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NUMBER 11 POSITION FORWARD HEIGHT 6-0 YEAR SOPHOMORE MAJOR MANAGEMENT
HAWKS TIDBIT: Paula Maurina, who
is averaging 8.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per game in 2021-22, was selected to play for the Latvia National Team at the 2021 FIBA U21 Challengers Tournament.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT WED. SUN. THU. SAT TUE. SUN WED. SUN WED. FRI. WED. SUN. WED. MON. WED. FRI. SUN. WED. SAT. WED. SAT MON. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SAT. WED. SUN. FRI.
11/10 11/14 11/18 11/20 11/23 11/28 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/17 12/22 1/2 1/5 1/17 1/19 1/21 1/23 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/5 2/7 2/9 2/12 2/16 2/19 2/21 2/23 2/26 3/2 3/8 3/11
TIME+/RESULT
SACRED HEART PENN AT HOUSTON BAPTIST AT SAM HOUSTON BROWN AT QUINNIPIAC AT PROVIDENCE NORTHEASTERN AT RHODE ISLAND AT CENTRAL CONN. UMASS AT STONY BROOK* MAINE* UALBANY* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT VERMONT* VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* AT UMASS LOWELL* NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT UALBANY* UMASS LOWELL* UMBC* NJIT* AT MAINE* STONY BROOK* BINGHAMTON* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINALS^ AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
L, 62-71 L, 42-85 L, 56-81 L, 65-88 L, 68-72 L, 64-113 L, 62-73 L, 53-73 L, 49-84 L, 50-73 L, 40-86 L, 39-77 L, 44-65 1 PM 6 PM 2 PM 1 PM 7 PM 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM 6 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 2 PM 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM TBD TBD TBD
RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA AT REICH FAMILIY PAVILION) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED
ON THE DOCKET
After an 11-day hiatus, the Hartford women’s basketball team returns to action on Monday, when it hosts UAlbany at 1 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Paula Maurina scored a team-high 11 points as the Hawks fell at home, 65-44, to Maine on Jan. 5. Junior Carmen Villalobos, who recorded her 300th point against the Black Bears, added 10 points and six rebounds. Freshman Najla Cecunjanin dished out a team-high three assists.
SCOUTING ULBANY
UAlbany, which sits atop the America East standings, enters Monday’s contest riding a sevengame winning streak. The Great Danes defeated NJIT, 62-54, in its most recent game on Saturday. UAlbany, who are a perfect 3-0 in conference play, are led by Helene Haegerstrand. Averaging
11.6 points per game, the junior forward is 10th in the conference in scoring. Kayla Cooper leads the backcourt, dropping 10.7 points per game while tallying a teamhigh 7.1 boards per contest. The Great Danes were selected to finish fifth in the America East Coach’s Preseason Poll.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and UAlbany meet for the 45th time in both teams’ Division I histories on Monday. The Great Danes have won the past two games, including a 63-40 decision inside SEFCU Arena in the most recent outing on Feb. 12, 2020. UAlbany holds a slight 24-20 advantage in the all-time series, but the Hawks have a 14-9 edge in games played in West Hartford.
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Hartford continues its 2021-22 America East slate with a twogame road trip. The Hawks
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first stop in Durham, N.H., to face New Hampshire on Wednesday before traveling to Vermont on Saturday.
PAULA THE BALLA
Maurina has had a hot start to the 2021-22 season. After averaging 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 2020-21, she ranks third on the team in scoring this season, averaging 8.0 points per game while adding 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per contest.
BENCH PRODUCTION
The Hawks have received solid production from their bench in 2021-22. Averaging 22.0 points per game, Hartford’s reserves account for 39.3 percent of the teams offense this season. Graduate Jada Lucas has been the team’s primary sixth woman, dropping 8.8 points per game in seven apperances off the bench.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 0-13
RECORD
10-4
53.4
POINTS PER GAME
60.3
80.1
POINTS ALLOWED
48.1
37.3
REBOUNDS/GAME
37.3
.329
FG%
.415
.450
FG% DEFENSE
.342
.280
3-PT FG%
.345
.353
3-PT FG% DEF
.268
.558
FT%
.672
10.2
ASSISTS/GAME
13.8
21.7
TO/GAME
18.1
-6.5
TO MARGIN
0.0
7.3
STEALS/GAME
8.8
2.6
BLOCKS/GAME
3.5
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
UAlbany NJIT Stony Brook Maine Vermont Binghamton UMass Lowell UMBC Hartford New Hampshire
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 10-4 9-7 12-2 6-9 8-7 4-7 3-7 1-11 0-13 3-11
.714 .563 .857 .400 .533 .364 .300 .083 .000 .214
3-0 1.000 4-1 .800 3-1 .750 3-2 .600 2-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-3 .000
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(0-13 OVERALL, 0-2 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 Sophie Benharouga
So.
F
6-1
Sassenage France/Lycee Auguste et louis Lumiiere Lyon 8
1
Brittney-Shania Etuka Fr.
F
6-1
Brampton, Ontario/Word of Life Christian Academy
2
Lya Farcy
Sr.
G
5-8
Sucy-en-Brie, France/URI
3
Jada Lucas
Gr.
G
5-5
New London, Conn./New London
4 Brianna Williams
Fr.
F
6-1
Brampton, Ontario/Southwest Academy
5
Gr.
G
5-9
Kitchner, Ontario/Western Michigan
11 Paula Maurina
So.
F
6-0
Riga, Latvia/Riga State Gymnasium No.2
12 Nayeli Dowding
Fr.
G
5-5
Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin
13 Carmen Villalobos
Jr.
G/F
6-1
Cadiz, Spain/Segle XXI
15 Irene Primo
Jr.
G
5-4
Tres Cantos, Spain/Club Baloncesto Tres Cantos
23 Najla Cecunjanin
Fr.
F
6-1
Cromwell, Conn./Wilbraham Monson Academy
24 Marisa Lee
So.
F
6-1
Marlborough, Conn./RHAM
31 Abby Streeter
Gr.
G
5-11
Nahua, N.H./URI
32 Jabria Ingram
Sr.
G
5-8
Upper Darby, Pa./Newmann-Goretti
40 Sierra Smith
Sr.
F
6-0
Madison, Va./Saint Anne’s Belfield School
Nina Farkic
Hometown/Last School
HEAD COACH MELISSA L. HODGDON - First Season (Third at Hartford) - Springfield '91
ASSISTANT COACHES AMANI FRANKLIN - First Season - Kentucky '10 HAILEE BARRON - Third Season - James Madison '18 JACKSON JABIR - First Season - Dayton '19 JANELLE HARRISON - First Season - Hartford '18 TALOR WILLIAMSON - First Season - Southern Conn. '19
UALBANY GREAT DANES (10-4 OVERALL, 3-0 AMERICA EAST))
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
1 Fatima Lee
Jr.
G
5-7
Queens, N.Y./Providence
3
Lilly Phillips
Fr.
G
5-11
Greenwich, N.Y./Cambridge Central
10 Ellen Hahne
Sr.
G
5-11
Stockholm, Sweden/Wake Forest
12 Freja Werth
Fr.
G
6-1
Aldrid, Sweden/Riksbasketgymnasiet Lulea
13 Lucia Decortes
Sr.
F
6-3
Bonate Sopra, Italy/Liceo Delle Scienze Umane E Musicale
14 Grace Heeps
Jr.
G
5-11
East Greenbush, N.Y./UMass
15 Morgan Haney
R-So. G
5-8
Piqua, Ohio/Miami East
20 Kayla Cooper
So.
G
6-0 Frederick, Md./St. John’s Catholic Prep
21 Helene Haegerstrand Jr.
F
6-1
Stockholm, Sweden/Morbyskolan
22 Taniya Hanner
Jr.
F
6-1
Hillside, N.J./Roselle Catholic
23 Koi Sims
Fr.
F
6-0
Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding
24 Abby Ray
Fr.
G
5-8
Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs
32 Abby Robinson
R-So. F
6-1
Mount Vernon, N.Y./Putnam Science Academy
HEAD COACH COLLEEN MULLEN - Fourth Season - New Hampshire '03
ASSISTANT COACHES MEGAN METHVEN - Fourth Season - Stonehill '10 CATHERINE CASSIDY - Fourth Season - SUNY Plattsburgh '13 YVONNE HAWKINS - Fourth Season - Ashland '83
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sophie BENHAROUGA
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jada
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paula
SO | FORWARD
LUCAS
GR | GUARD
MAURINA
SO | FORWARD
1
brittney-shania
4
brianna
12
ETUKA
FR | FORWARD
WILLIAMS
FR | FORWARD
nayeli
DOWDING
FR | GUARD
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lya
5
nina
FARCY
FARKIC
SR | GUARD
GR | GUARD
carmen
13 VILLALOBOS
JR | GUARD/FORWARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
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15 PRIMO
31
najla
JR | GUARD
abby
STREETER
GR | GUARD
23 CECUNJANIN
FR | FORWARD
32
jabria
INGRAM
marisa
24 LEE
SO | FORWARD
sierra
SR | GUARD
40 SMITH
SR | FORWARD
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HARTFORD HAWKS
MELISSA L. HODGDON
AMANI FRANKLIN
HAILEE BARRON
JACKSON JABIR
JANELLE HARRISON
TALOR WILLIAMSON
HEAD COACH First Season (Third at Hartford)
ASSISTANT COACH First Season
ASSISTANT COACH First Season
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS First Season
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ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
GRADUATE ASSISTANT First Season
HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Basketball Combined Team Statistics AllM games 2021-22 T EA S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Record
Overall
ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
0-13 0-2 0-11
AMERICA EAST: 0-2 Team Box Score No. Player 31 STREETER, Abby 3 LUCAS, Jada
5 FARKIC, Nina
11 MAURINA, Paula
GP-GS
MIN
22
27
2.1
10-9
34-94
.362
3-18
.167
10-15
.667
16
30
46
4.6
.184
17-24
.708
26
.636
10
13-6
287:53 22.1
8-5
156:06 19.5
261:04 26.1
11-9
229:32 20.9
9-0
99:45 11.1
154:23 11.9
46-157 22-59 22-90 22-46 15-34 10-38
148:36 11.4
10-34
13-3
211:08 16.2
6-39
11-0 4-1 3-0 8-0
92:36
8.4
43:38 10.9 16:15 22:39
5.4 2.8
12-39 7-22 3-7 1-2 0-7
.293 .373 .244 .478 .441
16-74 2-10 7-38 0-2 1-2
.263
4-15
.318
7-17
.429
0-0
.308 .294
1-2
6-25
.154
3-21
.000
0-2
.500
0-0
13
2600
257-783 .328
Opponents
13
2600
386-857 .450 110-312
Field goals-att Field goal pct
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
HART 694 53.4 -26.7
.216 .200 .000
88-315
4-12
.240
0-2
.412 .000 .143 .000
95 7.3 34 2.6 0 0
1145 6-191 -
1-2 1-6 4-7 0-0 0-0
4th
OT
TOT
.500 .643 .313 .429
8 5
30 6
.333
5
.500
5
.000
4
.167
4
.571 .000 .000
19 19 52 39 14 14 10
6 6 8
4
22
1
8
1 41
1
44
27 24 78 69 24 20 15 11 10 12 26
2 9
85
2.1 3.0 6.0 6.3 1.8 2.2 1.5 1.0
PF DQ 17
0
10
0
21 19 32 36 19 13 14
8
0.8
14
2.0
9
3.0 0.7 1.1
2 1 6
0 1
A
5
17 8
26
0
4
0
26
0
20
1
34
26
0 4
TO BLK STL PTS
24 31
7
26 23
4
23
0
15
0
6
15
9
14
1
1
0 0 0 0 0
19
4
9 4
0 1
4 8
0 7
5
18 12 25
5
3
5 3
11
3
3
0
29 22 26
7
8.0 4.5 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.0 2.0
1.8
4
19
1.5
0
0
0.0
2
0
0
5.2
27
0
1
68 45
1
0
8.1
49
2
8.8
81 64
10
0 0
115
1
9
AVG
140 10.8
5 133 281 34
0 221 197 56 145 1041 80.1
OPP
1041 80.1 -
110-312 .353 8.5
565 43.5 -
Team Results Date
11/10/2021 11/14/2021 11/18/2021 11/20/2021 11/23/2021 11/28/2021 12/01/2021 12/05/2021 12/08/2021 12/17/2021 12/22/2021 01/02/2022 01/05/2022
Opponent
Sacred Heart Penn at Houston Baptist at Sam Houston Brown at Quinnipiac at Providence Northeastern at Rhode Island at Central Conn. St. Massachusetts at Stony Brook Maine
L L L L L L L L L L L L L
95
0.7
.353 159-227 .700 185 380 565 43.5 190
159-227 .700 12.2
281 21.6 -6.5 0.5
3-7
3rd
.279 92-165 .558 171 314 485 37.3 221
92-165 .558 7.1
133 10.2
5-16
.500
.267
386-857 .450
485 37.3 -6.2
18-28
14-22
257-783 .328
88-315 .279 6.8
7-14
.500
.000
Total
Scoring Points per game Scoring margin
2nd
5
13-2
Team Statistics
•
1st
162 178 209 694 0 AWAY:278 0-7 145 0-0 239 273 251 1041 0 • NEUTRAL:
.800
15 PRIMO, Irene
Team
HOME: 0-6
8-10
168:37 16.9
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
.427
10-4
2 FARCY, Lya
0-0 0-0 0-0
38-89
32 INGRAM, Jabria
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla
Neutral
0-7 0-1 0-6
.409
13-2
4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
Away
47-115
24 LEE, Marisa
12 DOWDING, Nayeli
OVERALL: 0-13
13-11 335:05 25.8
13-13 372:43 28.7
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
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0-6 0-1 0-5
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
13 VILLALOBOS, Carmen 40 SMITH, Sierra
Home
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62-71 42-85 56-81 65-88 68-72 64-113 62-73 53-73 49-84 50-73 40-86 39-77 44-65
694 53.4
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545 204 616 0
221 17.0
197 15.2 1.1 145 11.2 56 4.3 -
2689 7-384 0-0
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HODGDON Melissa L. Hodgdon was named head coach of the Hartford women’s basketball team in April 2021. She enters her third season on the Hawks’ coaching staff, as she was previously the program’s top assistant coach for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. Hodgdon arrived at Hartford in 2020 after a successful 16-year run as head coach of the women’s basketball team at Wheaton College, where she led the Lyons to 20-or-more wins in three seasons. Taking over the helm of the Lyons for the 2003-04 season, she piloted the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years in 200708 campaign after the team captured the program’s first New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Regular Season and Tournament titles. Winning a then school-record 12 conference games that year, Hodgdon was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year. Hodgdon went on to bring Wheaton back to the NEWMAC Championship Game the following year, in 2008-09. During each of Hodgdon’s first five seasons, the Lyons continuously improved upon their win total from the previous year. In 2006-07, she coached Wheaton to the program’s first-ever appearance in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament Championship Game. Prior to her arrival at Wheaton, Hodgdon served as the top assistant for the women’s basketball program at Holy Cross for four seasons. During her stint, the Crusaders captured three Patriot League championships, advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament three times (1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03), and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) once (2001-02).
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At Holy Cross, Hodgdon was responsible for all phases of recruiting, while also playing an integral role in the program’s scouting, court preparation and bench coaching.
MELISSA L. HODGDON’S PATH TO HARTFORD HARTFORD ASSISTANT COACH 2019-21 WHEATON COLLEGE HEAD COACH 2003-2019 HOLY CROSS ASSISTANT COACH 1999-03 NIAGARA ASSISTANT COACH 1997-99 NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSISTANT COACH 1994-97 WENTWORTH HEAD COACH 1992-94 FRAMINGHAM STATE ASSISTANT COACH 1991-92
Hodgdon arrived at Holy Cross following two seasons as an assistant coach at Niagara. Prior to Niagara, she spent three years as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire, including two seasons as the top assistant. Hodgdon began her coaching career in 1991 at Framingham State, where she served as an assistant for one year before taking over the head coaching reigns at Wentworth Institute of Technology for two seasons. In her second year at Wentworth, she guided the Leopards to their most successful season in the program’s nine years to that point. In addition to her contributions to the collegiate varsity coaching circuit, Hodgdon has served in other capacities, including coaching recreational women’s volleyball at New Hampshire in 1994 and working as the equipment and facilities manager at Wentworth. While working at Framingham State and Wentworth, she was also employed at Newton Country Day School from 1991-93. Hodgdon is a 1991 graduate of Springfield College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in health education with a minor in psychology. She later received a master’s degree in school counseling from Niagara. A native of East Boothbay, Maine, she was a standout women’s basketball player for four years at Springfield. Named team MVP and captain twice, Hodgdon still holds Springfield’s single-game assists record.
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