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HAMILTON – Hot-shooting Gonzaga fired in 11 3-pointers to help defeat Colgate 80-50 here Sunday afternoon.
 
The Bulldogs won their fourth game in the last five and did so with their best-shooting performance of the season. Gonzaga started off the game with three straight 3-pointers from guard Emma Stach in the opening two minutes and never looked back.
 
Gonzaga shot 56.1 percent from the field and finished 11-of-20 from long range after making five of their first six. At one point in the first quarter, Gonzaga was shooting 78 percent from the floor and led 21-5.
 
The Raiders placed a season-high 10 players in the scoring column and matched their season best with just 12 turnovers, but rebounds were hard to come by against the taller Bulldogs. Gonzaga finished with a 45-20 board edge.
 
Paige Kriftcher was the Colgate scoring leader for the fourth time this season. The senior guard scored 11 with a pair of 3-pointers. Josie Stockill and Randyll Butler shared rebounding honors with four, and Butler handed out four assists.
 
Colgate is back in action Saturday against St. Bonaventure.
 
Bottom Line
• Gonzaga 80, Colgate 50
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 1-7.
• Gonzaga improved to 8-4 after winning its fourth game in the last five.
 
How It Happened
• Gonzaga started fast. Bulldogs guard Emma Stach nailed three straight 3-pointers in the first two minutes and Gonzaga led 9-0.
• Colgate pulled as close as 9-4 on a 3-pointer and layup from Kriftcher, but that's as close as they got.
• Late in the first quarter, Gonzaga led 21-5 on 78 percent shooting to just 14 percent for the Raiders. The period ended at 21-8, Bulldogs.
• Gonzaga outscored Colgate 16-9 in the second quarter to lead 37-17 at intermission.
• Colgate played better in the second half, scoring 15 points in the third quarter and 18 in the final stanza.
• Four points from Tori Pozsonyi and 3-pointers from Mackenzie Carroll and Kateri Stone helped Colgate to a late 10-0 run. Gonzaga made the last basket for the final margin.
 
Facts & Figures
• Kriftcher leads the Raiders with six games scoring in double figures. She's topped the team scoring chart four times in eight games.
• Butler has led Colgate in rebounding six times and in assists six times.
• Stockill blocked three shots, increasing her season total to 31 and her career number to 167. She needs three more to tie Colgate's all-time record of 170.
• Stockill blocked 38 shots in her rookie season and 30 as a sophomore before compiling 68 last year.
• Butler and Chandler also had blocks.
• Colgate committed just 12 turnovers for the second time in the last four games (also LIU Brooklyn).
• Stone handed out a career-high three assists.
• Chelsey Koren scored her first collegiate points and they came on a nifty corner three, one of seven treys in the game for Colgate.
• Ariel Etheridge tied her career high with nine points. A late reverse layup just rimmed out or she would have busted through double figures for the first time.
• The Raiders were 11-of-16 at the line to Gonzaga's 5-of-13. It's the first time all season that Colgate attempted more free throws than the opponent.
 
More Key Info
• Colgate's scoring column went like this: Kriftcher 11, Etheridge 9, Pozsonyi 6, Stone 5, Mylah Chandler 4, Stockill 3, Butler 3, Katie Curtis 3, Carroll 3 and Koren 3.
• Points-off-turnovers were deadlocked at 17-17.
• Gonzaga placed five scorers in double figures, led by Zhane Templeton's 16. Shelby Cheslek contributed a double-double with 11 and 11.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Cotterell Court was 522.
• The game was the nightcap of a doubleheader that saw the Colgate men defeat New Hampshire, 75-59.
 
Up Next
• After a week of final exams, Colgate returns to action Saturday against St. Bonaventure at Cotterell Court.
• The Bonnies are 8-2 after Saturday's 70-60 home win over Penn State.
• Tip time Saturday is approximately 4 p.m. as the second game of a doubleheader with the men's team. Colgate takes on Keuka in a 2 p.m. exhibition contest.