CLINTON, N.Y. -- Hamilton College's
Hank Morgan '25 led all players with 18 points and the Continentals cruised to a 76-50 NESCAC win over the Williams College Ephs on Hamilton's Coach Tom Murphy Court inside Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Friday evening, Feb. 14.
Season Update
- With one game left in the regular season, Hamilton (18-5, 6-3 NESCAC) is in fourth place in the conference standings. The Continentals will host a NESCAC Men's Basketball Championship quarterfinal on Saturday, Feb. 22.
- Williams (15-8, 4-5) snapped its win streak at four games.
How It Happened
- Williams briefly gained its only lead of the night at 5-4 with 16:44 remaining. Morgan responded with a three-pointer and Jalen Reese '27 followed with a jumper for a 9-5 Hamilton advantage with 15:23 left.
- Tied at 9-9, Morgan buried another three-pointer and made two free throws that pushed the Continentals lead to 14-9 with 11:38 to go.
- The Continentals went on a 6-0 run fueled by two jumpers by Matthew Rideout '27 and a layup by Owen Kane '25 for a 20-11 lead with 7:37 left.
- Garret Keyhani '26 knocked down a three-ball and gave the Continentals their first double-digit lead at 28-18 with 4:12 to play.
- Hamilton capped off the first half with four consecutive points and secured a 34-21 lead at the break.
- The Continentals came out strong in the second half as they powered through an 8-2 spurt and pushed their lead to 42-23 with 16:38 left.
- Hamilton stretched its lead to 57-30 with 9:03 to go after an 11-0 run. Rideout tallied seven of those points, while both Morgan and Teja Singh '25 knocked down a jumper.
- The Continentals led by more than 25 points the rest of the way.
- Cooper Xu '25 put the home crowd on their feet with a three-pointer from the left wing for a comfortable 76-46 lead with 1:54 left.
Notes
- Morgan continues to lead the NESCAC with 22 points per game. He added seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.
- Rideout was 6-of-9 from the floor and notched 15 points off the bench.
- Keyhani tallied 10 points and seven rebounds.
- Singh and Kane registered seven points apiece.
- Reese had six points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots.
- Nate Raub '27 collected seven rebounds.
- Alex Lee paced Williams with 14 points.
- Justin Belcher contributed nine points and three steals.
- Aidan Yates and Hudson Hansen scored eight points apiece.
- The Continentals shot 46.8 percent (29-62) from the floor, including 7-of-17 from three-point range, and went 11-for-15 at the line.
- Williams shot just 6-of-23 from the field in the first half. The Ephs struggled from long range as they were 5-of-15 for the game, and went 11-for-16 at the charity stripe.
- The Continentals owned a dominating 48-21 edge on the glass and tallied 22 second-chance points to Williams' five.
- Hamilton received 33 points from its bench.
- The Ephs had won the previous four meetings between the teams.
Next Game
Hamilton hosts Middlebury College (12-11, 3-6) in its final regular season contest at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Continentals will honor Kane, Morgan,
Graham Robinson '25, Singh and Xu in a Senior Day ceremony at halftime.