BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Senior Austin Williams led three Hawks in double figures with a season-high 22 points as the Hartford men's basketball scored a 68-55 victory at St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday. Graduate student Hunter Marks and junior Moses Flowers also registered double digits in scoring for the Hawks, who shot a season-best 59.2 percent from the field in the win.
 
Hartford improves to 1-7 on the season while St. Francis, which received 13 points off the bench from Trey Quartlebaum, falls to 0-8.
 
HARTFORD 68, ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN 55
A 22-5 run over a nine-minute stretch in the first half broke open a 4-4 tie and gave the Hawks a comfortable 26-9 lead with 8:43 to go. St. Francis managed to trim the deficit down to seven at 30-23 with 3:04 left, but the Hawks, who shot 60.0 percent in the opening stanza, scored seven of the final nine points of the half to take a 35-25 advantage into intermission.
 
Hartford, which never trailed in the game, continued to dominate in the second half. Going 14-of-24 from the floor (58.3%), the Hawks opened up a 20-point lead at 57-37 with 10:43 when Flowers capped an 11-1 run with a three-point play. St. Francis managed to slash its deficit in half, as back-to-back threes by Quartlebaum fueled a 12-2 spurt that closed the gap to 59-49 with 5:13 remaining, but Hartford's defense would hold the Terriers to just two field goals over the game's final 4:14 to seal the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• The Hawks were unstoppable from inside the three-point line, going 25-of-33 for 75.8 percent
• Defensively, Hartford held St. Francis to just 29.2 percent shooting (21-of-72), including a 21.4 percent clip from long range (6-of-28)
• Williams had a hot hand from the field, going 10-of-13 for 76.9 percent 
• He pushed his career point total to 750 after his game-high scoring output on Sunday
• Flowers also shot the ball well, making 6-of-8 (75.0%) shots for 14 points
• Behind a 60 percent effort from the field (6-of-10), including a 2-of-4 clip from three, Marks tallied 16 points
• Marks added 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, and sixth of his career
• Shriver pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds as Hartford held a commanding 45-30 advantage on the boards
• The Terriers forced 24 Hawks' turnovers and committed just nine
• In his return from injury, senior Jared Kimbrough scored four points in 11 minutes
• The Hawks bucked a two-game skid against the Terriers and improved to 6-5 in the all-time series with the win

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford concludes its five-game road trip on Saturday, when they lead to Las Vegas to face UNLV. The first-ever meeting between the Hawks and Rebels is set for 3 p.m. 

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