SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Hartford men's basketball team dropped to 0-3 on the season on Thursday night falling to Springfield College by a 88-64 final. The Hawks would be outscored by 21 points in the second half en route to the huge loss on the road.
Rapid Recap:
- Hartford would hold an early 9-8 lead with a pair of buckets going to senior Kaosi Chijioke (Atlanta, Ga.). The Pride would capture the momentum over the next couple of minutes leading 20-15 halfway through the first. Senior Joshua Petion (Brooklyn, N.Y.) would spark a 7-0 Hawk run to take the lead. The teams would trade buckets eventually with a graduate student Drew Stack (Madison, N.J.) three giving Hartford a 33-31 lead with 3:55 to go in the half. Springfield would close on a 9-2 run to end the half up 40-37.
- The Pride started fast in the second half on an 11-4 spurt as the lead was now 51-41. Senior Kyle Winters (Corte Madera, Calif.) and Chijioke would try to keep the Hawks in the game with a pair of baskets to trim the deficit to 52-45. Springfield would take control going on a 26-4 run over the next eight minutes to put the game out of reach. Petion and sophomore Harry Geng (Nantucket, Mass.) added a late spark, but Hartford could not overcome the deficit to fall by the 88-64 margin.
Inside the Numbers:
- Petion would lead the Hawks scoring 14 points (5-5 FG, 4-4 FT) off the bench to go with three boards and a steal. Geng tallied nine points (4-9 FG, 1-6 3PT) to go with a pair of steals. Chijioke, Winters and Stack all added eight points.
- Xoren Livingston led the Pride with 20 points (8-13 FG, 4-5 3PT) and three assists. Zachary Campbell added 18 points (5-9 FG, 8-13 FT) and four rebounds, while Hunter Matteson notched 14 points (6-10 FG, 2-3 FT) and 13 rebounds.
- The Pride controlled the paint outscoring Hartford 46-28 in the painted area while also out rebounding the Hawks 43-29.
Up Next:
The Hawks will host Saint John's University on Saturday in the home opener at 3:00 PM.
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