BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Wed., Dec. 29 - at Stony Brook 7:00 p.m. EST
Sun., Jan. 2 – at Longwood 2:00 p.m. EST

The Colgate University men's basketball team will travel to Stony Brook on Wednesday (Dec. 29), before opening the New Year at Longwood on Sunday (Jan. 2). The Stony Brook game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Pritchard Gymnasium, while the Longwood game is slated for 2:00 p.m.

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 (0-10)
The Raiders are coming off a 63-61 setback to Albany on Wednesday (Dec. 22) at Cotterell Court. The loss was the third-straight at home for the Raiders and 10th overall as Colgate has started the season 0-10 for the first time since the 1987-88 season. Colgate's worst start was 0-13 during the 1986-87 season, the team finished the season 4-23.

Senior guard Joe Hoban (West Chester, Pa.) and sophomore forward Brandon James (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) both recorded career-highs in the loss, while junior forward Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) also reached double digits in scoring with 14 points. Nick Pascale (DeWitt, N.Y.) led the team on the boards with eight.

With Colgate trailing 63-60 Hoban was sent to the free throw line with 4.7 seconds remaining in regulation. After making the first from the charity stripe Hoban intentionally missed the second one and grabbed the rebound. The captain then put up a 15-foot jumper as time expired, but saw it bounce off the back iron to hand the Raiders their third straight loss at home.

THE SERIES WITH STONY BROOK
This will be the fourth meeting between Colgate and Stony Brook with the Seawolves leading the all-time series 3-0. Stony Brook won last season 66-55 in Hamilton.

SCOUTING STONY BROOK (4-6)
The Seawolves enter Wednesday's game 4-6 overall after dropping their last two games to Sacred Heart (75-66) and Notre Dame (88-62).

Junior Bryan Dougher leads the team in scoring with 14.9 points per game, and was recently named one of 66 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation's top point guard. Dougher also averages 2.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 3.4 three-pointers made per game, which ranks among the top 10 in the nation.

THE SERIES WITH LONGWOOD
This will be the third meeting between Colgate and Longwood with the series tied 1-1. The Raiders won last season 95-80 at Cotterell Court.

SCOUTING LONGWOOD (4-11)
The Lancers are 4-11 overall after topping South Carolina State 90-73 at the 2010 iBN Sports Las Vegas Classic. The win stopped a nine game losing streak after Longwood opened the season with a 3-2 record.

Antwan Carter leads the team in scoring with 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Aaron Mitchell and Jeremiah Bowman also average in double-digits scoring with 12.8 and 11.6 respectively.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Junior forward Yaw Gyawu leads Colgate in scoring this season with 12.0 points per game and is closing in on 1,000 points in his career. Gyawu currently has 845 points, 155 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.