Hamilton College's Halie Serbent '19 scored a career-high 19 points and the Continentals rallied for a 68-62 NESCAC win against the Middlebury College Panthers at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday afternoon.

The Continentals (9-9, 2-4 NESCAC) scored 27 points in the fourth quarter on 8 of 16 shooting from the field and 9-for-11 at the free throw line. Hamilton took the lead for good with a 13-2 run that started midway through the quarter.

Middlebury (14-4, 4-2) had its win streak end at four games. The Panthers scored 20 points off 17 Continental turnovers but were outrebounded, 37-29.

Serbent led Hamilton with eight rebounds and was a perfect 6-for-6 at the line. Caroline Barrett '17 dropped in a season-best 15 points and Lauren Getman '18 contributed 12 points and two blocked shots off the bench. Carly O'Hern '20 chipped in 11 points, three steals and a season-high five assists. O'Hern was 3 of 6 from beyond the arc.

Alex Huffman paced Middlebury with 18 points and four steals. Colleen Caveney added 12 points, three steals and two blocked shots before she fouled out. Betsy Knox scored 10 points and Catherine Harrison led all players with nine boards.

Neither team led by more than eight points in a game that featured five ties and 10 lead changes. The Panthers led 52-48 after a Knox layup with 6:02 left but the Continentals responded with their clinching run. Serbent scored on layups on back-to-back Hamilton possessions and Getman put the Continentals in front at 54-52 on a jumper with 3:45 remaining.

After two free throws by Knox knotted the score at 54-54, a 3-pointer by Barrett put Hamilton up for good at 57-54 with 3:19 to go. Middlebury missed their next shot and O'Hern nailed another trifecta for a 60-54 advantage. The Panthers' next two possessions produced an offensive foul and a shot clock violation. Both teams called full timeouts before Getman was fouled. She made one out of two at the line and the Continentals had their largest lead of seven points at 61-54 with 1:23 left.

Middlebury didn't get closer than four points the rest of the way as Hamilton went 7-for-8 at the charity stripe in the final 33 seconds. Barrett and Serbent scored eight points apiece in the last 10 minutes.

Nobody led by more than four points in a first quarter that ended with the Panthers on top, 15-12. Huffman had six points and three steals in the quarter.

Middlebury led the entire second quarter. Samantha Srinivasan '18 pulled the Continentals to within 17-16 on a pair of free throws but the Panthers responded with a 7-0 spurt and took their largest lead of the afternoon of eight points. Huffman drained a 3-pointer, Harrison scored in the paint and Caveney canned a jumper for a 24-16 cushion with 3:10 remaining. Middlebury held a 27-22 advantage at the break as Hamilton was 3 of 11 shooting during the quarter.

The third quarter featured two ties and four lead changes as the Continentals heated up on offense. Hamilton was 7 of 12 shooting and made three 3-pointers during the quarter. The Continentals trailed 32-25 early in the third but roared back to take a 33-32 lead with an 8-0 run thanks to a Getman bucket and 3-pointers by O'Hern and Serbent. After another Getman jumper gave Hamilton a 35-34 edge, the Panthers went on a 7-0 run for a 41-35 lead on three points by Caveney and four by Knox. Hamilton clawed back again and was within two points at 43-41 by the end of the third. Caveney scored seven points and made all five of her free throws in the quarter.

The Continentals host Bowdoin College for another conference game on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. Middlebury plays a home non-conference contest against Keene State on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m.