BALTIMORE – Junior forward Belal El Shakery recorded a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds but the University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team was edged 75-54 by UMBC at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on Saturday.

El Shakery gave UNH a 74-73 lead on a layup with seven seconds remaining, but DJ Armstrong made two free throws with 0.9 on the clock to lift the Retrievers to victory.

El Shakery also matched his career high with a team-leading four assists. Sophomore forward John Squire finished with a career-high 13 points and five rebounds and KiJan Robinson scored 11 points.

Armstrong paced the Retrievers with 17 points, including the game-tying and game-winning free throws. Jah’Likai King (15), Ace Valentine (12) and Caden Diggs (10) also scored in double digits.

UNH moves to 4-12 overall and 0-3 in America East while UMBC is now 9-6, 2-0.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UMBC 58, UNH 47

Senior forward Lucia Melero Sabat and sophomore guard Elizabeth Lavoie scored nine points apiece but it wasn’t enough at Lundholm Gym.

Junior guard Katie Ledden finished with seven points and career-high eight rebounds. Eva DeChent, another junior guard, also pulled down eight rebounds and scored seven points.

UMBC was led by Jade Tillman (17 points) and Heidi Williams (15).

UNH moves to 6-11 overall, 0-4 in the conference and 5-2 at home. UMBC is 6-9, 1-2.

UNH concludes its three-game homestand next Saturday at 1 p.m. against the University of Maine.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2, UNH 1

The University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey team was edged 2-1 by Boston University (6-11-3, 5-6-2 HEA) on Saturday evening at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex.

New Hampshire netted the opening goal midway through the first period, when Kelly Harty took a centering feed in the Terriers’ zone from Addison Spitz, before firing on net, collecting her own rebound, and cashing in on the second-chance shorthanded effort. With the score, Harty extended her goal streak to four games, dating back to the Wildcats’ 2-2 tie with Maine on Dec. 6.

With just under a minute to go in the opening frame, the Terriers tied it up on a Luisa Welcke glove-side rip from the face-off circle, making it a 1-1 score.

BU nabbed their first lead of the night midway through the second period, when Sydney Healey recovered the puck in her own zone, before skating through the neutral zone into the Wildcats’ side of the ice, where she fired on net from the left face-off dot for the 2-1 edge.

Neither team found the back of the net the rest of the way, resulting in the Terriers’ 2-1 win.