NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Hamilton College's Hank Morgan '25 led all players with 27 points and the Continentals exploded in the final minutes of the second half in their 69-57 NESCAC win against the Connecticut College Camels inside Conn. College's Luce Field House on Friday, Feb. 7.
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (17-4, 5-2 NESCAC), which is receiving votes in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 poll, won its fifth straight game. Four of those five games have been on the road.
• The Camels (11-11, 3-5) dropped their fourth straight contest.

 

How It Happened

• A three-pointer by Morgan with 17:18 left in the second half broke a 35-35 tie and put the Continentals in the lead for good. Morgan's basket also started an 8-2 run that gave Hamilton a 43-37 lead with 14:54 remaining. A layup by Owen Kane '25 and a three-pointer by Connor Jenkins '27 completed the spurt.
• Conn. College refused to concede, making a three-pointer and a layup that brought the Camels within one at 46-45 with 11:40 left.
• Conn. College still trailed by one point at 52-51 after two free throws by Cam Schainfeld with 6:34 to go.
• Hamilton secured the win by surging for a 15-3 run during the next five minutes. Jenkins highlighted the run with a three-pointer and Morgan capped it with back-to-back three-point plays for a 67-54 advantage with 1:41 left.
• Kane made two free throws with 1:10 left for a 14-point Continentals' lead at 69-55, their largest of the night.
• Jalen Reese '27 opened the scoring for Hamilton as the Continentals started the game with a 13-5 run. Reese's jumper was followed by a layup by Kane, a jumper by Teja Singh '25, two free throws and a jumper by Reese, and capped with a three-pointer by Morgan with 14:40 remaining in the first half.
• A three-pointer by Singh put the Continentals ahead 21-12 with 11:07 left, their largest lead of the first half.
• The Camels responded with an 11-3 run that pulled them within one point at 24-23 with 5:51 to go.
• After four-and-a-half minutes without a field goal, Singh ended Hamilton's drought with a layup and gave the Continentals a 26-23 edge with 4:42 left.
• Hamilton's lead fluctuated between one and five points the rest of the half. Morgan completed a four-point play with 2:38 left when he drained a three-pointer, was fouled and made the free throw.
• Graham Robinson '25 capped the first half with a layup that gave the Continentals a four-point lead at 32-28.
• Hamilton made it 35-30 early in the second half after a free throw by Kane and a jumper by Singh.

 

Notes

• Morgan leads the NESCAC with 22.0 points per game. He also handed out four assists.
• Jenkins contributed 11 points in a season-high 24 minutes off the bench. He made three three-pointers.
• Reese tied a season-high with 10 points, grabbed a team-high six rebounds and dished out four assists.
• Singh chipped in nine points and a team-best five assists.
• Kane and Robinson registered two blocked shots apiece.
• Schainfeld paced Conn. College with 16 points and Dylan Watson registered 13.
• Edward Harrison dropped in 12 points off the bench.
• Andrew Hartel contributed eight points and a game-high seven rebounds.
• The Continentals finished at 55.3 percent (26-47) from the field, including 9-of-18 from beyond the arc, and went 8-for-12 at the charity stripe.
• The Camels shot 40.8 percent (20-49) from the floor, including 6-of-18 from long range, and went 11-for-17 (64.7 percent) at the line.
• Morgan scored 17 of his points in the second half when Hamilton shot nearly 61 percent from the field.
• The Continentals have won three of the last four meetings with Conn. College.

 

Next Game

Hamilton puts its 12-0 record in true road games on the line at Medford, Mass., for a NESCAC contest at nationally ranked No. 15 Tufts University (18-4, 6-2) on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m.