BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Wed., Jan. 11 – vs. Bucknell 7 p.m. ET (Cotterell Court)
Sat., Jan. 14 – at Lehigh 2 p.m. ET (Stabler Arena)

The Colgate women's basketball team will continue Patriot League play at home on Wednesday, Jan. 11 when it welcomes Bucknell to Cotterell Court. The Raiders will then travel to Bethlehem, Pa., to face Lehigh on Saturday, Jan. 14. The Bucknell game scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m., while the Lehigh game will begin at 2 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on Patriot League All-Access.

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.

LAST TIME OUT
Alexis Dobbs scored a game-high 15 points to help lead American to a 56-43 win over Colgate in the Patriot League opener for both teams Saturday at Cotterell Court.

Colgate (3-13, 0-1) was led by Jhazmine Lynch and Mariah Jones who scored nine points apiece, while Kelly Korkowski pitched in six points, six rebounds, two blocks, one steal and an assist.

American shot 43.4 percent from the floor, including 42.9 percent from downtown, while holding the Raiders to just 27.7 percent and 18.2 percent from beyond the arc. The Eagles also won the battle on the boards 36-30, but Colgate forced 20 American turnovers and shot 16 more free-throws in the loss.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL (2-14, 0-1)
Rachel Voss scored a career-high 21 points, and Shelby Romine added another 17, but the duo's high-scoring efforts could not keep Bucknell women's basketball from its sixth straight loss as the Bison dropped a 67-64 decision to Army at Sojka Pavilion on Saturday night.

Bucknell shot better than 51 percent for the game and nearly came back from a 13-point second-half deficit. The Black Knights' Anna Simmers finished with 27 points for the win.

THE SERIES AGAINST BUCKNELL
This will be the 56th meeting between Colgate and Bucknell, with the Bison leading the all-time series 36-19. Bucknell won both of the meetings last season, including a 76-66 overtime win in Hamilton. Colgate's last win in the series came during the 2009-10 season, when the Raiders won on their home court 62-58.

SCOUTING LEHIGH (8-7, 1-0)
Sophomore Hilary Weaver had a career-high 20 points as the Lehigh women's basketball team (8-7, 1-0 PL) won its Patriot League opener defeating Holy Cross (8-7, 0-1 PL) 75-60 on Saturday. Weaver was one of three Mountain Hawks in double figures as senior Alexa Williams added 14 points and eight rebounds while senior Aly Byorick had 11 points.

Lehigh shot a season high 47.4 percent (27-for-57) for the game including a scorching 60 percent (15-for-25) in the second half. The Mountain Hawks also shot a season high 54 percent (7-for-13) from behind the arc. Holy Cross shot 39 percent (24-for-62) from the field including 40 percent (8-for-20) from behind the arc.

THE SERIES AGAINST LEHIGH
This will be the 52nd meeting between Colgate and Lehigh, with the Mountain Hawks leading the all-time series 30-21. Lehigh swept the series last season, including a 75-57 win in Bethlehem. Colgate's last win in the series came during the 2005-06 season, when the Raiders won in overtime 71-69 at Cotterell Court.

WELCOME TO MY BLOCK PARTY
Senior forward Kelly Korkowski is moving up the Colgate women's basketball record books. Korkowski is currently tied for sixth with Suzanne Bowen with 75, four blocks from fifth. Senior Tricia Oakes is also moving up as she currently sits seventh all-time with 66.

700-500 CLUB
Senior Tricia Oakes is closing in on becoming just the fifth Raider to score 700 or more points and grab 500 or more rebounds in a career. Oakes currently has 761 points and 457 rebounds. 

THREE FOR ALL
Senior Candice Green has made 84 career three pointers, which places her seventh all-time in the Colgate record books. Green is just 16 shy of becoming the seventh Raider to make 100 or more three-pointers in a career.

A LITTLE ASSISTANCE
Candice Green is also moving up the record books in assists with 221. She is just 45 helpers behind Megan Ballard for 10th all-time at Colgate. Green is currently averaging 3.5 assists per game this season which ranks third in the Patriot League.

FRESH FIVE
The Raiders welcome five freshmen to this year's squad and through the first 15 games of the season they have contributed 33.7 percent of the Raiders scoring. Guards Mariah Jones and Missy Repoli have combined for 184 points, while forwards Kelly Reid and Carole Harris, along with center Steph Schultz have scored 101.

UP NEXT
Colgate will host Army on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Cotterell Court and will be streamed live on Patriot League All-Access.