NEW LONDON, N.H. – January 4, 2020 – Colby-Sawyer senior Lexie Hamilton (Sunapee, N.H.) became the program's all-time leader in career assists in today's 55-49 non-conference victory over Thomas College.

Colby-Sawyer improves to 10-3. The Chargers will have a lengthy break before opening Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play against Saint Joseph's College of Maine at home on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Thomas falls to 3-9. The Terriers will resume North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action on Friday at NVU-Johnson.

Hamilton collected 10 assists to pass 2019 Colby-Sawyer Hall of Fame inductee Cailin Bullett's '13 total of 583. Hamilton now has 590. Junior Joslin Wainwright (Plainfield, N.H.) led all players with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Senior Tianna Sugars (Oxford, Maine) finished with nine points and nine rebounds. First-year Caitlyn Boucher (Swanzey, N.H.) played all 40 minutes and posted 11 points and seven rebounds.

Thomas received 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting from senior Malorie Weaver (Palerno, Maine). Sophomore Kaylee Ravagli (Lowell, Mass.) contributed 11 points, six rebounds and four assists. Junior Addie Brinkman (Farmington, Maine) added eight points and a team best eight boards.

The Chargers held an early 6-4 lead before Thomas use a 10-0 run, with six points from Ravagli, to go in front 14-6 with four minutes left in the frame. The Terriers later led by 10, but a Riley Corrigan (Winooski, Vt.) trey pulled Colby-Sawyer within seven after one quarter, 18-11. Thomas shot 53.8%, while Colby-Sawyer shot 35.7%.

The visitors were able to hold a lead for the majority of the second quarter before a Wainwright jumper, with 21 seconds left, sent the teams into the halftime break tied at 27-27. The Chargers outrebounded Thomas 13-5 in the frame and held the Terriers to three made field goals.

Thomas came out of the break with a 9-0 run on baskets by four separate Terriers. The Chargers then responded with a 9-0 run of their own. Wainwright scored all nine points in the run with each of her four baskets being assisted by Hamilton. The teams traded buckets for the final four minutes of the frame and Thomas took a 42-41 lead into the fourth. Weaver had eight points for Thomas.

Colby-Sawyer scored the first eight points of the fourth to take a 49-42 lead and never looked back. Thomas came within three points with less than two minutes to play, but the Chargers hit a few free throws to secure their first victory of the new year.  

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