THE BASICS:
 
RESULT: UAlbany 69, Hartford 63
RECORDS: Hartford (14-11, 7-4 AE); UAlbany (19-8, 7-5 AE)
LOCATION: Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (West Hartford, Conn.)
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THE LEAD:
 
The University of Hartford men's basketball team came up short to visiting UAlbany, dropping a 69-63 decision to the Great Danes on Sunday. Junior J.R. Lynch scored 19 points to lead the Hawks, who snapped a three-game winning streak with the defeat.
 
Joe Cremo led all scorers with 21 points, while David Nichols and Travis Charles added 14 points apiece for UAlbany.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 

• Hartford led for the first 15 minutes of the game in a tightly contested first half. The Hawks went up by as many as six, but a Costa Anderson three-pointer followed by a Cremo jumper and a free throw from David Nichols gave the Great Danes their first lead of the game at 22-21 with 4:25 left.
• UAlbany ended the opening half by scoring 10 of the final 14 points, which resulted in the Great Danes taking a 32-28 edge into intermission.
• Five different players recorded buckets for the Hawks in the opening minutes of the second, and with 12:42 left, Lynch knotted up the score at 42-42 with a three-pointer.
• But UAlbany followed that triple with an 8-0 run that Hartford was unable to recover from, despite pulling within one possession several times down the stretch.
• With 1:44 remaining, junior Jason Dunne got a layup to fall through contact to close the gap to two at 58-56, but Anderson's third three-pointer of the game proved to be the turning point for the Great Danes. That trifecta was followed by five-straight points from the stripe, and with 33 seconds left, UAlbany led by 10 at 66-56.
• Despite the Hawks turning up the pressure in the backcourt, they only managed to cut the deficit in half (67-62) with eight seconds left before running out of time.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE & NOTES:
 

• Carroll added 16 points for the Hawks while junior Travis Weatherington also finished in double figures with 10 points.
• The Great Danes held a 36-28 advantage on the boards.
• Both teams limited their turnovers to 10 apiece. Hartford finished with 10 points off of UAlbany's miscues.
• The Hawks finished the game shooting 42.9 percent from the field (24-of-56), but went just 22.2 percent from long range (4-of-18).
• The setback snapped a three-game winning streak for the Hawks.

 
NEXT ON TAP:
The Hawks look to complete the regular-season sweep of Maine on Thursday when the Black Bears visit Reich Family Pavilion for a 7 p.m. tip. Tickets can be purchased at the Malcolm and Brenda Berman Athletics Ticket Office, located inside the Sports Center. Fans can also buy tickets online (www.HartfordHawks.com/tickets) or by calling 860-768-HAWK.
 
Those who can't make the game can catch all of the action on ESPN3, as Jeff Dooley and Adam Finkelstein will have the call.