ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Josie Stockill's third double-double of the season wasn't quite enough to prevent Navy from posting a 51-41 Patriot League win over Colgate here Saturday.
 
Stockill scored 10 points and grabbed 11 boards. It was her third twin-figure rebounding game in the last four outings and pushed her collegiate total past the 500 mark to 508.
 
The nation's leading shot-blocker also added three in this game and now has 60 for the season and 196 for her career.
 
Kateri Stone contributed nine points and Katie Curtis seven. Curtis pitched in with career highs of five assists and four steals as Colgate was playing without the injured Randyll Butler.
 
Navy extended a 26-18 halftime lead to as many as 16 points early in the fourth quarter. It was the second straight win for the Mids, who were led by Peri Curtis' 10 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Colgate returns to action Wednesday at Army West Point in a 7 p.m. tip.
 
Bottom Line
• Navy 51, Colgate 41
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate dropped to 3-11 overall and 1-3 in the Patriot League.
• Navy improved to 8-7 and 2-2.
 
How It Happened
• Colgate broke in front 5-0 before Navy answered with eight straight points. That was the game's only lead change.
• The Raiders were limited offensively in the first quarter by 3-of-19 shooting from the floor. Navy led 14-8.
• Colgate pulled within three points on three occasions in the second quarter, the last at 19-16 on a Stockill jumper in the paint with 4:20 left in the half.
• But Navy closed the half 7-2 (Tori Pozsonyi sank a pair of free throws for Colgate) and led 26-18 at intermission.
• The first Colgate basket of the second half was Stockill once again with 3:41 left in the third quarter to pull the Raiders within 30-20.
• Navy led 39-27 at the end of three quarters. All nine Colgate points in the quarter came in the final 3:41 as Colgate sank four of its last five from the field.
• Chelsey Koren fired in a pair of 3-pointers to spark Colgate's offense in the fourth as the Raiders closed to within 51-41 at the final horn.
 
Facts & Figures
• Mylah Chandler drew her first collegiate starting assignment and finished with four points and a season-high eight rebounds.
• Her previous high was six boards at Lafayette.
• Colgate shot 30.4 percent from the field to Navy's 34.0 percent. The Raiders were 3-of-15 from 3-point distance, with Koren making the pair and Stone one.
• The Raiders posted a 40-38 rebounding edge, led by Stockill and Chandler.
• Colgate was just 4-of-6 at the free-throw line to Navy's 10-of-15.
• Miscues were nearly even (Colgate 17, Navy 14), but the Mids took better advantage with a 17-5 edge in points-off-turnovers.
 
More Key Info
• Colgate's scoring went like this: Stockill 10, Stone 9, Curtis 7, Koren 6, Chandler 4, Pozsonyi 2, Ariel Etheridge 2 and Julia Barcello 1.
• Stockill crossed the 500-career rebounding mark early in the first quarter. She now has 508 for her career and is averaging 10.8 over her last four games.
• Stockill also improved her career scoring total to 867 in her bid to become the 20th Raider to reach 1,000 points.
• Stockill and Navy's Curtis were the only double-figure scorers in the game, and both added a matching rebound total of 11 to their stat lines.
 
Turning Point
• Colgate led 5-0 on a Chandler layup with 7:19 left in the opening quarter.
• But Navy answered with a pair of 3-pointers over the next two minutes and led 6-5 for keeps.
• The Raiders made just one of their final 11 attempts from the floor in the first quarter and trailed 14-8.
• Colgate never drew closer than three points the rest of the way.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort (On playing without Randyll Butler): "Obviously, Randyll does so many things for us. Just her leadership is something that's hard to make up for. We usually go how Randyll goes and she's our vocal leader on the court, so we missed that tonight.
 
"We just asked everybody to do one thing differently tonight, and rebounding was a big thing. Mylah stepped up and got some rebounds and Josie had the double-double.
 
"Our defense was pretty good tonight, even with Randyll not out there. But we missed her ability to get the ball inside and make the extra pass."
 
Listen to the rest of Hays Fort's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Alumni Hall was 657.
• Among those in the crowd tonight was Steph Schultz '15.
 
Up Next
• Colgate stays on the road for Wednesday's matchup at Army West Point.
• The Black Knights are 12-2 overall and 3-1 in the Patriot League after their 70-37 win Saturday against Loyola.
• Tipoff Wednesday from West Point is 7 p.m.