act_mbb_Jared Kimbrough
Steve McLaughlin
71
Winner Albany (NY) ANY 10-13,6-5 America East
52
Hartford Hart 5-14,3-4 America East
Winner
Albany (NY) ANY
10-13,6-5 America East
71
Final
52
Hartford Hart
5-14,3-4 America East
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Albany (NY) ANY 29 42 71
Hartford Hart 29 23 52

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

Men's Basketball Falls at Home to UAlbany

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Junior Moses Flowers scored a team-high 11 points as the Hartford men's basketball team fell, 71-52, to UAlbany on Saturday afternoon. With the game tied at 29-29 at the half, UAlbany pulled away in the second half to take home the victory.
 
Hartford (5-14), dips to 3-4 in America East action. Led by 15 points from Jayden Martinez, UAlbany improves to 10-14 overall and 6-5 in the league.
 
UALBANY 71, HARTFORD 52
Hartford started the game hot as Hunter Marks and D.J. Mitchell gave the Hawks an early 5-0 lead. UAlbany would come back and tie the game at 5-5, before the two teams went back-and-forth, battling to a 9-9 tie at the 14:15 mark. The Great Danes began to form a gap, utilizing a 9-1 run to take a 15-10 lead, but an Austin Williams driving layup cut the Great Danes momentum. Williams would go on to knot the game up at 19-19 after draining a triple with 9:16 left in the first half. Neither side could pull away as Hartford and UAlbany entered the halftime break deadlocked at 29-29.
 
Both teams would trade buckets in the opening minutes of the second half, playing to a 38-38 deadlock with 13:18 to go. The Great Danes would start to pull away, using a 10-2 run to take a 48-40 lead. UAlbany continued to extend its lead before a Michael Dunne three at the 3:47 mark, ended the Great Danes 17-4 run. The deficit would prove to be too much for the Hawks, as UAlbany took home a 71-52 victory.

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES
  • Flowers finished 4-of-9 from the field
  • Williams finished with nine points and a team-high five rebounds and three steals
  • UAlbany held a 30-24 advantage in points in the paint
  • The Great Danes went 58.0 percent from the field (29-of-50) to Hartford's 40.4 percent (21-of-52)
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks head back on the road for a three-game road trip, starting with a visit to UMass Lowell on Monday. Tipoff from the Costello Athletic Center is set for 6 p.m.
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