Hartford, Albany Win Big On Home Courts

The UMBC offense that went into Tuesday night averaging a league-high 75 ppg was stifled by the Hartford defense. The Hartford offense didn't do such a bad job either. The Hawks led 57-16 at the half and went on to defeat the Retrievers, 85-52. Hartford won its 31st straight home game in the process. Hartford's 57 points before the break was the fourth-highest point total scored in one stanza in the America East record book. Junior Carlee Cassidy led the Retrievers with a team-high 16 points.

In the other league game of the night, Albany moved to 1-1 in America East play with a 70-44 trouncing of Maine. Senior Tiffanie Johnson paced the Great Dane offense with 17 points, while Maine's Brittany Boser also netted 17 of her own.

New Hampshire fell to Dartmouth, 62-49, at Lundholm Gym in its final non-conference game of the season. Junior Amy Simpson hit five three-pointers for the third straight game, and finished with a game-high 21 points.

Two games are scheduled for Wednesday. Boston University hosts Binghamton at Agganis Arena at 4:30 p.m. in the first game of a "White Out" doubleheader with the men. Later in the evening, Vermont hopes to get back in the win column when the Catamounts host Stony Brook at Patrick Gymnasium at 7 p.m.