HANOVER, N.H. (11/18/2006)—Colgate University junior Kendall Chones (Cleveland, Ohio) scored a game-high 14 points to lead the men’s basketball team to a 55-43 victory over Dartmouth College in non-conference action this afternoon. The Raiders never trailed in the contest after opening the game with a pair of free throws.

 

Colgate evens its record to 1-1 overall, while the Big Green fall to 0-3 on the season.  

 

Tied at two points apiece, the Raiders used a 19-8 run that spanned nearly 11 minutes to stretch the lead to 21-10 at the 8:39 mark. Chones registered six points during the streak to lead Colgate.

 

The Big Green tightened up the defense and chipped away at the Colgate lead, cutting it to as few as five at 23-18 with 5:29 left in the first half. Chones knocked down a pair from the charity stripe at 2:55 to push the advantage back to seven, but a jumper from Michael Giovacchini with 51 ticks on the clock made it a 25-20 game at halftime.

 

Colgate pushed the lead back to eight points, 28-20, to start the second half but Dartmouth responded with a 10-2 run to tie the game at 30 with 15:36 left in the frame. It was all Raiders after that as the Colgate defense put the clamps down on the Big Green.

 

Colgate used a 14-2 run that last nearly seven minutes and opened up lead to 44-32 with eight minutes remaining. The Raiders held Dartmouth without a basket for four minutes. The Big Green offense continued to struggle as they didn’t register a field goal until the 5:28 mark to cut the lead to 11 at 47-36. Dartmouth cut the lead to 10 points, 49-39, but could not get any closer, dropping the 12-point decision.

 

Senior Jon Simon (Phoenix, Ariz.) and freshman Ben Jonson (Dallas, Texas) both added seven points apiece. Junior Kyle Chones (Cleveland, Ohio) led the Raiders on the glass with eight boards.

 

Colgate shot 42.9 percent from the floor for the game, including 47.4 in the second half.

 

Alex Barnett led all Dartmouth scorers with 12 points, while Brian McMillan had a team-high seven rebounds. The Big Green shot 30.8 percent for the contest.

 

Colgate will go up against Canisius next on Nov. 22, at 7 p.m., on Cotterell Court.