Women’s basketball beats New Hampshire in overtime

Durham, New Hampshire — Asha McCullah (Glenbelt, MD) fouled late in the second half after scoring a game-high 18 points. KK White (Indianapolis, Ind.) The UMBC women’s basketball team added 11 points to a wild 62-57 overtime win in New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon.

How it happened:

• After New Hampshire (5-13, 0-6 AE) scored from the opening chip, UMBC (8-10, 5-2 AE) scored the next 11 points to take an 11-2 lead.
• The Wildcats cut it 13-8, but Carmen Yanez (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain) hit a 3 in the second half and McCullah hit a buzzer-beating 3 to give the Retrievers 19-8. gave a lead of 8. quarter.
• UMBC’s big run followed in second, taking a game-high 18-point lead at 26-8. Riley Donahue (Atlanta, GA) Hit 3 with 6:32 left.
• UNH took the lead, breaking UMBC’s lead to just 12, 30-18.
• Both teams had an ice cold third quarter as they shot 7-25 totals from the field, but the Retrievers held onto a 39-29 lead heading into the final quarter.
• The Wildcats quickly cut the deficit to 6, but McCullah made a quick layup, Kiara Bell (Santa Rosa, Calif.) hit two free throws to push their lead to 10.
• UMBC’s lead was 49-39, but UNH cut the lead to 49-42 with 2:26 left on the game’s first three-pointer.
• The Wildcats then hit another 3 to make it 49-45 with just 56 seconds remaining, but Lacey Drake (Hancock, NY) Two free throws with 34 seconds left to make it 51-45.
• UNH then had three more hits, stole an inbounds pass, and hit a free throw to cut UMBC’s lead to 51–50 with 25 seconds remaining.
• Keira Dixon (Boston, Massachusetts) With 19 seconds left to split two free throws to make it 52-50, McCullah fouls on a three-point shot attempt and UNH hits all three free throws to lead 53-52. robbed.Leading from 2-0 with 11 seconds remaining
• scoop smith (Pemberton Township, NJ) Fouled with 2 seconds remaining, split free throw to tie the game and send the game into overtime
• KK White The first chip went straight to her in overtime, giving the Retrievers an immediate lead as she raced for an uncontested layup.
• After the Wildcats tied the game, Bell and Drake each had shots to make the game 59-55 with 1:40 remaining.
• Once again UNH answered with a layup, but Bell caused an aggressive rebound of her own, received a foul and split the free throw with 50 seconds left to push the lead to 60-57.
• The UMBC defense didn’t allow any remaining points, hitting two free throws to win the game at 62-57.
• Bell had nine points and a game-best 10 rebounds, while Drake had four points, six rebounds, four assists, steals and blocks.

UMBC will return home to host NJIT on Wednesday night.Tip off is set at 7pm