ALBANY, N.Y. – Colgate's Missy Repoli missed her career scoring high by one point, but Siena held on to post an 80-68 victory here Sunday afternoon.

The Raiders scored 43 points in the final 20 minutes for their best offensive half this season. Colgate also shot 43.5 percent from the field for its second-best output in that category this year.

But Siena went for 51 points in the second half, shot 48 percent from the field for the game and placed four scorers in double-figures.

Repoli led Colgate with 21 points, just shy of the 22 she scored during her first season in a game at Holy Cross. The senior guard was 5-of-8 from 3-point distance to match her career-best for made treys in a game.

Carole Harris was the only other Colgate scorer in twin-figures with 10. She added nine rebounds to match Josie Stockill for team honors, and Harris tied her career high with four steals.

Randyll Butler and Mariah Jones posted nine points apiece, while Stockill and Paige Kriftcher both finished with eight.

Siena (6-4), which led 29-25 at halftime, was paced by Ida Krogh's career-high 27 points. Krogh was 13-of-16 at the free-throw line.
 

Colgate (1-10) opens Patriot League play Wednesday at 2 p.m. against Lehigh.
 
Bottom Line
• Siena 80, Colgate 68
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 1-10.
• Siena improves to 6-4.
 
Facts & Figures
• Colgate ended the first half on a 12-1 run, highlighted by 12 straight points over a 4:51 stretch.
• Trailing 28-13, Josie Stockill and Paige Kriftcher scored four points apiece before Missy Repoli nailed her second 3-pointer of the first half. Tori Pozsonyi added a free throw for the 12th straight point, and Colgate had pulled within 28-25.
• Colgate's defense in that stretch forced six turnovers.
• Siena's Margot Hetzke made one of two free throws with 11 seconds left for the 29-25 halftime margin.
 
Hot Start After Half
• Scoring wasn't an issue in the second half – for either team.
• By the 15:33 mark of the second period, Siena led 43-33. The Saints had scored 14 points in that stretch to Colgate's eight.
• The second half ended 51-43 Siena, with both teams scoring their most points in a half this season. Colgate's previous best was 41 in the first half of a 74-55 win over Binghamton. Siena's previous best also was 41 on two occasions.
 

More Key Info
• Repoli led the Raiders with 21 points, followed by Carole Harris with 10, Randyll Butler with nine and Mariah Jones with nine.
• Josie Stockill saw her streak of consecutive double-figure scoring games end at five after she tallied eight points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor. Stockill added nine rebounds to tie Harris for team honors.
• Kriftcher finished with eight points and Pozsonyi three to complete the Colgate scoring.
• Colgate's 43.5-percent (27-of-62) shooting eye from the field was the team's second-best overall figure this season, and best on the road. The Raiders shot 45.9 percent against Cornell on Nov. 19 in Hamilton. Their best previous road performance was 36.5 percent at St. Bonaventure.
• Siena was led by Ida Krogh's career-high 27 points, including a 13-of-16 effort at the free-throw line. The Saints as a team finished 23-of-32 from the charity stripe to Colgate's 8-of-15 – a 15-point spread.
• Hetzke added a double-double with 17 and 11, while Meghan Donohue scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half. Tehresa Coles also reached twin figures with 10.
• Colgate's Harris tied her career high with four steals.
• Stockill added three more blocked shots, giving her 22 for the season and 90 for her career. She's now fourth at Colgate in career blocked shots.
• Siena won the rebounds column, 39-34. Turnovers were 18-18.
• There were no lead changes and the score was tied one time, at 9-9.
• Siena's largest lead of the game was the 28-13 spread late in the first half, which Colgate promptly narrowed with a 12-0 run.
• The Saints led by 10 points on two occasions of the second half – 43-33 and 51-41 – before Colgate was forced to foul late and the lead returned to double-digits. The Raiders trailed only 69-64 with 2:32 to play.
 
Repoli Red-Hot
• Repoli's 21-point game Sunday was the second-highest scoring total of her career.
• The career-high of 22 points came during her freshman season at Holy Cross. She scored 20 at Holy Cross last year and 19 against Columbia as a sophomore for her two most recent season-highs.
• Sunday marked the second straight game Repoli bettered her season high, after the senior hit for 13 against Kent State.
• Repoli's five 3-pointers in the game gives her a team-leading 17 for the season and 132 for her career. The New Jersey native is fifth on the Colgate chart in career made 3-pointers.
• Sunday marked the third time Repoli has hit five 3-pointers in a game.
 

Turning Point
• Colgate had rallied from a 28-13 deficit late in the first half to close within 29-25 heading into the locker room.
• But Siena scored quickly on its first possession of the second half and never slowed down. The Saints had 14 points within 4½ minutes and posted 51 for the half – 10 more than they had scored in a half this season.
• Colgate in its second half scored a season-high 43, but it wasn't enough.

From the Source
• Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort: (On the team's sharp shooting) "We were really aggressive today on the offensive end, and we were taking better shots. Our offensive, which has been the thorn in our side, today actually was working pretty well.
"We were looking to be aggressive, make extra passes and pass-fakes, and we got some really good shots. That's one of the reasons we shot such a high percentage."
(On carrying that over into Patriot League play) "I hope so. I hope that's a sigh of things to come for our offense. Now we've just got to get our defense back to where it was."
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at the Times Union Center was 365.
 
Up Next
• Colgate opens Patriot League play Wednesday against Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks are 8-2 after losing 82-75 Sunday at home to Duquesne. The team's played three times last year, counting the Patriot League Tournament contest in Bethlehem, and the home team won all three.
 
Tipoff Wednesday from Cotterell Court is 2 p.m.