STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Junior Hunter Marks scored a team-high 15 points, but it wasn't enough for the Hartford men's basketball team on Sunday as it dropped a 63-49 decision at Stony Brook. Led by a 16-point outing from Frankie Policelli, the Seawolves extended a four-point halftime lead to 14 early in the second stanza and never looked back.  
 
Settling for the regular-season sweep, Hartford (10-7 overall), which had won the previous four against Stony Brook, moves to 7-5 in America East action. The Seawolves (8-8) move to 6-4 in the conference with Sunday's win.
 


STONY BROOK 63, HARTFORD 49
The Hawks built a nine-point cushion early, using an 11-2 run to go up, 13-4, with 14:04 to go in the opening half. But Hartford went cold for a six-minute stretch, and Stony Brook capitalized by scoring 11-straight points, which resulted in a 15-13 edge for the home team. The two sides would exchange blows with the Seawolves ending the stanza on top with a 30-26 edge.
 
Out of the break, Policelli, who opened up a double-figure lead for Stony Brook with a pair of three-pointers, hit another three to make it a 14-point advantage (46-32) with 13:32 left. The Hawks would claw back, pulling with six on an 8-0 rally with half of those points coming from sophomore Miroslav Stafl. The Seawolves had an answer for the run, though, as they halted the Hawks' comeback bid and pushed the lead back into double digits on a Juan Feliz Rodriguez three and a Omar Habwe jumper.  
 
INSIDE THE BOX AND NOTES:

• Marks has scored in double figures in each of his past two outings, while Williams (11 points) extends his double-digit scoring streak to nine games 
• The junior recorded a career-high five blocks, the most since Malik Ellison had five against Cornell on Dec. 22, 2019 
• Carter, who chipped in with eight points, handed out a game- and season-high eight assists
• The Hawks were held to 3-for-22 shooting from long range (13.6 percent)
• Hartford struggled from the field as well, going 38.7 percent (24-of-62)
• Hartford snapped a four-game winning streak against Stony Brook with Sunday's defeat
• Stony Brook received 33 points from its bench, including 16 from Policelli
• The Hawks have split each of their past three America East road series, also going 1-1 at UMass Lowell and UMBC

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford, which is now idle next weekend, returns home for the first time since Jan. 3, when they host NJIT for a two-game set on Saturday (Feb. 13) and Sunday (Feb. 14). The meetings will be the first between Hartford and NJIT as conference mates.