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HAMILTON - Another overall strong performance from Colgate lifted the Raiders to their second straight victory of the season here Thursday night.

Colgate breezed to a 65-44 win over Binghamton behind four Raiders in double-figures.

Matt McMullen led all scorers with 18 points to match a career-high. Luke Roh added 14 and the Raiders picked up 11 points apiece from Damon Sherman-Newsome and Pat Moore .

Austin Tillotson also set a personal career-high with 10 assists in the game.
 
Colgate led 26-16 at the break and the strong Raider defense during those first 20 minutes forced Binghamton to match its lowest scoring half of the year.
 
The 16 points allowed was also Colgate's best defensive half of the season. Prior to Thursday's game the Raiders had held both La Salle and Cornell to 22 points in the opening 20 minutes of play.
 
The Raiders stayed strong throughout the remainder of the game only allowing 44 points for their best overall defensive game of the season.
 
Binghamton converted on a layup a little less than six minutes into the game to put the Bearcats ahead 6-5. That would be the last time they would hold the lead, however, as the Raiders rallied for a 19-5 run over the next 10 minutes creating a 13-point margin between the teams. During that span the Raiders forced the Bearcats to turn the ball over six times behind their solid defensive efforts.
 
Colgate contained its nearby rival for much of the second half and even pushed its advantage to a game-high 27-points, following a made layup from Ethan Jacobs with a minute left in the game.
 
The Bearcats finished the contest on a 6-0 run but the deficit proved to be too much as the Raiders made it two straight victories.
 
Colgate head to New Hampshire on Sunday for its next contest at 1 p.m.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 65, Binghamton 44
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate lifts its overall record to 3-7
• Binghamton falls to 1-10
• Colgate's win-streak over the Bearcats now sits at four games.
 
Facts & Figures
• McMullen matched his career-high 18 points in the contest after going 7-of-10 from the floor and a career-high 4-of-6 makes from long.
• The Brick, New Jersey, native also pulled down three rebounds to go along with his two assists in 32 minutes of action.
• Roh hit double-digits for the fifth time this season, second consecutive game, with his 14 points. He was one point shy of matching his career-high scoring night, which he achieved on Jan. 5, 2013 at Dartmouth.
• Sherman-Newsome had an off shooting night but still managed to grab double-figures with 11 points in the game.
• In only his second contest back after missing 30 games, dating back to last year, Moore recorded double-digits as well. He went 4-of-7 from the floor and 3-of-6 from downtown for his season-best shooting performance.
• Leading Colgate on the boards was Roh, who pulled down seven rebounds. Jacobs and Tillotson both added four boards as well to the Raiders' final total.  
• Overall Colgate shot 47 percent from the floor and 41 percent from 3-point range. Binghamton went 35 percent and 29 percent, respectively.  
• Colgate finished with nine treys to the Bearcats' four, while also holding the edge over its visitor on assists at 19-7.   
• The Raiders posted the slight edge on rebounds at 33-30.
• Colgate converted 32 points from inside the paint, while scoring 20 points off of Bearcat turnovers.
• The 16-11 edge over Binghamton on bench points marked the second game in a row the Raiders reserves outscored its opponents reserves.
• Binghamton saw rookie Dusan Perovic go for a team-best 16 points in the game, while Nick Madray added nine to the Bearcats' total. Madray, Willie Rodriquez and Romello Walker led Binghamton on the boards with seven rebounds.
 
Game Recap
• In a low scoring opening seven minutes, Binghamton held the one-point edge.
• Colgate answered by going on a 9-0 run over a five-minute span to create a little gap between the teams at 14-6.
• At the break the Raiders had increased their advantage to 10 points.
 • Binghamton showed a little spark in the beginning eight minutes of the second half when it pulled to within nine, at 42-33.
• Again the Raiders rallied for another massive run scoring 19 points to the Bearcats' two over an eight-minute span.
• Binghamton was never able to recover and Colgate finished strong for its second consecutive victory of the season.
 
Records Watch
• Moore is now just 148 points away from reaching the 1,000-point plateau on his career.
• He is also three treys shy of tying Alvin Reed '06 for eighth all-time in Colgate's records book for career 3-point field goals made. He currently sits with 167.
• Roh is two helpers away from matching Josh Farrell '87, who sits in sixth place all-time, with 280 career assists.
 
Interesting Notes
• Colgate saw four players reach double-figures in a game for the fourth time this season.
• The Raiders held Binghamton to its second-lowest scoring night of the season.
• With less than seven minutes to play Tillotson fed Roh with a great one-handed pass inside the paint for an easy layup for the junior's career-breaking 10th assist in the game.
• Colgate held the lead for 35:13, while Binghamton was ahead for 1:28.
• Tillotson's double-digit scoring streak, which stood at 10 games prior to Thursday's contest and dated back to March 5 of last season, was halted in the game.

Straight From The Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on his team pulling away in the second half) "Our defense was definitely our key to victory tonight. Our defense was fine in the first half but really picked up in the second. We got some turnovers and loose balls and even with us using a small lineup at times we were able to figure it out and find a way to make it work."
 
"On the offensive end, Matty (McMullen) stepped up and made some jump shots and Austin (Tillotson) did a great job of running the team with 10 assists to two turnovers. It was all his doing with him saying "hey lets take a look at this and get this guy here" and then he got his teammates the shots and easy layups."
 
(on being pleased with his team's overall performance) "I was really proud of the guys who started the game and played the most minutes. Luke Roh was just a really solid, tough guy on the court tonight and it was a rallying point for his teammates."
 
Up Next
• Colgate faces another America East opponent on Sunday when it heads to New Hampshire for a 1 p.m. tilt
• The Wildcats are coming off a 60-56 loss at Rutgers on Tuesday.   
• The Raiders and Wildcats will go head-to-head for their 34th all-time meeting, with New Hampshire holding the 20-13 record advantage.

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