Hamilton College rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit and posted a 78-70 win against the SUNY Oswego Lakers in the 2016 Hamilton Men's Basketball Invitational at Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Sunday afternoon.

The Continentals' Peter Hoffmann '19 was selected the tournament's Most Valuable Player and Jack Dwyer '18 made the all-tournament team. Clarkson University defeated Colby College 77-59 in the consolation game earlier in the day.

Hoffmann filled the stat sheet with 22 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocked shots. Dwyer chipped in 15 points, 10 assists and six boards. Dwyer has recorded 10 or more assists in a game three times in his career and he is second in the NESCAC with 28 this season.

Michael Grassey '19 nailed four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points for Hamilton. Joe Pucci '18 led the Continentals with seven rebounds and Kena Gilmour '20 scored all nine of his points off the bench in the second half. Pucci and Hoffmann grabbed five offensive rebounds apiece as Hamilton ended up with 16 and had a 39-34 advantage on the glass.

The Continentals (4-1 overall) have won four in a row since a season-opening loss against Catholic University. Hamilton is averaging more than 85 points per game and almost as many steals (11.0) as turnovers (11.8) per contest. Head coach Adam Stockwell coached Oswego from 2009 to 2011.

Brian Sortino paced the Lakers with a game-high 26 points and handed out six assists. Ian Schupp dropped in 18 points and Mykelle Krecko contributed 10 and three blocked shots. Keith Tyson pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds. Oswego (4-2) entered the game on a four-game win streak. The Lakers were 11 of 24 (45.8 percent) from beyond the arc.

It was a tale of two halves for Oswego as they shot 60 percent from the floor in building a 45-37 lead at the break, only to shoot just 25.9 percent in the second half as they scored 25 points in the last 20 minutes.

The Continentals trailed 49-41 after a Sortino 3-pointer but Hamilton responded with an 11-2 run that gave the Continentals their first lead since midway through the first half. Hoffmann scored the first eight points including a steal and a fast-break dunk, an old-fashioned 3-point play and a layup that pulled Hamilton within 51-49. Dwyer capped the spurt with a 3-pointer that made it 52-51 with 12:39 left.

Schupp put the Lakers back in front 55-52 with a free throw and a trifecta. The Continentals then took the lead for good with 10 straight points for a 62-55 advantage with 7:52 remaining. Hoffmann started the run with a tip-in of his own miss and a layup, and Grassey finished it with a pair of 3-pointers.

Oswego didn't get closer than five points the rest of the way. Sortino buried a 3-pointer that pulled the Lakers within 70-65 with 3:05 to go and Oswego had a chance to make it a one-possession game. The Lakers missed a layup and Dwyer lobbed a fantastic alley-oop pass to Gilmour for the lay-in and a 72-65 cushion with 2:14 left. Gilmour scored all nine of his points in the last 5:04.

Neither team led by more than seven points in the first half until the Lakers ended the half with a 6-0 run on two layups by Brandan Gartland and another by Sortino.

Hamilton enjoyed a 40-18 advantage in points in the paint. The Continentals travel to Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., for a non-conference game on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m.