THIS WEEK
Wed., Jan. 27 - vs. Holy Cross 7 p.m. EST (Patriot League All-Access)      Game Notes
Sat., Jan. 30 - at Navy 7 p.m. EST (Patriot League All-Access)

The Colgate University men's basketball team (5-14, 1-4) will look to bounce back from its fourth straight loss as it hosts Holy Cross (5-15, 2-3) on Wednesday (Jan. 27). The Raiders then travel to face Navy (9-11, 3-2) on Saturday (Jan. 30).

THE SERIES WITH HOLY CROSS
This will be the 67th meeting between Colgate and Holy Cross with the Crusaders leading the all-time series 50-16. Holy?Cross won all three contests last year, with regular-season wins of 68-44 at home on Jan. 28 and 60-58 at Colgate on Feb. 25, followed by a 61-44 win in the League Tournament semifinals. The Raiders last win came on Feb. 27, 2008 with a 58-46 win in Hamilton.

SCOUTING COLGATE (5-14, 1-4)
The Raiders dropped their fourth straight game, this time in heartbreaking fashion in a 62-61 defeat at home against Bucknell on Saturday. Colgate fell to 1-4 in the Patriot League for the fourth time in the past five seasons.
Senior guard Kyle Roemer (Martinez, Calif.) is Colgate's leading scorer and second in the Patriot League with 18.9 points per game, while sophomore Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) is averaging 15.4 per game. Roemer is averaging 5.4 rebounds per game, while classmate Ben Jonson (Dallas, Texas) is averaging 4.9 per game. Freshman point guard Mitch Rolls (Coffeyville, Kan.), leads the team in assists with 58 and is fifth in the Patriot League with 3.2 per game.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS (5-15, 2-3)
The Crusaders saw their two-game win streak come to an end with a 71-64 loss at American on Saturday afternoon. Holy Cross has been 3-3 or better in the Patriot League through six games for four of the past five seasons.
Holy Cross is led in scoring by R.J. Evans and Devin Brown who average 14.3 and 13.1 points per game. Andrew Keister leads the team on the boards with 8.9 per game while scoring 9.6 per game.

SCORING DUOS
Colgate continues to get solid production from its prolific scoring duo. The Raiders boast two of the top five scorers in the Patriot League, with Kyle Roemer (18.9 ppg) second, and Yaw Gyawu (15.4) fourth.

ALL-LEAGUE HONORS
Point guard Mitch Rolls was named the Patriot League Men's Basketball Anaconda Rookie of the Week, following his performance against Stony Brook (Dec. 14). This marks the first-ever weekly honor for Rolls and the first for a Raider this season.

THE DAVIS FILE
Head coach Emmett Davis (St. Lawrence '84) is in his 12th year in charge at Colgate, owning the most wins in school history with 153.
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.

UP NEXT
Colgate will continue Patriot League play on Saturday, Jan. 30 as it travels to Navy. The game is schedule to begin at 7 p.m. EST. and will be aired live on Patriot League All-Access.