Box Score BURLINGTON, Vt. – Sophomore guard Taylor Dyson scored 13 points, but it wasn't enough for the University of Hartford men's basketball team as it fell on the road at Vermont, 72-47, on Sunday afternoon. Snapping a season-best four-game win-streak, the Hawks dip to 8-6 in the America East (14-15 overall) while the Catamounts improve to 19-9 with a 13-1 mark in league action.

Joining Dyson in double figures was junior Mark Nwakamma, who scored 11 points. Classmates Corban Wroe and Wes Cole rounded out Hartford's top-scorers, chipping in with eight and six points, respectively.

The two teams battled to a 24-24 draw at the half, but the Catamounts got hot in the second, rattling-off a decisive 20-4 run to take a 13 point lead (46-33) with 11:45 left to play. During that six minute span, the home team caught fire, going 6-of-7 with a pair of threes to take its first double-digit lead. Vermont kept the pedal to the metal, shooting 64.0 percent (16-of-25) in the second to stretch its advantage to as many as 29 late in the stanza.

After going 10-of-24 (41.7%) from the floor and 4-of-9 from three-point land to start, the Hawks struggled to convert in the second. Making just one of its 11 second-half three-point attempts, Hartford wound up making just 6-of-25 (24.0%) in the period, a season-low, to finish at 32.7 percent, its lowest performance this year.
 
Hartford had a strong start to the game and held a 7-5 lead early. The Catamounts responded, though, scoring seven unanswered points to take a 12-7 advantage. With 3:37 left in the first, Vermont held a six-point lead, but the Hawks scored seven of the final eight points of the half to get back in the game. A baseline jumper by Nwakamma in the closing seconds tied up the score at 24-all at the intermission.

Four Catamounts scored in double figures led by 17 points from both Carissimo and Rusin. The duo combined for 29 points in the second half.

The Hawks return home for their final two games of the regular season, starting with a Thursday night matchup against Binghamton at 7 p.m. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online (www.HartfordHawksTickets.com), or by calling the Malcolm and Brenda Berman Athletics Ticket Office (860.768.HAWK). Fans who can't make it out to the game can catch all of the action on the America East Digital Network (AmericaEast.TV) or over the airwaves on 1290AM (wccc.com).