GENEVA, N.Y.—Vassar College shot a season-high 51.9 percent from the floor while Hobart College struggled to find its rhythm, shooting a season-low 35.6 percent. The combination allowed the Brewers to hold on for a 75-72 Liberty League Men's Basketball win in Bristol Gym this afternoon.
 
Statesmen senior Colin Dougherty moved into the program's top 10 in scoring with a 20-point game. He passed Rich Kolmetz '77 and Sonny Wilson '55 to move up to No. 10 on the all-time list with 1,319 points. Dougherty also recorded eight rebounds, six assists and three steals.
 
Sophomore Jack Lesure also reached double digits for Hobart, scoring a season-high 15 points. He was 3-of-5 from the floor with a 3-pointer and 8-of-11 at the free throw line. Junior Edens Fleurizard chipped in six points, eight rebounds, and three blocked shots.
 
Vassar (3-3, 1-1) had four players in double figures. Senior Alex Seff was 8-of-13 from the floor with five 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 24 points. Sophomore Zach Bromfeld, senior Paul Grinde, and sophomore Hugh Durham contributed 14, 13, and 10 points, respectively.
 
Senior Sean McKinless and junior Sam Allen made back-to-back 3-pointers to stake Hobart (2-4, 1-1) to an early 6-2 lead, but seven straight points put the Brewers ahead, a lead they did not relinquish. Vassar scored eight straight points during a three-minute span in the middle of the first half to expand its lead to 12.
 
The Brewers took a 40-31 lead into halftime.
 
Hobart faced its biggest deficit of the day early in the second half. Seff made a layup for a 44-31 lead just over two minutes in, but the Statesmen battled back. A burst of seven straight points, capped off by a pair of Dougherty free throws, made it a four-point game with almost 13 minutes remaining. Seff gave Vassar breathing room with a 3-pointer.
 
Down the stretch, the Brewers' lead yo-yoed from as few as four to as many as nine. Seff made a bucket with under a minute to go for a 73-65 lead, but the Statesmen kept the hometown crowd in the gym with one last push. Dougherty made a driving layup to cut the lead to six with about 50 seconds left. After a Vassar turnover, McKinless was fouled while attempting a 3-pointer. He made all three with 33 seconds to go to make it a one-possession game, 73-70. The Brewers threw the ball out of bounds near midcourt on their next possession.
 
The Statesmen did get off a contested 3-point try from the left wing, but it was off the mark and Hobart had to foul. Senior Mason Dyslin made both free throws to push the lead to five with about 11 seconds left. Dougherty made a layup at the buzzer to complete the scoring.
 
Hobart is back in action on Tuesday, Dec. 4, when the Statesmen host Brockport at 7 p.m. The non-conference game will be the third of eight straight home games for the Statesmen.