The Muhlenberg men's basketball team shot 55.1 percent from the field and picked up an impressive 76-60 win at 15th-ranked Swarthmore.

The Garnet (15-3, 9-2) had lost only one Centennial Conference regular-season home game in the last four seasons and had not lost at home to Muhlenberg since the 2014 season. The Mules (6-11, 3-7) came in with a four-game losing streak but took control late in the first half and maintained their lead throughout the second half.

Sophomore Giovanni Rubino came off the bench to lead Muhlenberg with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field. Senior Dallas Hoffman scored 13 points, also off the bench, while starters Justin Allen and Jayson Williams-Johnson added 11 and 10, respectively.

Defensively, the Mules held Swarthmore to 32.4-percent shooting. The Garnet came in leading the CC in scoring offense, at more than 80 points per game, and was outscoring its opponents by more than 20 points per game.

Swarthmore led 19-14 midway through the first half before Muhlenberg went on an 17-3 run to open up a nine-point lead. Rubino scored the first seven Mule points in the run, and senior Nate Henty Brown netted the next eight, including a layup with 5:30 on the clock that gave Muhlenberg the lead for good.

The Mules took a 36-29 lead into the break and answered Swarthmore's first two buckets of the second half with made field goals of their own, both by Allen. The Garnet got as close as four points, 41-37, before a free throw by Allen and a three by Hoffman (pictured above) doubled the margin.

It was 49-44 with 13:21 left before Muhlenberg turned the game into a runaway by holding the Garnet to two field goals over a span of almost 10 minutes. By that point, the Mules led 72-51.

Muhlenberg shot 61.9 percent from the field in the second half against a Garnet team that came in leading the CC in field-goal percentage defense.

Henty Brown narrowly missed a double-double, finishing with 9 points and 9 rebounds. Junior Tommy McGuire was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and also scored 9 points. Freshman Luke Gordos tied a career high with 6 assists.