Clinton, N.Y. - Hamilton College's Teja Singh '25 poured in a career-high 22 points and the Continentals defeated the Middlebury College Panthers 65-56 in NESCAC action at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Friday evening.
 
How It Happened

• With the score tied 50-50 and 6:36 left in the second half, the Continentals went on an 11-4 run over the next six minutes. An offensive rebound and putback by Conner Rood '23 gave Hamilton the lead for good at 52-50. Hank Morgan '25 scored four of the 11 points, including two free throws that made it 61-54 with 36 seconds remaining.
• The Continentals built a 30-22 lead at the break after they hit four 3-pointers in the first half. 
• Hamilton owned a 10-point advantage at 34-24 after baskets by Patrick Mogan '23 and Singh 1:23 into the second half. 
• Middlebury rallied with an 8-0 run and cut its deficit to two points at 36-34 with 14:32 remaining. 
• The Panthers took a 39-38 lead after a 3-ball by Jaden Bobbett with 12:22 to go. 
• Trailing 41-40, the Continentals rattled off seven straight points. Morgan, Singh and Mogan all scored in the spurt as Hamilton went up 47-41 with 9:31 left.
• The Panthers fought back and tied the score for the fourth and final time. Noah Osher hit three consecutive free throws and evened the score at 50-50. 
• Middlebury came within one point twice in the last five minutes, but Hamilton was 7-for-10 at the line down the stretch.    
• The Continentals put together a 10-2 spurt and turned a 6-4 deficit into a 14-8 advantage with 11:20 left in the first half. 
• Hamilton claimed its largest lead of 11 points at 23-12 on an Eric Anderson layup with 6:52 remaining.
• Alex Sobel scored Middlebury's last 11 points in the first half. 
• Middlebury was held to 34.5 percent shooting (20-58) from the floor. 
• Hamilton shot 37.9 percent (25-66) from the floor, including 37.5 percent (6-16) from the 3-point line, and went 9-for-14 at the charity stripe. 
• The Continentals secured 15 second-chance points. 
• Hamilton held a 48-37 advantage on the glass. 

Notes

• Hamilton improved to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in the NESCAC.
• Middlebury (10-2, 0-1) is ranked eighth in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. 
• Hamilton has two wins against top 10 teams this season. 
• Singh was 9 of 14 from the field including a perfect 3 of 3 from the beyond the arc. 
• Rood tallied 14 points and a team-best four assists. 
• Morgan contributed 13 points and has scored in double figures in all 14 games. 
• Anderson added a season-high 11 rebounds. 
• Mogan collected a team-best three blocks. 
• Sobel paced Middlebury with 20 points, nine boards and a pair of blocked shots. 
• Osher scored 15 points while Sam Stevens tallied 11 for the Panthers. 

Next Game

• Hamilton hosts nationally ranked No. 3 Williams College (12-1, 0-1 NESCAC) on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 3 p.m.