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FEB 22 Colgate Raiders AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS 2 PM 2019-20 SCHEDULE COLGATE RAIDERS Date Opponent Time/Result 18-7, 10-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE NOVEMBER at 5 at NJIT W 79-52 10 UMASS LOWELL W 73-51 HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS 14 at Cornell W 62-58 15-10, 8-6 PATRIOT LEAGUE 16 YALE (OT) W 70-67 20 at Canisius W 90-69 Livestream: PLN | Stats: GoHolyCross.com 24 at Saint Louis L 51-61 27 at Northwestern L 44-73 OPENING TIPS • Colgate continues its challenging close to the Patriot League season with a Saturday after- DECEMBER noon visit to Holy Cross. The Crusaders trail the Raiders by two games in the standings. 1 NIAGARA W 85-72 4 SIENA W 88-51 • Colgate defeated Holy Cross 71-60 to begin this month back in Hamilton. 8 at Alabama L 52-72 • Rachel Thompson poured in a career-high 33 points to spark Wednesday’s 82-73 victory 22 WAGNER W 74-58 at Lehigh. The St. Louis senior set a Raiders game record with 16 made field goals. • She leads the Patriot in assists at 5.0, just ahead of Holy Cross’ Madalyn Smith at 4.7. JANUARY • No Colgate women’s basketball team has ever been 18-7 through 25 games, and 10-4 in 2 at American * L 61-63 5 ARMY * W 100-93 conference matches the best in program history. 8 at Loyola * W 76-74 11 NAVY * W 80-55 COLGATE NOTEBOOK 15 LAFAYETTE * (Kids Day) W 73-52 18 at Boston University * W 70-61 Notes of interest on today’s game against the Crusaders 22 at Bucknell * L 43-66 25 AMERICAN * (OT) W 63-62 Colgate and Holy Cross meet for the 66th time on the hardwood in a series that began with 29 at Lafayette * L 39-55 the start of Patriot League play in 1990-91. Holy Cross leads the series 56-9, but it’s a 4-4 tie • FEBRUARY since Bill Cleary’s arrival in Hamilton to begin the 2016-17 season. The teams split last season, 1 HOLY CROSS (Pink Game) * W 71-60 with each winning on the opponent’s home floor. 8 at Navy * W 65-53 12 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * L 58-60 Colgate opened this tough stretch of the schedule with a scintillating 82-73 road victory 15 LOYOLA (Senior Day) * W 79-70 over Lehigh Wednesday night. Rachel Thompson led the way with a career-high 33 points 19 at Lehigh * W 82-73 • 22 at Holy Cross * 2:00 on 16-of-24 shooting. Hers were the most points by a Colgate Raider since Emily Braseth scored 26 BUCKNELL * 7:00 35 at Lafayette back on Jan. 23, 2005. And her 16 field goals set a Colgate game record. 29 at Army * 1:00 Colgate at 18-7 has matched the 2003-04 Raiders for most regular season victories in pro- MARCH gram history. The Raiders also improved to 10-4 in the Patriot League, equaling the final 4 LEHIGH * 7:00 • Patriot League Tournament record of the 2003-04 regular season champions back when there were only seven conference 7-15 TBA opponents and thus 14 games. * Patriot League Opponent. HOME GAMES IN BOLD Last year’s Colgate team through the same number of games was 10-15 overall and 5-9 in • the Patriot League. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Thompson leads the Patriot League in assists at 5.0, free throw percentage at 81.7 and as- Director (WBB Contact) ..........................John Painter sist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4. Abby Schubiger is atop the conference in field goal percentage E-Mail ......................................... [email protected] • Painter Cell Phone ................................ (865) 414-1143 at 54.2. Thompson is second in scoring in the Patriot League at 17.0, second in steals at 2.5, Administrative Assistant .................................Lisa Diehl fourth in field goal percentage at 51.5 and fourth in rebounding at 8.2. Assoc. Dir./Multimedia ........................... Amanda Shike Assistant Director ................................Jenna Jorgensen The St. Louis senior has jumped into eighth place Assistant Director ...........................Jordan Doroshenko on the Colgate career scoring chart with 1,201 Communications Assistant .............................. Kyle Relf • Multimedia Assistant .......................... Micah Hamilton points. She’s up to third in rebounding with 643 and Athletic Communications Phone .......... (315) 228-7602 ranks among the program’s top 10 in career assists Cotterell Court Press Row .................... (315) 228-6816 (4th, 321) and steals (8th, 199). She’s also second on Women’s Basketball Twitter ...................@ColgateWBB the season assist chart with 125 and needs just six Website .....................................GoColgateRaiders.com Mailing Address............................107 Huntington Gym more to tie Lauryn Kobiela for the record at 131. 13 Oak Dr. (See charts Page 3) Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 Page 2 | Colgate at Holy Cross | Game 26 2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE Colgate is assured of just its second winning season in program history. Behind the 2003-04 STANDINGS • champions, the next best record over Colgate’s 33 years of Division I basketball was 14-14 in 1990-91 under head coach Kathleen Connell. League Overall Colgate made the most of Senior Day Saturday by toppling Loyola 79-70 at Cotterell Court. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. It was win No. 11 at home for the Raiders against just one loss, already good for the sec- Bucknell 12-2 .857 19-6 .760 • ond-best home mark in program history. Only the 2003-04 Raiders at 12-2 won more home COLGATE 10-4 .714 18-7 .720 games. Colgate’s 10-game home winning streak to open this season set a Raiders record, break- Boston U. 10-4 .714 15-10 .600 ing the previous mark of seven set in 2003-04. Holy Cross 8-6 .571 15-10 .600 Lehigh 8-6 .571 16-9 .640 Colgate completed a 6-3 record for January. That was the third straight winning month this Lafayette 8-6 .571 12-12 .500 season after the Raiders went 5-2 in November and 3-1 in December. Colgate has started 4-1 American 6-8 .429 10-14 .417 • for the month of February. The Raiders finished 5-4 last January for their first plus-.500 month Loyola 4-10 .286 7-18 .280 in three years. Navy 2-12 .143 7-18 .280 Army 2-12 .143 6-19 .240 Thompson last month earned back-to-back Patriot League Player of the Week honors after Saturday’s Games leading the Raiders to a combined 4-0 record over that fortnight. In Week 1, the senior • Navy at Army, 11 eclipsed the career 1,000-point barrier and then posted the first triple-double in program histo- COLGATE at Holy Cross, 2 ry. In Week 2, the St. Louis native averaged 23 points and 9½ rebounds while shooting nearly 68 Lehigh at Bucknell, 2 percent from the field. Boston University at American, 2 Lafayette at Loyola, 4 Wednesday’s Games Navy at Loyola, 5:30 Lehigh at Boston University, 6 Bucknell at COLGATE, 7 American at Lafayette, 7 Army at Holy Cross, 7 COLGATE QUICK FACTS University Information Location ................................................. Hamilton, N.Y. Founded ............................................................... 1819 Enrollment .......................................................... 2,927 Nickname ..........................................................Raiders Colors .....................................Maroon, Gray & White President ......................................... Dr. Brian W. Casey Thompson also recently was named to the inaugural Her Hoop Stats Mid-Major Player of VP & Director of Athletics .................. Dr. Nicki Moore the Year Watch List. The media outlet selected 15 players from mid-major institutions for Conference ............................................ Patriot League • Home Arena (Capacity) ........... Cotterell Court (1,782) the watch list. The award recognizes for the first time the nation’s best mid-major player in Conference ............................................ Patriot League women’s college basketball. Athletic Dept. Phone ...........................(315) 228-7611 Ticket Office Phone .............................(315) 228-7600 Schubiger has a pair of 20-point games this year against Army and Holy Cross, setting a career high. The senior forward posted her first collegiate double-double at Loyola with 14 points Basketball Staff • Head Coach ...........................Bill Cleary (Villanova ‘98) and a career-high dozen boards. Against Army, Schubiger scored a career- and team-high 20 Career Record of 267-221 (17th season) points to spark the 100-93 victory. The senior set a Colgate record with her 10-of-11 shooting Colgate Record of 47-67 (4th season) performance and was perfect on her final eight attempts. Patriot League Record of 28-43 (4th Season) Asst. Coach ....................Lauren Ellis (Bloomsburg ‘13) Tegan Graham scored a season-high 22 points against Loyola, boosted by a season-high trio Asst. Coach ...........................Katie Curtis (Colgate ‘17) of 3-pointers. The scoring effort returned her average to 8.2, equaling her high-water mark Asst. Coach .....................Sharay Hall (Lock Haven ‘12) • Dir. Bkb. Ops. .............. Jackie Stewart (Grove City ‘17) for 2019-20. Graham also blocked two shots to reach 50 for her career, placing her in a tie for Athletic Trainer .....Byron Pottorff (Long Beach St. ‘11) 12th on the all-time Colgate list. Strength Coach ............ Jasmine Johnson (Temple ‘15) Basketball Office Phone ......................(315) 228-7783 A few highlights from Wednesday’s win at Lehigh: The Raiders led 75-55 with 5:42 remain- Administrative Assistant ..........................Tara Bugbee ing, and coasted from there ... Ava Williams handed out a career-high four assists ... Thomp- • Program History son tallied her 33 points by scoring eight points in the first quarter, six in the second, 12 in the Conference ............................................ Patriot League third and seven in the fourth ... Alexa Brodie and Taylor Langan both scored 10 points for their First Season of Basketball .............................. 1973-74 highest totals since they each scored 13 against Army back on Jan.