HAMILTON, N.Y. (12/3/05) – Senior guard Alvin Reed tallied a game-high 16 points, and sophomore forward Kyle Chones added 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to lead Colgate to a 62-39 win over Princeton Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game at Cotterell Court.
The Raiders (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak to the Tigers dating back to the 1981-82 season, when Colgate defeated Princeton, 25-24. In Princeton’s last two games on the Cotterell hardwood they have scored just 63 points.
Defensively, this is the first time that Colgate has held an opponent under 40 points since the 1984-85 season when they lost to Vermont, 37-34.
“This was our best effort of the season on defense,” said Colgate head coach Emmett Davis. “The players did a good job of denying the backdoor layups. Princeton’s a very difficult team to prepare for, and our guys did a good job listening (to the coaching staff’s scouting report).”
Noah Savage was Princeton’s leading scorer with 13 points, while Patrick Ekeruo added nine and Geoff Kestler tallied eight points.
With the score tied at 6-6, the Raiders put nine straight points on the board for a nine-point advantage. Roemer started the run with a 3-pointer, before Minchella added a layup and Jon Foss a free throw. Kyle Chones finished the run with a 3-pointer.
Colgate extended its lead to 10 points at halftime, 21-11.
In the second half, Colgate scored the first five points on Kendall Chones’ layup and Roemer’s 3-pointer for a 15-point lead, 26-11. The Tigers managed to cut the deficit to eight points, 37-29, with 8:57 remaining but that was as close as they would come to the Raiders.
Colgate shot 51 percent from the field, including 53 percent from behind the arc (8-of-15), while Princeton managed only 33 percent. The Raiders out-rebounded the visitors, 34-22.
Colgate will take a two-game winning streak into its Monday night contest at Quinnipiac College.
