WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Hartford men's basketball used a late 12-0 run to take down Marist, 65-56, on Saturday for its fourth-straight win inside Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion. Seniors J.R. Lynch and George Blagojevic each posted double-doubles for the Hawks, with Lynch netting a game-high 17 points.
 
Hartford improves to 6-8 with the win, while Marist, which was led by a 16-point effort from Brian Parker, drops to 5-7 on the season.


 
HARTFORD 65, MARIST 56 
 
The Hawks and Red Foxes exchanged blows throughout the entire first half, as the lead changed hands four times during that opening stretch. Marist scored 10-unanswered points to erase a 21-18 deficit and take its largest lead of the half at 28-21 with 3:18 to go, but an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer by redshirt-senior John Carroll capped a half-ending 8-0 run that put the Hawks in front by one (29-28) at intermission.
 
Momentum continued to shift back-and-forth in the second, and with 7:55 left, Ryan Funk tied the game for the fifth time at 53-53 with his third three-pointer of the stanza. That tie would be the last of the game, though, as Hartford answered with a 12-0 run and held the Red Foxes without a point until the final seconds to seal the win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• Lynch added a career-high 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season and third of his career.
• Blagojevic chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double this season.
• Dunne scored all 12 of his points on three-pointers in the second half.
• Carroll, returned to the Hawks' lineup after missing the last three games with an injury, rounded out Hartford's double-figure scorers with 11 points.
• Each of the seven players that logged minutes in the game recorded a block, as Hartford finished seven rejections for a season-best mark.
• Hartford outrebounded Marist, 33-29, and scored 19 points on second-chance opportunities.
• With his second three of the afternoon, Dunne cracked Hartford's top-10 in scoring. He now has 1,219 career points 

 
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The Hawks conclude their 2018-19 non-conference slate with a New Year's Eve matinee at Boston College. Tipoff from Conte Forum is set for 1 p.m.