New York, NY – Junior guard Jason Cole (Brooklyn, NY/Eastside) had a break out game, scoring a Hawk career high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting to lead his team to an 80-66 victory Wednesday night over the City College of New York in a key CUNY Athletic Conference match-up at Nat Holman Gymnasium.

After taking an 8-4 lead four minutes into the game, the Beavers quickly found themselves on the opposite end with the Hawks going on a 22-4 run to take a 26-12 lead with 6:54 left in the half. Hunter would finish the first half with a 43-29 lead. Cole would go on to score nine of his 17 points in the second to help the Hawks to their fifth conference win of the season.

Senior guard Nicholas Flagg (Queens, NY/Cardozo) also finished with a game high 17 points, while senior forward Maka Thomas (Queens Village, NY/Martin Van Buren) contributed with 15 points, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe.

CCNY was led by Xavier Gonzalez who scored 14 points, a team high, and senior guard Daniel Colon finished with 12 points for the Beavers who now fall to 1-21 on the year.

The Hawks will now focus their attention to Friday night's season finale when they will host the Bloodhounds of John Jay College for a 7:00 p.m. CUNYAC match-up.