Reinhardt Pulls Away With Second-Half Runs to Beat Point 92-82

West Point, Ga. - Reinhardt Men's Basketball answered a two-point margin with nine unanswered points midway through the second half, helping the Eagles defeat Point University on Tuesday evening in West Point, Ga. Travis Hamilton and Arael Jones led Reinhardt with 21 points apiece.

Chance Wilson’s layup gave the Eagles their first lead, 4-2, and Jackson Sousa’s 3-pointer extended it to 10-4 at 15:38. Point fought back, with the teams trading leads late in the half. Amir Green-Jones answered a go-ahead Point 3-pointer with one of their own before Braylon Dame’s 3-pointer put Point ahead 35-33 with 1:57 remaining. Reinhardt closed the half on a 9-2 run. Hamilton broke a 37-37 tie with a 3-pointer, and Green-Jones followed a steal with an assist on Jones’ layup for a 42-37 halftime lead.

Sousa pushed the advantage to 52-43 early in the second half, but Point rallied to tie the game at 53, 55 and 57. Hamilton’s layup at 11:09 put Reinhardt ahead for good. Robert Harris later made two free throws to bring Point within 67-65 at 9:13, prompting the Eagles’ decisive 9-0 response. Wilson opened the run with a layup, Jones added a 3-pointer and a layup following AJ Shaw’s steal, and Hamilton finished it with a basket for a 76-65 lead at 7:36.

Point cut the deficit to eight when Cahlib Edwards made 1-of-2 free throws with 5:54 left. Reinhardt responded with 10 of the next 12 points. Shaw supplied a putback, then recorded a steal before making a 3-pointer that stretched the lead to 83-68. Sousa’s third 3-pointer established the Eagles’ largest advantage, 86-70, with 4:21 remaining. Shaw finished with five points and three steals in 12 minutes.

Jones scored 17 points after halftime and shot 8-of-12 overall. Hamilton went 8-of-10 from the field and accounted for 21 of Reinhardt’s 35 bench points. Wilson contributed 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists without a turnover, while Sousa finished with 13 points. Daniel Deng Mabior collected five rebounds, including four on the offensive end, helping the Eagles build a 34-26 rebounding advantage.

Reinhardt shot 55.6% from the field, made 7-of-15 3-pointers and committed six turnovers to Point’s 10. The Eagles also held a 40-30 edge in paint scoring. Harris led Point with 24 points, while Dame scored 22 on shooting that included a 6-of-8 performance from beyond the arc. Dylan Labuhn added 12 points, six rebounds and four assists for Point, which shot 45.2% overall.

Hamilton’s final basket gave Reinhardt a 90-76 lead with 2:02 remaining, but Point made another push. Deion Subaran’s 3-pointer cut the margin to 90-82 with 28 seconds left. Sousa made both free throws two seconds later for the game’s final points.