PRINCETON, N.J. – Senior Irene Primo scored a team-high 12 points as the Hartford women's basketball team dropped an 84-37 decision to Princeton Thursday night. The Hawks fall to 0-17 on the season while the Tigers improve to 10-5 on the year.
 
PRINCETON 84, HARTFORD 37
At the nine-minute mark of the first with the shot clock running down, freshman Tatum Forbes drained a deep three to give the Hawks an early 3-0 lead. Princeton would respond going on a 9-0 run and forcing a Hartford timeout with 6:21 remaining in the opening quarter. Closing out the quarter on a 17-7 run, the Tigers took a 26-10 lead into the first break. Both sides would trade baskets to start off the second quarter, before Princeton would open up a commanding 49-16 advantage heading into halftime.
 
Coming out into the second half, both teams would go back-and-forth trading baskets and playing to an even 9-9 tie in the frame with four minutes remaining. Sophomore Nayeli Dowding kept Hartford afloat in the third quarter battle, scoring five points of her own in the 10-minute quarter. However, over the final four minutes of the third, Princeton would go on a 7-2 run capped off by a three-point field goal from Lexi Weger as the Tigers would take a 65-27 lead into the final quarter. The deficit grew to be too much for Hartford to mount a comeback, as the Hawks eventually fell, 84-37.
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• Primo scored a team-high 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field
• Forbes added eight points, tied her career-high dishing out four assists and grabbed a team-high six boards
• Sophomore Ta'Nya Outten grabbed a season-high five offensive rebounds on the night
• Princeton outrebounded Hartford 37-26
• Madison St. Rose led all scorers, finishing with 19 points for the Tigers

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford returns to the court on Saturday, Jan. 21, facing off against Merrimack. Tipoff between the Hawks and Warriors is set for 3 p.m., at Hammel Court.