VESTAL, N.Y. — The Hartford men's basketball team continues a busy stretch featuring three games over a five-day span on Monday, when it takes on Binghamton inside the Events Center. The two teams will turn around and play again in West Hartford two days later, with tipoff slated for 7 p.m. inside Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion.

GAME 15: HARTFORD HAWKS (3-11, 1-1 AE) at BINGHAMTON BEARCATS (7-8, 4-2 AE)
LOCATION: Dr. Bai Lee Court at Events Center (Vestal, N.Y.)
DATE/TIME: Monday, Jan. 24 (7:30 p.m. EST) 
LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats 
WATCH: ESPN3
GAME NOTES: Hartford | Binghamton
 
SCOUTING BINGHAMTON

• Binghamton is off to its best start in conference play since 2008-09, going 4-2
• The Bearcats recently defeated NJIT, 68-57, on Saturday for their third straight road win
• Jacob Falko scored 20 points, including 14 in the second half, to help Binghamton erase a halftime deficit against the Highlanders
• He is one of three Bearcats to average double figures on the season (12.2 ppg), joining Tyler Bertram (10.5 ppg) and John McGriff (10.5 ppg)
• In league games, Bertram is second behind Hartford's Austin Williams (21.0 ppg) in scoring, averaging 19.0 ppg
• Monday's game features a clash between two of the top shooting teams in the America East
• The Hawks rank second in field goal percentage (.462), while the Bearcats are third (.457)

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Hartford has dominated Binghamton as of late with wins in each of the past 10 games
• The current winning streak, which includes three victories in 2020-21, dates back to a 76-69 victory on Feb. 22, 2018
• The Hawks are 30-13 all-time against the Bearcats, which is the program's best winning percentage against a league opponent (.698)
• Gallagher is 21-3 against Binghamton, which includes a pair of series-best 10-game winning streaks (Jan. 15, 2012 - Jan. 13, 2016; Feb. 22, 2017 - present)

 
LAST TIME THEY MET

• Hartford won all three games in 2020-21 to extend its winning streak against Binghamton to 11 contests
• Sweeping the regular season series with back-to-back 76-56 and 77-74 victories, the Hawks eliminated the Bearcats from the America East Playoffs with a 77-60 win
• Williams averaged 19.0 points on 61.8 percent shooting from the field in the three wins against Binghamton

 
LAST TIME OUT

• Vermont spoiled a wild Hartford comeback and came away with an 82-72 decision in Burlington on Saturday
• Trailing by 20 in the second half, the Hawks clawed all the way back to take a lead with 5:40 left
• Vermont went on to outscore Hartford by an 18-7 margin to seal the win
• Senior Austin Williams scored a season-high 24 points to pace the Hawks

 
GOT YOUR DOUBLE DIGITS

• Williams enters Monday's game riding a team-best 11-game double-figure scoring streak
• It also marks a career-best rally for the senior, besting his previous streak of 10 contests set in 2020-21 (Dec. 27 - Jan. 31)
• He has netted double figures in 11 of his 12 appearances this season
• In 36 games in a Hartford uniform, Williams has notched double digits in scoring 40 times
• Williams reached double figures in scoring a team-best 20 times in his debut season at Hartford in 2020-21

 
HOT HANDS

• Hartford has been efficient from the floor in 2021-22, ranking second in the America East in field goal percentage (.462)
• The team has been even more efficient in conference play, going 51.15 percent, including 45.5 percent from three
• Three starters — senior Hunter Marks, Williams and junior Moses Flowers — have had extremely hot hands
• They are each shooting 49 percent or better from the field to rank within the conference's top-seven
• The trio has been lethal, combining to shoot 52.4 percent from the floor this season (190-for-362)
• Marks leads the team and is second in the league with a .564 clip 

 
MILLENNIALS

• Williams (842 career points) is quickly approaching the 1,000-point milestone
• He is looking to become the fourth player on the roster to reach the mark
• Williams would join teammates Clayton (1,534 career points at Coppin State and Hartford), Shriver (1,039 points at Alderson Broaddus and Hartford) and Carter (1,048 points at Marquette, La Salle and Hartford) 

 
MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE

• Flowers, who netted his 500th career point at App State (Nov. 29) on a jump shot with 12:19 left in the second half, scored his 600th career point at Sacred Heart last month (Dec. 22)
• He needed 54 games to reach the 600-point mark and became the fastest player to reach the milestone since Zeglinski
• Zeglinski netted 600 points in 46 games after hitting the mark in his 15th game as a sophomore, on Nov. 28, 2007 
• Flowers is the second player to score 600 points in a Hartford uniform, joining Marks
• He enters Monday's game with 629 career points

 
 
SHARP-SHOOTING SHRIVER

• Senior David Shriver, who left Alderson Broaddus ranked second all-time in three-point field goals (216), has been a threat from distance in 2021-22 for the Hawks
• He leads the conference in three-pointers per game (2.5) and is third in three-point field goal percentage (.398)
• Shriver enjoyed an impressive outing against New Hampshire (Jan. 18) that saw him go a perfect 4-for-4 from long range
• He knocked down six three-pointers at Winthrop on Dec. 1 — the most for a Hawk since classmate D.J. Mitchell had six against Maine on Dec. 20, 2020 — to finish with a career-high 20 points
• All but seven of his 42 field goals — and 97 of his 111 points — have come from behind the arc
• Shriver, who netted his 1,000th career point at UNLV, has knocked down 246 career three-pointers

 
GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN

• Hartford received a boost when Carter rejoined roster last month
• With one season of eligibility remaining, he was officially cleared to play just hours before the Hawks' game at CCSU (Dec. 18)
• A 1,000-point scorer who reached the milestone in the NCAA Tournament game against Baylor, he is amidst is third season at Hartford — and his seventh season as a collegian — after spending two years at Marquette (2015-17) and two seasons at La Salle (2017-19)
• Carter is a two-time America East All-Conference performer and a two-time All-Defensive Team member
• He is currently one of four seven-year seniors in NCAA Division I 

 
 
KILLA' KIMBROUGH

• Senior Jared Kimbrough, who missed five games with an injury, has been a key contributor off the bench in his nine appearances this season
• With high-percentage shots being the bread and butter of his game, Kimbrough is an efficient shooter at 57.1 percent 
• Standing at 6-8, his versatility has been evident in the early part of the season with a 4-of-7 clip from long range
• Kimbrough came just shy of his first double-double against Boston University with 13 points and nine rebounds (Nov. 18)
• He recently had four points and three rebounds at Vermont on Saturday (Jan. 22)

 
NEXT ON TAP

• Hartford continues its busy stretch on Wednesday when it takes on Binghamton
• The home tilt is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip

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