2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 34: COLGATE VS BOSTON UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 | 7:30 P.M. | COTTERELL COURT (1,750) | HAMILTON, N.Y. GAMEDAY INFORMATION 2019-20 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result #1 COLGATE RAIDERS NOVEMBER 25-8 | 14-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE 6 NJIT (PLN) W, 80-75 10 at Clemson (ACCNX) L, 68-81 VS 13 at Syracuse (ACCNX) L, 54-70 18 at No. 19 Auburn ^ (SECN) L, 62-91 #3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS 21 CORTLAND ^ (PLN) W, 89-50 24 Cal State Northridge ^ (FLO) W, 64-56 20-13 | 12-6 PATRIOT LEAGUE 26 at Green Bay ^ (FLO) W, 99-81 GoColgateRaiders.com GoTerriers.com 30 SIENA (PLN) W, 72-62 INSIDE THE SERIES MEDIA INFORMATION DECEMBER Overall ..................................................24-28 Watch ............................. CBS Sports Network 4 at Binghamton (ESPN3) W, 82-74 PxP, Analyst ...........Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara 8 at Niagara (ESPN+) (OT) L, 82-93 At Colgate .............................................14-11 Sideline Reporter ................ Sherree Burruss 11 CORNELL (PLN) W, 66-58 At Boston University ...............................8-16 Live Stats.....................GoColgateRaiders.com 14 at Cincinnati (FOX Ohio) W, 67-66 Neutral......................................................2-1 National Radio ....................... Westwood One 22 COLUMBIA (PLN) W, 89-71 In Patriot League Tournament ..................1-0 PxP, Analyst .......... John Sadak, Steve Lappas Local Radio ........................... WKXZ FM - 93.9 JANUARY Streak .............................................Colgate 3 PxP, Analyst .........Eric Malanoski, Jeff Bishop 2 AMERICAN * (PLN) W, 65-51 Last Meeting .......... 79-63, Colgate (2/10/20) In-Game Updates ....................@ColgateMBB 6 at Army * (CBSSN) W, 70-65 8 LOYOLA * (PLN) W, 92-70 OPENING TIPS 11 at Navy * (PLN) W, 70-63 » Top-seeded Colgate goes for its fourth overall and second consecutive NCAA tournament berth when the 15 at Lafayette * (PLN) L, 67-71 18 BOSTON UNIV. * (PLN) W, 79-70 Raiders square off with third-seeded Boston University on Wednesday in the Patriot League championship. 20 BUCKNELL * (CBSSN) W, 80-65 » Wednesday’s matchup marks the second all-time postseason meeting between the two teams. Colgate beat 25 at American * (PLN) W, 79-69 Boston University 81-69 in last year’s quarterfinals, the first of three straight wins in the head-to-head series. 29 LAFAYETTE * (PLN) L, 78-80 » The Raiders are making their third consecutive Patriot League championship appearance. Colgate’s three titles FEBRUARY have all been as the No.1 seed with wins over Navy (1994-95), Holy Cross (1995-96), and Bucknell (2018-19). 1 at Holy Cross * (CBSSN) W, 73-64 5 at Lehigh * (PLN) W, 81-51 PROBABLE STARTERS 8 NAVY * (Stadium) W, 67-60 10 at Boston Univ. * (CBSSN) W, 79-63 #0 Nelly Cummings PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES: Scored a career-high 24 points in victory at 16 at Loyola * (PLN) L, 80-84 Army...racked up 18 points with three assists and So. | G | 6-0 | 180 11.2 2.1 1.8 30.0 19 LEHIGH * (Stadium) W, 70-67 two steals in quarterfinal victory over Lehigh. 23 HOLY CROSS * (PLN) W, 90-60 26 at Bucknell * (PLN) L, 70-71 29 ARMY * (CBSSN) W, 91-65 #1 Jordan Burns PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES: Has reached double figures in 21 straight games...led six in double figures with 17 points in Jr. | G | 6-0 | 175 15.7 3.1 4.5 32.4 semifinal win...career-high 40 points at Green Bay. MARCH 5 LEHIGH % (Stadium) W, 83-70 8 LAFAYETTE % (CBSSN) W, 89-64 #10 Will Rayman PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES: PL Defensive Player of the Year..leads league 11 BOSTON UNIV. % (CBSSN) 7:30 p.m. with 11 double-doubles...registered 16 points and Sr. | F | 6-9 | 215 12.8 8.9 1.8 33.1 11 rebounds in semifinal win over Lafayette. * Patriot League Games ^ Legends Classic Subregional - Green Bay, Wis. #15 Tucker Richardson PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES: Has scored 18 points in two of his last five % Patriot League Tournament - Hamilton, N.Y. games...second career double-double at home HOME GAMES IN BOLD So. | G | 6-5 | 205 10.5 4.7 2.8 33.5 against Holy Cross with 18 points and 10 rebounds. All Times Eastern NOTES: Led five Raiders in double figures with 20 #25 Rapolas Ivanauskas PPG RPG APG MPG points in quarterfinal win over Lehigh...registered FOLLOW THE RAIDERS Sr. | F | 6-10 | 230 13.1 7.5 2.1 28.9 season-high 25 points against Lafayette. Twitter ................................. @ColgateMBB Instagram ............................ @ColgateMBB RAIDER RESERVES Facebook ... Colgate Raiders Men’s Basketball No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG MPG Hashtag ........................................ #GoGate 2 Zach Light G 6-3 195 0.9 0.5 0.3 3.2 4 Ryan Moffatt G 6-6 210 1.1 1.1 0.2 6.5 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 5 David Maynard G 6-4 190 2.0 0.8 0.3 9.2 MBB Contact ............... Jordan Doroshenko 13 Jack Ferguson G 6-3 175 6.7 2.4 0.8 18.7 Office Phone ......................(315) 228-7860 14 Keegan Records F 6-10 235 4.6 3.8 0.4 13.4 Cell Phone ..........................(315) 750-6105 23 Milan Williams G 6-3 210 1.1 0.3 0.3 3.2 Email ................ [email protected] PAGE 2 | GAME 34 | COLGATE VS BOSTON UNIVERSITY | PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP THREE STRAIGHT COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS 2019-20 ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE » Head Coach Matt Langel headlines the major awards, winning his third straight Coach of the Year award. Langel in his ninth season becomes the first head coach in the history of the Patriot League to three-peat the PLAYER OF THE YEAR league’s top coaching honor. Langel guided Colgate to a program record Sa’eed Nelson, American, Sr., G in regular season wins (23) and Patriot League victories (14) one year after leading the Raiders to their first tournament title since 1996. The DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Raiders were unanimous favorites to repeat in 2020, and Colgate has Will Rayman, Colgate, Sr., F followed through, winning its fifth regular season title and capturing the No. 1 seed for the second straight year. Colgate never left the top spot ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in the league during the regular season. The Raiders started 4-0 for the Joe Pridgen, Holy Cross, Fr., F first time since 1997 and won first place battles against Boston Univer- sity twice and American to pull away for their first-ever outright regular COACH OF THE YEAR season title. Colgate during the regular season never lost back-to-back Matt Langel, Colgate games after a tough opening stretch at Clemson, Syracuse, and Auburn. FIRST TEAM ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE RAYMAN EARNS MAJOR AWARD Sa’eed Nelson, American, Sr., G » Rayman is putting together a senior season to remember. He leads the league with 10 double-doubles and ranks No. 1 in the Patriot Tommy Funk, Army West Point, Sr., G League averaging nearly nine rebounds per game. Rayman has Max Mahoney, Boston University, Sr. F etched his name in the Colgate record books, recently passing Adonal Foyle in point scored and sitting second in points (1,799), Will Rayman, Colgate, Sr., F third in rebounds (870), and fourth in 3-pointers made (244). Jordan Burns, Colgate, Jr., G » The New York product has reached double figures in scoring 19 Andrew Kostecka, Loyola Maryland Sr., G times, including three 20-point games. He scored a season-high 27 at Loyola and grabbed a career-high 16 boards at American. Rayman this season became the fifth player in Patriot League history to reach SECOND-TEAM ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE 1,700 career points and 800 rebounds. The senior captain is one of Matt Wilson, Army West Point, Sr., F/C five Raiders averaging double figures at 12.7 points per game. Walter Whyte, Boston University, So., F BURNS ONLY JUNIOR ON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE FIRST TEAM Rapolas Ivanauskas, Colgate, Sr., F » Burns leads five Raiders scoring in double figures and ranks eighth in the Patriot League averaging 15.6 points per game. As the only Justin Jaworski, Lafayette, Jr., G junior to make the list, Burns sits third in the league assists per game Cam Davis, Navy, Jr., G (4.5) and has reached double figures in 19 consecutive games, which spans the entire Patriot League season. THIRD-TEAM ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE » Burns, last year’s Patriot League tournament MVP, has two point-as- sist double-doubles this season, most recently against Army behind Stacy Beckton Jr., American, Jr., G 11 points and 11 assists. The San Antonio native has led the team Javante McCoy, Boston University, Jr., G in scoring 11 times and registered 20-plus points in seven games, including a career-high 40 points at Green Bay. Burns earned two John Meeks, Bucknell, Jr., F Patriot League Player of the Week honors during the regular season. Joe Pridgen, Holy Cross, Fr., F Jordan Cohen, Lehigh, Sr. G IVANAUSKAS NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE » One year removed from hauling in the Patriot League Player of the Year, Ivanauskas turned in another strong season to grab second PATRIOT LEAGUE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM team accolades. The senior led the team in scoring in six games Stacy Beckton Jr., American, Jr., G and posted six double-doubles while averaging 12.9 points and 7.6 rebounds during the regular season. Jonas Harper, Boston University, So., G » The Barrington, Illinois, product was named the Patriot League Play- Max Mahoney, Boston University, Sr., F er of the Week two days after dominating at Cincinnati. He scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half to help lead the Raiders to one of Will Rayman, Colgate, Sr., F their biggest wins in program history.