Box Score ALBANY, N.Y. – The University of Hartford men's basketball team dominated from start-to-finish and came out of the quarterfinal round of the America East Championships with a commanding 69-42 win over the sixth-seeded Binghamton Bearcats on Saturday night. Behind 19 points from both junior Mark Nwakamma and Taylor Dyson, the Hawks (17-15) advance to the semifinals for the third time in four years and will take on the second-seeded Stony Brook Seawolves at SEFCU Arena Sunday night at 7:15 p.m.

Holding a double digit lead for the majority of the game, the Hawks shot the ball at 52.2-percent (24-of-46) while limiting the Bearcats to the fewest points in an America East quarterfinal game on 28.6-percent (14-of-49) shooting from the field. The defense continued to stifle, forcing Binghamton into 16 turnovers. Nwakamma recorded six rejections in the contest, a career-high and the fifth-most in tournament history. Pulling down eight rebounds, junior Corban Wroe added nine points while classmate Yolonzo Moore II registered a career-best seven assists.

The win snapped a six-game losing skid for the No. 3 seed and was just the second win for a No. 3 team in the last 11 years. The 27-point oust marks Hartford's largest margin of victory this season, and the Hawks' largest since Jan. 9, 2011 when they beat Albany by 20 points. Furthermore, the Hawks (17-15) matched last season's win total and are won shy of matching the program's Division I record.

Hartford got off to a hot start, ripping-off a 17-3 game-opening run to quickly build up a 14-point lead with 12:07 left in the first. During that stretch, the Hawks held the Bearcats to just 11.1 percent shooting (1-of-9), while three different players contributed to the scoring. Dyson and Wroe's five points fueled that spurt, which was capped by a Wes Cole three-pointer. The Hawks never looked back after that run.

The Hawks drained six from three-point territory in the first half, converting on 60.0-percent of their long range shot attempts. Finishing at 42.9-percent from downtown, Hartford made nine threes in the contest.

A late first-half rally was made by Binghamton, though. The Bearcats brought the Hawks' lead down to seven points at 20-13 with 4:04 to go after scoring seven of the next 10 points. Marlon Beck II, who's eight points led the Bearcats at the half, knocked down his second three of the evening to provide that seven point gap.

Hartford regained its double-digit advantage quickly, and entered the locker rooms with a comfortable 31-20 advantage. Over the final three minutes of the half, sophomore Evan Cooper, Dyson and Cole each connected from downtown to help provide the 11-point cushion at the break. Dyson's 10 points led all first-half scorers.

The pedal stayed on the metal in the second, as the Hawks continued to pound the Bearcats. Shooting 75.0-pecent (6-of-8) to open up the final half, Hartford, which led 33-26, opened up a 45-26 advantage using a 12-0 run. Nwakamma scored half of his 14 second-half points during that offensive outburst, a stretch that spanned over two minutes.

Hartford went on to outscore Binghamton, 38-22, in the final stanza and pushed ahead by as many as 31 points. A free throw by Oren Faulk provided the Hawks with their largest lead of the evening with 5:06 to play at 69-38.

Nwakamma's six blocks were the most rejections in a game for a Hawk since Warren McLendon had five against Boston University in the tournament almost six years ago to the date.

Freshman Yacob Yosef was the only Bearcat to finish in double figures with 10 points. Jordan Reed, who combined for 63 points in the final two games of the regular season, was held to just seven points on a 2-of-12 shooting effort. The sophomore was held scoreless in the first half thanks to the efforts of Wroe, who was just named to the America East All-Defensive Team on Friday.

No. 1 Vermont will face host-team No. 4 UAlbany in the first semifinal game at 5 p.m. It is the first time since 1999 the top four seeds reached the semifinals.