COLGATE RAIDERS HOLY CROSS | FEB 3 2016 | 7 PM GAME 20 | HART CENTER Colgate University COLGATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Location ..........................................Hamilton, N.Y. Founded ....................................................... 1819 RAIDERS MEET HOLY CROSS IN WORCESTER Enrollment ................................................... 2,927 Colgate returns to the scene of one of its biggest wins of last season when they meet Holy Nickname..................................................Raiders Cross in a Wednesday night Patriot League affair. The Crusaders prevailed 80-71 last month Colors ............................ Maroon, Gray and White in Hamilton, but it was Colgate on the winning end by a 76-71 count when these teams last Conference ....................................Patriot League met in Worcester. Interim President ...................................Jill Harsin VP & Director of Athletics ...........Victoria M. Chun Conference ....................................Patriot League The Raiders had been 0-27 all-time on the Holy Cross home floor before they led wire-to-wire last year. Four Colgate players scored in double figures, led by Randyll Butler with 16. Holy 2015-16 Record Cross maintaines quite an overall advantage in the series, leading 51-5. Overall ........................................... 4-15 STOCKILL SCORES 19 AT AMERICAN Patriot League ................................. 2-7 Colgate made a serious run at American on Saturday, but give the Eagles credit. They Home ............................................... 1-8 answered. American made its last seven shots from the floor and all 10 fourth-quarter free Away ................................................ 3-7 throws to get past a determined Colgate squad, 64-56. The Eagles put 26 points on the board in the final period. Team Info Head Coach..................................Nicci Hays Fort Colgate’s Josie Stockill scored 19 Alma Mater ........................Culver-Stockton '98 points to lead four Raiders in double 2015-16 SCHEDULE Home Court ................................... Cotterell Court figures. Capacity....................................................... 1,750 Date Opponent Time/Result Assistant Coaches Paige Kriftcher converted a driving NOVEMBER Katherine Menendez ................. North Central '08 3-point play with 5:56 remaining to hand 6 KING’S (PA.) (EXH.) .............. W 81-37 Justin Paluch ................................Connecticut '12 Colgate its largest lead at 45-42. But 15 at Kent State .................................L 71-76 Anna Patritto ...................................... Oakland ‘11 Lauren Crisler hit a jumper – she didn’t 18 at Cornell .......................................L 60-73 Candice Green (Basketball Ops.) ....... Colgate ‘12 miss, going 6-of-6 – and Ari Booth did the 22 MONMOUTH .......................... (ot) L 80-86 27 at DePaul .......................................L 46-96 same to spark an 8-0 American run that Staff DECEMBER Athletic Trainer..............................Heather Wilson made it 50-45 with 3:32 showing. 5 at LIU Brooklyn ............................ W 63-53 Administrative Assistant.................. Lori Godshalk 7 at Binghamton ...............................L 56-63 Office Phone .............................(315) 228-7783 Colgate drew within 52-51 and then 54-53 9 CONNECTICUT ............................L 50-94 Basketball Fax ..........................(315) 228-6809 with just over 90 seconds remaining, but 13 GONZAGA ....................................L 50-80 Athletic Communications the Raiders never could quiet the Eagle 19 ST. BONAVENTURE ...................L 38-62 offense. American was 8-of-8 at the free- 22 at Lafayette * ............................... W 72-59 Director (WBB Contact) .................... John Painter 28 SIENA ......................................... W 52-50 throw line over the final 36 seconds to E-Mail ............................. [email protected] JANUARY Painter Cell Phone ...................(865) 414-1143 complete a sweep of the season series. 2 AMERICAN * ................................L 37-49 Associate Director ........................ Jarrett Abelson 6 HOLY CROSS * ............................L 71-80 Assistant Director .............................. Kat Castner STOCKILL ADDS TO BLOCKS 9 at Navy * ........................................L 41-51 Administrative Assistant........................ Lisa Diehl Lost in the hoopla of Colgate’s Jan. 20 13 at Army West Point * .....................L 55-67 Multimedia Assistant .......................Nina Lindberg 16 BUCKNELL * ................................L 51-71 Communications Assistant ......... Nicolle Holcomb win at Boston University was yet another Josie Stockill record. 20 at Boston University * .................. W 72-63 Athletic Communications Phone...(315) 228-7602 23 LOYOLA * .....................................L 49-65 Cotterell Court Press Row ............(315) 228-6816 30 at American * .................................L 56-64 Website ............................GoColgateRaiders.com The senior captain and nation’s shot- FEBRUARY blocking leader swatted away four more, 3 at Holy Cross * ................................... 7:00 On and the first one was No. 69 for the year. 6 NAVY * .............................................. 4:00 That broke the Colgate season record 10 ARMY WEST POINT * ..................... 7:00 the of 68 set by Stockill a year ago, and she 13 at Bucknell * ....................................... 2:00 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY Air accomplished it in 17 games this year vs. * ................. 7:00 21 at Loyola * .......................................... 2:00 31 in 2014-15. Radio WKXZ (93.9 FM) 24 at Lehigh * .......................................... 7:00 Eric Malanoski, play-by-play 27 LAFAYETTE * ................................... 4:00 Katie Kammerdiener, analyst She’s up to 77 for the season and 213 for MARCH her career, and she leads all of Division I 2 LEHIGH * ........................................... 7:00 Video Streaming & Live Stats at 4.1 per game. Chattanooga’s Jasmine 5-12 Patriot League Tournament ............... TBA The Patriot League Network video service is free Joyner is close behind at 4.0. The Raiders * Patriot League Games of charge, and live statistics are available via as a team are No. 8 nationally at 6.3. GoColgateRaiders.com. Home Games in Bold News & Notes Colgate’s Napier, New Zealand, native owns the Raider game, season and career blocked-shot records, along with the Patriot League game record. Her 13 blocks at Lafayette on Dec. 22 broke the previous Patriot marks for blocks in a game (12) and blocks in a Patriot League game (11). Her game total remains the Division I high for the season by three blocks. Stockill also is 70 points away from 1,000 and 49 rebounds away from joining Colgate’s all-time top 10. Patriot League Standings KRIFTCHER NO. 2 SCORER League Overall Paige Kriftcher is second on the team and 15th in the W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Patriot League in scoring at 10.8 per game. The senior Army ................. 8-1 .889 17-2 .895 captain leads the Raiders with 12 games in double figures Bucknell ............ 8-1 .889 14-6 .700 Stockill has 77 blocks this season. Lehigh ............... 6-3 .667 13-7 .650 The Long Island guard also is 11th among the conference leaders in 3-pointers made with Loyola ............... 6-3 .667 9-11 .450 27. She has 78 for her career and needs 15 more to join Colgate’s Director of Basketball Holy Cross ........ 5-4 .556 8-12 .400 Operations, Candice Green, in the Colgate career top 10 for 3-pointers. Navy ................. 4-5 .444 10-10 .500 American .......... 3-6 .333 5-15 .250 CURTIS CAREER HIGHS COLGATE ........ 2-7 .222 4-15 .211 Katie Curtis has been on a roll lately, but none bigger than her first collegiate 20-point effort Lafayette ........... 2-7 .222 4-15 .211 to spark Colgate’s 72-63 win at Boston University. The junior guard made two of every three Boston U. .......... 1-8 .111 1-19 .050 shots she attempted against the Terriers, finishing 6-of-9 from the floor, including 4-of-6 from downtown, and adding Wednesday’s Games a 4-of-6 result at the free-throw line. American at Bucknell, 7 COLGATE at Holy Cross, 7 The four 3-pointers were a career high. Lafayette at Army, 7 Lehigh at Loyola, 7 Curtis for the year leads the team and is up to seventh in the Thursday’s Games Patriot League in 3-point shooting at 39.7 percent (23-of- Navy at Boston University, 7 58). She’s also the team leader in steals with 23 and second in assists with 42. And her scoring average of 7.6 is up to Saturday’s Games third on the team and 25th in the Patriot League. Holy Cross at Bucknell, 12 Army at Loyola, 2 RAIDER ATTENDANCE FOURTH Lafayette at Boston University, 2 IN PATRIOT LEAGUE Lehigh at American, 2 On the strength of its Dec. 9 sellout for No. 1-ranked Navy at COLGATE, 4 Connecticut and another stellar crowd for the first-ever Kids Kriftcher’s last-second hoop vs Siena. Day this past Wednesday, Colgate stands fourth in the Patriot League in attendance at 730 per game. The Raiders and Huskies drew a packed Cotterell Court house of 1,782. Colgate and Holy Cross then played before a Kids Day crowd of 1,185. Colgate for the season has drawn 6,570 fans for nine home games. RAIDERS CLAIM FIRST WIN AT BOSTON U., 72-63 Colgate found its shooting touch and earned its first victory on the Boston University hardwood with a 72-63 triumph on Jan. 20. Katie Curtis poured in a career-high 20 points on 4-of-6 sharpshooting from 3-point