YORK, Pa.--Junior Anthony Bennett scored a career-high 19 points, including 13 in the second half, as the Hood College men's basketball team (4-2, 1-0 CAC) rallied from a six-point second-half deficit to earn a 74-68 Capital Athletic Conference victory over York College (Pa.) (1-3, 0-1 CAC) Wednesday.

The first half saw five ties and six lead changes but the Blazers managed to build an eight-point lead on a three-pointer by Bennett and an Arthur Claybon layup with 6:41 to go in the first half. York erased that deficit over the next 4:20 and eventually tied the game at 25-25 on a Nick Brady triple. The lead flipflopped twice more before halftime and the Spartans clung to a 34-30 edge at the break. 

York maintained the upperhand for most of the second half but midway through the second half Bennett almost single-handedly kept the Blazers in it. He scored seven points in a 1:15 span to give the Blazers their first lead of the second half, 49-48, with 8:39 to go in regulation. 

The two teams traded buckets on the next several possessions but from that point the Blazers never relinquished their lead. The Spartans rallied to knot the score at 61-61 after a three-point play by Chad McGowan with 3:25 left. But the Blazers responded on their next possession on a layup by Claybon. York went cold from the floor, misfiring on their next five field goal attempts. Hood was solid from the foul line in the final 1:33, nailing 7-of-8 down the stretch to ice the victory.

Bennett, who two games ago set a new career-high with 18 points against St. Mary's College (Md.), connected on 5-of-9 from the floor, including three triples, and 6-of-6 from the foul line for a team-high 19 points. Gutekunst racked up his sixth consecutive double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds. Hood was 15-30 from the field in the second half and 11-12 from the stripe.

McGowan led all scorers with 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in defeat.  

The Blazers return to action Saturday hosting another CAC foe, the University of Mary Washington, at 4 p.m. at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School.