BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL
PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
THIS WEEK
Thurs., March 1 - at Navy 7 p.m. ET (Alumni Hall)
The Colgate women's basketball team will travel to Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, March 1 to face No. 3 Navy in the Patriot League Quarterfinals. Tip-off is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Alumni Hall and 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.
THE SERIES AGAINST NAVY
This will be the 47th meeting between Colgate and Navy, with the Mids leading the all-time series 29-18. Both teams split the regular season series with Navy taking the first meeting 61-52 in Annapolis. Colgate won the second game 62-60 in Hamilton. Colgate's last win in Annapolis came last year 59-55. Navy won the quarterfinal match up last season 55-36 at Alumni Hall.
LAST TIME OUT
The Colgate women's basketball team dropped a heartbreaker in its regular season finale to Holy Cross 74-72 Saturday afternoon at the Hart Center.
Freshman
Missy Repoli scored a career-high 22 points, while senior
Tricia Oakes added 16 along with eight rebounds, and four blocked shots.
Jhazmine Lynch pitched in 12 points, four assists and two steals, while senior
Candice Green recorded a team-high six assists.
SCOUTING NAVY (15-13, 8-6)
After beginning the evening by being honored during a brief Senior Night ceremony, Navy women's basketball team captain Erin Edwards tied career highs for three-point field goals made and points scored to lead the Midshipmen to a 60-51 victory over Bucknell Saturday night at Alumni Hall in Annapolis.
Edwards connected on 4-of-5 three-point field goal attempts and 5-of-7 shots from the field in all to lead Navy with 15 points. Joining Edwards in double figures was Jade Geif, who tallied 13 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Stefanie Pollinger, who was 4-of-5 from the floor to end the game with 11 points, three assists and one turnover in 34 minutes of play.
OAKES NAMED TO PL SECOND TEAM
Senior center
Tricia Oakes was named to the 2011-12 All-Patriot League second team after averaging 10.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game. Oakes ranks 12th in the League in scoring, eight in rebounds and seventh in blocked shots. Oakes has also recorded five double-doubles on the season, including four during League play.
REPOLI ON PL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Freshman
Missy Repoli earned All-Rookie team honors after playing in all 29 games this season, starting six. Repoli is averaging 6.4 points per game overall this season, including 10.2 points per game in League play entering the tournament.
WELCOME TO MY BLOCK PARTY
Senior forward
Kelly Korkowski is moving up the Colgate women's basketball record books. Korkowski is currently third all-time with 92 blocks. Senior
Tricia Oakes is also moving up as she currently sits fifth all-time with 88.
900-500 CLUB
Senior
Tricia Oakes recently became just the fifth Raider to score 900 or more points and grab 500 or more rebounds in a career. Oakes currently has 946 points and 564 rebounds.
THREE FOR ALL
Senior
Candice Green has made 93 career three pointers, which places her seventh all-time in the Colgate record books. Green is just seven shy of becoming the seventh Raider to make 100 or more three-pointers in a career.
THE T.O. SHOW
Senior
Tricia Oakes is currently leading the Patriot League in field goal percentage converting on 52 percent of her shot attempts. Oakes could possibly become the first Raider to lead the Patriot League in field goal percentage for a season.
A LITTLE ASSISTANCE
Candice Green is also moving up the record books in assists with 269, which ranks 10th all-time at Colgate. Green is currently averaging 3.5 assists per game this season, which is tied for second in the Patriot League. Also, Green is taking care of the rock with a 1.1 assists-to-turnover ratio, which places her sixth in the Patriot League.
RAIDERS LOVE THE CHARITY STRIPE
The Colgate women's basketball team currently ranks second in the Patriot League in free-throw's by making 71.5 percent from the foul line, only trailing Lehigh by one percent. Junior guard
Jhazmine Lynch is fourth in Patriot League free throw percentage shooting 75.7% from the foul line.