EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - Rashad Whack scored 20 points and Mount St. Mary's overcame a slight halftime deficit to beat Hartford 70-63 Tuesday night in non-conference action.
The Mountaineers (1-1), who lost to Pitt 80-48 in their season opener, trailed Hartford (0-2) 35-32 at halftime. But behind the shooting of Whack (7 of 10, 4 of 6 on 3-pointers), Julian Norfleet (10) and Sam Prescott off the bench, Mount St. Mary's outscored Hartford 38-28 in the second half.
Trailing 53-48, the Mountaineers scored 12 points in a row down the stretch, including 3-pointers by Shivaughn Wiggins and Whack. Prescott, who scored 12 points, including two 3-pointers, also scored four straight points in that critical 12-point run.
Hartford got as close as 62-60 with 1:59 left, but Josh Castellanos went 4-for-4 from the foul line down the stretch.
Mark Nwakamma led Hartford with 21 points. Yolonzo Moore II added 15 and Evan Cooper 14.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hartford (0-2) | 35 | 28 | 63 |
| Mount St. Mary's (1-1) « | 32 | 38 | 70 |
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| Hartford Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Nwakamma, F | 39 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| N. Sikma, F | 35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Peterson, F | 32 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Y. Moore II, G | 38 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| C. Wroe, G | 22 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Cooper | 17 | 4-9 | 6-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| W. Cole | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Schneck | 6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| O. Faulk | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P. U'u | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-42 | 14-23 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 63 | |
| 52.4% | 60.9% | ||||||
| Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Krajina, F | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| X. Owens, F | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Castellanos, G | 32 | 1-6 | 6-6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Whack, G | 30 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| J. Norfleet, G | 28 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Barber | 22 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Prescott | 19 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Wiggins | 16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Danaher | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Parker | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 12-14 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 70 | |
| 51% | 85.7% | ||||||
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