act_mbb_Austin Williams 2
Steve McLaughlin
65
Maine Maine 5-20,2-12 America East
75
Winner Hartford Hart 8-16,6-6 America East
Maine Maine
5-20,2-12 America East
65
Final
75
Hartford Hart
8-16,6-6 America East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Maine Maine 35 30 65
Hartford Hart 37 38 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Hartford Athletic Communications

Austin Williams Scores 1000th Career Point as Men's Hoops Defeats Maine, 75-65

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Senior Austin Williams scored his 1000th career point as the Hartford men's basketball team took down Maine, 75-65, on Wednesday night. Williams paced the Hawks with a game-high 21 points.
 
Hartford (8-16), improves to 6-6 in America East action, while Maine falls to 5-20 overall and 2-12 in the league.
 
HARTFORD 75, MAINE 65
Maine started the game strong, taking an early 5-2 lead with 15:32 left in the first half. Moses Flowers would tie the game up with a three-pointer a few seconds later, however the Black Bears responded with a 5-0 run to take a 10-5 lead. Maine continued its hot start, extending the gap to seven, 17-10, at the 11:34 mark. The Hawks would fight back, responding with a 7-0 run of its own, fueled by buckets from Jared Kimbrough, Traci Carter and Austin Williams, tying the score with 10 minutes left in the half. The two sides continued to fight back-and-forth playing to a 30-30 tie after Flowers threw down a dunk with less than four minutes left. A Flowers three-point play followed by a Williams jumper gave the Hawks a four-point cushion, but Maine scored the final basket of the half, cutting the Hawks lead to 37-35 at the halftime break.
 
Hartford would be the ones to start the second half hot, going on a 5-0 run, capped of by a pair of Williams free throws to take a 42-35 lead. The two teams would trade baskets, until another 5-0 Hartford run, featuring a Carter step-back jumper, gave the hawks a double-digit advantage, 53-42. Maine would pull back within single digits, 55-48, at the 8:43 mark, but Williams would make history during the next play. With a driving layup at the 8:18 mark, Williams scored his 1000th career point. The Black Bears would not go down easy, coming back within four, 62-58, with 5:24 left in the game. Williams would end Maine's run, scoring three-straight points, before a Carter four-point play, saw the Hawks reestablish a double-figure lead. The Black Bears would try and mount a late comeback, but a pair of Carter free-throws iced the game for the Hawks, giving them a 75-65 victory.

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES
  • The win was the Hawks' third-straight
  • Williams led all scorers with a game-high 21 points
  • He finished 9-of-16 from the floor
  • Carter (14 points), Flowers (14), Briggs McClain (12) and David Shriver joined Williams
  • This was the second time this season that the Hawks had five double-digit scorers
  • Kimbrough grabbed a team-high eight rebounds
  • The Hawks outshot the Black Bears, 48.3 percent (28-of-58) to 45.0 percent (27-of-60)
  • Hartford also outshot Maine from beyond the arc, 44.4 percent (8-of-18) to 26.1 percent (6-of-23)
  • The Hawks held a 36-32 rebounding advantage
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks are set to face Stony Brook in a two-game weekend series. Hartford travels to Long Island on Saturday before returning home to face the Seawolves on Sunday.
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