WEST HARTFORD ? Four players scored in double figures as the University of Hartford men's basketball team picked up its first win of the 2007-08 season, 70-55, against Sacred Heart University on Wednesday night at Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion.

Senior Brian Glowiak and freshman Morgan Sabia led the Hawks (1-2 overall) with 14 points each. Glowiak, the Nestle PurinaONE America East Player of the Game, was 4-for-6 from three-point range while Sabia added six rebounds and two blocks. Corey Hassan led Sacred Heart (0-3 overall) with 14 points and Chauncey Hardy added 10.

Neither team led by more than five points in the first half. Junior Warren McLendon scored six of Hartford's first eight points but then went to the bench after picking up a foul. He picked up his second personal later in the half and played only seven minutes of the opening stanza. The Hawks took a 30-27 lead into the locker room at the half.

Sacred Heart took the lead briefly in the early stages of the second half. The Pioneers went ahead 37-36 on a three-pointer by Hassan with 17:24 to play, capping an stretch of eight straight points from the former Boston University Terrier. Sacred Heart led by three points when sophomore Joe Zeglinski drove the lane and was fouled on a layup. He made the free throw to tie the game at 41-41 with 15:37 remaining, and the Hawks took the lead for good on their next possession when Zeglinski buried a jumper.

Hartford pulled away behind the outside shooting of Glowiak. He drained three treys in a two-minute span and later added a reverse layup on a bounce pass from freshman Andres Torres to give the Hawks a 56-46 lead with 10:08 to go.

Hartford held Sacred Heart to 31 percent shooting and had a 41-38 edge on the glass. Senior Rich Baker (Frederick, MD/Montrose Christian) led the Hawks in rebounding with a career-high 10 boards. The Hawks also shot a season-high 49 percent from the field as a team forced 22 turnovers.

Hartford will next play in the 2007 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational. The Hawks will play four games in the tournament over a 10-day road trip. The first two games will be played at campus sites and the final two at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Hartford begins the tournament at sixth-ranked Louisville University on Saturday, November 17 at noon.