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HAMILTON – With a 62-53 victory over Boston University on Wednesday night Colgate shifts into sole possession of first place in the Patriot League with a 4-1 conference mark.
 
An achievement the Raiders haven't done since the 1998-99 season.

Colgate also moves to 3-0 during conference when playing in front of its home crowd.
 
Boston U., who was tied with Colgate heading into the contest, didn't go down without a fight however. The Terriers jumped out to a 20-8 lead midway through the opening half to create their largest margin of the game.
 
Colgate used a 14-2 run though to erase any deficit between the teams with less than three minutes to play in the half.
 
The Raiders trailed by three at the break but after a back-and-forth second period the game was tied at 45-45 with seven minutes left to play. Colgate then kept its visitors scoreless for nearly five minutes going on a 9-0 run, which ultimately sealed the win for the Raiders.
 
Three Colgate players hit double-figures with Damon Sherman-Newsome leading the way with a game-high 19 points. Senior Luke Roh chipped in 13 points, while fellow classmate Ethan Jacobs recorded 10.
 
Matt McMullen registered his second double-digit rebounding game in as many contests with 10 boards. That mark again matched his career-best.

The Raiders take their 7-11 overall mark and 4-1 conference record on the road with them Saturday when they head to Annapolis, Maryland, for a contest with Navy at 4 p.m.
 
Colgate On Top
• The Colgate Raiders are 4-1 to open Patriot League play for the first time in program history – Well sort of.
• The last time Colgate opened conference play with a 4-1 mark, which happened during the 1998-99 season, the school went by the nickname "Red Raiders" at that time.
• Colgate was tied with Boston U. and Navy heading into Wednesday's game but with the way the rest of the league contests played out, the Raiders took over sole possession of first place with their victory.
• The Raiders schedule does not let up, however, as they travel to Navy on Saturday for their third conference road test of the year. Currently the Mids are tied for second with a league record of 3-2.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 62, Boston U. 53
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate improves to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in Patriot League play
• Boston U. shifts to 7-9 and 3-2, respectively.
 
Facts & Figures
• Sherman-Newsome led all scorers with 19 points in the game. The senior went 6-for-11 from the floor, 5-for-9 from downtown and 2-for-4 from the charity stripe.
• He also added seven rebounds, which matched his season-best, and two assists during his 28 minutes on the court.  
• Sherman-Newsome, an Anchorage, Alaska, native, has now tallied double-figures in 16 of the Raiders' 18 games this year
• Roh and Jacobs also reached double-digits with 13 and 10 points each, respectively. Roh chipped in six rebounds, while Jacobs registered two blocks.
• For the second consecutive contest McMullen pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds. He was able to knock down five points, two assists and two blocks as well in the game.
• Overall the Raiders shot 47.8 percent from the floor and 39.1 percent from behind the arc. Boston U. finished shooting 37.3 and 27.8 percent, respectively.
• The Terriers came into Wednesday's contest the league's second-best shooting team from 3-point range (39.3%) and the leaders in treys per game with an average of 8.6. But the Raiders contained them forcing their opponent to shoot just 27.8 percent from long, while limiting the Terriers to a mere five makes from downtown.
• Colgate held the edge on rebounds at 33-29 and assists at 14-6. The Raiders also notched six blocks and seven steals compared to Boston U.'s one and six, respectively.
• The Terriers outscored Colgate on points from inside the paint at 20-16, while also registering 11 points off of 10 Raider turnovers.
• The game saw five tie scores to go along with its nine lead changes.
• Colgate's largest lead of the game at nine occurred for the first time after McMullen drained a 3-pointer with two minutes and 53 seconds left to play in the game, which closed out a 9-0 Raider run.
• The Raiders had the advantage for 13:15, while the visitors had the lead for 23:16. The game was tied for 3:29. 
 
Boston Numbers
• The Terriers were led by Eric Fanning, who posted 15 points in the game off the bench. Cheddi Mosely and Nathan Dieudonne also recorded 13 and 10 points, respectively. Three Boston U. players were tied for leading the team with five rebounds, while John Papale handed out a team-best three helpers.
• Papale, along with Cedric Hankerson, the Terriers' two main leading scorers on the year, were limited to a combined 1-for-13 from the floor.
• Hankerson entered the game the league's second leading scorer as well averaging 18.8 points per game but the strong Colgate defense held him scoreless until there was a little more than a minute left in the game.

Interesting Notes
• Colgate got back into the win column after a devastating double overtime loss at American on Saturday.
• The Raiders ended Boston U.'s eight-game conference road winning streak with the victory.
• Colgate also snapped its 20-game losing skid to the Terriers, having not previously beat their New England foe since the 1976-77 season, when the Raiders notched a 84-65 victory at home.
• The Raiders held the Terriers to a season-low scoring night (53 points).
• Colgate is outscoring its opponents in league play by an average of 6.8 points per game.
• Sherman-Newsome recorded double-figures in the game for his fifth consecutive contest. He has hit double-digits in 16 of the Raiders 18 games so far this season.
• The only two games he missed that mark were contests in which he got injured during the game.
• Jacobs and Roh are also riding double-digit scoring streaks with Jacobs sitting with six straight and Roh three.
• In the last five games the Raiders are shooting 50 percent from the floor and 41 percent from long.
 
Defending the 'gate
• Colgate is now 5-2 overall at home with a 3-0 conference mark on Cotterell Court.
• The only two games the Raiders dropped on home hardwood were to Albany by four and Sacred Heart by one.
• A lot of their home winning record comes from hard defensive play. For a team that's second from the bottom in blocks with 2.2 per game, the Raiders came up with six very timely stops during Wednesday contest.
• In those seven games total, Colgate is outblocking its opponent 26-13 and outrebounding them by an average margin of 3.6 boards per game.

Relive the Action
• After the team's exchanged buckets to start the game, Colgate found itself trailing by five at the 12 minute mark.
• A 3-pointer from Fanning sparked a 7-0 run for the Terriers, which created Boston U.'s largest lead of the game at 20-8.
• Colgate responded with a 14-2 run over the next six minutes though to knot the score at 22-22.
• The Terriers then finished the half scoring seven points to Colgate's four to take a three point edge into the break.
• In the opening 13 minutes of the second period, neither team held more than a three-point lead over the other to keep the game competitive.
• With the score all square at 45-all, the Raiders used a 9-0 run to ultimately secure themselves a nine-point victory down the stretch.
 
Record's Watch
• Moore, who is still within reach of breaking the 1,000-point barrier for his career, currently sits with 878 points.
• Tillotson already has 84 season assists on the year. He recorded 133 helpers a year ago during his first season with the Maroon and White, which placed him third all-time.
• With his two helpers on Wednesday, Roh's career assists total shifts to 300. He is now 23 shy of matching Alvin Reed '06 for fourth place all-time.

Straight From The Source -- There were some technical difficulties with our postgame interview we apologies for any inconvenience on the video.
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on his team coming from behind and closing out the win in the final five minutes) "We made some big defensive plays. Their guys got in the paint but we were in good help position. We also came up with a couple blocked shots and loose ball rebounds, which helped us."
 
(on Damon Sherman-Newsome's play in the game) "He is in a good rhythm and I really credit his teammates as much as I credit him. He's obviously making the shots but the ball is moving. He's not really forcing the issue and guys are looking for him."

Up Next
• The Raiders head back on the road Saturday when they travel to Annapolis, Maryland for a contest with Navy at 4 p.m.
• The Mids are coming off a 65-63 setback at Bucknell on Wednesday.
• Navy sits with a 3-2 conference mark after starting league play 3-0 before dropping its last two contests.
• The Raiders and Mids will go head-to-head for their 57th all-time meeting. Colgate holds the slight 30-26 record advantage.
• During last year's two regular season games both team's were victorious on their home courts with the Mids taking a 71-61 win before the Raiders recorded a 57-51 triumph.

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