Reading, Pa (January 11, 2025) - Elijah Hamilton led Alvernia University (9-4, 1-1) to a 79-61 victory over Albright College (6-6, 1-1) Saturday afternoon in a MAC Commonwealth men's basketball matchup at Albright's Bollman Center. 

The Golden Wolves were down 33-30 at the halftime break but came back and outscored the Lions 49-28 in the second half to secure the 18 point victory over their crosstown rivals. 

How it Happened

• The Golden Wolves jumped out to an early 14-3 lead over the Lions in the first six minutes after Jacob Stoudt knocked down two threes, Elijah Hamilton added six points and Robert Cottrell added two during the stretch. 
• The Lions then responded with a scoring run of their own, a 14-5 stretch that cut the Alvernia lead to just two, 19-17 with under ten to play in the first half. 
• A driving layup by Hamilton and a layup and three pointer from Janye Stanley halted the Lions run and pushed the Alvernia lead back to nine, 26-17 with six to play. 
• Albright answered with two layups to cut it to a five point deficit before tying the ballgame at 28 with 1:30 to play in the first half. 
• A Robert Mullan driving layup stopped the Albright run momentarily but the Lions knocked down their sixth three pointer of the first half and tallied a layup with two seconds to go to swing the lead in Albright's favor for the first time all game, 33-30 heading into the halftime break. 
• The Golden Wolves shot 31% from the floor and 33% from three point range. Alvernia's Jacob Stoudt led all scorers with 11 points in the first half including three from beyond the arc. 
• Alvernia is out rebounding the Lions 28-20 but Albright has forced seven Alvernia turnovers and have turned the ball over just three times. 
• The Lions started the second half with a three pointer from Eric Chamberlain to make it 36-30 Albright but a Jakob Kelly driving layup and a Hamilton and one cut the Albright lead to one, 36-35. 
• Mullan then knocked down two free throws to tie the ballgame at 37 with 17 minutes to go in the second half. 
• Albright then answered with a 7-2 run and regained the five point, 44-39 lead over the Golden Wolves. 
• Alvernia bounced back after Hamilton knocked down a pull up jumper from the elbow and then Cottrell knocked down a corner three to tie the game back up at 44 with under 15 to go. 
• The Lions tallied a two point jumper to take a two point, 46-44 lead before the Lions called a timeout. Alvernia then came out of the timeout and grabbed the lead back after Hamilton found Stoudt who hit his fourth three of the ball game to make it 47-46 Golden Wolves. 
• Alvernia pushed the lead to six after a driving layup by Mullan, two free throws from Stoudt and Hamilton as the Golden Wolves called a timeout with a 54-48 lead with nine minutes to go. 
• The Golden Wolves rattled off seven straight points out of the timeout thanks to two driving layups from Cottrell and a big time step back three from Mullan to give Alvernia the 13 point, 61-48 lead, with seven minutes to go. 
• Alvernia continued to maintain its lead over the next three minutes as they held a 13 point, 65-53 lead over the Lions with under four minutes to go in the second half. Albright never threatened the rest of the way, and the Golden Wolves closed out the win with a dunk from Kelly and a pair of made free throws from Mullan for the 79-61 final.

Inside the Box Score

• Elijah Hamilton led Alvernia with a 25 point, 10 rebound double-double. He was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line as well.
• Jacob Stoudt recorded a 16 point, 12 rebound double-double including four three pointers. 
• Both Robert Mullan and Robert Cottrell tallied 11 points and five rebounds. Mullan also recorded a team high six assists. 
• Jakob Kelly scored nine points and added 12 rebounds. 

Up Next

• The Golden Wolves are back in action on Wednesday when they host Messiah at 7:00 PM on Jack McCloskey Court.