Hamilton 3 Morton 0: Oli Shaw hits seven-minute hat-trick as late show ends Accies' losing streak

Oli Shaw hit a stunning seven-minute hat-trick late on to help Hamilton Accies leapfrog Greenock Morton in the Championship.

The striker took his tally to nine goals for the season with a fine late show at New Douglas Park, which ended Hamilton's three-game losing streak.

A game that looked to be heading for a drab draw came to life in 77 minutes when Shaw poked home from a Connor Smith free-kick and he then made it 2-0 four minutes later when he poked Sean McGinty's goal-bound strike into the bottom corner.

But he saved the best for last when he got on the end of Reghan Tumilty's lay-off and lashed home a fine strike beyond Rangers loanee Lewis Budinauckas with 84 minutes on the clock, moving Accies up to sixth in the table.

New signing Stuart McKinstry started on the bench as Accies made four changes from last week's defeat to Falkirk. There was a switch in goal as Charlie Albinson came in for Dean Lyness, while Ben Williamson, Reghan Tumilty and Stephen Hendrie replaced Jackson Longridge, Jamie Barjonas and Barry Maguire.

Depleted Morton managed to address their goalkeeping crisis by bringing in Rangers youngster Lewis Budinauckas on an emergency seven-day loan from the Ibrox club and he started between the sticks.

It took both sides a bit of time to find their feet but it was Morton - a side that knocked Accies out of the SPFL Trust Trophy earlier this month with a narrow 1-0 win - who got the first sight at goal after 15 minutes.

Michael Garrity whipped in a free-kick from the left and when Albinson managed to come through a sea of bodies and get a hand to it, the rebound fell kindly for Filip Stuparevic at the back post. But the on-loan Motherwell man fired into the side-netting from six yards.

Nine minutes later,