5 Takeaways From Brown’s 88-77 Loss to UNH
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The Brown Bears men's basketball team (1-4) fell 88-77 to (3-1) New Hampshire on Tuesday night at the Pizzitola Center. Brown has now lost three straight games.
"I'd like to credit New Hampshire, I think they are a really good team. They are really well coached, they have good players, good talent, so you have to credit them. I know we can be better, I expect us to be better, I thought we did some good things like we have in all of our games, but it took us a little bit too long, a little bit too late against a good team like that, but I saw some encouraging things especially in the second half," said Brown head coach Mike Martin after the game.
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In the second half, the Bears go the lead down to eight points on numerous occasions early on but failed to string together defensive stops to keep momentum alive.
The Bears trailed by 17, 74-57, with 6:14 to play in the half when they switched to a 1-2-2 press and managed to string together stops.
Brown went on a 14-5 run to cut their deficit to eight points, 79-71 with two minutes to go, however, Brown was unable to get closer than seven the rest of the way.
New Hampshire knocked down their free throws and sealed the win.
The Leaders
Brown was led by Cedric Kuakumensah who netted 15 points on 6 of 11 shooting from the field. J.R. Hobbie poured in 12 points in 25 minutes off the bench.
Next Up
Brown returns to action on Sunday when they travel to Texas to face #25 SMU. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.
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