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DEC 22 Colgate Raiders vs wagner seahawks 2 PM 2019-20 SCHEDULE COLGATE RAIDERS Date Opponent Time/Result 7-3, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE NOVEMBER vs 5 at NJIT W 79-52 10 UMASS LOWELL W 73-51 WAGNER SEAHAWKS 14 at Cornell W 62-58 4-5, 0-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE 16 YALE (OT) W 70-67 20 at Canisius W 90-69 Livestream: PLN | Radio: 94 WKXZ-FM | Stats: StatBroadcast.com 24 at Saint Louis L 51-61 27 at Northwestern L 44-73 OPENING TIPS • Colgate wraps up the pre-Patriot League portion of its schedule with Sunday’s matinee DECEMBER matchup against Wagner. 1 NIAGARA W 85-72 4 SIENA W 88-51 • The Raiders at 7-3 through 10 games are off to the best start in program history. 8 at Alabama L 52-72 • Colgate’s three losses this year are at Saint Louis (7-3), at Northwestern (8-1) and at 22 WAGNER 2:00 Alabama (8-3). • Player of the Year candidate Rachel Thompson leads the Raiders and ranks among the JANUARY Patriot League leaders in the four major statistical categories: scoring (15.9), rebounding 2 at American * 7:00 5 ARMY * 2:00 (8.1), assists (5.3) and steals (3.2). Thompson leads the Patriot League in assists. 8 at Loyola * 11:30 11 NAVY * 2:00 COLGATE NOTEBOOK 15 LAFAYETTE * (Kids Game) 11:00 18 at Boston University * 2:00 Notes of interest on today’s game against the Seahawks 22 at Bucknell * 6:00 25 AMERICAN * 2:00 Colgate and Wagner meet for the 15th time on the hardwood but the first since 2011.The 29 at Lafayette * 7:00 Raiders own a 10-4 series lead and won that 2011 matchup 71-59 in Hamilton. Colgate’s • FEBRUARY series lead is 8-4 since the Raiders moved to the Division I ranks in 1987-88, with the Seahawks 1 HOLY CROSS * 2:00 capturing three of the first four meetings before Colgate turned the tables. The Raiders have 8 at Navy * 4:00 won seven of the last eight starting with an overtime victory in 2001. 12 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 7:00 15 LOYOLA * 2:00 The Raiders at 7-3 through 10 games are off to the best start in program history. The previ- 19 at Lehigh * 6:00 ous best was 6-4 by the 2003-04 Raiders who went on to sweep the Patriot League regular 22 at Holy Cross * 1:00 • 26 BUCKNELL * 7:00 season and tournament titles. Colgate’s three losses this year are at Saint Louis (7-3), at North- 29 at Army * 1:00 western (8-1) and at Alabama (8-3). MARCH 4 LEHIGH * 7:00 Colgate is playing its first game in 14 days as the team buckled down for finals. Last time out, the Raiders dropped a 72-52 decision at Alabama. Taylor Langan led the Raiders in Patriot League Tournament • 7-15 TBA scoring (14) and rebounding (5) that afternoon, finishing 6-of-9 from the field. * Patriot League Opponent. HOME GAMES IN BOLD The Raiders already have clinched the program’s best regular season nonleague winning • percentage with one game remaining. Colgate now has its sights set on the total nonconfer- ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ence wins mark held by three teams. The 2003-04 Patriot League champions went 8-5 (.615) on their way to 21-10; the 1997-98 squad went 8-6 (.571) outside the Patriot League; and the Director (WBB Contact) ..........................John Painter E-Mail ......................................... [email protected] 1990-91 Raiders went 8-7 (.533) nonconference in the debut season of the Patriot League. Painter Cell Phone ................................ (865) 414-1143 Administrative Assistant .................................Lisa Diehl Colgate’s 37-point victory over Siena back on Dec. 4 was the largest for the program since Assoc. Dir./Multimedia ........................... Amanda Shike an 84-37 triumph over Division III Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Nov. 25, 2001. It missed by one • Assistant Director ................................Jenna Jorgensen point tying the record for largest margin of victory against a Division I opponent, set when Assistant Director ...........................Jordan Doroshenko Communications Assistant .............................. Kyle Relf Colgate opened its 1990-91 season with an 86-48 blowout at Northeastern. Multimedia Assistant .......................... Micah Hamilton Athletic Communications Phone .......... (315) 228-7602 The 88-51 triumph over Siena was the fourth by 20 or more points, already tying the 2003- Cotterell Court Press Row .................... (315) 228-6816 04 champions for most in one season in the Colgate Women’s Basketball Division I era. Women’s Basketball Twitter ...................@ColgateWBB • Website .....................................GoColgateRaiders.com Mailing Address............................107 Huntington Gym Colgate’s 27 assists on 37 made field goals against Niagara back on Dec. 1 marked the best assist game for the program in more than 22 years. No Colgate team has been as generous 13 Oak Dr. • Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 since the Raiders handed out 29 assists in a 114-106 overtime loss to Canisius back on Jan. 22, Page 2 | Colgate vs Wagner | Game 11 2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE 1997. The program record is 32 in a 96-82 home win over Bucknell on Feb. 20, 1991. STANDINGS The Raiders lead the Patriot League in assists at 17.3 and assist-to-turnover ratio at +1.3. League Overall • W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Player of the Year candidate Rachel Thompson matched her career high with nine assists against Niagara. One more and she would have pocketed her first collegiate triple-double Lehigh 0-0 .000 7-2 .778 • COLGATE 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 after scoring 14 to go with 11 boards. The St. Louis senior leads the Patriot League in assists Bucknell 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 at 5.3 and ranks among the leaders in scoring at 15.9, rebounding at 8.1, steals at 3.2 and as- Holy Cross 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 sist-to-turnover ratio at +2.4. She also recently eclipsed both the career 900-point mark (936) Navy 0-0 .000 5-4 .556 and 500-rebound plateau (518). Lafayette 0-0 .000 4-4 .500 American 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 The Raiders against Siena won for the 15th straight time when scoring at least 70 points. Colgate is 6-0 this season when scoring 70-plus. This streak began after an 83-73 home loss Boston U. 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 • Army 0-0 .000 3-7 .300 to Brown back in December 2017. Loyola 0-0 .000 1-8 .111 Through games of Wednesday, Dec. 18. The recent win at Canisius was the first 90-point scoring total in regulation in the Bill Cleary Era. The last time Colgate put at least 90 on the board in a 40-minute game was a 97-79 • Saturday’s Games triumph at St. Francis (Pa.) back in November 2013. Colgate in Cleary’s debut season of 2016-17 Lehigh at Minnesota, 1 defeated Boston University 96-87 in double-overtime. Bucknell at St. Francis (Pa.), 2 Dartmouth at Boston University, 2 Abby Schubiger is second on the team in scoring at 9.6 and is second in minutes per game at 27.5 ... She recently posted career highs for rebounds (9 vs. Niagara) and points (15 vs. Sunday’s Games • Wagner at COLGATE, 2 Siena) in back-to-back games ... Taylor Langan is up to third in scoring at 9.5 and leads the team George Washington at American, 2 with 13 3-pointers ... Ava Williams leads the team in blocked shots with five and in plus-minus at New Hampshire at Holy Cross, 2:30 +7.7 ... Alexa Brodie is second on the team in assists at 3.3 per game, third in assist-to-turnover ratio at +1.4, and fourth in plus-minus at +6.2 ... Haley Greer is second in 3-pointers made with 11 ... Tegan Graham tops the Raiders in assist-to-turnover ratio at +2.6. COLGATE QUICK FACTS Starting guard Nia Ahart has missed nearly all of the last six games because of injury (she played 2 minutes at Northwestern in the middle of her hiatus). Ahart is considered Colgate’s • University Information best defender and is averaging 6.0 points to go with 6-of-12 from 3-point distance. Keelah Dix- Location ................................................. Hamilton, N.Y. on has missed the last six games and Greer the last three, also because of injuries. Founded ............................................................... 1819 Enrollment .......................................................... 2,927 Nickname ..........................................................Raiders Thompson has jumped to 10th on the Colgate career steals list with 169, and is tied for 13th Colors .....................................Maroon, Gray & White in assists with 249. Her three double-doubles this year give her 12 for her career. (See P. 4) President ......................................... Dr. Brian W. Casey • VP & Director of Athletics .................. Dr. Nicki Moore Head coach Bill Cleary earned his 250th career coaching victory in Colgate’s season-opening Conference ............................................ Patriot League win. His record shows 256 wins against 217 losses in his 17th season. Cleary built programs Home Arena (Capacity) ........... Cotterell Court (1,782) • Conference ............................................ Patriot League from the ground up at Wilmington and Bloomsburg in the NCAA Division II ranks before being Athletic Dept. Phone ...........................(315) 228-7611 named Colgate head coach in March 2016. Ticket Office Phone .............................(315) 228-7600 Basketball Staff Greer knocked down the winning 3-pointer at Cornell to cap Colgate’s comeback from 17 points down in the third quarter. Then against Yale, junior Keelah Dixon’s 3-pointer in the dy- Head Coach ...........................Bill Cleary (Villanova ‘98) • Career Record of 256-217 (17th season) ing seconds of regulation sent that game to overtime.