BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Tues., Jan. 4 - at Maryland 8:00 p.m. EST
Sat., Jan. 8 - vs. Army 2:00 p.m. EST

The Colgate University men's basketball team will travel to Maryland on Tuesday (Jan. 4), before opening league play against Army at home on Saturday (Jan. 8). The Maryland game is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Comcast Center and can be seen live on NESN.

THE SERIES WITH MARYLAND
This will be the second meeting between Colgate and Maryland with the Terps leading the all-time series 1-0. Maryland won the only meeting 113-53 during the 1994-95 season.

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 (1-11, 0-0 PL)
The Raiders are coming off their first victory of the season with an 80-61 thumping of Longwood on Sunday (Jan. 2) at Willett Hall. The win snapped an 11-game losing streak to start the season and improved Colgate's record on January 2nd to 3-1. Colgate's worst start was 0-13 during the 1986-87 season. The team finished the season 4-23 overall.

Colgate opened the game with a 5-0 run and never looked back as it led from start to finish for the win. Longwood trimmed the Raiders lead to 5-4 early in the first half, but that was as close as the Lancers would get. Colgate responded with a 12-2 run to build a 17-6 lead with 11:33 remaining. The Raiders then finished the half with a 27-15 run to take a 44-21 lead into the locker room.

Sophomore forward Brandon James (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and junior center Nick Pascale (DeWitt, N.Y.) both posted double-doubles as James finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Pascale scored 13 and grabbed a career-high 15 boards. The 15 rebounds by Pascale are the most by a Raider since Alex Woodhouse grabbed the same amount against Lehigh during the 2007-08 season.

Freshman guard Pat Moore (Utica, N.Y.) and junior forward Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) also reached double digits in scoring with 12 and 10 points, respectively, while senior captain Joe Hoban (West Chester, Pa.) pitched in nine points and eight assists. Sophomore center John Brandenburg (St. Louis, Mo.) scored seven points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.

Gyawu and classmate Mike Venezia (Westfield, N.J.) lead Colgate in scoring averaging 12.1 and 9.2 points per game, respectively. Pascale is the leader on the boards with 6.3 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING MARYLAND (9-4, 0-1 ACC)
The Terps enter Tuesday's game 9-4 overall and have won their last two home games by an average of 31 points. Maryland is 8-1 at home this season including a 85-62 win over North Florida (Dec. 29).

Maryland is led by sophomore forward Jordan Williams who averages 18.1 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Williams has recorded seven straight double-doubles including 17 points and 11 rebounds against North Florida. The Terps are also receiving 11 points per game from Cliff Tucker and 10.9 from Terrell Stoqlin.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Junior forward Yaw Gyawu leads Colgate in scoring this season with 12.1 points per game and is closing in on 1,000 points in his career. Gyawu currently has 868 points, 132 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 159.

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.