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BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK

Sat., Dec. 11 - at Syracuse 7:00 p.m. EST

The Colgate University men's basketball team will travel to Syracuse on Saturday (Dec. 11). The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Carrier Dome.

THE SERIES WITH SYRACUSE
This will be the 163rd meeting between Colgate and Syracuse with the Orange leading the all-time series 117-45. Syracuse won last season, 92-58 at the Carrier Dome. Colgate's last win came during the 1961-62 season, 67-63, at Syracuse.

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 (0-7)
The Raiders are coming off a 68-57 setback to St. Francis (N.Y.) on Tuesday (Dec. 7) at the Pope Physical Education Center and have started 0-7 for the second-straight season.
Senior Joe Hoban (West Chester, Pa.) finished with 14 points, five assists and two steals, while junior Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Raiders. Freshman Chad Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) kept Colgate in the game with a career-high 12 points, 10 of which came in the second half.

Gyawu and classmate Mike Venezia (Westfield, N.J.) lead Colgate in scoring averaging 13.7 and 9.2 points per game, respectively. Gyawu is also the leader on the boards with 5.3 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING SYRACUSE (9-0)
Syracuse enters Saturday's game 9-0 and ranked No. 7 in the USA Today/ESPN poll. The Orange are coming off a 72-58 win over No. 8 Michigan State at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (Dec. 7).

Senior Rick Jackson posted his seventh double-double of the season and 14th of his career with a season-high 17 points to go along with 16 rebounds in the win. He was one of three Syracuse players to reach double figures in scoring. Junior Scoop Jardine led all scorers with 19 points, while junior Kris Joseph added 14 points.

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 819 points, 181 away from becoming the 28th player in school history to join the 1,000 point club.

PATRIOT LEAGUE LEADERS
Yaw Gyawu is currently seventh in the Patriot League in scoring with 13.7 points per game and ninth with 5.3 rebounds per game, while sophomore point guard Mitch Rolls (Coffeyville, Kan.) is fifth in the league in assists with 3.6 per game. Joe Hoban is shooting 46.7 percent from three point range, which ranks second in the League.

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.

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