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Hamilton College guard Althea Hill (12) 12/3/24 7:04:52 PM Women’s Basketball: SUNY Geneseo v Hamilton College in Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on the campus of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: Geneseo 64 Hamilton 67 Photo by Josh McKee
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Althea Hill '26 takes a shot from the 3-point line against SUNY Geneseo on Dec. 3
75
Winner Hamilton Ham 7-1,0-0 NESCAC
64
SUNY New Paltz SUNYNP 3-4,2-0 SUNYAC
Winner
Hamilton Ham
7-1,0-0 NESCAC
75
Final
64
SUNY New Paltz SUNYNP
3-4,2-0 SUNYAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton Ham 21 23 18 13 75
SUNY New Paltz SUNYNP 17 10 18 19 64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Women’s basketball downs New Paltz, extends win streak to five

Hill ’26 tallied a season-high 15 points for the Continentals

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Kendall Harris '27 scored 17 points and Althea Hill '26 netted 15 as the Continentals recorded a 75-64 non-conference win against the SUNY New Paltz Hawks inside New Paltz's Hawk Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10. 
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (7-1 overall) picked up its fifth straight win. 
  • New Paltz, which is 2-0 in the SUNYAC, dipped to 3-4 on the season. 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals sparked a 10-2 run for a 12-6 lead with 5:53 left in the opening quarter. Hill opened the rally with a 3-ball and Hannah Bernstein '28 capped the spurt with a shot from long distance.
  • The Hawks countered with an 11-4 run for a 17-16 lead with 2:32 to go.  
  • Erica Hills '28 made a layup and Hill buried a 3-pointer for a 21-17 edge at the end of the first. 
  • Hill remained hot from beyond the arc four seconds into the second frame for a 24-17 lead. 
  • Harris made a layup and then nailed a jumper that extended the Continentals' lead to 28-17 with 8:49 left. 
  • The Continentals took off on a 10-0 run for a 17-point cushion at 38-21 with 6:19 to go. Hill contributed five of those 10 points. 
  • New Paltz cut its deficit to 13 points at 46-33 with 8:01 left in the third quarter. 
  • Harris locked in at the charity stripe, going 6-for-6 over the next 2:23 for a 52-35 advantage with 5:38 to go. 
  • The Hawks used a 6-0 run and narrowed Hamilton's lead down to 11 points at 52-41 with 1:37 remaining. 
  • Hamilton closed out the quarter on a 10-4 spurt for a comfortable 62-45 cushion heading into the last 10 minutes. 
  • Trailing 71-56, the Hawks mustered an 8-2 run and sliced the Continentals' lead to single digits at 73-64 with 1:20 left. 
  • The Continentals broke the press and Hills converted a layup off a pass from Taylor Lambo '26 with 40 seconds left for the final margin. 

Notes

  • Harris went a perfect 10-for-10 at the free-throw line. She finished with 10 rebounds for her third straight double-double and three blocks. 
  • Hill's point total was a season best and she handed out three assists. 
  • Lambo tallied 13 points and a team-high 13 rebounds for her fifth double-double this season. She also came away with three steals.  
  • Bernstein contributed nine points.
  • Hills had eight points and a season-best six boards off the bench. 
  • Hannah Vanderzee led New Paltz with 22 points. She added five rebounds and a team-best four steals. 
  • Abby Korekwinski registered a double-double for the Hawks with 12 points and 11 boards.
  • Sophia Bonnell recorded 10 points, while Julia Sabatino dropped in eight and a team-high six assists. 
  • The Continentals shot 40.4 percent (21-52) from the floor, 37.5 percent (6-16) from beyond the arc, and 75 percent (27-36) at the line. 
  • New Paltz finished 36 percent (27-75) from the field and was just 3-of-15 from long range. The Hawks went 7-for-15 at the charity stripe. 
  • Hamilton owned a 39-34 advantage on the glass. 
  • The Hawks scored 46 points in the paint to Hamilton's 26.  

Next Game

The Continentals host SUNY Cortland (5-1) inside Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 3:30 p.m. 
 
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