DURHAM, N.H. – Senior J.R. Lynch scored a team-high 18 points, while classmate George Blagojevic added a double-double on 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Hartford men's basketball team to a 70-50 road win at New Hampshire on Thursday. The Hawks (14-13) improve to 7-5 in conference play after securing the regular-season sweep, while the Wildcats (3-23) dip to 1-12 in America East action. 
 
HARTFORD 70, NEW HAMPSHIRE 50
 
Holding the Wildcats scoreless for the first four minutes, the Hawks ran out to a 19-3 lead with 10:47 remaining in the first half behind a balanced offensive attack. Five-straight points by redshirt-senor John Carroll helped Hartford push the lead to 23 (34-11) with 3:07 remaining in the stanza, before UNH made a run before halftime, closing the gap down to 16 (35-19) at the break.
 
Nick Guardarrama carried a hot first half into the second, as his fifth three in as many attempts pulled UNH within 13 with 17:52 left. But back-to-back threes from Lynch — who finished 4-for-4 from long range — and classmate Travis Weatherington quickly pushed the margin back to 19 with 15:12 to go. The Wildcats would not come any closer than 15 for the remainder of the game, as a 10-2 run capped by a Michael Dunne triple gave Hartford its largest lead at 68-44 with just over two minutes left to play.
 
INSIDE THE BOX AND NOTES

• Hartford placed four players in double figures, as Weatherington and Carroll rounded out the top scorers with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
• Adding eight points, senior Jason Dunne moved into sixth in total points (DI era) with 1,406, while Lynch's four three-pointers moved him into sixth place in the category with 172.
• After going 45-percent in the first half (14-of-31), the Hawks shot 54-percent (13-of-24) from the field in the second to keep the game out of reach.
• Hartford's defense held UNH to just 23 percent shooting (7-of-30) in the opening stanza.
• Michael Dunne scored five points in less than three minutes of action.
• The Hawks knocked down 10 three-pointers (10-of-21), marking the fourth-straight game they finish with 10-or-more makes from behind the arc.
• With the win and UMass Lowell's loss at Binghamton, the Hawks remain in fourth place in the America East standings.
• Scoring a career- and game-high 21 points for the Wildcats, Guadarrama pulled down 16 rebounds to finish with the double-double.

 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks remain on the road to face UMass Lowell on Saturday evening. Tipoff inside the Tsongas Center is set for 5:30 p.m.