Feb. 27, 2016 Contact: Kat Castner Noon • Kirby Sports Center [email protected] 2015-16 SCHEDULE COLGATE INSIDE THE SERIES Date Opponent Time/Result NOVEMBER RAIDERS Record vs. Lafayette .....50-47 First Meeting ..... 1909-10 13 at George Mason W, 66-53 Streak vs. Lafayette ......... W2 W, 25-24 16 CORNELL L, 98-101 2OT • Home vs. Lafayette ......28-16 Bethlehem, Pa. 19 at Albany L, 67-88 13-15 9-8 Overall Patriot League Away vs. Lafayette........19-24 24 at Fordham L, 58-84 28 at UMBC W, 71-63 Home: 8-4 Neutral vs. Lafayette ........3-7 Last Meeting ...... 2015-16 Road: 5-11 Last Colgate Win .... 2015-16 W, 77-70 DECEMBER Neutral: 0-0 Last Lafayette Win .. 2014-15 Hamilton, N.Y. 1 at Binghamton L, 50-69 Last 5: 2-3 5 at TCU L, 49-76 8 at Syracuse L, 51-78 MEDIA HUB 10 UTICA W, 90-68 LAFAYETTE 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 75-59 On Television: .........................Patriot League Network 19 KEUKA (Exh.) W, 90-40 23 at Georgia Tech L, 60-76 LEOPARDS On Radio: ...............................94 WKXZ (home games) 30 LAFAYETTE * W, 77-70 5-23 • 2-15 ..............................................................Eric Malanoski (PBP) JANUARY Overall Patriot League 3 at American * W, 56-37 Home: 3-9 Twitter / In-Game Updates ................@Colgate_MBB 6 at Holy Cross * L, 63-65 Road: 2-14 Use Hashtags: #GoGate | #OneTeam 9 NAVY * L, 68-71 OT Neutral: 0-0 13 ARMY WEST POINT * W, 80-66 Last 5: 0-5 STORYLINES 16 at Bucknell * W, 84-73 20 BOSTON U. * W, 85-78 RAIDERS LOOKING FOR SERIES SWEEP OF LAFAYETTE one game out of first place. It marked the fourth-straight year under 24 HOLY CROSS * W, 76-61 ON SATURDAY IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE head coach Matt Langel of improved totals in both the overall win column • This is the 98th all-time meeting between these two programs. The series and in conference victories. Colgate under Langel has won eight, 11, 13 27 at Lehigh * L, 70-79 stands at 50-47 in favor of the Raiders. The last time Colgate and and now 16 games in his first four seasons, respectively. Colgate won two, 30 AMERICAN * L, 49-54 Lafayette met the Raiders pulled out a 77-70 victory over the Leopards in five, six and now 12 Patriot League games in those same four years. Cotterell Court. • The Raiders currently sit one game out of third place in the Patriot • The reigning Patriot League champions have a mix of upper and under-classmen League holding a 9-8 conference mark. They defeated Lafayette and with five seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen. The American before suffering their first two league losses in heartbreaking FEBRUARY Raiders, on the other hand, have some youth with two seniors, three fashion. From that point Colgate strung together four straight with wins 1 at Loyola * L, 65-68 juniors, four sophomores, and six rookies. over Army, previously unbeaten Bucknell, Boston U., and Holy Cross. 6 at Navy * W, 58-55 • Currently Lafayette sits in last place in the Patriot League standings with The Raiders were then on a little bit of a slide, droppingthree straight, but a 2-15 conference mark. The Leopards started conference play 0-2 before have since gone 3-3 in their last sox outings, including finishing off a 8 at Army West Point * L, 72-82 recording their first win in league play at Army West Point. Since then though, series sweep of Bucknell and an overtime half-court buzzer-beater in 13 BUCKNELL * W, 91-81 Lafayette has gone 1-13 with its only other win at home over Holy Cross. their last game with Loyola. • Junior Nick Lindner is leading Lafayette and sits ninth in the league • Colgate has all five starters shooting 43 percent or better from the floor 17 Boston U. * L, 68-71 averaging 13.6 points per game, while Colgate senior captain Austin with Dana Batt leading the way at a mark of 53%. Rivard and Swopshire 21 LOYOLA * W, 93-90 (OT) Tillotson is posting 14.8 ppg to lead the Raiders and place him fifth in the are close behind shooting 51% and 46%, respectively. conference. COOL NOTES 24 LEHIGH * L, 54-71 • The Leopards’ 71.2 points per game ranks them currently fourth in the • In August, the Raiders embarked on a 10-day trip to Spain, where they 27 at Lafayette * 12:00 p.m. conference, while their 80.6 points allowed per game has them last. faced international competition. Colgate also experienced the home INSIDE SCOOP country of Ramon, who is from Vitoria-Gasteiz. This journey allowed the • Despite losing the majority of their scoring from last season, the Raiders young Raiders a chance to create team chemistry even before stepping MARCH have looked to senior captains Tillotson and Alex Ramon for a spark this on the court together. year. Tillotson leads the team with 14.8 ppg, while his 5.1 assists per game • Tillotson has recorded more than 130 assists the last two seasons PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ranks him third in the league. Ramon found his rhythm toward the end of and sits in Colgate’s top-5 all-time with 134 (2014-15) and 133 (2013-14). 3 TBD - PL Quarterfinals last year and recorded a career-best scoring night in Colgate’s last outing During the Raiders’ game vs. Cornell earlier this season, he handed out a with Loyola, where he went 7-for-10 from the floor, 2-for-4 from long and career-best 11 helpers. In the Raiders’ second outing with Loyola, the 6 TBD - PL Semifinals 2-for-2 from the line for his 18 points. senior surpassed Colgate’s season assist record and he now sits with 142 9 TBD - PL Championship • Colgate is also seeing good scoring production from sophomores Tom helpers on the year and 409 in his Colgate career. Rivard, Jordan Swopshire, Sean O’Brien, and Jordan Robertson. Rivard • In Colgate’s first outing vs. Boston U., Tillotson reached 1,000 career sits second on the team with 10.6 ppg, while Swopshire, O’Brien, and points during his time in the Maroon and White. He now has 1,164 points * Patriot League Opponent Robertson are averaging 10.4, 8.1 and 6.6 ppg, respectively. at Colgate and has compiled a total of 1,353 points throughout his collegiate HOME GAMES IN BOLD • Colgate finished 16-17 overall and 12-6 in the Patriot League last year, just career, which spans his three years at Colgate and rookie season at Monmouth. PROJECTED STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES/STATS #0 Sean O’Brien So • Guard • 6-2 • 188 8.1 1.9 2.4 27.5 Scrappy utility guard who plays with great energy Lafayette Hill, Pa./Penn Charter Notched a career-high 18 pts. vs. Loyola on Feb. 21 and a career-high eight helpers vs. Utica #1 Austin Tillotson COACHES Sr • Guard • 6-0 • 175 14.8 3.2 5.1 34.8 Has missed just one start and game in a Raider uniform due to illness York, Pa./Monmouth Univ. Went for career-high 28 pts. in game vs. Boston U. on Feb. 17 and a career-high 11 helpers vs. Cornell HEAD COACH Matt Langel • Fifth Season • Penn ’00 #12 Dana Batt Fr • Center • 6-9 • 215 2.2 2.6 0.2 13.9 High IQ center, hard worker, adds stability to front court, good help defender ASSISTANT COACHES Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead Earned a career-best 6 points on four different occasions 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 10.6 4.4 1.0 23.8 Do-it-all forward who presents match-up problems for opponents Worcester, Mass./James Madison Univ. Posted a career-best 24 pts. against first place Bucknell during Colgate’s most recent outing with the Bison DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS #15 Jordan Swopshire • • Pete Durr Second Season Keuka ’10 So • Forward • 6-7 • 210 10.4 4.5 1.0 24.9 Versatile forward, good shooter O’Fallon, Mo./Bradley Univ. 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