional defensive squad."
 
"I thought that we were really flying around collectively on the offensive end in the first half and we really came out and guarded with toughness in the second half. We held them to 29 percent shooting in the second half and only 25 percent from 3. That was really good to see because we had struggled a bit of late in that area. The guys really took to heart what we had talked about after the UMass Lowell game."

Up Next
UMBC will travel to NJIT on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.