ta’nya NUMBER 11 POSITION GUARD HEIGHT 5-8 YEAR SOPHOMORE HAWKS TIDBIT: Outten continues to be a force in the defensive paint for the Hawks, ranking second on the squad with five blocks while averaging 2.8 rebounds per game. On the Cover...
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 L, 38-89 WED. 12/7 AT RHODE ISLAND L, 34-88 SUN. 12/18 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT L, 55-69 TUE. 12/20 AT BINGHAMTON L, 34-70 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 and UMBC will battle on the hardwood for the 42nd time in program history. The Hawks hold a commanding 30-11 advantage in the all-time series against the Retrievers. In games played at Chase Family Arena, Hartford owns a 16-4 edge over UMBC.
LAST MEETING
The two teams last met a season ago on Feb. 23, 2022, where the Hawks would hold on to take a 74-71 victory over the Retrievers. Abby Streeter and Paula Maurina led Hartford, scoring 24 and 23 points, respectively. Carmen Villalobos finished with a double-double, hauling in 11 rebounds while scoring 12 points.
Hartford leads, 30-11
leads, 16-4
Hartford leads, 12-6
Hartford leads, 2-1
Hartford, one game
Hartford, 74-71 (2/23/22)
4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L12 STREAK L5 41.4 POINTS PER GAME 55.2 73.3 POINTS ALLOWED 70.2 29.0 REBOUNDS/GAME 36.2 -19.3 REBOUND MARGIN -5.2 .262 FG% .367 .460 FG% DEFENSE .408 .193 3-PT FG% .263 .331 3-PT FG% DEF .296 .659 FT% .708 7.1 ASSISTS/GAME 10.0 16.9 TO/GAME 19.4 7.3 2.5 STEALS/GAME BLOCKS/GAME 6.1 3.0 TALE OF THE TAPE HARTFORD HAWKS (0-12) THE MATCHUP vs. SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Series
At Hartford ..................................................Hartford
At UMBC..........................................................
At Neutral Venue
Current Streak ............................................
Meeting
SERIES BREAKDOWN UMBC RETRIEVERS (2-8, 0-0 AE)
Last
TODAY’S MATCH
The Hartford women’s basketball team welcomes former America East conference foe UMBC to Chase Family Arena on Thursday, Dec. 22. Tipoff between the Hawks and Retrievers is set for 2 p.m.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
UMBC enters play looking to get back in the win column, falling 70-68 most recently to American University on Sunday, Dec. 18. Graduate student Kiara Bell ranks first on the team averaging 10.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Bell’s average of 7.6 rpg is good enough to rank top-five in the America East. Graduate student Keelah Dixon and sophomore Laycee Drake have been the key distributors for the Retrievers, dishing out a team-leading 2.2 assists per game. Graduate student KK White provides an extra scoring threat for the Retrievers offense, posting 9.6 ppg.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hawks dropped their last outing, 70-34, at Binghamton on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Sophomore Nayeli Dowding led the Hawks in scoring, finsihing with 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor. Junior Kymilondra Nance dropped a career-high eight points while also swiping a game-high three steals. Senior Irene Primo and freshman Elena Houghton tied for the team-lead grabbing five rebounds. Sophomore Brianna Williams rejected a career-high three shots. Binghamton outrebounded Hartford 47-31, while Genevieve Coleman led all scorers,
finishing with 17 points for the Bearcats.
FLOCKING TO THE BOARDS
Hartford as a team averages 29.0 rebounds per game thus far into the season. Freshman Elena Houghton leads the team averaging 5.3 rpg while Brianna Williams looks to provide an extra paint presence for the Hawks rebounding efforts. Through two games the sophomore from Brampton, Ontario, has averaged 4.5 rpg.
DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING
The Hawks have seen six of their athletes score in double figures throughout the season, two being key returners senior Irene Primo and sophomore Nayeli Dowding. Dowding enters Thursday on a two-game double-figure scoring streak. The Baldwin, N.Y., native dropped a career-high 15 points last time inside Chase Family Arena against CCSU on Dec. 18. Primo led the Hawks from the get-go, scoring a career-high 14 points against LIU in the season opener on Nov. 12. Adding to the double-digit scoring are freshman standouts Tatum Forbes, Zaiha Minnis and Elena Houghton along with newcomer Jasmine Barnes. Forbes and Minnis have combined to lead the Hartford offense in scoring in 50 percent of the teams contests.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford hits the road for seven-straight, starting on Friday, Dec. 30 traveling to Loretto, Pa., to take on Saint Francis. Tipoff between the Hawks and Red Flash is set for 7 p.m. at DeGol Arena.
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 (0-12 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 1 Kiara Bell Gr. F 6-2 Santa Rosa, Calif/Cherry Hill East/LIU 2 Laycee Drake So. G 5-6 Hancock, N.Y./Hancock Central 3 Ashia McCalla Gr. G 5-7 Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/Morgan State 4 Riley Donahue Jr. G 5-10 Atlanta, Ga./Marist School/Auburn 5 Nia Staples Gr. G 5-8 Cincinnati, Oh./Lakota West/WVU/Penn State 10 Grace Ceseretti Fr. G 5-9 Barrington, R.I./Northfield Mount Hermon 11 Scoop Smith Gr. G 5-11 Pemberton Township, N.J./Pemberton /Towson/UMass 13 Paloma Iradier R-So. F 6-3 Santander, Spain/Colegio San Agustin /Little Rock 14 Maryama Turkstra Jr. F 6-2 Dundas, Ontario/ St. Mary’s Catholic/ Central Mich. 15 Carmen Yánez Fr. G 5-6 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands/Institut Martí Dot 21 Antonia May So. G 6-0 Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam 22 KK White Gr. G 6-0 Indianapolis, In./Pike/Wabash Valley CC/Wright State 23 Keelah Dixon Gr. G 5-4 Boston, Mass./Braintree/Colgate 33 Laura Lacambra Fr. C 6-2 Viladecans, Spain/ Escola Sant Gabriel de Viladecans UMBC RETRIEVERS (2-8 OVERALL, 0-0 AE) HEAD COACH JOHNETTE HAYES - Fourth Season - Rice ‘04 ASSISTANT COACHES TJ ROYALS - Fourth Season - Texas Southern LaDEY’AH FORTE - Fourth Season - Jacksonville ‘15 DEXTER HOLT - First Season - Alabama A&M ‘96
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
HARTFORD HAWKS
Scoring 497 879 Points per game 41.4 73.3 Scoring margin -31.8Field goals-att 181-691 330-718 Field goal pct .262 .460
3 point fg-att 50-259 89-269 3-point FG pct .193 .331 3-pt FG made per game 4.2 7.4 Free throws-att 85-129 130-188 Free throw pct .659 .691 F-Throws made per game 7.1 10.8
Rebounds 348 579 Rebounds per game 29.0 48.3 Rebounding margin -19.3Assists 85 214 Assists per game 7.1 17.8
Turnovers 203 220 Turnovers per game 16.9 18.3 Turnover margin +1.4Assist/turnover ratio 0.4 1.0 Steals 88 108 Steals per game 7.3 9.0 Blocks 30 51 Blocks per game 2.5 4.3 Winning streak 0Home win streak 0Attendance 670 6491 Home games-Avg/Game 3-223 7-927 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-226 Score by
2022-23 Hartford Women's Basketball Overall Team Statistics Specific games Page 1/1 as of Dec 21, 2022
Team Statistics HART OPP
4th OT TOT
2022-23 TEAM STATISTICS OVERALL: 0-12 HOME: 0-3 • AWAY: 0-7 • NEUTRAL: 0-2
Periods Team 1st 2nd 3rd
Hartford 110 139 111 137 0 497 Opponents 240 237 208 194 0 879
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 11 2022-23 Hartford Women's Basketball Combined Team Statistics Specific games Page 1/1 as of Dec 21, 2022 Game Records Record Overall Home Away Neutral ALL GAMES 0-12 0-3 0-7 0-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-12 0-3 0-7 0-2 Score by Periods Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOT Hartford 110 139 111 137 0 497 Opponents 240 237 208 194 0 879 Team Box Score 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 TO BLK STL PTS AVG 13 DOWDING, Nayeli 12-12 347:09 28.9 38-124 .306 8-54 .148 11-16 .688 3 20 23 1.9 19 1 8 27 1 11 95 7.9 30 FORBES, Tatum 12-5 288:42 24.1 32-103 .311 8-30 .267 20-27 .741 8 43 51 4.3 30 2 19 42 2 14 92 7.7 1 MINNIS, Zaiha 12-3 198:24 16.5 29-97 .299 9-40 .225 7-9 .778 5 14 19 1.6 10 0 5 19 1 4 74 6.2 15 PRIMO, Irene 12-12 349:24 29.1 22-86 .256 16-53 .302 14-17 .824 3 27 30 2.5 26 0 22 28 0 12 74 6.2 0 HOUGHTON, Elena 12-12 289:44 24.1 21-78 .269 1-11 .091 0-0 .000 22 41 63 5.3 22 0 5 16 15 10 43 3.6 24 NANCE, Kymilondra 12-0 115:53 9.7 7-44
11
12
7 5 8 25 2.1 2
12-5
13.6 8-43
2-22
4-6 .667 5 14 19 1.6 13 0 5 11 0 4 22 1.8 3
10-1 123:47 12.4 4-19
2-12
2-2 1.000 6 7 13 1.3 2 0 6 3 0 4 12 1.2 14
4-0 17:08 4.3 2-3
0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 4 5 1.3 7 0 0 2 2 1 4 1.0 4 WILLIAMS, Brianna 2-0 39:36 19.8 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 4 5 9 4.5 5 0 0 5 3 2 1 0.5 5 CHERRY, Abigail 5-0 10:32 2.1 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 31 HALLBERG, Sienna 6-0 23:10 3.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 19 24 43 9 Total 12 2400 181-691 .262 50-259 .193 85-129 .659 97 251 348 29.0 190 3 85 203 30 88 497 41.4 Opponents 12 2400 330-718 .460 89-269 .331 130-188 .691 155 424 579 48.3 170 1 214 220 51 108 879 73.3 Team Statistics HART OPP Scoring 497 879 Points per game 41.4 73.3 Scoring margin -31.8Field goals-att 181-691 330-718 Field goal pct .262 .460 3 point fg-att 50-259 89-269 3-point FG pct .193 .331 3-pt FG made per game 4.2 7.4 Free throws-att 85-129 130-188 Free throw pct .659 .691 F-Throws made per game 7.1 10.8 Rebounds 348 579 Rebounds per game 29.0 48.3 Rebounding margin -19.3Assists 85 214 Team Results Date Opponent Score Att. 11/12/2022 LIU L 54-70 227 11/14/2022 at Quinnipiac L 30-85 345 11/19/2022 at Boston U. L 45-73 521 11/21/2022 at Stonehill L 35-62 213 11/25/2022 at Providence L 30-60 459 11/26/2022 vs Bryant L 46-74 250 11/27/2022 vs Weber St. L 44-71 201 12/03/2022 at Brown L 52-68 187 12/05/2022 Cornell L 38-89 228 12/07/2022 at Rhode Island L 34-88 3800 12/18/2022 Central Conn. St. L 55-69 215 12/20/2022 at Binghamton L 34-70 966 2022-23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ZaihaMinnis
.159 1-17 .059 13-24 .542 10 4 14 1.2
0 4 15 0 10 28 2.3
JOHNSON-KLEINPETER, Lanae 12-6 243:12 20.3 8-43 .186 3-16 .188 6-10 .600 3 22 25 2.1 25 0 8 18 1 8 25 2.1 11 OUTTEN, Ta'Nya 12-4 190:18 15.9 10-44 .227 0-3 .000 5-12 .417 8 25 33 2.8 15 0 2
BARNES, Jasmine
163:01
.186
.091
LOUGHMAN, Paige
.211
.167
FERGUSON, Lenaijah
.667