New Hampshire Wildcats at Hartford Hawks
· NCAA Men's Basketball52 - 61
Hartford wins America East opener, tops New Hampshire 61-52
Nick Guadarrama's 3-pointer with 6:27 to play got the Wildcats within three at 50-47, but Flowers stole the ball from Jayden Martinez and scored on a fast break, then followed it with a layup to push the lead to seven with just under five minutes to play.
With Flowers on the bench, Sean Sutherland's jumper with 3:43 again got New Hampshire within three, 54-51. Flowers scored in the paint with 1:20 left to push the lead back to five points and hit two free throws with :36 left to make it seven.
Flowers was 10 of 13 from the field, including 4 of 5 from long range for Hartford (8-8). Malik Ellison grabbed 14 rebounds.
Sutherland scored 17 points to lead New Hampshire (7-7), Guadarrama added 13 points and Chris Lester grabbed 11 boards. Since mid-November New Hampshire has alternated wins and losses, not sustaining back-back losses or earning consecutive wins.
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Statistics
UNH |
HART |
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|---|---|---|
| 20-69 | FG | 21-51 |
| 29 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 6-39 | 3PT | 5-17 |
| 15 | Three Point % | 29 |
| 6-9 | FT | 14-23 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 61 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 17 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Assists | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fouls | 11 |
Game Information
Location: West Hartford, CT
Attendance: 770 | Capacity:
2025-26 America East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMBC | 14-2 | - | 24-9 |
| Vermont | 12-4 | 2 | 22-12 |
| NJIT | 10-6 | 4 | 16-17 |
| UMass Lowell | 9-7 | 5 | 15-18 |
| UAlbany | 7-9 | 7 | 11-21 |
| Maine | 6-10 | 8 | 8-24 |
| New Hampshire | 5-11 | 9 | 9-21 |
| Bryant | 5-11 | 9 | 9-22 |
| Binghamton | 4-12 | 10 | 8-23 |


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