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HAMILTON – Colgate had a seven-point lead at the half but saw Lafayette rally in the second period to steal a 59-54 victory here Wednesday night.
 
The Raiders had extended their advantage to eight points following a made free throw from Ethan Jacobs, four minutes into the second half.
 
Lafayette responded though with a 12-3 run to take its first lead of the contest at 46-45 with 10 minutes and 30 seconds remaining in the game.
 
Colgate pulled back ahead by two after a Luke Roh layup less than five minutes later but the Leopards closed the game on a 10-3 run, including keeping its host scoreless from the field for six minutes.
 
The Raiders saw Jacobs lead the team with 14 points, while Damon Sherman-Newsome and Austin Tillotson both added 11 points each. With their double-digits in the contest, both Jacobs and Sherman-Newsome extended their double-figure scoring streak to 10 and nine games, respectively.
 
Roh pulled down a team-high seven boards, while Matt McMullen and Tillotson chipped in four assists apiece.
 
Colgate finished the game shooting 45.8 percent from the floor and 23.5 percent from 3-point range. Lafayette shot 44.2 percent and 35.3 percent, respectively.
 
The Raiders wrapped up the first half of league play with a 6-3 overall record and are back in action Saturday at Bucknell. That game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip.

Bottom Line
• Lafayette 59, Colgate 54
• Colgate lowest scoring conference game of the season
 
Won-Lost Records
• Lafayette improves to 12-8 overall and 4-5 in Patriot League play
• Colgate slants to 9-13 and 6-3, respectively.
• The Raiders currently sit in second place in the league and head to first-place Bucknell on Saturday.
 
Facts & Figures
• Jacobs led the Raiders in scoring with 14 points from 5-of-11 shooting.
• He also pulled down six rebounds and added two blocks on the night. With those two blocked shots, it marked his fifth-straight contest with multiple blocks.    
• The Tipton, Indiana, native has now also hit double-figures in 15 of the Raiders' 22 games this season and has hit that mark in 10 consecutive matches.
• Tillotson and Sherman-Newsome recorded 11 points each in the contest as well to close out the Colgate players in double-figures.
• Sherman-Newsome has reached double-figures in 20 of his 22 games this season and is also on a nine-game double-digit scoring streak.
• He has posted at least one trey in 20 of Colgate's 22 games this year.
• Roh led the Raiders on the board with seven rebounds, including three on the offensive glass.  
• The senior added three helpers and currently sits with 311 career assists.
• McMullen and Tillotson chipped in a team-best four helpers each to the Raiders' final total. That mark for McMullen matched his career-high, while it shifted Tillotson's season total mark to 99.  
• The Raiders finished the night shooting 45.8 percent from the floor and a mere 23.5 percent from long. Colgate's final shooting percentage from downtown marked its lowest so far this season in conference play.
• Lafayette held the slight edge on rebounds at 30-29, while also recording 16 assists to Colgate's 12.  
• The Raiders also committed 14 turnovers, 10 in the second half alone.
• Colgate registered 22 points from inside the paint to Lafayette's 18, but the Leopards converted on 13 points from Colgate turnovers and six from second-chance opportunities.  
• The game saw five tie scores to go along with its five lead changes.
• Colgate's largest edge in the game came following two made free throws from Jacobs just nine minutes into the contest. The score at the time was 18-9. The Leopards grabbed their largest lead in the game with 10 seconds remaining after Nick Lindner made both of his free throw attempts to ice the game.
• The Raiders had the advantage for 28:03, while Lafayette was ahead for 7:42. The game was tied for 4:15.
 
Lafayette's Numbers
• The Leopards saw Dan Trist go for a game-high 24 points after 12-of-20 shooting.
• Those 24 points were the most given up by Colgate to a single player all season.
• Bryce Scott pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, while he and Lindner led the team with five assists each.
• Lafayette shot 44.2 percent from the floor and 35.3 percent from behind the arc. They also drained 7-of-10 from the charity stripe, including all four of their shots in the final 10 seconds.  

Game Notes
• With the outcome, Colgate dropped its first conference game of the year at home.
• Of the Raiders 13 losses this season, 10 of them have been by seven or fewer points.
• The Raiders were outscored in the second half for only the second time this season during conference play. Unfortunately, it's been two-straight.   
• Colgate held the league's second highest scoring offense to just 59 points in the game, the Leopards second-lowest scoring night overall.
• The Raiders wrapped up the first half of league play with a 6-3 overall record.
• Sherman-Newsome recorded double-figures in the game for his ninth consecutive contest. He has also hit double-digits in 20 of the Raiders 22 games so far this season.
• The only two games Sherman-Newsome missed that mark were contests in which he got injured during the game.
• Jacobs is also riding a double-digit scoring streak with his number sitting at 10 straight. That streak is a team-best.

How It Happened
• With the game tied at 7-all, Colgate used an 11-2 run to take its largest lead in the game at 18-9, midway through the opening period.
• The Leopards responded making it a one-possession game with 5:43 remaining, but a 9-5 Raider run to end the half gave Colgate a seven-point edge heading into the break.
• The Raiders kept an eight-point lead over their visitors five minutes into the second period when Jacobs converted on an and-1.
• Again, the Leopards would rally though, using a 12-3 run to take over the advantage for the first time at 46-45 with 10 minutes and 30 second left to play.
• Roh would give Colgate back the edge by two, a little more than four minutes later, but Lafayette would close the game on a 10-3 run to steal the victory and hand Colgate's its first conference loss on Cotterell Court.
• During that 10-3 run, the Raiders were held without a field goal for six minutes, while Trist scored six of Lafayette's 10 points.
 
Record's Watch
• Moore and Sherman-Newsome are still within reach of breaking the 1,000-point barrier for their careers as they both sit 113 points shy.
• Tillotson already has 99 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 three assists on Wednesday, Roh's career assist total shifts to 311. He is now 12 assists short of matching Alvin Reed '06 for fourth place all-time.

Straight From The Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on his overall thoughts from the game) "I have to give Lafayette credit. Coming off a three-game losing streak, where they lost by a total of seven points, they really stuck to their guns."
 
"When we got a good solid lead in the second half, they just kept playing, moving the ball and trusting one another. (Dan) Trist was a load but to take 20 shots and get 24 points isn't the end of the world. In the end they made the necessary plays and the free throws to win the game."
 
"Every game takes on its own identity and personality. It was disappointing to have 10 turnovers in the second half against a team that's not really trying to turn you over."
 
"The style we played wasn't really our offensive basketball. We didn't move the ball well enough or share it. We didn't work to break the defense down and we, a little bit too much, tried to play one-on-one. Again that's not who we are if we are going to continue to win basketball games."

Up Next
• The Raiders head back on the road for a two-game swing at Bucknell and Holy Cross.
• Colgate faces the Bison on Saturday, who are coming off a 68-62 come-from-behind victory over Lehigh on Wednesday.   
• Bucknell sits in sole possession of first place in the league with a 7-2 mark.
• The Raiders and Bison will go head-to-head for their 104th all-time meeting. Bucknell holds the 62-41 record advantage.
• Colgate took the earlier meeting this season 68-62 at home after Sherman-Newsome put up a game-high 24 points.

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