CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Taylor Lambo '26 recorded another double-double, but the Amherst College Mammoths held on for a 61-56 NESCAC win over the Continentals on Hamilton's Coach Tom Murphy Court inside Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24.
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (9-9, 1-3 NESCAC) lost for the fourth time in its last five games.
• Amherst (14-4, 3-1) extended its winning streak to five games.

 

How it Happened

• A layup by Brielle Renwick started a 5-0 mini-run and gave the Mammoths the lead for good at 17-15 with 7:33 left in the second quarter.
• Lambo narrowly avoided a shot-clock violation with a layup and trimmed Hamilton's deficit to 20-17 with 3:10 to go before halftime.
• Amherst responded with an 11-4 spurt over the final three minutes. Annie McCarthy drilled a three-pointer and added two layups, Renwick made two more layups, and the Mammoths went into halftime with a 31-21 lead.
• Hamilton opened the second half strong, as both Hannah Bernstein '28 and Erica Hills '28 drained a pair of free throws to start the third quarter.
• Lambo added two more from the line with 5:17 to play and cut the Continentals' deficit to six at 37-31.
• Abbey Schwoebel '27 followed with two free throws on Hamilton's next possession, and the Continentals continued to chip away at Amherst's lead with a layup by Lambo and a jumper by Annabelle Semeter '28 that made it 39-37 with 3:01 remaining. Hamilton finished the quarter down six at 46-40.
• The Continentals got as close as three points in the fourth quarter. Kendall Harris '27 sank a driving layup with 2:38 to go and made it 55-52. Amherst's Laura Mendel answered with a jumper and pushed the Mammoths' lead back to five.
• Lambo pulled Hamilton within three points on two more occasions in the final minute, but two free throws by Amherst's Anna Tranum sealed the win.
• Amherst opened the game at the free-throw line following a technical foul due to a shot clock issue.
• After the opening tip, Chase Anderson powered the Mammoths' offense with a layup and a three-pointer, for a 6-2 lead with 7:58 remaining.
• Schwoebel provided a spark for Hamilton midway through the opening quarter, converting a three-point play that put the Continentals within one at 8-7 with 5:02 to play.
• Schwoebel closed out the quarter at the free-throw line, knocking down two shots that tied the score at 10-10.
• Hamilton took its only lead just 18 seconds into the second quarter as Bernstein finished a driving layup.
• The Mammoths answered with a three-pointer by McCarthy and a jumper by Anderson and regained the lead at 15-13.

 

Notes

• Lambo scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double in the last nine games. She is second in the NESCAC with 9.6 rebounds per game and seventh with 13.7 points per contest.
• Schwoebel dropped in 13 points off the bench and is averaging 13.3 in her last three games.
• Harris chipped in 11 points and tied a season high with three blocked shots.
• Hamilton finished 26-for-32 at the line (81.25%) while the Mammoths went 15-for-23 (65.2%).
• More than 46 percent of Hamilton's points came at the line.
• Both teams were in foul trouble throughout the game, as each side committed 22 and three players fouled out.
• Hamilton had no three-pointers, going 0-of-11 from beyond the arc.
• McCarthy led the Mammoths in scoring with 16 points and made three steals. Renwick scored 12 points and Elizabeth Cain had 10. Anderson had 11 boards and four of Amherst's eight blocked shots.

 

Next Game

The Continentals travel to Brunswick, Maine, to take on Bowdoin College (14-1, 4-0) on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m.