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Hamilton College guard Teja Singh (1) 12/9/23 3:48:13 PM Men’s Basketball: St. John Fisher v Hamilton College and Court Naming and Dedication for Coach Tom Murphy at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: SJF 77 Hamilton 84 Photo by Josh McKee
Photo: Joshua D. McKee
77
St. John Fisher SJF 5-4,2-0 Empire 8
84
Winner Hamilton Ham 4-5,0-0 NESCAC
St. John Fisher SJF
5-4,2-0 Empire 8
77
Final
84
Hamilton Ham
4-5,0-0 NESCAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. John Fisher SJF 35 42 77
Hamilton Ham 38 46 84

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Men’s basketball outlasts St. John Fisher, Singh ’25 nets 38

Hamilton dedicates court to legendary Head Coach Tom Murphy on alumni weekend

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Teja Singh '25 poured in a career-high 38 points and the Continentals battled for an 84-77 non-conference win against the St. John Fisher University Cardinals at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday, Dec. 9. 
 
Season Update
  • The Continentals (4-5 overall) recorded their second win this week against an Empire 8 Conference team. 
  • St. John Fisher (5-4) is 2-0 in the Empire 8. 
How It Happened
  • Neither team led by more than six points in the first half as there were seven lead changes and four ties.
  • Singh and Owen Kane '25 buried 3-pointers for Hamilton's first lead of the afternoon at 10-8 less than four minutes into the opening half. 
  • The Continentals forged an 8-2 run for a 25-19 lead with 11:01 remaining. 
  • St. John Fisher rallied with a 10-2 spurt for a 29-27 edge with 7:23 left. 
  • Trailing 34-32, Singh hit a shot from beyond the arc and a pull-up jumper in the paint to give Hamilton the lead for good with 35 seconds to go. 
  • Will Holmes '27 made a free throw with three seconds left for a 38-35 advantage at the half. 
  • The Continentals led by at least three points for the first 17-plus minutes of the second half.
  • Hamilton gathered its largest lead of 10 points at 67-57 after a Jalen Reese '27 layup with 6:58 left. 
  • The Cardinals scored the next six points to trail 67-63 with 5:10 remaining. 
  • St. John Fisher's Daniel Cook and Connor Recore made a pair of shots apiece at the free-throw line and pulled within just one point at 73-72 with 2:27 remaining. 
  • Singh put the fans on their feet with a big-time 3-pointer for a four-point lead 12 seconds later.
  • The Cardinals slashed its deficit in half with a layup but Holmes bulled his way through the paint and was fouled along the way for a five-point cushion at 79-74 with 1:36 left. 
  • Recore scored on a layup and put the Cardinals within three points at 80-77 with 25 seconds to go. The Continentals clinched the victory by going a perfect 4-for-4 at the line in the last 20 seconds.  
  • Hamilton shot 46.2 percent (30-65) from the floor, including 12 of 34 (35.3 percent) from the 3-point line. The Continentals went 12-for-16 at the line. 
  • The Continentals held a 36-30 edge on the glass.
  • St. John Fisher shot 49.2 percent (29-59) from the floor, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and 73.7 percent (14-19) at the charity stripe.  
  • The Cardinals scored 48 points in the paint. 
Notes
  • Singh went 15 of 22 from the floor, including a career-best 8 of 11 from beyond the arc. The junior is third in the NESCAC with a 3-point field goal percentage of 38.9 percent and fourth in scoring with 16.8 points per game. 
  • Singh's point total is the most by a Hamilton player since Kena Gilmour '20 dropped in 39 at Colby College on Feb. 7, 2020.
  • Morgan registered 13 points, a team-high eight rebounds and four assists. 
  • Holmes finished with eight points off the bench.
  • Owen Kane '25 contributed seven points and four assists. 
  • Cook led the Cardinals with 30 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals. 
  • Jack Foley and Recore tallied 11 points apiece for St. John Fisher. 
  • Brendan McRoy added eight points and two blocks.
  • Hamilton and the Cardinals have played each other four times in the NCAA championship with the Continentals winning three of those games. 
Next Game
Hamilton has more than two weeks off before the Continentals play against DeSales University in DeSales' Al Senavitis Memorial Tournament on Friday, Dec. 29 at 5 p.m. 
 
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