Hamilton College's Emma Sehring '23 poured in a career-high 16 points and the Continentals posted a 62-57 win against the Swarthmore College Garnet in Vassar College's Hochberg Family Tip-Off Tournament at the Athletics and Fitness Center on Friday evening. 
 
How It Happened

• Swarthmore jumped out to an early 7-2 lead before Hamilton went on a 6-0 run and took its first lead at 8-7 with 5:05 left in the first quarter. Sehring, Maria Mercado Rengel '24 and Taylor Lambo '26 had buckets during the spurt. 
• Althea Hill '26 hit back-to-back 3-pointers and tied the score at 14-14 with 24 ticks left in the first. 
• Sehring and Lambo combined for six points as the Continentals got off to a hot start in the second quarter. 
• Swarthmore went on an 11-4 run and took a 25-24 lead with 4:24 remaining. The Continentals quickly responded with a 3-pointer by Hill, a free throw by Lambo and two free throws by Mercado Rengel for a 30-27 advantage at the break. 
• Swarthmore used a 7-3 spurt for a 34-33 lead with 6:06 remaining in the third quarter. 
• The Continentals used a trio of free throws and layups by Emily Hall '24, Sehring and Oliva Davis '23 for a 42-41 edge entering the fourth quarter.
• There were five ties and six lead changes in the third quarter alone. 
• Swarthmore took its last lead at 46-44 two minutes into the fourth after a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer. 
• Mercado Rengel hit a shot from beyond the arc and gave Hamilton a 47-46 advantage. 
• Lambo hit a free throw and later added a layup before Sehring scored Hamilton's next six points on three layups for Hamilton's largest lead of the night at 56-48 with 3:42 left. 
• Hall and Lambo secured the win at the line as they went 6-for-8 from the stripe in the last 46 seconds. The Garnet pulled within three points in the final seconds.
• Hamilton held a 43-39 advantage on the glass.
• The Continentals helped force 26 turnovers by making eight steals.  
• The Garnet shot 36.2 percent from the field (21-58) and 84.6 percent at the charity stripe (11-13). 
• Swarthmore registered 18 bench points to Hamilton's four.  

Notes 

• Hamilton (1-0) picked up its fifth consecutive season-opening win and fourth straight under head coach Mahogany Green. 
• Swarthmore (0-1) was playing its first game this season as well. 
• Sehring tied a career best with 11 rebounds and recorded her second career double-double. 
• Lambo had an impressive debut for the Continentals with 15 points and five boards. 
• Mercado Rengel chipped in 12 points. 
• Hill shot 50 percent (3-6) from beyond the arc for nine points.
• Hall contributed 10 boards, six points and three steals. 
• Swarthmore's Alyssa Hayashi went a perfect 3 of 3 from the 3-point line and boasted 17 points with four assists. 
• Raven Richardson tallied 10 points and eight boards for the Garnet. 
• Anna Hansson knocked down 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in just 17 minutes off the bench.  

Next Game

• Hamilton will face Vassar (1-1) on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 4:30 p.m.