ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Colgate Men's Basketball went on the road to second-place Navy and handed the Mids a 58-55 defeat after a strong overall performance here Saturday afternoon.  
 
With it a 51-50 Raiders edge, sophomore Jordan Robertson drained a big 3-pointer to give Colgate the four-point lead with 1:40 left to play. Jace Hogan cut the advantage in half but Robertson converted on 1-of-2 free throws during the next possession to make it a 55-52 ballgame with 36 ticks remaining on the clock.
 
Twenty seconds later, Tilman Dunbar was fouled and hit 1-of-2 from the charity stripe before the Mids quickly sent Sean O'Brien to the line hoping for some missed free throws. O'Brien dropped in one of his attempts to push the lead to 56-53 with 13 seconds left.
 
Again Dunbar took the ball in his hands and pulled the Mids to within one following a layup.
 
The Mids then fouled O'Brien on the inbounds play and the sophomore calmly went to the line and sank the two free throws to secure the tough road victory.
 
O'Brien finished with six points, while Robertson added eight. Leading the team in scoring was Jordan Swopshire, who posted a career-high 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Austin Tillotson chipped in 13 points, shifting his double-digit scoring streak to 13 straight games.
 
Swopshire pulled down a game-high nine rebounds to go along with Tillotson's team-best four assists.
 
The Raiders led for the majority of the game, while the Mids were in front for just 26 seconds.

With the win, Colgate shifts into a four-way tie for second place with Navy, Loyola and Boston University.
 
The Raiders face Army West Point on short rest as they finish out their four-game road swing Monday at 7:30 p.m. That contest will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.

Bottom Line
• Colgate 58, Navy 55
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate ends its three game losing skid and stands with an overall record of 11-12 with a 7-5 record in Patriot League play.
• Navy drops to 16-9 and 7-5, respectively.  
 
Facts & Figures
• Swopshire led the team with a career-high performance of 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting. He also matched his career-best from long shooting 5-of-7.
• The sophomore added to his already impressive night with a game-high nine rebounds.
• Tillotson closed out the Raider players in double-digits with 13 points. The senior added three makes from behind-the-arc, while handing out a team-best four assists.
• Robertson chipped in eight points to go along with O'Brien's six.
• O'Brien and Alex Ramon combined for six of the Raiders' final 12 assists, while four different Colgate players recorded a block in the contest.
• The Raiders shot 39.6 percent from the floor hitting 19-of-48. Colgate was also an impressive 11-for-25 from long range but converted on just 9-of-17 from the charity stripe.
• The Mids scored 32 points inside the paint to Colgate's 14. Navy held the edge on points off turnovers (13-7), on second chance opportunities (10-6) and on fast break points (4-3).
• The Mids bench outscored the Raiders bench 19-14.
• Colgate led for 36:39, while the Mids were in front for 26 seconds. The game was tied for 2:55.
• Colgate held its largest lead of the game at 18-7 with 7:25 left to play in the first half.
 
Navy's Numbers
• Two Mids led the team with 13 points each in Hogan and Tilman Dunbar.
• Also reaching double-digits was Will Kelly with 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
• Kelly and Tom Lacey pulled down a team-best six rebounds each to lead the Mids on the boards.  
• Navy shot 44.2 percent from the floor (23-for-52) but just 7.1 percent from downtown (1-for-14). The Mids also converted on 8-of-19 attempts from the free throw line.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Alumni Hall was 1,927.
 
Straight From The Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (on his thoughts from the game) "When you're on the road it's a little more difficult to win. They were in second place for a reason. They're a really tough-minded team, who is very disciplined and well coached. They changed the rhythm of the game by changing defenses and not letting you get the ball up the court easily. We were prepared for it.
 
"I thought our guys showed a certain level of toughness that maybe we didn't have a little bit earlier in the year. We are without our starting center Malcolm Regisford but we battled back and got enough rebounds. I think we made a few more mistakes in the second half than we did in the first half defensively like letting Jace Hogan get going a little bit and let Will Kelly go to his strong moves but there is a reason why they're able to do that and it's because they've good players. We didn't step up and make free throws like we can and need to over the course of the rest of the season but we made enough to stem the tide and got a couple critical rebounds and made enough shots to get outa here with a win."
                                                                 
Next Up
• Colgate faces Army West Point on Monday for a CBS Sports Network broadcast at 7:30 p.m.
• The Black Knights dropped a 100-99 double overtime heartbreaker to Loyola on Saturday.
• The all-time series with Army stands at 59-58 in favor of the Black Knights. The last meeting between these two programs, Colgate defeated the Mids 80-66 on Cotterell Court.
• Live stats and video will be available at the start of that game.