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Hamilton College forward Taylor Lambo (53) 1/5/24 7:03:17 PM Women’s Basketball: Middlebury College v Hamilton College on the Coach Tom Murphy Court at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: Middlebury 57 Hamilton 54 Photo by Josh McKee
Photo: Joshua D. McKee
52
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 17-7, 5-5
49
Colby COLBY 12-11, 4-6
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
17-7, 5-5
52
Final
49
Colby COLBY
12-11, 4-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 9 18 9 16 52
Colby COLBY 10 15 8 16 49

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Lambo ’26 leads women’s basketball to NESCAC win at Colby

Sophomore forward registered her eighth double-double of the season for the Continentals

WATERVILLE, Maine – Hamilton College's Taylor Lambo '26 led all players with 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and the Continentals outlasted the Colby College Mules 52-49 on Colby's Whitmore-Mitchell Court inside Margaret M. Crook Center on Saturday, Feb. 10. 
 
Season Update
  • Hamilton (17-7, 5-5 NESCAC) finished the regular season in sixth place in the conference standings.  
  • Colby (12-11, 4-6) dropped its second straight contest and is in seventh place.
How It Happened
  • Courtney Shay '24 hit a layup for a five-point edge at 38-33 with 9:11 left in the fourth quarter. 
  • Trailing 43-38, the Mules regained the lead at 44-43 on a 6-0 run with 3:24 on the clock. 
  • Kendall Harris '27 knotted the score at 46-46 on two free throws with 2:46 to go. She made a steal on the next possession and converted on two more shots at the line for a 48-46 lead with 2:03 left. 
  • Hamilton took advantage of a Colby turnover with another successful trip at the charity stripe by Lambo for a 50-46 edge with just under a minute remaining. 
  • Ana Von Rumohr sliced Colby's deficit to just one point at 50-49 on a 3-pointer with 30 ticks left. 
  • With 20 seconds on the clock, Lambo was sent to the line and hit them both for the final margin. 
  • The Continentals pushed their lead to six early in the third quarter at 31-25 on a layup by Lambo and two shots at the line by Emily Hall '24.
  • The Mules responded with the next six points to even the score at 31 apiece with 4:48 to go. 
  • The Continentals scored five of the last seven points for a 36-33 lead heading into the final quarter. 
  • Hamilton jumped out to a 7-1 lead on two layups by Lambo and a pair of free throws by Hall with 6:52 left. 
  • Colby countered with a 9-2 spurt to take its first lead at 10-9 with 2:51 remaining. 
  • The second stanza was a back-and-forth affair with neither team leading by more than three points. 
  • Down 25-22 with three minutes left in the second quarter, Hall nailed a jumper in the paint and Shay hit a shot from 3-point land for a 27-25 advantage at the half. 
  • Hamilton shot 25.9 percent (15-58) from the floor and went 20-for-24 at the line. 
  • Colby shot 33.3 percent (18-54) from the field, including 5 of 14 from 3-point range, and went 8-for-15 at the stripe. 
  • The contest featured 14 lead changes and seven ties. 
  • The Continentals owned a 44-33 edge on the glass. 
Notes
  • Lambo finished 10-for-12 at the line and had six offensive rebounds. She is second in the NESCAC with 8.9 rebounds per game. 
  • Harris was one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards. 
  • Hall chipped in seven points and five rebounds. 
  • Shay added five points.  
  • Maria Mercado Rengel '24 contributed four points and five rebounds while Piper Seamon '24 had four points and four rebounds. 
  • Chelsea Ibenegbu led Colby with 11 points and two steals. 
  • Von Rumohr recorded nine points as she was 3 of 4 from beyond the arc. 
  • Lydia Mordarski added six points and two steals. 
  • Amelia Hanscom grabbed a team-best nine rebounds.  
Next Game
Hamilton will play an opponent to be determined on Saturday, Feb. 17 in the NESCAC Championship quarterfinals. 
 
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