NEWARK, N.J. — The Hartford women's basketball looks to make it two wins in a row as they travel to Newark, N.J., facing off with NJIT on Saturday. Tipoff between the Hawks and the Highlanders is set for 2 p.m. inside the NJIT Events and Wellness Center.
 
GAME 28: HARTFORD HAWKS (3-24, 3-13 AE) at NJIT HIGHLANDERS (14-13, 9-7 AE)
LOCATION: NJIT Wellness and Events Center (Newark, N.J.)
DATE/TIME: Saturday, Feb. 26 (2 p.m.)
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LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
GAME NOTES: Hartford | NJIT
TWITTER: @HartfordWBB | #FlyHigh |  #AEHoops
 
MEDIA POLICY

  LAST TIME OUT

• Graduate student Abby Streeter scored a career-high 24 points, while sophomore Paula Maurina chipped in 23 as the Hawks held on a for a 74-71 win at UMBC on Wednesday night
• Streeter finished 7-of-14 from beyond the arc
• Maurina went 11-of-17 from the floor
• Streeter and Maurina became the first duo to score 20+ points in a game since Janelle Harrison and Lindsey Abed put up 20+ points in the 2017-18 season
• Jabria Ingram dished out a career-high 11 assists
• She came just shy of a double-double, dropping eight points
• Villalobos finished with her second double-double of the season, hauling in 11 rebounds while scoring 12 points
• Hartford outshot UMBC, 51.7 percent (30-of-58) to 42.9 percent (27-of-63)
   

SCOUTING NJIT

• NJIT enters Saturday contest after dropping a 58-54 decision at New Hampshire on Wednesday
• The Highlanders are led by Lyzi Litwinko
• Litwinko paces NJIT in both points per game (10.9) and reboudns per game (7.0)
• Kenna Squier and Ellyn Stoll join Litwinko in double-figures, averaging 10.8 points per contest
• NJIT is stoudt defensively, allowing opponents to shoot 36.1 percent from the field, the best mark in the America East
   

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Hartford and NJIT will meet on the hardwood for the sixth time in both teams' Division I histories
• The Highlanders hold a four-game winning streak over the Hawks
• NJIT leads the all-time series, 4-1
• The Highlanders defeated the Hawks earlier this season, 69-52, in West Hartford on Feb. 12

 
NOTHING BUT NET

• Streeter had a career-day against UMBC on Wednesday, scoring a career-high 24 points
• She finished 7-of-14 from beyond the arc
• Her seven made threes ties her total against Stony Brook on Jan.2

 
DROPPING DIMES

• Farcy had a game to remember against Stony Brook on Saturday, dishing out a season-best 10 assists
• Farcy became the first Hawk to total at least 10 assists in a single game since Deanna Mayza tallied 12 dimes against UMass Lowell in 2016
• Jabria Ingram topped Farcy's performance with 11 assits against UMBC on Wednesday
• As a team, Hartford is sixth in the America East, dishing out 11.3 assists per game

 
CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARDS

• Streeter is establishing herself as one of Hartford's all-time three-point shooters
• Sinking 74 triples in 2021-22, she is third in the Hawks' record book for made threes in a single season
• Lindsay Abed ('19) holds the top spot after draining 96 threes during the 2018-19 campaign
• Her 43.0 percent mark from beyond the arc sees her top the Hawk's all-time leaderboard in single-season three-point percentage

 
INSIDE SCORING MACHINES

• The Hawks have capitalized off their opportunities in the paint this season
• Nearly half (44.1 percent) of Hartford's offense on the season has come from inside the paint, where the Hawks average 23.8 points per game
• Hartford has tallied 644 total points off inside scoring.
• The Hawks had a dominant performance inside the paint against UMass Lowell, scoring 32 points

 
WHAT SOPHOMORE SLUMP?

• Maurina and classmates Sophie Benharouga and Marisa Lee have debunked the sophomore slump in 2021-22
• Scoring 374 total points (13.8 per game) the trio account for 25.6 percent of the Hawks' offense
• Maurina paces Hartford with 12.5 points per game, while Benharouga averages 2.3 and Lee puts up 2.5 per contest

  
THREE-POINT SHARPSHOOTERS

• After making 4.8 threes per game last season, Hartford has vastly improved its three-point shooting in 2021-22
• The Hawks sink 6.3 three-pointers per game to lead the America East
• Hartford has also improved its shooting efficiency from three-point range, as it is shooting 29.7 percent in 2021-22, compared to 25.3 percent last season

 
PAULA THE BALLA

• Maurina continued her hot start to the 2021-22 season, making her return against CCSU after missing the previous five games due to injury
• After averaging 5.3 points 2.7 rebounds per game in 2020-21, Maurina leads the team in scoring this season, averaging 12.5 points while adding 3.8 rebounds in 2021-22
• She has netted double-figures in 17 of the 22 games she has appeared in
• The forward dropped a team-high 10 points against the Blue Devils (Dec. 17)
• Maurina dropped a then career-high 18 points against Houston Baptist (Nov. 20)
• She matched her career-high against UAlbany, leading the Hawks to their first win of the season (Jan. 17)
• Maurina led the Hawks to an overtime victory at Binghamton (Jan. 26) with a career-best 23 points

 
 STREETER FOR THREE

• Streeter has been on fire from three-point land in 2021-22
• After shooting 26.2 percent from three last season, the guard has significantly improved her accuracy from downtown
• Streeter leads the America East in three-pointers per game (2.7) and ranks 18th in the nation
• She also leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.430) and is 13th in the category nationally

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford continues its road trip with a stop in Newark, N.J., facing off with NJIT on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.

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