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Hamilton College guard Teja Singh (1) 11/19/24 7:50:14 PM Men’s Basketball: SUNY Geneseo v Hamilton College on Coach Tom Murphy Court in Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on the campus of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Final: Geneseo 76 Hamilton 93 Photo by Josh McKee
Photo: Joshua D. McKee
Teja Singh '25
72
Winner Hamilton Ham 10-1,0-0 NESCAC
61
Stevens Stev 7-3,0-0 MAC Freedom
Winner
Hamilton Ham
10-1,0-0 NESCAC
72
Final
61
Stevens Stev
7-3,0-0 MAC Freedom
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hamilton Ham 29 43 72
Stevens Stev 29 32 61

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Men’s basketball rallies past Stevens, improves record to 10-1

Morgan ’25 tallied a team-high 24 points for the Continentals

HOBOKEN, N.J. – Hamilton College's Teja Singh '25 scored his 1,000th career point and Hank Morgan '25 poured in a game-high 24 as the Continentals stormed from behind to a 72-61 win against Stevens Institute of Technology in the Stevens Holiday Tournament inside Canavan Arena on Friday, Jan. 3. 
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (10-1 overall) extended its win streak to nine games – the longest since it started the 2018-19 season 13-0.
  • Stevens (7-3) is a member of Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom. 

How It Happened

  • The Ducks formed a 9-1 run at the start of the second half for its largest lead of eight points at 38-30 with 17:39 left. 
  • A jumper by Owen Kane '25 and a 3-pointer by Matthew Rideout '27 kept the Continentals close.
  • Trailing 45-39, the Continentals were able to cut down their deficit to just one point at 45-44 with 14:10 remaining. 
  • Hamilton took a 52-50 deficit and turned it into a 58-52 advantage with 7:23 left after an 8-0 run sparked by a Nate Raub '27 layup. Jalen Reese '27 and Connor Jenkins '27 also scored during the rally. 
  • Stevens rattled off the next four points, but the Continentals refused to give up the lead again as Singh hit a big-time 3-pointer for a 61-56 advantage with just over five minutes remaining. 
  • Singh extended Hamilton's lead to nine points at 65-56 with another shot from long distance with 3:12 left. 
  • The Ducks didn't get closer than seven points the rest of the way. 
  • Morgan closed out the final minute with a pair of shots at the charity stripe for the final margin. 
  • Singh and Morgan combined for an 8-0 run for an early 10-4 lead with 17:17 left in the first half. 
  • After a handful of ties and lead changes within the opening five minutes, Graham Robinson '25 hit a 3-ball and Morgan converted a layup for a 20-15 lead with 13:02 to go. 
  • A shot from long distance by Rideout gave the Continentals a 26-19 advantage with 9:01 left.
  • Neither team scored for the next 2:30 until Stevens eventually ended the drought on a layup with 6:29 to go. 
  • Anthony Loscalzo closed Stevens' margin to one point at 27-26 on a 3-pointer with 2:28 remaining. 
  • Morgan buried a jumper in the paint, but the Ducks closed out the half with three free throws and evened the score at 29-29. 

Notes 

  • The matchup is believed to be the first time two turban-wearing Sikh's (Harmehar Chhabra, Teja Singh) competed against each other. 
  • Morgan added eight rebounds and three assists. He leads the NESCAC with 19.4 points per game.  
  • Singh finished with 19 points and has 1,004 for his career. He is the 37thplayer in team history to reach the 1,000-point milestone. 
  • Kane grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds and passed out three assists. 
  • Rideout contributed eight points off the bench. 
  • Reese chipped in five boards, four steals and two blocked shots off the bench as well. 
  • Tommy Scholl paced Stevens with 18 points and five assists.  
  • Jack Spellman finished with a team-best 17 rebounds and added eight points and three blocked shots. 
  • Kyle Maddison registered 13 points and three steals.
  • The Continentals shot 61.9 percent (13-21) in the second half, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. Hamilton went 13-for-25 (52 percent) at the charity stripe.
  • Hamilton owned a 42-34 edge on the glass and received 19 points from its bench to Stevens' seven. 

Next Game

Hamilton takes on York College of Pennsylvania (7-3) in the Stevens Holiday Tournament championship game on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 3 p.m.
 
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