WEST HARTFORD, Conn.  - The Hartford women's basketball team collected a dominating win this Wednesday evening, 72-33 over Curry College to conclude their home games for the regular season of play in 2026.

Rapid Recap:

• Hartford opened with a junior Taryn Blevins (St Louis, Mo.) jumper and never trailed after junior Lauren Sabia (Simsbury, Conn.) answered the Colonels early bucket. Strong defensive pressure from the Hawks led to multiple steals, fueling threes from senior Paige Loughman (Bernardston, Mass.) and junior Ella Marchesani (Saddle Brook, N.J.) to cushion their separation. Sabia added late points inside, and the Hawks closed the quarter with a confident 15-4 lead.
• The Hawks continued to control the pace with ease in the second quarter opening with a junior Sidnee Bowden (Canton, Ohio) jumper and a three before Marchesani knocked down a triple of her own to stretch the lead past 15. Active hands from Hartford led to more Curry turnovers, freshman Allie Shenloogian (Park Ridge, N.J.) made her presence felt adding layups and gathering boards to maintain possession. The Colonels found some rhythm late with a few inside finishes to attempt cutting into the deficit, but sophomore Mackenzie Hohulin (Plymouth, Mass.) converted a pair at the line along with freshman Gabrielle Matthews (Raleigh, N.C.) added a jumper to keep momentum on Hartford's side. Shenloogian capped the half with a triple at the buzzer sending the Hawks into the break up 36-12.
• The Colonels opened the half with a 12-2 quick scoring run to cut into the deficit, capitalizing on turnovers and knocking down a three from the hands of Lauren Dunn to pull within 15 points. Hartford used a timeout to recollect, Sabia's inside presence and Marchesani's layup regained control and was the response they needed to continue their dominance, The Hawks added a late free throw to close the quarter with a nearly twenty-point lead, at 43-25 moving into the fourth.
• Hohulin really shined in this final quarter as she dropped an early three to push the lead well past twenty. It was lights out after that for the Hawks, sinking nearly every attempt at the basket, Marchesani and Matthews added points before freshman Jordan Bay-Kent (Norwich, Conn.) made her fourth appearance of the season to score back-to-back layups stretching the advantage 56-27. Hohulin caught fire from deep, knocking down two more threes as the Hawks continued to force turnovers and convert in transition. Hartford closed out the game at the line finishing off a dominant 72-33 victory.

Post Game Press: 
"We knew we had to come in and handle business," said sophomore Mackenzie Hohulin (Plymouth, Mass.). "It should've been an easy one, so we just took care of it. It all starts with my teammates, they push me everyday in practice and they were able to find me on the court today. It was a great team win, everybody got to play and they deserve it. They work so hard in practice."

"This was a good overall team win," said head coach Jackie Smith. "We locked in defensively, which has been our focus all year, we finally did it and then we handled their press pretty well which was much better than the first time we saw them. As a coach you want to reward those that have been practicing really hard all year, and it's hard being in that position where you grind everyday and don't get rewarded come game time, so being able to do that today made me really happy. I am most proud of how this team now plays together, and their ability to get coached hard, and have the focus to understand how hard we can work."

Inside The Numbers:

• Marchesani led the Hawks today with 13 points (5-13 FG, 2-5 3PT, 1-2 FT) collecting two boards, forcing three steals, and adding one assist. Next to on the leader board both Sabia and Hohulin shared the second spot to lead the Hawks. Sabia added 11 (5-8 FG, 0-2 3PT, 1-2 FT) along with six rebounds, two assists, and three steals. Hohulin added her season-high and tied her career best with tonight's 11 points (3-4 FG, 3-3 3PT, 2-2 FT) and two rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
• For Curry College, Kasey Reeves put up an impressive 16 points to lead her team (6-8 FG, 0-1 3PT, 4-4 FT) collecting two boards, and forcing two steals.
• The Hawks found their strength from the bench tonight adding 41 of the points from sub changes compared to The Colonels 10.
• Hartford currently sits in the 5th seed in the CNE Playoff Picture with just two games remaining. 

Up Next:
The Hawks will hit the road to take on Endicott College this upcoming Saturday, February 14th with a tip-off at 1:00 P.M.

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