WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Four Hawks scored in double figures to lead Hartford men's basketball past visiting Western New England, 93-53, on Saturday afternoon. Redshirt-senior John Carroll scored 19 points in 18 minutes, including his 1,000th career point, to pace the Hawks, who received a season-high 10 points from graduate transfer Eddie Davis III. 
 
Mikey Pettway led all scorers with 24 points for the Golden Bears, who dip to 2-4 overall. Hartford, which returned home after a five-game road swing, improves to 2-5 with the win.

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— Hartford Men's Basketball (@HartfordMBB) November 24, 2018

 

HARTFORD 93, WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 53
Jumping out to an 11-2 lead within the first four minutes, the Hawks pushed ahead by 24 points (35-11) behind the strength of a 22-2 run that began with a pair of free throws by senior J.R. Lynch with 12:24 to go in the half. Carroll, who hit double figures 10 minutes into the contest, had 14 points at halftime as Hartford took a 45-19 lead into the locker room.
 
Hartford heated up from behind the arc in the second half, knocking down six within the first half of the stanza. Senior Jason Dunne drilled each of his three triples during that span as the Hawks continued to build on to their lead. With 5:07 left, freshman Hunter Marks capped an 18-3 run — which included buckets by sophomore Zach Brown and rookie Darius Kinnel — with a free throw to give Hartford its largest lead of the game at 86-44.
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• Each of the 15 players that suited up for Hartford got in the game, with all but one recording at least one point
• Hartford held WNEU to just 28.6 percent shooting from the field (16-of-56), including 17.9 percent from behind the arc (5-of-28)
• Dunne finished with 18 points, while Lynch added 13 to round out the Hawks' double-figure scorers
• Davis knocked down a pair of three-pointers and went 4-of-4 from the line for 10 points, which marks a personal-best at Hartford
• Senior Max Twyman went 3-of-3 from the field with a pair of three-pointers to finish with a career-high eight points
• Hartford forced 23 turnovers, scoring 27 points off of those miscues
• Kinnel, Brown and rookie Michael Dunne each recorded their first career points for the Hawks
• Carroll became the 27th member of Hartford's 1,000-Point Club, joining Dunne

 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks head to Sacred Heart for a mid-week tilt on Tuesday evening. Tipoff from Fairfield, Conn., is set for 6 p.m.