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Houghton has become a mainstay at the forward position for the Hawks, leading the squad with 6.0 rebounds and
FRESHMAN
2022 SCHEDULE
SAT. 11/12 LIU L, 54-70 MON. 11/14 AT QUINNIPIAC L, 30-85
SAT. 11/19 AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 45-73 MON. 11/21 AT STONEHILL L, 35-62
FRI. 11/25 AT PROVIDENCE* L, 30-60
SAT. 11/26 BRYANT* L, 46-74 SUN. 11/27 WEBER STATE* L, 44-71 SAT. 12/3 AT BROWN L, 52-68
MON. 12/5 CORNELL 7 PM WED. 12/7 AT RHODE ISLAND 11 AM SUN. 12/18 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 2 PM TUE. 12/20 AT BINGHAMTON 6 PM THURS. 12/22 UMBC 2 PM FRI. 12/30 AT ST. FRANCIS (PA.) 7 PM MON. 1/2 AT LA SALLE 9 PM THURS. 1/5 AT NVU-JOHNSON 2 PM TUE. 1/10 AT PENN 7 PM THURS. 1/12 AT PRINCETON 6 PM
SAT. 1/21 AT MERRIMACK 3 PM TUES. 1/24 AT BRYANT 7 PM
SAT. 1/28 CHICAGO STATE 1 PM SUN. 1/29 CHICAGO STATE 1 PM WED. 2/8 AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7 PM
SUN. 2/12 VILLA MARIA 1 PM THURS. 2/16 MERRIMACK 5 PM
SAT. 2/25 AT CHICAGO STATE 1 PM SUN. 2/26 AT CHICAGO STATE 1 PM
RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * FRIAR THANKSGIVING CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
H AWKSRISE
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIPOFF+/RESULT
Hartford enters Monday night’s contest with a 2-0 edge in the all-time series against Cornell. In the two games played between the two programs, the contests have been decided by a combined five total points.
LAST MEETING
The two teams last met on Nov. 13, 2015, where the Hawks would walk away victorious over the Big Red by a score of 53-50.
Deanna Mayza (‘17) led Hartford’s offensive output dropping a game-high 19 points against Cornell.
4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L8 STREAK W2 42.0 POINTS PER GAME 57.6 70.4 POINTS ALLOWED 58.2 30.4 REBOUNDS/GAME 35.3 -19.5 REBOUND MARGIN 4.2 .258 FG% .374 .441 FG% DEFENSE .403 .176 3-PT FG% .219 .313 3-PT FG% DEF .278 .691 FT% .638 7.1 ASSISTS/GAME 12.2 13.8 TO/GAME 18.2 7.3 2.5 STEALS/GAME BLOCKS/GAME 9.6 1.1 TALE OF THE TAPE HARTFORD HAWKS (0-8) THE MATCHUP vs. SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Series Hartford leads,
At Hartford .................................................... Hartford leads,
At Cornell .......................................................... Hartford leads,
At Neutral Venue N/A Current Streak .......................................... Hartford,
Last Meeting
SERIES BREAKDOWN CORNELL BIG RED (5-4, 0-0 IVY)
2-0
1-0
1-0
two games
Hartford, 53-50 (11/13/15)
TODAY’S MATCH
Hartford returns home to Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion to take on Cornell after its seven-game road trip. Tipoff between the Hawks and Big Red is set for 7 p.m.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Cornell starts Monday night’s contest with a 5-4 overall record thus far into the season. The Big Red enter play riding a two-game winning streak after defeating UAlbany on Saturday by a score of 53-45. Cornell’s offense is led by Kaya Ingram (9.8 ppg), Ania McNicholas (9.7 ppg), Shannon Mulroy (9.3 ppg) and Emily Pape (9.0 ppg). The quartet has combined to score over 65 percent of the Big Red’s total points on the year. Summer Parker-Hall has been crashing the glass all-season long, as she leads the squad grabbing 6.2 rpg.
LAST TIME OUT
Hartford looks to bounce back after falling to Brown 52-68 Saturday afternoon. Graduate student Jasmine Barnes dropped a careerhigh 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting from the floor. Freshman Tatum Forbes recorded a team-high three assists, eight rebounds and three steals. Freshman Zaiha Minnis and junior Lanae Johnson-Kleinpeter added six and seven points off the bench, respectively. Sophomore Lenaijah Ferguson made her Hawks debut, grabbing four rebounds and scoring her first two points. Brown’s Isabella Mauricio led all scorers with 18 points. The Bears outrebounded
the Hawks 46-33, while Hartford proceeded to outshoot Brown 36.8% to 36.2% from the field.
RIM PROTECTOR
Freshman Elena Houghton has been a beast in the painted area defensively for the Hawks. Recording a team-high 1.1 blocks per game, after tallying a career-high three blocks in their outing against Weber St. at the Friar Thanksgiving Classic.
FRESHMAN STANDOUTS
The Hartford freshman class has averaged 19.4 points per game, good for 46 percent of the Hawks’ scoring totals. Freshman Tatum Forbes leads the way posting 8.3 ppg, while Minnis and Houghton rank top-five on the team scoring 4.8 and 4.6 ppg, respectively.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford will be back in action Wednesday as they head back to the Ocean State to faceoff against Rhode Island in a midweek matinee. Wednesday marks the ninth all-time meeting between the two in program history. Tipoff between the Hawks and Rams is set for 11 a.m. from the Ryan Center.
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 5
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School 0 Elena Houghton Fr. F 6-1 Washington, D.C. / Friendship Collegiate Academy 1 Zaiha Minnis Fr. G 5-10 Clinton, Md. / Maret School 2 Jasmine Barnes Gr. G 5-7 Plano, Texas / Harding University 3 Paige Loughman Fr. G 5-11 Bernardston, Mass. / Hermon School 4 Brianna Williams So. F 6-1 Brampton, Ontario / Southwest Academy 5 Abigail Cherry Fr. G 5-8 Randolph, Mass. / Brockton 11 Ta’Nya Outten So. G 5-8 North Chesterfield, Va. / Central State University 12 Lanae Johnson-Kleinpeter Jr. G 5-8 Fort Worth, Texas. / Crowder College 13 Nayeli Dowding So. G 5-5 Baldwin, N.Y. / Baldwin 14 Lenaijah Ferguson So. F 6-0 Baltimore, Md. / The Fredrick Gunn School 15 Irene Primo Sr. G 5-4 Tres Cantos, Spain / Club Baloncesto Tres Cantose 23 Najla Cecunjanin So. F 6-1 Cromwell, Conn. / Wilbraham Monson Academy 24 Kymilondra Nance Jr. G 5-7 Dunkirk, N.Y. / Jamestown CC 30 Tatum Forbes Fr. G 5-8 Pawtucket, R.I. / St. Marks 31 Siena Hallberg Fr. G 5-7 Schenectady, N.Y. / Schalmont (0-8 OVERALL) HEAD COACH POLLY THOMASON - First Season - Austin College ‘99 ASSISTANT COACHES MEREDITH MESARIS - First Season - Scranton ’15 KATIE KORIOTH - First Season - UT Dallas ‘13
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School 2 Val Garcia-Martinez Jr. G 5-8 McAllen, Texas / McAllen Memorial 3 Vivienne Knee Fr. G/F 5-9 New York, N.Y. / Lycee Francais de New York 4 Sarah Hathorn Fr. G 5-4 College Station, Texas / A&M Consolidated 5 Ania McNicholas Sr. G 5-7 San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty 11 Arianna Linoxilakis So. F 6-1 Weston, Mass. / Weston 12 Mia Beam Jr. G 5-8 Louisville, Ky. / Christian Academy of Louisville 13 Jada Davis So. F 6-2 San Diego, Calif. / The Bishop’s School 20 Kaya Ingram Jr. G 5-8 Albuquerque, N.M. / La Cueva 21 Anna Hovis Sr. F 5-11 Falls Church, Va. / Bishop O’Connell 22 Shannon Mulroy Sr. G 5-8 Mount Laurel, N.J. / Lenape 24 Summer Parker-Hall So. F 5-11 Chicago, Ill. / Loyola Academy 25 Lexi Green So. G/F 5-9 Pittsford, N.Y. / Pittsford Mendon 31 Emily Pape Fr. F 6-1 Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South 33 Ruby Grace Williams Fr. G/F 6-0 Waxhaw, N.C. / Cuthbertson CORNELL BIG RED (5-4 OVERALL, 0-0 IVY) HEAD COACH DAYNA SMITH - 20th Season - Rhode Island ‘96 ASSISTANT COACHES VAL KLOPFER - 19th Season - Wake Forest ‘02 CAROLINE PEFFLEY - Seventh Season - LSU ‘14 ZACK STITT
8 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 14 15 HARTFORD HAWKS 0 elena HOUGHTON FR | 6-1 | FORWARD 1 zahia MINNIS FR | 5-10 | GUARD 2 jasmine BARNES FR | 5-7 | GUARD 3 paige LOUGHMAN FR | 5-11 | GUARD 4 brianna WILLIAMS SO | 6-1 | FORWARD 5 abigail CHERRY FR | 5-8 | GUARD 11 ta’nya OUTEEN SO | 5-8 | GUARD 12 lanae JOHNSON-KLEINPETER JR | 5-8 | GUARD 13 nayeli DOWDING SO | 5-5 | GUARD 15 irene PRIMO SR | 5-4 | GUARD 23 najla CECUNJANIN SO | 6-1 | FORWARD 1416 lenaijah FERGUSON SO | 6-0 | FORWARD
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 9 HARTFORD HAWKS POLLY THOMASON HEAD COACH First Season KATIE KORIOTH ASSISTANT COACH First Season 30 tatum FORBES FR | 5-8 | GUARD 31 siena HALLBERG FR | 5-7 | GUARD MEREDITH MESARIS ASSISTANT COACH First Season 16 24 kymilondra NANCE JR | 5-8 | GUARD
Winning
0 Home
0 Attendance
Score by Periods Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOT Hartford 80 108 78 104 0 370 Opponents 175 167 167 126 0 635 2022-23 TEAM STATISTICS OVERALL: 0-8 HOME: 0-1 • AWAY: 0-5 • NEUTRAL: 0-2
HARTFORD HAWKS 2022-23 Hartford Women's Basketball Overall Team Statistics All games Page 1/1 as of Dec 04, 2022 Team Statistics HART OPP Scoring 370 635 Points per game 41.1 70.6 Scoring margin -29.4 Field goals-att 137-526 247-563 Field goal pct .260 .439 3 point fg-att 37-199 64-208 3-point FG pct .186 .308 3-pt FG made per game 4.1 7.1 Free throws-att 59-91 77-117 Free throw pct .648 .658 F-Throws made per game 6.6 8.6 Rebounds 269 449 Rebounds per game 29.9 49.9 Rebounding margin -20.0 Assists 67 161 Assists per game 7.4 17.9 Turnovers 131 153 Turnovers per game 14.6 17.0 Turnover margin +2.4 Assist/turnover ratio 0.5 1.1 Steals 63 74 Steals per game 7.0 8.2 Blocks 21 39 Blocks per game 2.3 4.3
streak
win streak
227 2148 Home games-Avg/Game 1-227 6-358 Neutral site-Avg/Game 2-226
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 11 2022-23 Hartford Women's Basketball Extended Season Box Score All games Page 1/1 as of Dec 04, 2022 Game Records Record Overall Home Away Neutral ALL GAMES 0-9 0-1 0-6 0-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-9 0-1 0-6 0-2 Team Box Score Extended No. Player Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A A/G TO TO/G A/TO BLK BLK/G STL STL/G PTS AVG 30 FORBES, Tatum 9-4 220:12 24.5 26-79 .329 7-23 .304 12-15 .800 3 40 43 4.8 21 0 19 2.11 27 3.00 0.70 2 0.22 12 1.33 71 7.9 13 DOWDING, Nayeli 9-9 264:20 29.4 27-101 .267 5-43 .116 9-13 .692 2 15 17 1.9 12 0 6 0.67 15 1.67 0.40 1 0.11 6 0.67 68 7.6 15 PRIMO, Irene 9-9 275:15 30.6 15-63 .238 9-38 .237 13-17 .765 2 17 19 2.1 19 0 15 1.67 22 2.44 0.68 0 0.00 10 1.11 52 5.8 0 HOUGHTON, Elena 9-9 238:21 26.5 22-69 .319 3-11 .273 0-0 .000 19 36 55 6.1 15 0 4 0.44 16 1.78 0.25 9 1.00 8 0.89 47 5.2 1 MINNIS, Zaiha 9-3 125:37 14.0 16-64 .250 5-28 .179 3-5 .600 2 13 15 1.7 6 0 4 0.44 10 1.11 0.40 1 0.11 2 0.22 40 4.4 12 JOHNSON-KLEINPETER, Lanae 9-5 184:46 20.5 8-32 .250 2-12 .167 3-8 .375 3 14 17 1.9 20 0 4 0.44 11 1.22 0.36 1 0.11 8 0.89 21 2.3 2 BARNES, Jasmine 9-2 107:01 11.9 7-31 .226 2-15 .133 4-4 1.000 3 11 14 1.6 9 0 4 0.44 6 0.67 0.67 0 0.00 2 0.22 20 2.2 14 FERGUSON, Lenaijah 1-0 07:09 7.2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 0 0.00 1 1.00 0.00 2 2.00 0 0.00 2 2.0 11 OUTTEN, Ta'Nya 9-3 140:56 15.7 7-32 .219 0-2 .000 2-8 .250 5 17 22 2.4 14 0 1 0.11 5 0.56 0.20 4 0.44 5 0.56 16 1.8 24 NANCE, Kymilondra 9-0 90:14 10.0 3-29 .103 1-14 .071 9-15 .600 6 4 10 1.1 8 0 2 0.22 6 0.67 0.33 1 0.11 6 0.67 16 1.8 3 LOUGHMAN, Paige 9-1 128:59 14.3 4-22 .182 2-12 .167 2-4 .500 4 10 14 1.6 5 0 7 0.78 5 0.56 1.40 0 0.00 4 0.44 12 1.3 31 HALLBERG, Sienna 3-0 08:57 3.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.33 0 0.00 1.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.0 5 CHERRY, Abigail 3-0 06:54 2.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.7 23 CECUNJANIN, Najla 1-0 01:19 1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 Total 9 1800 137-526 .260 37-199 .186 59-91 .648 65 204 269 29.9 132 0 67 7.44 131 14.56 0.51 21 2.33 63 7.00 370 41.1 Opponents 9 1800 247-563 .439 64-208 .308 77-117 .658 123 326 449 49.9 122 0 161 17.89 153 17.00 1.05 39 4.33 74 8.22 635 70.6 Score by Periods Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOT Hartford 80 108 78 104 0 370 Opponents 175 167 167 126 0 635 2022-23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TatumForbes