DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Damon Sherman-Newsome and junior Austin Tillotson posted double-figures for the 10th time this year on Sunday.

Unfortunately, the Raiders were unable to grab the victory at host New Hampshire, falling to the Wildcats 63-57.
 
With Sunday's outcome, Colgate has now dropped seven of its eight losses by seven points or less.
 
With three minutes and 20 seconds left to play Colgate held the four-point edge after Sherman-Newsome converted on a layup. UNH responded with 10 straight points, four of which came from the free throw line, to steal the win down the stretch.

Leading the Raiders in scoring was Sherman-Newsome and Tillotson, who both recorded 15 points throughout the game. Sherman-Newsome went 6-for-11 from the floor, 1-for-5 from long and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe, while Tillotson finished 5-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-3 from 3-point range and 3-for-4 from the line.
 
On the boards Colgate saw Matt McMullen and Luke Roh pull down a team-high five rebounds, with Roh also chipping in a team-best four helpers in the game.
 
Head coach Matt Langel's squad finished shooting 47.8 percent from the floor and 31.6 percent from downtown. The Raiders also converted on seven of their nine attempts from the free throw line.
 
UNH shot better from long finishing 53.3 overall from behind the arc. The Wildcats also posted a 44.4 percent shooting from the floor and 71.4 percent from the charity stripe.
 
The Raiders have a much needed week off before they head to nearby rival Syracuse on Dec. 22 for a 7 p.m. match up with the Orange.
 
Bottom Line
• New Hampshire 63, Colgate 57
 
Won-Lost Records
• New Hampshire shifts its record to 6-3
• Colgate dips to 3-8 on the year
 
Facts & Figures
• Both Sherman-Newsome and Tillotson tallied 15 points in the game.
• Sherman-Newsome went 6-for-11 from the floor, 1-for-5 from long and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Tillotson finished going 5-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-3 from downtown and 3-for-4 from the line.
• McMullen and Roh pulled down a team-best five rebounds each, while Roh also added a team-high four assists in the game.  
• Overall Colgate shot 48 percent from the floor and 32 percent from behind the arc. UNH finished shooting 44 and 53 percent, respectively.
• The Wildcats knocked down eight treys to Colgate's six and outrebounded the Raiders 32-22, including a 9-to-3 edge on the offensive boards.
• The Raiders posted the slight advantage on assists at 10-7, while recording seven steals to the Wildcats' two.
• Colgate converted 24 points from inside the paint, while scoring 18 points off of Wildcat turnovers. UNH, however, scored 11 points from second chance opportunities.
• The Wildcats saw rookie Tanner Leissner notched a career-high 21 points after going 6-for-8 from the floor, 2-for-2 from long and 7-for-8 from the free throw line. He also matched his career-best eight rebounds in the game. Jaleen Smith (11 points) and Matt Miller (11 points) closed out the UNH scorers in double-figures.
• The game saw nine tie scores to go along with its six lead changes.
• Colgate held the game's largest lead at 12 points when Tillotson finished off two makes from the charity stripe five minutes into the game, while UNH didn't have its largest advantage until there was 21 seconds remaining.
 
Game Recap
• UNH scored the game's opening basketball but a 12-2 run from Colgate over the next five minutes and 30 seconds made it a 14-2 Raider lead. Sherman-Newsome led the Raiders during that span with five points.
• Midway through the half Colgate had a nine-point advantage following two made free throws from Roh.
• The Wildcats, however, answered with a 16-7 run of their own to tie the game at 25-all. The UNH run was sparked by three 3-pointers, two of which came from the hand of Miller.
• With the game tied at 29-29 at the break, neither team took more than a four-point lead until the final 21 seconds of the game.
• Colgate held a 55-51 advantage with three minutes and 20 seconds left to play.
• UNH went on a 10-0 run though over a three-minute span to create a six-point deficit between the teams.
• Tillotson cut into the Wildcat lead with 12 seconds remaining but the gap proved to be too much.
 
Records Watch
• Pat Moore is now just 143 points away from reaching the 1,000-point plateau on his career after earning five points in the game.
• He is also two 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 168.
•  With Roh's four helpers in the game he surpassed Mike Boswell '87 for fifth place all-time with 282 career assists.  

Interesting Notes
• Colgate dropped its seventh contest of the year by seven or fewer points.
• Sherman-Newsome and Tillotson have now reached double-figures in 10 of Colgate's 11 games so far this year.

Straight From The Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on his team not getting some shots to fall in the final minutes despite shooting the ball well on the night) "We got good shots, which is our purpose of running offense. I haven't watched the film yet but think in the last few minutes we had a few layups at the rim and open shots, at least one wide-open shot from the top of the key. If we can find a way to make any of those, it's a different game. We need to keep the lead and keep them playing from behind instead of giving them so many lives."
 
"When you don't get your shots to fall, in order to win, you have to step up and play great defense. Credit UNH for making some big plays late, but we did not execute all of our defensive principles and allowed them some opportunities that should not be there. Those little things don't show up on the stat sheet, but it's focus and attention to detail, especially at those critical junctures that we need to improve on if we are going to get to where we want to be, where our team has shown we are capable of getting."
 
(on how to continue to teach him team to learn from these close losses) "The message stays the same. The difference between winning and losing is very fragile. You have to always pay attention to all your details. It's the little things that at the end of the day, in a close game, come back to haunt you. A missed free throw rebound in the first half is just as significant as a missed free throw rebound late in the game. It's simply magnified in crunch time."

Up Next
• Colgate now has some time to prepare for one of the longest running consecutive series in all of Division I basketball when it visits nearby rival Syracuse on Dec. 22.
• That game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip in the Carrier Dome and will be broadcast on ESPNU.
• The Orange have two games before they welcome the Raiders with a 4 p.m. home tilt with Louisiana Tech on Sunday and a Dec. 20 contest at Villanova.
• The Raiders and Orange will go head-to-head for their 167th all-time meeting, with Syracuse holding the 121-45 record advantage.