JAN 30 Colgate Raiders vs ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS JAN 31 2020-21 SCHEDULE COLGATE RAIDERS Date Opponent Time/Result 1-5, 1-5 PATRIOT LEAGUE NORTH JANUARY 2 at Army W 87-76 vs 3 at Army L 53-72 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS 9 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L 51-79 6-7, 3-5 PATRIOT LEAGUE NORTH 10 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L 58-62 16 at Holy Cross L 48-77 Livestream: ESPN+ | Stats: statbroadcast.com 17 at Holy Cross L 62-63 23 at Bucknell Postponed OPENING TIPS 24 at Bucknell Postponed • Colgate returns to action and to Patriot League North Division play with a two-game home 30 ARMY 3:00 series against Army. 31 ARMY 3:00 • The Raiders did not play last weekend at Bucknell after a Bison team member tested positive FEBRUARY for COVID-19. That test later was amended to a negative result by the lab doing the testing. 6 at Boston University TBA • Colgate and Army split the opening weekend series. The Raiders opened with an 87-76 victory 7 at Boston University TBA before Army bounced back for a 72-53 result in the Sunday contest. 13 HOLY CROSS 1:00 • Katlyn Ghavidel is coming off her best collegiate weekend. The Texas guard scored 18 and 17 14 HOLY CROSS 1:00 points against Holy Cross thanks to a combined 9-of-19 from 3-point distance. 20 LEHIGH TBA 21 at Lehigh 4:00 27 Make-Up Games TBA COLGATE NOTEBOOK 28 Make-Up Games TBA Notes of interest on THIS WEEKEND’S games against the BLACK KNIGHTS MARCH Patriot League Tournament Colgate and Army meet for the 74th and 75th time in women’s basketball, with Army holding a 7 Quarterfinals or Make-Up Games TBA 47-26 advantage. The Raiders have won four of the last six meetings, including this year’s 87- 11 Semifinals TBA • 14 Championship TBA 76 triumph to begin the season. Last year, Colgate and Army put on a show for the Hamilton fans in a 100-93 Raiders victory that set 14 Colgate, Cotterell Court or opponent records. Head coach Bill * All games vs. Patriot League opponents Cleary is 4-7 against Army during his Raiders tenure. HOME GAMES IN BOLD Last year at Colgate, Cleary’s fourth season at the helm, produced one of the best records in ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Raiders history. Colgate finished 19-11 for the most regular season wins and second-most wins overall. Only the 2003-04 Patriot League champions did it better at 21-10. That title campaign Director (WBB Contact) ................................John Painter E-Mail ...............................................jpainter@colgate.edu and last year’s success are the only two overall winning seasons in 33 years of Division I competition. Painter Cell Phone .....................................(865) 414-1143 Administrative Assistant .....................................Lisa Diehl Katlyn Ghavidel turned in the best weekend of her collegiate career two weeks ago at Holy Assoc. Dir./Multimedia................................................. TBA • Cross. The Texas guard score 18 and 17 points in the two games, sparked by a 9-of-19 effort Assistant Director ................................... Jenna Jorgensen from 3-point distance. Ghavidel’s four made 3-pointers on Saturday were a career high until she Assistant Director ................................Jordan Doroshenko Communications Assistant ....................... Dani Pluchinsky topped that effort with five made threes in 10 attempts Sunday. Multimedia Assistant ................................................... TBA Athletic Communications Phone ...............(315) 228-7602 Ghavidel from 3-point range has picked up right where she left off last season -- and from her Cotterell Court Press Row .........................(315) 228-6816 • high school playing days. The junior guard is second among Patriot League leaders in 3-point Women’s Basketball Twitter ........................@ColgateWBB field goals made at 2.7 and seventh in 3-point shooting percentage at 39.0. She’s also 23rd in Website...........................................GoColgateRaiders.com Mailing Address .................................107 Huntington Gym scoring at 9.3. Ghavidel ranked second nationally for career high school 3-pointers made with 13 Oak Dr. 478, setting the Texas state record. Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 First-year Morgan Frank came off the bench two weekends ago and delivered Colgate’s ini- • tial double-double of the abbreviated 2020-21 season. Frank in the Sunday finale at Holy Cross scored 12 points and added 10 boards to go with two assists and two blocked shots. The Raiders really are a walking wounded unit. After losing four seniors from last year’s 19-11 • team, Colgate this season has lost four more would-be starters to season-ending injuries in Nia Ahart, Taylor Langan, Holly Lueken and Ava Williams. Then two weekends ago at Holy Cross, first-year forwardLindsay Blackmore missed both games because of injury and sophomore guard Alexa Brodie went down Sunday in the closing minutes with an injury. Colgate played the last 2:35 of that contest, a tough 63-62 loss, without a player on the floor who played any competitive collegiate Page 2 | Colgate vs ARMY | GameS 7-8 2020-21 PATRIOT LEAGUE minutes a season ago. STANDINGS Despite her injury, Brodie remains off to a hot start to 2020-21. The point • guard is tied for the Patriot League lead in 3-point shooting percentage DIVISION Overall at 50.0 (7-of-14). She stands seventh in scoring at 13.7, up from 6.0 during North W-L Pct. W-L Pct. her rookie season, and is fifth in assists (3.8), seventh in assist-to-turnover Boston U. 5-1 .833 5-1 .833 ratio (1.6), eighth in free throw percentage (79.2) and ninth in minutes (33.3). Holy Cross 4-4 .500 4-4 .500 The Pennsylvania point guard poured in a career-high 21 points in Col- Army 3-5 .375 6-7 .462 gate’s opening win at Army and has scored in double figures four times. COLGATE 1-5 .167 1-5 .167 Central W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Keelah Dixon returned to action this season in a big way. The senior guard scored 30 points Bucknell 6-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 opening day to spark the Raiders, becoming the ninth in program history to reach the 30-point Lehigh 6-2 .750 6-2 .750 • plateau. Dixon had 23 in the first half on 10-of-14 shooting. She ended the game 13-of-23, posting Lafayette 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 career game highs for points, rebounds (7), assists (4) and minutes (34). SOUTH W-L Pct. W-L Pct. American 3-3 .500 3-3 .500 Dixon ranks 15th in the Patriot League in scoring at 10.8. See Patriot League statistical rankings Navy 2-2 .500 2-6 .250 Page 4. Loyola 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 • Jan. 30-31 Games Blackmore had a sparkling collegiate debut, scoring 15 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in the * COLGATE vs. Army opener at Army. The first-year forward leads the team in rebounding at 4.5. * Navy vs. Loyola • * Lehigh vs. Bucknell Tiasia McMillan earned her way into the starting lineup for her collegiate debut. The Florida American vs. Lafayette * Holy Cross vs. Boston University (postponed) • forward scored eight of her season-high 11 points in the fourth quarter of the Sunday game against Boston University as Colgate made a late run in a four-point loss. McMillan leads the team and ranks * Division matchup. 10th in the Patriot League in steals at 1.3. The future is bright for a Colgate side that lost four to graduation after last season and another • four who would be starting this season because of injuries. The Raiders played the Sunday finale against first-place Boston University withone sophomore and four first-years on the court over the final 5:54 of a tight ballgame. COLGATE QUICK FACTS University Information The Raider closing five of sophomore Brodie and first-years McMillan, Blackmore, Frank andAriel Location ......................................................Hamilton, N.Y. • Loiter combined to outscore BU 14-7 over that final ½5 minutes in the 62-58 defeat. Founded ....................................................................1819 Enrollment ...............................................................2,927 Nickname ..............................................................Raiders Colgate is positioned in the Patriot League’s North Division along with Army, Boston University Colors ...................................................... Maroon & White • and Holy Cross. The teams are schedule for four games against each opponent, two home and two President ..............................................Dr. Brian W. Casey away. The top two finishers qualify automatically for the Patriot League tournament. VP & Director of Athletics ........................Dr. Nicki Moore Chief of Staff/Sport Supervisor .................Juliana Smith All Colgate games take place on Saturdays and Sundays, with the regular season’s final day set Conference.................................................Patriot League Home Arena (Capacity) .................Cotterell Court (1,782) • for Sunday, Feb. 28. Conference.................................................Patriot League Athletic Dept. Phone ................................ (315) 228-7611 Colgate last year fashioned a 6½-game improvement over the previous season’s 12-17 record and Ticket Office Phone ................................. (315) 228-7600 • finished above .500 in the Patriot League for just the third time at 11-7. Basketball Staff Head Coach ............................... Bill Cleary (Villanova ‘98) It was a heck of a season and a building block for sure in Cleary’s fourth campaign at the helm. Career Record of 269-230 (18th season) • More talented young players are on the way and the 2019-20 squad definitely set the bar higher. Colgate Record of 49-76 (5th season) Patriot League Record of 30-52 (5th season) Cleary is joined on the bench again this year by assistant coaches Lauren Ellis (fifth season) and Asst. Coach ........................Lauren Ellis (Bloomsburg ‘13) Katie Curtis (fourth season). First-year staff members are assistant coach Alex Stewart and direc- Asst. Coach ............................... Katie Curtis (Colgate ‘17) • Asst. Coach .....................Alex Stewart (Georgia Tech ‘04) tor of basketball operations Sarah Shaw.