BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Sun., Dec. 19 - at Maine 2:00 p.m. EST

The Colgate University men's basketball team will travel to Maine on Sunday (Dec. 19). The game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. at Alfond Arena.

THE SERIES WITH MAINE
This will be the 24th meeting between Colgate and Maine with the Black Bears leading the all-time series 19-4. Maine won last season 76-66 at Cotterell Court. Colgate's last win came during the 2007-08 season, 70-62, in Hamilton.

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 (0-8)
The Raiders are coming off a 100-43 setback to then No. 7 ranked Syracuse on Saturday (Dec. 11) at the Carrier Dome and have started 0-8 for the second-straight season.

Senior Joe Hoban (West Chester, Pa.) finished with 14 points, three rebounds and two steals, while junior Nick Pascale (DeWitt, N.Y.) and sophomore Brandon James (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) pitched in six apiece. James led the Raiders with five rebounds, while Pascale recorded two blocks.

Gyawu and classmate Mike Venezia (Westfield, N.J.) leads Colgate in scoring averaging 12.5 and 9.2 points per game, respectively. Gyawu is also the leader on the boards with 5.1 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING MAINE (4-5)
Maine enters Sunday's game 4-5 overall after a 74-54 win over Norfolk State on Sunday (Dec. 12). The Black Bears improved to 2-2 in the Memorial Gym after winning their second-straight contest.

Maine has a very balanced attack with five players averaging nine or more points per game. Terrance Mitchell leads the team in scoring with 10.6 points per game, while Troy Barnies is averaging 10.2 per game to go along with a team high 7.2 rebounds per game.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Junior forward Yaw Gyawu leads Colgate in scoring this season with 13.7 points per game and is closing in on 1,000 points in his career. Gyawu currently has 823 points, 177 away from becoming the 28th player in school history to join the 1,000 point club.

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.