Jan. 24, 2016 Contact: Kat Castner 2 p.m. • Cotterell Court [email protected] 2015-16 SCHEDULE COLGATE INSIDE THE SERIES Date Opponent Time/Result NOVEMBER RAIDERS Record vs. Holy Cross ...21-58 First Meeting ..... 1946-47 13 at George Mason W, 66-53 Streak vs. Holy Cross.......... L2 L, 39-67 16 CORNELL L, 98-101 2OT • Home vs. Holy Cross .....12-23 Boston, Mass. 19 at Albany L, 67-88 9-9 5-2 Overall Patriot League Away vs. Holy Cross ........7-33 24 at Fordham L, 58-84 28 at UMBC W, 71-63 Home: 5-2 Neutral vs. Holy Cross ......2-2 Last Meeting ...... 2015-16 Road: 4-7 Last Colgate Win .......2014-15 L, 65-63 DECEMBER Neutral: 0-0 Last Holy Cross Win ...2015-16 Worcester, Mass. 1 at Binghamton L, 50-69 Last 5: 3-2 5 at TCU L, 49-76 8 at Syracuse L, 51-78 MEDIA HUB 10 UTICA W, 90-68 HOLY CROSS 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 75-59 On Television: .........................Patriot League Network 19 KEUKA (Exh.) W, 90-40 ..........................................................Eric Malanoski (PBP) 23 at Georgia Tech L, 60-76 CRUSADERS 30 LAFAYETTE * W, 77-70 8-10 • 3-4 On Radio: .........................................................94 WKXZ JANUARY Overall Patriot League ..............................................................Eric Malanoski (PBP) 3 at American * W, 56-37 Home: 6-3 6 at Holy Cross * L, 63-65 Road: 2-7 Twitter / In-Game Updates ................@Colgate_MBB 9 NAVY * L, 68-71 OT Neutral: 0-0 Use Hashtags: #GoGate | #OneTeam 13 ARMY WEST POINT * W, 80-66 Last 5: 2-3 STORYLINES 16 at Bucknell * W, 84-73 20 BOSTON U. * W, 85-78 RAIDERS LOOK TO KEEP WINNING STREAK ALIVE just one game out of first place. It marked the fourth-straight year 24 HOLY CROSS * 2:00 p.m. WHEN THEY HOST HOLY CROSS SUNDAY under head coach Matt Langel of improved totals in both the overall • This is the 80th all-time meeting between these two programs. The win column and in conference victories. Colgate under Langel has 27 at Lehigh * 7:00 p.m. series stands at 58-21 in favor of Holy Cross. won eight, 11, 13 and now 16 games in his first four seasons, respectively. 30 AMERICAN * 2:00 p.m. • The Crusaders have a mix of upper and under-classmen with four The Raiders won two, five, six and now 12 Patriot League games in seniors, seven juniors, and six freshmen. The Raiders, on the other those same four years. hand, have some youth with two seniors, three juniors, four • The Raiders currently sit in third place in the Patriot League holding FEBRUARY sophomores, and six rookies. a 5-2 conference mark. They defeated Lafayette and American before 1 at Loyola * 6:00 p.m. • Currently Holy Cross sits tied for fourth in the Patriot League with a suffering their first two losses in league play in devastating fashion. mark of 3-4. The Crusaders won their opening game over Boston Colgate recently rebounded with three solid overall efforts against 6 at Navy * 4:00 p.m. University before recording their first loss in league play at the hands Army, previously unbeaten Bucknell, and Boston U. 8 at Army West Point * 7:30 p.m. of Navy. Since then they have gone 2-3, most recently ending a three- • The Raiders have all five starters shooting 43 percent or better from game losing streak with a 69-65 win against Army West Point. the floor with Rivard leading the way at a mark of 50%. Swopshire 13 BUCKNELL * 2:00 p.m. • Junior Robert Champion is leading Holy Cross averaging 12.2 points and Tillotson are close behind shooting 45.3% and 43.9%, respectively. 17 Boston U. * 7:00 p.m. per game, while Colgate senior captain Austin Tillotson is posting 14.1 COOL NOTES 21 LOYOLA * 12:00 p.m. ppg to lead the Raiders. • In August, the Raiders embarked on a 10-day trip to Spain, where they • The Crusaders’ 66.3 points per game ranks them eighth in the confer- faced international competition. Colgate also experienced the home 24 LEHIGH * 7:00 p.m. ence, while their 71.3 points allowed per game has them fourth. country of Ramon, who is from Vitoria-Gasteiz. This journey allowed 27 at Lafayette * 12:00 p.m. INSIDE SCOOP the young Raiders a chance to create team chemistry even before • Despite losing the majority of their scoring from last season, the Raiders stepping on the court together. have looked to seniors Tillotson and Alex Ramon for a spark this year. • Tillotson has recorded more than 130 assists the last two seasons and MARCH Tillotson leads the team with 14.1 ppg, while his 5.3 assists per game sits in third and fourth place all-time in assists with 134 (2014-15) and PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ranks him third in the league. Ramon found his rhythm toward the end 133 (2013-14). During the Raiders’ game vs. Cornell earlier this season, of last year and recorded a career-best scoring night earlier this season. he handed out a career-best 11 helpers. Tillotson is four career assists 1 TBD - PL First Round In a double OT game with Cornell on Nov. 16, he went 6-for-9 from the shy of second place all-time in Colgate’s records book. He sits with 3 TBD - PL Quarterfinals floor and 3-for-5 from long for his 17 points. 362 in his career. • Colgate is also seeing good scoring production from sophomores • In a game with Binghamton on Dec. 1, Tillotson reached 1,000 collegiate 6 TBD - PL Semifinals Jordan Swopshire, Tom Rivard, Jordan Robertson and Sean O’Brien. career points. That mark includes his 189 points scored during his 9 TBD - PL Championship Swopshire sits second on the team with 10.4 ppg, while Rivard, Robertson rookie campaign at Monmouth. In Colgate’s last outing though, the and O’Brien are averaging 8.8, 7.7 and 7.6 ppg, respectively. York, Pa., native went for a season-best 22 points lifting him past the • Colgate finished 16-17 overall and 12-6 in the Patriot League last year, 1,000 point plateau in his three-year Colgate campaign. * Patriot League Opponent HOME GAMES IN BOLD PROJECTED STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES/STATS #0 Sean O’Brien So • Guard • 6-2 • 188 7.6 1.7 2.5 24.9 Scrappy utility guard who plays with great energy Lafayette Hill, Pa./Penn Charter Notched a career-high 16 pts. at Syracuse on Dec. 8 and eight helpers vs. Utica on Dec. 10 #1 Austin Tillotson COACHES Sr • Guard • 6-0 • 175 14.1 2.8 5.3 34.3 Has started every game in a Raider uniform but one (due to illness) York, Pa./Monmouth Univ. Went for season-high 22 pts. in game vs. Boston U. and a career-high 11 helpers vs. Cornell HEAD COACH Matt Langel • Fifth Season • Penn ’00 #5 Malcolm Regisford Fr • Forward/Center • 6-8 • 220 5.2 6.9 0.5 20.9 Big presence inside, can play as a forward or center ASSISTANT COACHES Woodland Hills, Calif./Bellarmine-Jefferson Notched first career double-double against New Hampshire with 13 pts. and 10 boards Dave Klatsky • Fifth Season • Penn ’03 Mike McGarvey • Fifth Season • Ursinus ’06 #14 Tom Rivard Mike Jordan • Fourth Season • Penn ’00 So. • Forward • 6-7 • 200 8.8 4.0 0.8 20.7 Do-it-all forward who presents match-up problems for opponents Worcester, Mass./James Madison Univ. Went for career-best 23 pts. against George Mason and Bucknell DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS #15 Jordan Swopshire • • Pete Durr Second Season Keuka ’10 So • Forward • 6-7 • 210 10.4 4.2 1.1 22.7 Versatile forward, good shooter O’Fallon, Mo./Bradley Univ. Has tallied 11 double-digit scoring nights on the year with a career-high 19 pts. vs. Cornell @Colgate_MBB ’GATE QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFO THE LAST TIME... UNIVERSITY INFORMATION MEDIA CREDENTIALS A Colgate Player Scored (most recent): Location .................................................... Hamilton, N.Y. Media credentials for Colgate home games should be 25 Points in a Game: Founded ......................................................................1819 requested by contacting Kat Castner or Lisa Diehl in the Damon Sherman-Newsome ’15 (28 pts. - 2/25/15) Enrollment ................................................................2,872 Colgate Athletic Communications office. 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Media can pick up their press credentials at Will Call, 30 Points in a Game: .............................................................Ann-Marie Guglieri which is located in the Reid Athletic Center (home to Damon Sherman-Newsome ’15 (30 pts. - 1/7/15) Assistant Director / Media Contact ...........Kat Castner Cotterell Court). Murphy Burnatowski ’14 (31) vs. UNH, 12/30/12 Home Arena (Capacity) ............Cotterell Court (1,750) Pat Moore ’15 (31) vs. Coppin State, 11/18/12 Press Box Number ..................................... 315-228-6816 MEDIA SERVICES 35 Points in a Game: Colgate Athletics Website ............gocolgateraiders.com Pre-game statistics, game notes and roster cards are Murphy Burnatowski ’14 (35) vs. Army, 1/23/13 provided prior to tip-off.