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HAMILTON – Colgate kicked off its 2014-15 season with a 91-42 exhibition victory over King's (Pennsylvania) here Friday night.

The Raiders waltzed to a 50-18 halftime advantage and were never threatened. Senior Missy Repoli scored 19 points, with senior Carole Harris adding 15 and junior Josie Stockill 14. All 12 Colgate players in the game scored at least two points and grabbed at least one rebound.
 
Colgate assisted on 22 of its 38 made baskets, and the Raiders won the turnover battle by forcing 20 Monarch mistakes. The Raiders came away with 12 steals, led by Randyll Butler's three.
 
King's was led by eight points each from Marissa Manning and Laura McGowan. Freshman and Hamilton native Hayleigh Hanson played in front of the home folks and one point for the Division III Monarchs.
 
Colgate's regular season opener is Nov. 15 at Harvard. The home opener is Nov. 19 against Cornell.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 91, King's (Pa.) 42
 
Facts & Figures
• Colgate shot 52.8 percent from the floor despite making just 10-of-31 3-point attempts.
• Missy Repoli bucked that trend, however, as the senior sharpshooter was 5-of-6 from downtown and led all scorers with 19 points.
• Carole Harris scored 15 and posted a team-high seven boards.
• Josie Stockill added 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting down low (she was 0-of-5 from long range).
• Mariah Jones led all players with seven assists. The senior added seven points and four rebounds.
• Randyll Butler filled up the stat sheet. She scored three points, pulled down four boards, dished out three assists, made three steals and added a blocked shot.
• Three Colgate newcomers hit the floor. Julia Barcello scored six points (3-of-3 shooting), Kateri Stone five (including a 3-pointer) and Tori Pozsonyi two.
• Sophomore guard Katie Curtis scored eight points and was 2-of-2 from beyond the arc.
• Paige Kriftcher knocked down a 3-pointer and scored five points with four assists.
• Steph Schultz added a bucket and was second on the team with six rebounds.
• Steph Poland tossed in five points and grabbed two boards.
 
Turning Point

• Colgate scored the game's first eight points and never looked back.
 
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort: (On the team's goals for this game) "For this game specifically, we wanted to have 25-plus deflections and we had 22 in the first half. We wanted to really get out and deny and make things hard for them offensively. We did that, especially in the first half.
"In the second half, they started a dribble-drive on us and we fouled a little too much. We got a little anxious, and we need to clean that up.
"But we moved the ball really well in transition. We had 22 assists – maybe even more – so we did some really good things on the offensive end."
(On who stood out) "Missy shot the ball extremely well, Mariah had seven assists and Carole had 15 points – almost a double-double. It was a good team win. Everyone contributed."
• Colgate guard Missy Repoli: (On her shooting touch) "My teammates found me for wide-open shots and I just let it rip."
(On her goals for the night) "Before the game, Coach had us write our season goals on the board. We went over them one by one and talked about how we can work today to get us to the next point. One of ours is to be top-four in the Patriot League, so how could we work on certain things today to reach that goal.
"We did a lot of great things out there, although there are things to improve on like better rebounding. Overall, everyone did a great job for the first game."
 
Up Next
• Colgate and Harvard open the regular season next Saturday, Nov. 15, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Start time is 2 p.m., with the Ivy League Digital Network carrying the livestream.