Women's Hoops Tips Off Four Game Homestand Against UMass Lowell on Monday - Hartfordhawks.com

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford women's basketball team begins a four-game homestand with a matchup against UMass Lowell on Monday evening. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 6 p.m.

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GAME 20: HARTFORD HAWKS (2-17, 2-6 AE) vs. UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS (6-10, 3-4 AE)
LOCATION: Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (West Hartford, Conn.)
DATE/TIME: Monday, Feb. 7 (6 p.m.)
WATCH: ESPN+ (Jeff Dooley & Ted Woodward) | International Stream
LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
GAME NOTES: Hartford | UMass Lowell
TWITTER: @HartfordWBB | #FlyHigh |  #AEHoops

MEDIA POLICY
 

  LAST TIME OUT

• Senior Lya Farcy led the Hawks with a team-high six points as Hartford fell, 53-24, at UAlbany on Saturday
• Farcy finished with a team-high six points on 3-of-7 shooting
• Junior Carmen Villalobos finished with a team-high eight rebounds
• Ingram tallied a team-best three assists and two steals
   

SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL

• UMass Lowell enters Saturday's game on the heels of a 56-54 defeat to Vermont on Saturday
• The River Hawks, who are 3-4 in conference play, are looking to buck a three-game losing skid
• UMass Lowell is led by Kharis Idom and Denise Solis
• Idom and Solis, both pace the Riverhawks with 9.3 points per game
• Solis grabs a team-high 4.1 rebounds per game
• The River Hawks were selected to finish third in the America East Preseason Coaches' Poll
   

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Hartford and UMass Lowell will battle on the hardwood for the 17th time in both teams' Division I histories
• The River Hawks swept last season's regular season series
• Hartford holds a commanding 11-5 lead in the all-time series
• The Hawks lead 5-4 in West Hartford
• UMass Lowell has won the last four meetings 

 
GET YOUR DOUBLE DIGITS HERE!

• Sophomore Paula Maurina has been on a scoring tear the past seven games
• The forward has hit double figures in scoring in six of the past seven games
• She led the Hawks to victory in overtime against Binghamton, scoring a career-high 23 points
• Her previous six-game streak was a team- and career-best mark for Maurina

 
WHAT SOPHOMORE SLUMP?

• Maurina and classmates Sophie Benharouga and Marisa Lee have debunked the sophomore slump in 2021-22
• Scoring 259 total points (13.6 per game) the trio account for 25.9 percent of the Hawks' offense
• Maurina paces Hartford with 10.9 points per game, while Benharouga averages 2.6 and Lee puts up 2.9 per contest

 
INSIDE SCORING MACHINES

• The Hawks have capitalized off their opportunities in the paint this season
• Nearly half (44.2 percent) of Hartford's offense on the season has come from inside the paint, where the Hawks average 23.3 points per game
• Hartford has tallied 442 total points off inside scoring.

 
FLOCKING TO THE BOARDS

• The Hawks continued last seasons' dominance on the glass in 2021-22
• Hartford has outrebounded its oppoisition nine times this season
• At Binghamton (Jan. 26), the Hawks collected a season-high 54 rebounds, outrebounding the Bearcats by 11
• In their season opener against Sacred Heart (Nov. 10), Hartford secured 41 boards
• The Hawks followed that performance with a 43-rebound outing against Penn (Nov. 14) and a 48-rebound effort against Brown (Nov. 23)
• Hartford recorded a +10 rebound margin against the Pioneers and the Bears
• The Hawks added another 40+ rebound performance, grabbing 44 boards at CCSU (Dec. 17)
• Hartford is currently third in the America East, averaging 36.0 rebounds per game

 
LINE EM' UP

• Head coach Melissa L. Hodgon has utilized 13 different starting lineups this season
• Villalobos has been the only mainstay in the starting five, earning the nod in all 19 games
• Graduate Abby Streeter (17 starts), graduate Nina Farkic (9), senior Sierra Smith (10), Maurina (10), junior Irene Primo (3), Ingram (9) Lee (2), freshman Najla Cecunjanin (3), freshman Brianna Williams (3) and Farcy (3) have each appeared in Hartford's starting lineup this season

 
THREE-POINT SHARPSHOOTERS

• After making 4.8 threes per game last season, Hartford has vastly improved its three-point shooting in 2021-22
• The Hawks sink 6.1 three-pointers per game to lead the America East
• Hartford has also improved its shooting efficiency from three-point range, as it is shooting 28.1 percent in 2021-22, compared to 25.3 percent last season

 
PAULA THE BALLA

• Maurina continued her hot start to the 2021-22 season, making her return against CCSU after missing the previous five games due to injury
• After averaging 5.3 points 2.7 rebounds per game in 2020-21, Maurina leads the team in scoring this season, averaging 10.9 points while adding 3.4 rebounds in 2021-22
• She has netted double-figures in six of her past seven
• The forward dropped a team-high 10 points against the Blue Devils (Dec. 17)
• Maurina dropped a then career-high 18 points against Houston Baptist (Nov. 20)
• She matched her career-high against UAlbany, leading the Hawks to their first win of the season (Jan. 17)
• Maurina led the Hawks to an overtime victory at Binghamton (Jan. 26) with a career-best 23 points

 
 STREETER FOR THREE

• Streeter has been on fire from three-point land in 2021-22
• After shooting 26.2 percent from three last season, the guard has significantly improved her accuracy from downtown
• Streeter leads the America East in three-pointers per game (2.7) and ranks 14th in the nation
• She also leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.437) and is 14th in the category nationally

 
VAMOS CARMEN

• Villalobos returns to the Hawks after spending the 2020-21 season in her native country of Spain
• In 2021-22, she paces the Hawks with 1.8 steals per game
• Villalobos also averages 5.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford continues its four-game homestand with a matchup against UMBC on Wednesday.
Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 7 p.m.
 
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