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Hamilton College G/F Eric Anderson (5) 1/6/23 7:15:11 PM Men’s Basketball: #8 Middlebury College v Hamilton College at Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: #8 Middlebury 56 Hamilton 65 Photo by Josh McKee
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59
Connecticut Col. Conn 14-11,5-5 NESCAC
64
Winner Hamilton Ham 17-8,7-3 NESCAC
Connecticut Col. Conn
14-11,5-5 NESCAC
59
Final
64
Hamilton Ham
17-8,7-3 NESCAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Connecticut Col. Conn 30 29 59
Hamilton Ham 27 37 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Anderson ’23 leads men’s basketball to NESCAC quarterfinal win

No. 2 seed Hamilton advances to the NESCAC semifinals next Saturday

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Eric Anderson '23 tallied a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds and the Continentals rallied for a 64-59 win against the Connecticut College Camels in a 2023 NESCAC Men's Basketball Championship quarterfinal at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday afternoon. 
 
How It Happened
  • The Continentals used a late 11-0 run to turn a 56-49 deficit into a 60-56 lead.
  • Teja Singh '25 evened the score at 56-56 with a 3-pointer on a feed from Anderson with 1:57 remaining. 
  • Anderson's offensive rebound and putback gave Hamilton the lead for good at 58-56 with 43 seconds to go. Anderson added two free throws 20 seconds later.
  • Singh had five points, Anderson scored four and Conner Rood '23 canned a jumper during the 11-0 spurt. 
  • Elias Espinosa countered with a pair at the line that cut Conn. College's deficit in half at 60-58 with 14 ticks left. 
  • Hank Morgan '25 and Anderson made four free throws in the final four seconds and sealed the victory. 
  • The Continentals trailed 38-32 early in the second half, but Anderson made two baskets and Morgan gave Hamilton their first lead of the half at 39-38 with a 3-ball on a pass from Patrick Mogan '23 with 12:37 to go. 
  • The Camels jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Mogan put the Continentals on the board with a jumper from the elbow. 
  • Trailing 13-11, Garret Keyhani '26 and Morgan netted 3-pointers for a 17-13 advantage with 7:09 remaining.  
  • Conn. College eventually countered with its own 7-0 rally and took a 24-20 lead with 2:22 left. 
  • Mogan scored Hamilton's next seven points and evened the score at 27-27 on a layup with 55 seconds to go. 
  • Conn. College's Billy Whelan chucked a half-court shot that saw nothing but net at the buzzer and gave the Camels a 30-27 cushion at the half. 
  • The contest featured 11 lead changes and five ties. 
  • Hamilton shot 34.9 percent (22-63) from the floor and were 12-for-20 at the line. 
  • Conn. College shot 40.8 percent (20-49) from the floor and were 14-for-21 at the charity stripe. 
  • Hamilton held a 44-29 advantage on the glass. 
  • The Continentals recorded 29 bench points to the Camels' three. 
Notes
  • No. 2 seed Hamilton improved to 17-8 overall. The Continentals were 10-2 at home this season. 
  • Conn. College finished with a 14-11 overall record. The Camels were the seventh seed for the championship. 
  • Hamilton defeated Conn. College 72-62 on Feb. 5 in Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.  
  • Anderson collected his third double-double of the season on 6 of 12 shooting from the floor. 
  • Mogan added 11 points, a team-best five assists and two blocks. 
  • Rood chipped in eight points and a career-high 13 boards. 
  • Morgan and Keyhani registered eight points apiece. 
  • Murray led Conn. College with 25 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots. He shot 10 of 15 from the floor and went 5-for-7 at the line. 
  • Espinosa tallied 14 points for the Camels. 
Next Game
  • Hamilton will face No. 5 seed Tufts University (19-6 overall) on Saturday, Feb. 25 in the NESCAC semifinals at Williams College at 4:30 p.m. 
 
 
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