COLGATE RAIDERS 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES CONTACT: JORDAN DOROSHENKO | HUNTINGTON GYM | 13 OAK DRIVE | HAMILTON, NY 13346 | GOCOLGATERAIDERS.COM | @COLGATEMBB | #GOGATE 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAMEDAY INFORMATION Date Opponent Time/Result NOVEMBER COLGATE RAIDERS 6 at NJIT^ (OT) L, 78-81 5-2, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE 9 MONMOUTH W, 87-74 11 at Cornell^ W, 73-57 vs 14 NAZARETH^ W, 86-68 SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS 19 BINGHAMTON W, 76-68 21 at Syracuse L, 56-77 5-2, 0-0 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONF. 24 at Siena W, 84-79 30 at South Florida 8:30 p.m. STATS: GoUSFBulls.com | WATCH: ESPN3 DECEMBER OPENING TIPS 2 at Florida Gulf Coast 1:30 p.m. • Colgate continues its trek through its season-long six-game road trip at South Florida on 5 at Columbia 7:00 p.m. Friday night. It will be the first-ever matchup between these two programs. 8 at Penn State 2:00 p.m. • The Raiders bounced back from a tough loss at Syracuse with their first win against Siena 15 MARIST 2:00 p.m. 29 at Pittsburgh 4:00 p.m. since 1996-97. Jack Ferguson scored 22 points, including 15 in the second half, in the win. • Rapolas Ivanauskas has five double-doubles in the team’s first seven games of the season JANUARY and is averaging a team-best 10.6 rebounds per game. 3 at Navy* 7:00 p.m 6 AMERICAN* 2:00 p.m. 9 at Bucknell* 7:00 p.m. IF COLGATE BEATS SOUTH FLORIDA 12 LEHIGH* 4:00 p.m. • Colgate would close out November with a 6-2 record on the season. 16 at Army* 7:00 p.m. • The Raiders would pick up their third victory on the road in 2018-19. 19 at Boston University* 1:00 p.m. • The Raiders would check off their first victory over a current member of the American 23 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 p.m. Athletic Conference since a 98-86 win at Tulane on Nov. 26, 2013. 26 at Loyola* 12:00 p.m. 30 ARMY* 7:00 p.m. • Colgate would become the first team in the Patriot League to reach six wins. FEBRUARY PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 1:00 p.m. 4 at Lehigh* 7:00 p.m. #1 Jordan Burns PPG RPG APG MPG 9 LOYOLA* 2:00 p.m. So. | G | 6-0 | 175 16.6 3.4 4.7 32.3 13 at Holy Cross* 7:30 p.m. 16 at American* 4:00 p.m. 19 BUCKNELL* 7:00 p.m. #10 Will Rayman PPG RPG APG MPG 23 NAVY* 2:00 p.m. Jr. | F | 6-8 | 210 13.4 5.9 2.1 34.4 27 HOLY CROSS* 6:00 p.m. MARCH #12 Dana Batt PPG RPG APG MPG 2 at Lafayette* 12:00 p.m. Sr. | C | 6-9 | 225 6.3 2.9 0.4 18.3 5 PL First Round TBD 7 PL Quarterfinals TBD #15 Tucker Richardson PPG RPG APG MPG 10 PL Semifinals TBD 13 PL Championship TBD Fr. | G | 6-5 | 205 6.0 4.6 2.7 31.0 * Patriot League Game ^ CNY Classic #25 Rapolas Ivanauskas PPG RPG APG MPG HOME GAMES IN BOLD Jr. | F | 6-10 | 225 16.4 10.6 1.3 29.7 RAIDER RESERVES ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG MPG Primary contact.........................Jordan Doroshenko Office Phone ....................................(315) 228-7860 2 Zach Light G 6-3 195 0.8 1.5 0.3 3.8 Cell Phone ........................................(315) 750-6105 4 Sam Lindgren F 6-6 210 0.7 0.0 0.3 3.0 E-mail............................. [email protected] 5 Malcolm Regisford F 6-8 225 6.9 2.7 0.3 14.4 In-Game Updates ..............................@ColgateMBB 13 Jack Ferguson G 6-3 175 6.9 1.4 0.4 15.7 Hashtag ..................................................... #GoGate 21 David Maynard G 6-4 190 n/a n/a n/a n/a Website ...............................GoColgateRaiders.com Mailing Address ................. Huntington Gymnasium 22 Hugh Baxter F 6-8 210 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 13 Oak Drive 23 Milan Williams G 6-3 210 n/a n/a n/a n/a Hamilton, NY 13346 30 Francisco Amiel G 6-2 180 3.7 2.9 2.4 23.6 PAGE 2 | GAME 8 | COLGATE AT SOUTH FLORIDA OFF TO BEST START SINCE 2007 COLGATE QUICK FACTS Colgate opened its season 4-1 for its best start since opening the 2007-08 campaign with the same record. The Raiders rattled off four straight wins over Monmouth, Cornell, Nazareth, University Information Location ................................................. Hamilton, N.Y. and Binghamton after dropping an overtime decision to NJIT in their season opener. Colgate Founded ............................................................... 1819 fell to ACC national contender Syracuse on Thanksgiving Eve, but then bounced back with its Enrollment .......................................................... 2,922 first win at Siena since 1996-97 last Saturday. Nickname ..........................................................Raiders School Colors .................................Maroon and White President ....................................................Brian Casey LAST TIME OUT VP and Athletic Director ...........................Nicki Moore Colgate used a late comeback to down Siena 84-79 last Saturday. The Raiders held a 43-37 MBB Administrator ................................... Mary Berdo lead at halftime but the Saints came out strong and opened as large as a six-point lead (59- Home Arena (Capacity) ........... Cotterell Court (1,782) 53) with just over 11 minutes left. Tucker Richardson sank a three-pointer to tie the game at Conference ............................................ Patriot League 60-60 and then Jack Ferguson gave the Raiders the lead for good 73-71 with a trey with 3:44 Athletic Dept. Phone ...........................(315) 228-7611 Ticket Office Phone .............................(315) 228-7600 left. Ferguson finished with a career-high 22 points, including 15 in the second half. Basketball Staff BURNS EARNS ANOTHER WEEKLY HONOR Title................................... Name (Alma Mater, Year) Jordan Burns is off to a tremendous start to the 2018-19 season. He earned the Patriot Head Coach ..............................Matt Langel (Penn ‘00) Assistant Coach.......................Dave Klatsky (Penn ‘03) League’s first Player of the Week honor on Nov. 14 after tallying a career-high 30 points Assistant Coach....................... Mike Jordan (Penn ‘00) against Monmouth. This week, Burns garnered College Sports Madness Mid-Major Confer- Assistant Coach...................... Pat Moore (Colgate ‘15) ence Player of the Week recognition. He averaged 17.7 points and 4.3 assists per game while Director of Operations ..Patrick Stasiak (Cortland ‘17) shooting 54.5 percent (18-of-33) from the floor. Burns helped pace the Raiders’ comeback at Video Coordinator ........... Justin Cayea (Saint Leo ‘17) Siena with a game-high 25 points on 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. Athletic Trainer .......... Leslie Cowen (Michigan St. ‘06) Strength Coach ................... Paul Helsel (Alabama ‘94) SID .................Jordan Doroshenko (St. John Fisher ‘14) RAYMAN JOINS 1,000-POINT CLUB Will Rayman is the newest member of the 1,000-career point club for Colgate. He reached Program History the century mark in a win over Nazareth on November 14 to become the 34th member of the Affiliation .............................................NCAA Division I Raiders’ 1,000-point club. Rayman averaged 14.6 points per game for the first two years of his Conference ............................................ Patriot League First Season of Basketball ................................... 1900 career and is off to another strong start in 2018 averaging 13.4 points per contest. Rayman Total Seasons ......................................................... 118 has scored in double figures in each of the first seven games this season. All-Time Record ........................................ 1,227-1,359 NCAA Tournament Appearances ............................... 2 1995, 1996 DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE PL Regular Season Titles ............................................ 2 After being cleared to play less than 24 hours before the first game, Rapolas Ivanauskas has 1995, 1996 PL Tournament Titles ................................................. 2 done nothing but lead the Raiders in rebounding in six of the first seven games. He opened 1995, 1996 his career in a Raider uniform with back-to-back double-doubles versus NJIT and Monmouth. All-Americans ............................................................ 8 The junior notched his third double-double in four games against Nazareth with a career-high Walter Runge, Leon Campbell, Emil Schradieck, Howard Boilerman, Ernest Vandeweghe, Bob Duffy, 30 points and paced Colgate with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Binghamton. Ivanauskas Mike Ferrara, Adonal Foyle currently ranks fourth in the nation with five double-doubles on the 2018-19 campaign. Team Information 2017-18 Record ................................................... 19-14 RAIDERS ON THE ROAD Patriot League Record/Finish ....................... 12-6, 2nd Starters Returning ..................................................... 3 Colgate is 2-2 away from home this season. The Raiders dropped their season opener at NJIT Batt, Burns, Rayman in overtime 81-78 on Nov. 6 before falling to Syracuse on Thanksgiving Eve, 77-56. Colgate’s Starters Lost ............................................................... 2 first road victory came at Cornell, an impressive 73-57 triumph in Ithaca behind a team-high Letterwinners Returning ......................................... 10 16 points from Will Rayman and double digits from Jordan Burns (14), Dana Batt (14), and Letterwinners Lost ..................................................... 5 Malcolm Regisford (12). Colgate picked up its second road victory of the campaign at Siena, O’Brien, Rivard, Swopshire, Robertson, Whitbread erasing a late second-half deficit in front of a tough crowd in Albany last Saturday. Newcomers ................................................................ 3 Light, Ivanauskas, Richardson On the Airwaves POINTS ON POINTS ON POINTS Flagship Radio .....................................WKXZ-FM, 93.9 Colgate is averaging 77.1 points through its first seven games of the season, good for first Play-By-Play Announcer ....................... Eric Malanoski place in the Patriot League. The Raiders’ 400 points through their first five games were the Location ..................................................Oneonta, N.Y. most since racking up 403 points in the first five games of 1992-93. Colgate’s +5.1 scoring margin ranks second in the Patriot League, trailing only American’s top mark of +5.8.