THE BASICS:

RESULT: Michigan 83, Hartford 47
RECORDS: Hartford (3-3); Michigan (5-0)
LOCATION: The Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
ATTENDANCE: 2,004

THE LEAD: The University of Hartford women's basketball team dropped an 83-47 decision at Michigan on Friday night. Senior Katelyn Skinner led the Hawks' offense with a career-high 11 points behind a 3-of-7 effort from long range, while junior Deanna Mayza added 10 points, marking her fifth double-figure scoring game this season. Senior Mallory Shickora also notched a career-high in scoring, as she finished with nine points, all of which came from behind the arc. Michigan, which shot 53.2 percent on the night, placed two players in double figures, led by Katelynn Flaherty's 24 points.

FIRST HALF:
The Hawks got off to a cold start, allowing Michigan to jump out to an 8-0 lead behind two-straight long range makes from Flaherty and a Hallie Thome bucket. But the shots started to fall for Hartford, as it shook off an 0-for-10 start from the floor and scored the next seven points of the game to close the gap to 8-7 with 2:12 to go. Mallory Shickora put her team on the board with 3:20 left in the stanza with a deep three-pointer, before Lee and Mayza delivered back-to-back layups 17 seconds apart to make it a one point game.

Michigan picked up the pace offensively, though, as it closed out the opening quarter with four-straight points before extending that run to 14-0 in the opening minutes of the second. Triples from Thompson and Flaherty fueled a 10-0 spurt that put the Wolverines on top by a 22-7 count with 7:44 left to play. The Hawks pulled within 11 of the Wolverines with 2:54 to go, as a Skinner jump shot followed by five-straight points from Mayza made it 30-19, but Michigan ended the half with seven-straight points to take a 37-19 lead into intermission.

SECOND HALF:
Michigan came out of the gates on point, as it missed just three shots of its first 14 shots of the stanza to extend its lead to 36 at 66-30. The Wolverines shot 66.7 percent during that stretch and scored 15-straight points over a 2:39 stretch to put the game away. In the final quarter, Hartford converted on four shots from long range, but the offense continued to roll for Michigan as well. A three-pointer, Michigan's 10th of the game, by Danielle Williams provided the Wolverines with their largest lead of the game (41) with 4:30 left to play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• The Wolverines made half of their 30 first-half shot attempts, including 5-of-10 from three, to build their halftime lead of 37-19.
• Hartford forced 10 Michigan turnovers in the opening half, and turned those miscues into 10 points..
• A 66.7 percent effort from the field in the third quarter helped the Wolverines push their advantage to 36 points (68-32) heading into the final stanza.
• Seven third-quarter miscues also haunted the Hawks, as Michigan scored 13 points off turnovers during that stretch.
• Skinner registered a new career-high in the losing effort, scoring six of her 11 points in the fourth quarter. The three makes for long range are also a personal-best for the guard.
• Shickora also notched a career-high in scoring as she finished with nine points, all of which came from behind the arc.
• Michigan shot 53.2 percent overall and had 31 points off 20 Hartford turnovers.
• Hartford shot 75.0 percent from the charity stripe, but was held to just eight attempts.
• Overall, the Hawks had a tough shooting night, as they turned in a season-low 28.6 percent effort from the field (16-of-56).

NEWS & NOTES:

• Mayza has reached double figures in scoring in all but one of the Hawks' six games this season.

UP NEXT:                                                                     
The Hawks return home to host neighboring Central Connecticut on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Opening tip from Chase Arena at the Reich Family Pavilion is scheduled for 7 p.m.