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HAMILTON – Malcolm Regisford led Colgate Men's Basketball to its fourth straight victory here Sunday afternoon with a 20-point performance in a 76-61 win over Holy Cross. 
 
The first-year had himself a day, finishing 6-for-8 from the floor and 8-for-10 from the charity stripe for his career-high number. The Woodland Hills, California, native also pulled down a team-best eight rebounds while handing out two assists, which matched his career-high.
 
Three other student-athletes recorded twin figures in Tom Rivard , Sean O'Brien and Austin Tillotson . One game removed from scoring his 1,000th career point in the Maroon and White, Tillotson earned 10 points on Sunday to go along with his three steals. He has now reached double-figures in 15 of the Raiders' 19 games so far this season.
 
Rivard ended with 16 points and had a nearly perfect shooting day, going 7-for-8 from the floor, 1-for-1 from long range and 1-for-1 from the free throw line. O'Brien closed out the top scorers with 15 points, aided by 3-of-5 makes from downtown. The sophomore dished out a team-best five helpers, while compiling three steals as well.
 
Colgate had the lead for the majority of the game and a 3-pointer from Jordan Swopshire at the halftime buzzer sent the hosts into the break up 33-29.
 
The Raiders extended their edge to eight midway through the second period, but two good free throws from Holy Cross' Anthony Thompson pulled the visitors to within 54-48.
 
That would be as close as they would come though.
 
Colgate then used a 7-0 and 6-0 run to finish the game on a 22-13 rally, securing its sixth win in Patriot League action. This marked the fifth consecutive game the Raiders have outscored their opponent in the second half of play.
 
Head coach Matt Langel now takes his team back on the road to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for a contest with Lehigh on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at the start.

Bottom Line
• Colgate 76, Holy Cross 61
• The win ended a two-game losing skid to the Crusaders.
• The Raiders are now riding a four-game winning streak, with all victories being by seven or more points.  
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 10-9 on the year and 6-2 in Patriot League play.
• Holy Cross drops to 8-11 and 3-5, respectively.
• Colgate's two losses in the conference have come by three or fewer points, including one in overtime.
 
How It Happened
• In the opening five minutes of play, there were three tie scores and two lead changes. Of the Crusaders' first four buckets, three of them were from behind-the-arc and from the hand of Thompson.
• Neither team held larger than a four-point edge over the next 10 minutes until Regisford converted on a three-point play to give Colgate the 20-15 lead.
• A small rally from Holy Cross in a five-minute span handed the visitors a 29-27 advantage with 1:34 remaining in the half.
• Colgate finished the half on a 6-0 run though to send the Raiders into the break up 33-29. Swopshire drained a 3-pointer as the horn was sounding to give his team a little breathing room.
• Regisford added another old-fashioned three-point play early in the second period to extend Colgate's rally.
• A Rivard layup with 12:55 left to play made it a 54-46 Raiders edge; the Crusaders hit two free throws to make it a six-point game 42 seconds later. 
• But that's when the Raiders took over, sparking a 14-6 run, to create a 68-54 gap between the teams with a little under six minutes remaining.
• The Crusaders could never fully recover and another 6-0 run from the Raiders ultimately sealed a win for the hosts.
 
Facts & Figures
• Four players reached double-figure scoring for the eighth time this season. The Raiders are 6-2 when four or more players finish with twin figures. Their only two losses have come in overtime contests.
• Regisford posted a career-high night with his 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting. He was one shy of matching his career-best from the free throw line at 8-of-10.
• The first-year added a game-best eight rebounds, and currently leads the team with 116 on the year.
• Rivard chipped in 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting, while O'Brien and Tillotson finished with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Combined between them, O'Brien and Tillotson drained five of Colgate's final seven from downtown.
• Alex Ramon went a perfect 6-for-6 from the line and posted eight points on the day. His four assists in the game matched his career-high.
• On the day, Colgate shot 54.3 percent (25-of-46) from the floor, while converting on 7-of-14 from long range. The Raiders also made 19 of their 23 attempts from the free throw line.
• Colgate held the 26-16 edge on points in the paint and on points off turnovers at 19-6.
• The Crusaders outscored their hosts 13-8 in bench points.
• There were four lead changes and ties throughout the game, all coming in the opening period of play.
• Colgate led for 34:06, while Holy Cross was in front for just 1:29.The game was tied for 4:25.   
• The Crusaders never held larger than a three-point lead, with their last time coming early in the first half. Colgate pushed its advantage to a game-high 17 points with two minutes remaining after Ramon converted on two free throws.  
 
Records Watch
• Following his three assists on Sunday, Tillotson is now tied with former teammate Mitch Rolls '13 for second all-time in Colgate's career records book with 365.
 
Holy Cross' Numbers
• Thompson led the Crusaders with a team-high 14 points and was 4-of-7 from downtown.
• Robert Champion added 12 points to close out the Holy Cross players in double-figures.
• On the boards it was Matt Husek who pulled down a team-high five rebounds. He also finished with a game-high three blocks. 
• Thompson, Champion and Cullen Hamilton combined for eight of the Crusaders' final 11 assists.
• Holy Cross finished 43.5 percent from the floor on 20-of-46 shooting. They added 10-of-21 from behind-the-arc and 11-of-15 from the charity stripe.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Cotterell Court was 674.
 
Straight From The Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on the game) "It turned out to be a good one. Obviously we were supposed to be down in Baltimore and the weather kind of changed the plans. I'm glad we were able to stay in the rhythm of a weekday weekend type game situation.
 
"We didn't play as well against them there as we did now but we're a better team and I think we proved that to ourselves this afternoon. We were really focused on defense and although they got off to a really good run there to start the second half, I think Alex Ramon, specifically, but Dana Batt, Malcolm Regisford and Sean O'Brien did some good things on the defensive end that kind of stopped their run and allowed us to continue to score.
 
"I'm really proud of the growth and development of our team and the job we did to get a win here this afternoon."
 
(on Regisford's career-high performance) "He finished some of the shots that he had. Our spacing was good and we took advantage of the switches of their matchup zone. He got some high-low looks and some offensive rebound stick backs. He stepped up and made 8-of-10 from the free throw line so I think that's a sign of how good we think Malcolm can be. 20 points, eight rebounds in 26 minutes is a fantastic job and you combine that with Dana's 12 minutes on the defensive end and that's a great two-headed center for you as freshmen."
                                                                 
Next Up
• Colgate travels to Lehigh for a Wednesday night meeting with the Mountain Hawks at 7 p.m. in Stabler Arena.
• Lehigh's game against rival Lafayette on Saturday was postponed due to Winter Storm Jonas, making their last outing a 69-64 defeat to Navy on Jan. 20.
• The all-time series with the Mountain Hawks stands at 51-35.
• Live stats and video will be available at the start of that game.  

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