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HAMILTON – Colgate's Paige Kriftcher led four Raiders in double figures but it wasn't enough in a 71-58 loss Wednesday night to Boston University.
 
Kriftcher scored 19 and Ariel Etheridge added a career-high 18. For Kriftcher, it was her sixth straight game in double figures to extend her personal best streak. She leads the Raiders with 17 games scoring 10 points or more.
 
Kriftcher also reclaimed the top scoring spot on the team at 12.5, just ahead of Josie Stockill's 12.2. Stockill scored 10 points and blocked three shots, while Katie Curtis finished with 11 points.
 
Etheridge was 13-of-14 at the free throw line to lead a 20-of-25 performance for the team.
 
Colgate improved its season free-throw percentage to 72.7 as the Raiders attempt to break the program record for the second straight year. Last year's team finished at 72.0 to just eclipse the previous mark of 71.9 set by the 2003-04 Patriot League championship squad.
 
Boston University was led by Meghan Doogan's 23 points. Doogan started the game with 12 in the first quarter.
 
Colgate plays Sunday at Loyola in a 2 p.m. start.
 
Bottom Line
• Boston University 71, Colgate 58
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 4-20 overall and 2-12 in the Patriot League.
• Boston University improved to 3-22 and 3-11.
 
How It Happened
• There were six early lead changes before BU put together a 9-0 run over a 1:16 stretch to make it 15-7 with 4:45 left in the first quarter.
• Kriftcher with 7 and Stockill with 6 accounted for the Colgate first-quarter scoring as BU led 20-13.
• Boston U. put together a 13-0 run in the second quarter that made it 33-16 with 2:16 left before half. Etheridge canned a couple of free throws and then Kriftcher swished a late trey to make it 35-21 at the break.
• Etheridge was 8-of-8 at the line in the fourth quarter alone. Before tonight, her previous best game was 7-of-8 in the January win at BU.
• She scored 13 of her career-high 18 points in final period as Colgate posted a 23-15 scoring advantage.
 
Facts & Figures
• BU shot 43.3 percent to Colgate's 28.8 percent.
• The Terriers won the rebounding column 49-33, but Colgate committed just 13 turnovers to BU's 17.
• BU posted its second-best 3-point shooting performance of the season, finishing 7-of-13. The Terriers were 5-of-9 from downtown in the first half.
• Colgate's 20 made free throws are a season-high, topping the 19 at BU in January.
• The Raiders are up to 72.7 percent from the line as a team. In their last four games, they are shooting 78.0 percent (64-of-82).
 
More Key Info
• Kriftcher connected on two 3-pointers and needs just one more to tie current Director of Basketball Operations Candice Green for 10th on the Colgate career chart.
• Green has 93 and Kriftcher 92.
• Kriftcher was 3-of-3 at the free-throw line to improve her season percentage to 87.8. For her career, she's at 82.8.
• Etheridge is up to 72.7 for the season after her 13-of-14 night. Stockill also made 13 free throws last Wednesday against Army West Point in 16 attempts.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Cotterell Court was 691.
 
Up Next
• Colgate plays at Loyola this Sunday.
• The Greyhounds are 10-15 overall and 7-7 in the Patriot League after their 64-42 home loss Wednesday to Bucknell.
• Colgate is 3-2 all-time against Loyola but lost 65-49 earlier this season in Hamilton.
• Tipoff Sunday is 2 p.m.