VESTAL, N.Y. (AP) - Mark Nwakamma scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half as Hartford pulled away from Binghamton 76-62 Wednesday night to sweep the season series.
The Hawks (13-10, 6-4 America East Conference), who also defeated the Bearcats 71-68 on Jan. 2, are off to their best 10-game start in league play since 2007-08.
After a back-and-forth first half, Hartford led 38-36 at the break, then the game was knotted three more times, the last time at 46 with 16:02 left.
John Peterson's 3-pointer, Nwakamma's dunk and Nate Sikma's two free throws pushed the Hawks ahead.
Nwakamma made 7 of 8 foul shots and dunked in the last 2:56 to help Hartford maintain a double-digit lead.
John Peterson added 16 points and Wes Cole contributed 12 on four 3-pointers for the Hawks.
Jordan Reed's 17 points led the Bearcats (3-20, 1-9), who have lost 16 of their past 17.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hartford (13-10) « | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Binghamton (3-20) | 36 | 26 | 62 |
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| Hartford Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Peterson, F | 33 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| M. Nwakamma, F | 25 | 7-11 | 8-10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Y. Moore II, G | 33 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| E. Cooper, G | 23 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Wroe, G | 21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Akerland | 21 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Cole | 19 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| N. Sikma | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| O. Faulk | 8 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| P. U'u | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-58 | 14-22 | 44 | 17 | 19 | 76 | |
| 46.6% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Binghamton Bearcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Freeman, F | 31 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| J. Ralling, F | 24 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Reed, G | 40 | 5-15 | 7-11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Gray, G | 28 | 1-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Horn, G | 22 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Johnston | 20 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Waller | 14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Rice | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brown | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Williams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-49 | 12-22 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 62 | |
| 44.9% | 54.5% | ||||||
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