Andrew Hoy and Jake Rayburn made key plays down the stretch as visiting Hobart College defeated the University of Rochester, 71-61, in men's college basketball at the Louis Alexander Palestra on Wednesday evening.

Hoy led all scorers with 19 points and was perfect from the foul line (8-8). Connor Rebhaum had 11 points. Pete Drescher scored 14 points in 27 minutes off the bench. Hobart improved to 4-2.

Jared Seltzer scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds for Rochester. Dylan Peretz had 16 points and 17 rebounds. Sam Borst-Smith scored 12 points for the Yellowjackets (4-5).

With the score tied at 54-54, Hoy sank a three-point goal out of the left corner to put the Statesmen ahead for good, 57-54. After Seltzer made a layup for Rochester- the Yellowjackets scored 32 points in the paint -, Rayburn sank one free throw. Hoy stole the ball and drove for a layup with 4:04 left, and Rayburn tipped in his own miss on the fast break to give Hobart a 62-56 lead with 3:31 remaining.

Two free throws by Borst-Smith brought Rochester within four, 64-60, with 90 seconds to play. Trey Blanding made a layup for Hobart and the visitors sank five of six from the line in the final minute.

Rochester led by five early, 17-12, after Kevin Sheehy's fast break layup. Drescher scored on the break to ignite a 10-0 run that put Hobart ahead, 22-17, with just under eight minutes left in the first half. The lead stretched to 36-29 at halftime.

It went to nine points twice early in the second half before Rochester staged a long rally. Down 40-31 two minutes into the period, Rochester used a 9-2 run over four minutes to move within 42-40. Peretz scored seven points and Seltzer had two.

Hobart moved back in front by six, 51-45, after a pullup three-pointer by Drescher, a layup from Luke Ruddy, a layup from Dominique Fernander, and a runner in the lane by Thomas Campion.

Rochester answered with a conventional three-point play from Seltzer, two free throws by Borst-Smith, and two more from the line by Seltzer. That gave the Yellowjackets a 52-51 lead. Rehbaum sank a trey from left wing just before a driving layup from Rochester's Matt Montague. The Montague layup tied the score at 54-54 and set up the final minutes.

Notes: The victory was just Hobart's sixth in the Palestra since the building opened in the 1930-31 season. Rochester entered the game with a 45-5 advantage in the Palestra and a 57-6 edge on games played in Rochester. The Yellowjackets now lead the overall series, 105-29.