CHICAGO – Randyll Butler led Colgate in rebounding for the fourth straight game but it wasn't enough in a 96-46 loss at No. 20 DePaul.
The game was the first of potentially three this month against nationally ranked opponents. Colgate hosts No. 1 Connecticut on Dec. 9 and then Gonzaga, which has been receiving poll votes, on Dec. 13.
DePaul led 30-10 at the end of the first quarter and 48-21 at intermission.
Paige Kriftcher for the second outing this season led Colgate in scoring, finishing with 11.
Mylah Chandler added seven and
Ariel Etheridge six.
Butler's nine rebounds were a game high and marked the fourth time in four games she has paced Colgate on the boards. The Chicago native sports an 11.3 average.
Bottom Line• DePaul 96, Colgate 46
Won-Lost Records• Colgate is now 0-4.
• DePaul improved to 5-1.
Facts & Figures• Colgate's scoring went like this: Kriftcher 11, Chandler 7, Etheridge 6,
Tori Pozsonyi 5,
Kateri Stone 4,
Josie Stockill 4,
Summer King 4, Butler 3 and
Katie Curtis 2.
• King's play was her first in a Colgate uniform. She finished 2-of-4 from the field and added two rebounds in six minutes.
• Pozsonyi finished with a career-high 33 minutes. The sophomore's previous high was 16 last year against Bucknell.
• Butler missed by one rebound her third double-digit total in four games. She's just five shy of 500 rebounds for her career.
• Kriftcher made a season-high three 3-pointers, finishing 3-of-8. She and Stone share the team lead with six made threes.
• Chandler connected on her first collegiate 3-pointer during the second half, when she scored all seven of her points.
• Stockill blocked two shots, with Chandler and Butler adding one apiece. Colgate entered the night second in the nation at 8.0 blocks per game.
• Stockill's blocks average is now 4.3. She led the nation coming in with 15 blocks in her first three games.
More Key Info• Colgate scored 10, 11, 12 and 13 points in the four quarters.
• The Raiders shot 32.7 percent from the floor and were 4-of-20 from 3-point distance. Colgate was 6-of-12 at the line.
• DePaul finished at 47.9 percent from the field, including 8-of-18 from downtown. The Blue Demons were sharp at the line, making 18 of their 22 attempts.
• DePaul placed five scorers in double figures, led by Amarah Coleman's 15.
Chicagoland Gathering• Friday night was a homecoming for Colgate head coach
Nicci Hays Fort, who served from 2006-11 as the top assistant to DePaul's Doug Bruno before accepting the position in Hamilton. The Blue Demons were 112-54 (.675) during Hays Fort's association with the program, with NCAA tournament bids every year, a Sweet Sixteen appearance and a top-10 national ranking.
Two Chicago-area Raiders – Butler and Stone – also drew a healthy Colgate contingent at Friday night's game. Butler played her high school ball at Chicago's Marist High School, while Stone is from Naperville and played at Montini Catholic.
And Curtis hails from Lebanon, Indiana, just 2½ hours away.
Gate Grab Bag• Attendance at McGrath-Phillips Arena was 2,015.
Up Next• Colgate is off this week before visiting LIU Brooklyn on Dec. 5.
• The Blackbirds (1-2) lost 78-42 at home Friday to 14th-ranked Florida State.
