BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Sat., Jan. 29 - vs. Navy 2:00 p.m. EST (Time Warner Cable Sports)

The Colgate University men's basketball team will host Navy on Saturday (Jan. 29). The game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. and can be seen live on Time Warner Cable Sports and Patriot League All-Access.

THE SERIES WITH NAVY
This will be the 48th meeting between Colgate and Navy with the Raiders leading the all-time series 24-23. Colgate won the last meeting 85-73 on 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 (4-16, 2-4 PL)
Colgate went to Holy Cross and came away with a 79-72 victory on Thursday in a game shown on CBS College Sports Network.

The Raiders opened the game with a 15-3 lead just over seven minutes into the contest. Holy Cross got back within five points but Colgate took a 40-32 lead into the locker room. The Raiders held a double-digit lead for most of the second half, scoring eight straight points for their biggest edge of the night at 70-52 with 7:06 left. Holy Cross fought back, scoring nine straight points to get within 70-61 and eventually coming as close as 74-70 on a three-pointer by Devin Brown with 43 seconds to go. Colgate responded with a dunk by Yaw Gyawu, and would not let Holy Cross get any closer to take the victory.

The Raiders defeated Holy Cross for the third consecutive meeting. Joe Hoban scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting, while Gyawu had 21 and made 8-of-13 shots from the floor. Gyawu also moved within 15 points of 1,000 for his career. Sterling Melville had 11 points and eight rebounds while Nick Pascale notched eight points and 10 boards as Colgate held a 34-23 edge on the glass. The Raiders made 55.4 percent of their shots (31-of-56), 5-of-12 three-pointers and 12-of-16 at the line in an efficient offensive night.

Gyawu and Hoban lead Colgate in scoring averaging 13.1 and 9.4 points per game, respectively, while Pascale is the leader on the glass with 6.5 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING NAVY (7-15, 2-4 PL)
Navy won its second straight contest and posted its largest margin of victory over American since 1987 by rolling past the Eagles, 72-53, on Wednesday at Alumni Hall.

Navy closed the period on a 15-8 run to take a 35-29 lead at the break. The Mids carried the strong play into the second half, starting the period on a 14-4 run in just over three minutes to build a 49-33 lead with 16:41 to play. The Mids put together another run to seal the victory, going on a 14-2 surge to build their biggest lead of the game at 67-41 with 6:54 to play in the contest. Navy led by at least 18 points the rest of the way to go on to the victory.

Freshman J.J. Avila continued his strong play with 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting and 6-of-8 from three-point range, and also notched five rebounds, three assists and three steals without committing a turnover. Jordan Sugars added 15 points in his 17th consecutive double-digit effort, and eight other Mids entered the scoring column.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Junior forward Yaw Gyawu leads Colgate in scoring this season with 13.1 points per game and is closing in on 1,000 points in his career. Gyawu currently has 985 points, 15 away from becoming the 28th player in school history to join the 1,000 point club.

GYAWU ON A SCORING STREAK
While Gyawu closes in on 1,000-points he is currently riding a seven-game double digit scoring streak. During that time Gyawu has averaged 15.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. He has reached double digits in scoring 15 times this season.

CLEANING THE GLASS
Junior center Nick Pascale is one of four student-athletes in the Patriot League to average six or more rebounds and one blocked shot per game. Pascale ranks third in the Patriot League with 1.2 blocked shots and sixth with 6.5 rebounds per game.

HOBAN STEALING THE SHOW
Senior captain Joe Hoban ranks second in the Patriot League with 1.6 steals per game and has recorded 12 in the last five games.

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 162.

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.