Box Score Sophomore forward John Hatch scored a game-high 17 points and tied the school record with seven blocked shots as Colorado College rebounded from its first conference loss with a 76-69 victory at Southwestern University on Saturday night.

Senior forward James Lonergan added 13 and dished out a career-high eight assists to help the Tigers improve to 12-7 overall and 7-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

The Pirates trailed by 14 points early in the second half, but fought back to within 60-58 on a layup by junior forward Zachary Whitlock with a little more than five minutes remaining in the contest.

A three-pointer by Eric Houska gave Colorado College a five-point lead, and after a layup by Southwestern sophomore forward Eric Ogden, the Tigers scored six straight to build a 71-62 cushion with just 1:47 on the clock.    

The Pirates got to within six points on Chris Lee's layup with 42 seconds remaining, but Hatch sealed CC's victory with a dunk just seven seconds later.

Colorado College was on the verge of blowing the game open after senior guard Justin Berardino buried a three-pointer with 12:39 to play to extend his team's lead to 53-39.

Southwestern cut its deficit to five on the strength of a 10-1 during the next four minutes, but back-to-back buckets by sophomore forward Andrew Maddock and Lonergan gave the Tigers a 58-49 cushion with 7:19 remaining.

Maddock scored all 13 of his points in the second half.

Berardino and Houska each went 3-for-5 from behind the arc and finished with 11 points.

CC shot nearly 55 percent (28 of 51) from the floor, compared to a fraction under 41-percent for SU.

The Tigers also finished with a 37-31 edge in total rebounds and a 10-1 advantage in blocked shots.

Ogden recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Pirates, who slipped to 7-11 overall and 4-3 in the SCAC.

Whitlock also finished with 15 points.

Colorado College returns home next week to open a four-game home stand. The Tigers play host to league-leading Texas Lutheran University at 6 p.m. Friday, and then Southwestern on Sunday at noon.