ONEONTA, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Kendall Harris '27 dropped in 16 points and Taylor Lambo '26 netted 15 as the Continentals battled to a 59-57 win against the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons in the Oneonta & Hartwick Classic inside Hartwick College's Lambros Arena on Saturday, Nov. 16. 
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (2-0 overall) defeated Hartwick 73-50 on Friday night. 
• Oneonta (1-2), which is a member of the State University of New York Athletic Conference, dropped its second straight contest. 

How It Happened

• After a 3-pointer by Oneonta, Harris hit one of her own for a 43-37 lead with 9:27 left in the final quarter. 
• The Red Dragons made baskets on four straight possessions and knotted the score at 51-51 with 5:13 remaining. 
• Lambo made a layup off a pass from Harris and completed the and-one play for a 54-51 lead with just under four minutes left. 
• Oneonta pulled within one point three times in the last three minutes, but the Continentals went 3-for-4 at the charity stripe in the final 1:39.  
• Oneonta called a timeout with 0.3 seconds left for a baseline out-of-bounds play, but the Red Dragons' last-second attempt fell short. 
• Hannah Bernstein '28 nailed back-to-back 3-pointers for an 8-2 lead in the opening quarter. 
• The Red Dragons went on a five-point run and slashed their deficit to one possession at 8-6. Zoe Myslewicz '28 responded with a put-back layup, but Oneonta hit a 3-ball and trailed 10-9 with 3:23 left. 
• Lambo scored her first points on a layup for a 12-9 edge with less than a minute to go.
• Oneonta's Emma Schwarzbeck closed out the quarter with a layup and made it 12-11. 
• The Red Dragons started the second quarter on a 5-0 run for a 16-12 advantage with 8:29 to go. 
• The Continentals evened the score at 16-16 midway through the quarter on layups by Annabelle Semeter '28 and Myslewicz. 
• Oneonta gathered its largest lead of the contest of eight points at 24-16 with less than three minutes remaining. Hamilton wasn't fazed as the Continentals ended the half on a 7-0 spree after a layup and a 3-pointer by Harris and a last-minute layup by Erica Hills '28 for a one-point deficit at 24-23.
• Tied 31-31 in the third quarter, Harris hit another layup and finished the three-point play at the line for a 34-31 advantage with 5:22 left. 
• Lambo went to work and hit a pair of layups for a seven-point lead at 38-31 with just under four minutes to go. The Red Dragons were able to close out the quarter on a 5-2 spurt and narrowed its deficit to 40-36.
• The contest featured six ties and five lead changes.
• Oneonta tallied 14 points off turnovers to Hamilton's two. 
• Hamilton shot 35.6 percent (21-59) from the floor and was 10-for-15 at the line. 
• The Continentals racked up 28 points in the paint and owned a 44-30 advantage on the glass. 

Notes

• Bernstein and Myslewicz made the all-tournament team.
• Hamilton has won its last three meetings with Oneonta. 
• Harris hit 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. 
• Lambo recorded her 16th career double-double with 15 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. 
• Bernstein registered her second consecutive double-digit game with 11 points. She added a team-best three assists. 
• Myslewicz contributed eight points and six boards off the bench. 
• Amanda Zuntag paced Oneonta with 13 points, nine rebounds and four steals. 
• Schwarzbeck had 11 points and four assists for the Red Dragons. 

Next Game

• Hamilton faces SUNY Brockport (2-1) for another non-conference road contest on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.