BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Josie Stockill scored a career-high 23 points and Colgate picked up a big road win Saturday with a 63-53 victory at LIU Brooklyn.
The Blackbirds (2-4) were coming off an overtime win at Navy, but Colgate put together a solid game throughout to post its first triumph of the season.
Stockill was a sizzling 11-of-14 from the floor and added five rebounds and three blocked shots.
Paige Kriftcher pitched in 11 points, while
Randyll Butler led the Raiders with both seven rebounds and eight assists.
Colgate trailed 29-28 at halftime but posted a 17-10 scoring advantage in the third quarter to take command. The Raiders put together two runs of five points, one of seven and then a 9-0 stretch in the final four minutes that put the game away.
Colgate is back in action Monday at Binghamton (2-5). The Raiders then host No. 1-ranked Connecticut on Wednesday in a sold out game at Cotterell Court.
Bottom Line• Colgate 63, LIU Brooklyn 53
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate improved to 1-4.
• LIU Brooklyn dropped to 2-4.
Facts & Figures• Colgate's scoring line was as follows: Stockill 23, Kriftcher 11,
Ariel Etheridge 8,
Tori Pozsonyi 5,
Mackenzie Carroll 5,
Kateri Stone 5,
Summer King 4 and Butler 2.
• Kriftcher has reached double-figures in four of Colgate's first five games. She leads the team with a 15.0 average.
• Stockill is the team leader in 20-point games with three. She scored 20 at Kent State and 21 against Monmouth before Saturday's 23. All three figures were career highs.
• Butler has led the team in rebounding in all five games, and led the team in assists in four of five. She's averaging 10.4 boards and 6.2 assists.
• Etheridge missed her career scoring high by one point.
• Stockill blocked three shots and has 21 for the season. She's 13 from tying the Colgate career record of 170.
• Stockill scored 15 of her 23 points in the second half, including her second 3-pointer of the season. It came with the shot-clock winding down and pretty much iced the game for the Raiders at 59-49 with 2:05 remaining.
More Key Info• Colgate led 28-18 with 4:55 left in the second quarter when the Raiders went cold. They were bothered by foul trouble and didn't score again in the half.
• LIU Brooklyn scored the final 11 points of the first half and led 29-28 at intermission.
• Colgate tallied just 11 points total in that second quarter but was solid in the other three stanzas. The Raiders posted 17, 17 and 18 points in Quarters 1, 2 and 4.
• Colgate shot a season-high 42.2 percent from the floor. The Raiders were 7-of-23 from 3-point distance and 2-of-4 at the line. Brooklyn was 7-of-14 at the line but shot just 33.3 percent from the floor.
• The Raiders finished with 16 assists against a season-low 12 turnovers.
• Colgate's bench outscored its Blackbird counterparts 22-10, led by Etheridge with 8.
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Katie Curtis pitched in four assists to continue her fine play of late. Curtis has 11 assists in the last three games against just five turnovers.
From the Source• Colgate head coach
Nicci Hays Fort (on the game): "It was a really solid team road win. Except for that five-minute stretch late in the second quarter, we played well. Josie was sharp all night and she even made a 3-pointer for us that pretty much sealed it.
"I'm happy for our team. This is a tough stretch for us, both on the court and in the classroom, so I was happy to see our focus. We beat a team that proved the other night at Navy that they can play."
Gate Grab Bag• Attendance at the Steinberg Wellness Center was 412.
Up Next• Colgate is back in action Monday at Binghamton.
• The Bearcats are 2-5 but lost just 67-65 Thursday at one-loss Brown.
• Tip time is 7 p.m., with Eric Malanoski calling the action on wkxzfm.com.
