BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Tues., Nov. 23 - at Columbia 7:00 p.m. EST
Sat., Nov. 27 - at Dartmouth 2:00 p.m. EST

The Colgate University men's basketball team will travel to Columbia on Tuesday, (Nov. 23) followed by a trip to Dartmouth on Saturday (Nov. 27). The Columbia game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Levien Gym.

THE SERIES WITH COLUMBIA
This will be the 22nd meeting between Colgate and Columbia with the Lions leading the all-time series 12-9. Colgate won the last meeting, 75-64, during the 1998-99 season at the Pepsi-Marist Classic in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
This will be the 37th meeting between Colgate and Dartmouth with the Raiders leading the all-time series 19-17. Colgate won last season, 63-44 in Hanover, N.H. The Raiders have won the last two contests with the Big Green's last win coming in 2007, 81-76, at Cotterell Court.

BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL
Raider fans can follow every Colgate game this season through Basketball Game Central located on the Colgate Athletic Website. Basketball Game Central keeps fans one click away from following live stats, listening to the radio or watching the game live. Basketball Game Central also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.

SCOUTING COLGATE (0-3)
The Raiders are coming off a 110-58 loss to No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday night and have started the season 0-3 for the second straight season. Colgate lost its home opener on Nov. 13 to Binghamton, 62-60, before facing falling to St. Francis (Pa.) 69-66 at DelGol Arena on Nov. 15.

Juniors Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) and Mike Venezia (Westfield, N.J.) lead the Raiders in scoring averaging 15.7 and 10.3 points per game, respectively. Gyawu also leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game.

Junior Sterling Melville (Plano, Texas) and senior captain Joe Hoban (West Chester, Pa.) average 5.7 points per game, while freshman guard Chad Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) and sophomore center John Brandenburg (St. Louis, Mo.) average 5.0 ppg, respectively.


SCOUTING COLUMBIA (1-3)
The Lions are coming off a 95-76 loss at Longwood on Saturday, Nov. 20. Noruwa Agho led Columbia with 19 points in the game, while Steve Frankoski added 14, Brian Barbour had 11 points and five assists and Dyami Starks added 10 points.

Agho leads Columbia in scoring with 20.0 points per game, followed by Frankoski with 12.8 and Barbour with 10.0, respectively. On the glass Brian Grimes leads the team with 9.5 rebound per game, while Asenso Ampim is averaging 7.5 per game.

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH (1-3)
Dartmouth is returning to Leede Arena for a two-game homestand after splitting a pair of games on the road. Last Friday, the Big Green had a convincing 71-57 triumph at Hartford, ending a 16-game road losing streak dating back to Feb. 21, 2009, before dropping a 73-59 contest at Loyola (Md.).

Jabari Trotter leads the Big Green in scoring with 15 points per game and is followed by David Rufful and R.J. Griffin with 8.5 and 8.3 ppg, respectively. Rufful also leads the team in rebounding with 7.3 per game.

RAIDERS ANNOUNCE 2010-11 TEAM CAPTAINS
Head coach Emmett Davis has announced that senior Joe Hoban along with juniors Mike Venezia and Yaw Gyawu have been selected as team captains for the 2010-11 season. The captain's selection was the result of a team vote. Venezia is serving as a captain for the second straight season.

THE DAVIS FILE
Head coach Emmett Davis (St. Lawrence, 1984) is in his 13th year in charge at Colgate, owning the most wins in school history with 158.

During coach Davis' decade long tenure, the Colgate program has been a model of consistency. In nine of his 12 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.