Hawks Withstand BU Comebacks

The Hartford Hawks withstood several late comeback attempts by the Binghamton Bearcats at the Chase Family Arena in West Hartford Wednesday night and went on to record a 76-69 victory.  The win avenges a Binghamton victory over the Hawks at the Events Center last month.

Hartford has now won 11 of the last 13 games between the two schools and owns an 11-5 edge in games played in West Hartford.  With the Hawks victory they move ahead of Binghamton in the America East standings.  The Hawks are 4-11 with their regular season finale at Albany on Saturday evening.  With the loss Binghamton falls to 3-12 and will close out their regular season on Saturday afternoon at 2 PM by hosting the Maine Black Bears.

Binghamton was led in scoring by Everson Davis  who hit a career high 19 points.  Hartford's Jalen Ross and Jason Dunne each scored 22 points to key the win.