BALTIMORE – Paige Kriftcher sank one 3-pointer Sunday to move into Colgate's career top 10 during a 55-38 loss at Loyola.
The senior captain increased her collegiate total to 93 3-point baskets, tying
Candice Green '12 for 10th place on the Raider chart. Green serves as Colgate's Director of Basketball Operations, so she was on the sidelines for the basket that came midway in the second quarter.
Kriftcher continued her recent scoring surge and led the Raiders with 12 points. Sunday was her seventh game in a row in double figures and she's averaging 16.7 points during that stretch.
Kriftcher also leads the squad with 18 games scoring in double figures.
First-year forward
Mylah Chandler pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds to help Colgate gain a 43-42 edge in that department.
Loyola was led by Jeneh Perry's 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Colgate plays Wednesday at Lehigh in a 7 p.m. start.
Bottom Line• Loyola 55, Colgate 38
Won-Lost Records• Colgate is now 4-21 overall and 2-13 in the Patriot League.
• Loyola improved to 11-15 and 8-7.
Facts & Figures• Colgate continued its impressive shooting at the free-throw line. The Raiders were 13-of-16 in the game and are up to 73.1 percent for the season.
• Keep that pace and Colgate sets a program record for the second straight year.
• Last season, Colgate also closed strong at the stripe to reach 72.0 percent. That topped the previous mark of 71.9 set by the 2003-04 Patriot League championship team.
• Kriftcher was 7-of-8 and
Katie Curtis 6-of-8 to account for the team total.
• Kriftcher is up to 87.8 percent for the season on 43-of-49. Curtis is now at 75.3 percent on 58-of-77 and ninth in the Patriot League. Kriftcher does not yet meet the 2.0 made per game minimum to qualify for the rankings.
• The Raiders as a team are second in the Patriot League, just 0.2 behind Bucknell's 73.3.
• Loyola led 18-4 at the end of the first quarter and 41-19 at halftime. The Raiders pulled out 7-4 and 12-10 scoring margins in the third and fourth quarters, respectively.
More Key Info• Colgate's scoring column looked like this: Kriftcher 12, Curtis 8,
Summer King 7 (season-high),
Josie Stockill 4,
Mackenzie Carroll 3,
Ariel Etheridge 2 and
Kateri Stone 2.
• King was 3-of-3 from the field, including her second 3-point basket of the season. She added a team-high two assists.
• Chandler's previous rebounding high was eight at Navy back in early January.
• Etheridge also matched her career high with seven boards.
• 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.
• Stockill blocked two shots in the game to increase her season total to 92 and her career number to 228. She leads the Patriot League at 3.7 per game.
Gate Grab Bag• Attendance on National Girls and Women in Sports Day at Reitz Arena was 1,236.
Up Next• Colgate plays at Lehigh this Wednesday.
• The Mountain Hawks are 16-10 overall and 9-6 in the Patriot League after their 80-65 win at Lafayette on Saturday.
• Colgate and Lehigh are playing for the first time season and meet again March 2 in Hamilton.
• Tipoff Wednesday is 7 p.m.
(Ed. Note -- The initial posting of this story credited Kriftcher with two 3-pointers and 15 points in the game; the official statistics later were corrected to credit one of those 3-point baskets to Carroll.)
