Game Notes

THIS WEEK
Mon., Nov. 30 – at Syracuse at 7 p.m. EDT (ESPN360)
Thurs., Dec. 3 - vs. Maine 7 p.m. EDT (Colgate All-Access)
Sun., Dec. 6 - at Rutgers 2 p.m. EDT (Knight Vision)

The Colgate University men's basketball team (0-5) will play three games this week, two against Big East foes. The Raiders begin the week at the Carrier Dome against No. 9 Syracuse on Monday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 p.m.; the game will be live on ESPN360.

LIVE STATS
Live stats for all three games can be found on the Colgate athletic website:
www.gocolgateraiders.com

TV COVERAGE
The Colgate-Syracuse game is being covered live by ESPN360. A link for the game can be found on the Colgate Athletic website: www.gocolgateraiders.com

RADIO COVERAGE
The Syracuse and Maine games will be carried live on radio by WKXZ (94 FM & 99.3 FM).

SCOUTING COLGATE (0-5)
The Colgate University men's basketball team (0-5) will play three games this week, two against Big East foes. The Raiders begin the week at the Carrier Dome against No. 9 Syracuse (6-0) on Monday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 p.m.; the game will be live on ESPN360.
Colgate will return home for a match-up with Maine (2-3) on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 p.m., before meeting Rutgers (3-2) in Piscataway, N.J., on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m.
The Raiders are coming of a tough, 66-65, buzzer beater loss to St. Francis (N.Y.) during their home opener on Saturday, Nov. 28. The loss was the fifth straight for Colgate, the most to start a season since the 1996-97 team that finished 12-16.
Senior guard Kyle Roemer (Martinez, Calif.) is Colgate's leading scorer with 18.4 points per game, while sophomore Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) is averaging 15.8 per game. Both Roemer and senior Ben Jonson (Dallas, Texas) are averaging 4.4 rebounds per game, while Gyawu is averaging 4.0 per game. Freshman point guard Mitch Rolls (Coffeyville, Kan.) leads the team in assists and steals averaging 4.4 and 2.0 per game.

THE DAVIS FILE
Head coach Emmett Davis (St. Lawrence, 1984) returns for his 12th year in charge at Colgate, owning the most wins in school history with 148.
During coach Davis' decade long tenure, the Colgate program has been a model of consistency.  In nine of his 11 seasons, Davis has led the Raiders to either the upper division of the Patriot League standings or advanced the team to the semifinals or finals of the conference tournament.  From 2001-2004 the Raiders finished with three consecutive regular season winning records (2001-02…17-10, 2002-03…14-13, and 2003-04…14-13) and in 2007-08 the Raiders tied the school record for wins in a season with 18. 
Davis reached another career milestone in November 2005, as Colgate defeated Matt Doherty's Florida Atlantic team 78-74 earning coach Davis his 100th career victory making him just the fifth coach in school history to win 100 games.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
The Raiders have been selected fifth in the Patriot League preseason poll in voting done by the league coaches and sports information directors.
Holy Cross notched 13 first-place votes and 95 points overall to claim the top spot, and were followed in order by Lehigh (78), Bucknell (63), Army (59), Colgate (51), American (45), Navy (43) and Lafayette (14).

The Raiders made the Patriot League semifinals for the second straight time last season, and have five starters back in the lineup. That group includes the top three scorers from last year, as Mike Venezia (10.8 ppg), Ben Jonson (10.4) and Yaw Gyawu (10.2) all averaged in double figures. The Raiders also bring back senior guard/forward Kyle Roemer, a Second-Team All-Patriot League pick in 2007-08 who missed the 2008-09 season with an injury.

THE SERIES WITH SYRACUSE
This will be the 162nd meeting all-time between the two squads with Syracuse owning a 116-45 series lead. Syracuse won the last meeting 86-51 last season.

THE SERIES WITH MAINE
This will be the 23rd meeting between Colgate and Maine, the Black Bears lead the all-time series 18-4, including last seasons 67-56 win over the Raiders.

THE SERIES WITH RUTGERS
This will be the 37th meeting between Colgate and Rutgers; the Scarlet Knights lead the all-time series 21-15. Rutgers won the last meeting 75-65 during the 1974-75 season.

UP NEXT
Colgate will host Stony Brook on Saturday, Dec. 12. The Raiders are 0-2 all-time against the Seawolves with the last meeting during the 2006-07 season.