BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Wed., Feb. 16 - at Lehigh 7:00 p.m. ET (Patriot League All-Access)
Sun., Feb. 20 - vs. Bucknell 2:00 p.m. ET (Patriot League All-Access)

The Colgate University men's basketball team will look for a series sweep on Wednesday (Feb. 16) when it travels to Lehigh. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Stabler Arena and can be seen live on Patriot League All-Access.

THE SERIES WITH LEHIGH
This will be the 76th meeting between Colgate and Lehigh with the Raiders leading the all-time series 46-29. Colgate won the first meeting this season 80-79 in Hamilton on January 19, 2011.

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 (6-19, 3-7 PL)
The Raiders dropped their second straight game as they fell at American, 69-60, on Saturday (Feb. 12). Colgate remained winless at Bender Arena and was swept in the season series by the Eagles for the fifth time in the past six years, losing for the 13th time in 14 meetings overall.

The Raiders had runs of 11-3 and 13-6 in the first half to take a 29-24 lead, but American went back ahead for good with an 8-0 run over the first and second halves. The Eagles got breathing room with a 12-4 run that made it a 50-40 game with 11:01 left. Colgate got as close as 58-54 on Pat Moore's three-pointer with 1:52 left, but could not get the game any tighter.

Sterling Melville had 10 points to lead all Colgate scorers, with four other players scoring eight or nine points. The Raiders made all 12 of their free throws and finished over 50 percent (8-of-14) from three-point range, but made only 20-of-48 field goals overall.

SCOUTING LEHIGH (14-11, 5-5 PL)
C.J. McCollum, the Patriot League Player of the Week, and Michael Ojo totaled 38 points on Saturday (Feb. 12) as Lehigh earned its second straight victory with a 78-64 triumph over Army at Christl Arena.

The Mountain Hawks fell behind 19-12 just over 10 minutes into the game, but took over from there with an 18-4 run over the next five minutes to take a 30-23 lead with 4:34 to play in the first half. The Mountain Hawks later scored six straight points and took a 39-31 lead into the break.

Lehigh stayed hot in the second half, effectively putting the game away by scoring 11 straight points to build the lead to 57-37 with 13:14 to go in the game.

McCollum maintained his streak of scoring 20 points or more in every Patriot League game by finishing with 22 points while also compiling eight rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks. Ojo finished with 16 points, and freshman Mackey McKnight had one of the top games of his career with 11 points, six assists and four rebounds.

1,000 POINTS AND COUNTING
Junior forward Yaw Gyawu recently became the 28th player in school history to join the 1,000-point club. Gyawu leads Colgate in scoring this season with 12.2 points per game.

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 1.3 blocked shots and sixth with 6.7 rebounds per game.

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 164.

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.