Macie Warren scored 11 of her game-high 16 points in the second half to help lead Utah Tech to a hard-fought 56-46 road win at New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon inside Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, N.H. 

How it happened 
A Utah Tech (3-2) victory did not look like it would be in the offing in the early going as the Blazers got off to a sluggish start and trailed 12-5 midway through the first quarter. 
 
UT misfired on seven of its first nine shots and committed six turnovers, while the Wildcats scored all 12 of their points in the paint on 6-of-11 shooting.
 
Macie Warren stopped the slide with a pair of free throws, which sparked a 10-3 spurt as Utah Tech managed to pull even at 15-15 on a Nicole Willardson bucket to open the second quarter. 
 
After New Hampshire (2-4) extended back to a six-point advantage at 23-17, the Trailblazer offense began to show signs of life. Macie Warren and Maggie McCord drilled consecutive 3-pointers, while Maddie Warren laid in two more to again tie the game at 25-25.
 
UNH, which missed nine of its final 10 shots to close the first half, jumped back on top with a pair free throws, but Maddie Warren and Alyson Deaver combined to score Utah Tech's final four points as the Trailblazers took a slim 29-27 lead into the intermission.
 
Wildcat guard Adara Groman opened the third quarter scoring with a 3-pointer with two-plus minutes gone in the frame to give her side its last lead of the day at 31-30. That would be the only points UNH would score as the Wildcats missed 15 of their 16 field goal attempts in the stanza. 
 
Meanwhile Utah Tech did not fare much better as the Blazers were just 4-of-12 from the floor. However two of those makes were 3-pointers, including a deep Calyn Dallas perimeter jumper from the left wing to give the Trailblazers a 39-30 cushion heading into the fourth.
 
UNH scored six-straight points to begin the final period to make it a one-possession game at 39-36 with eight minutes to play.
 
Utah Tech went over three minutes without a point to begin the quarter before McCord buried a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 6:20 mark. Maddie Warren then converted a conventional three-point play on the Blazers' next possession to push the lead back to nine at 47-38.
 
New Hampshire countered with four-straight to cut the deficit to seven, but a Macie Warren lay-in and a dagger McCord trey from the right corner pushed the Blazer lead to 52-40.
 
Utah Tech would hit 4-of-6 from the foul line from there to coast to its first road win of the 2023-24 season.
 
Numbers to know
Macie Warren wound up with her second double-double of the season as she finished with a co-game and career high 10 rebounds to go with her 16 points. Warren also dished out four assists and picked off two steals.
 
McCord also notched her first double-double of the year with 11 points and matched Warren with 10 boards. 
 
Maddie Warren saw her 20-point game streak halted at three-straight after she was held to nine points, though she did grab four caroms and had two steals.
 
Fifth-year guard Breaunna Gillen, who was injured in last Monday's loss at Texas A&M-Commerce, missed her second career game on Wednesday. Gillen, who had played in 96 of UTU's 98 games over her career, had played in 73-straight games prior to the UNH game.
 
Dallas replaced Gillen in the starting lineup, and the freshman responded with a pair of 3-pointers for six points to go with four rebounds, one assist and one steal in 30 minutes. 
 
UNH's three third quarter points broke a Utah Tech team single game record for fewest points allowed in a quarter. The Trailblazers' previous school record was four points, with the last occurrence coming in the 2019-20 season opener vs. UT-Tyler (11/8/2019), which was the program's final NCAA Division II season.
 
Utah Tech shot 41.3 percent on the day (19-of-46), and was 7-of-22 (.318) from the perimeter. The Blazers also shot a season-best 73.3 percent (11-of-15) at the foul line, and outrebounded the Wildcats by a 41-38 count.
 
Belen Morales Lopez was the lone Wildcat to score in double figures with 11 points.  
 
New Hampshire shot a paltry 26.5 percent (18-of-68) from floor, which included a 7-of-35 (.200) clip in the second half. The Wildcats were also just 2-of-25 (0.08) from beyond the arc. 
 
Utah Tech will remain in New England for the Thanksgiving Holiday before prepping to play at Stonehill College this Saturday afternoon. Tip-off inside Merkert Gymnasium in Easton, Mass., is set for 2 p.m. (EST).