WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point played up to its top seeding with an 89-62 decision over Colgate here Monday night.
 
Army's victory in the Patriot League Tournament Quarterfinals means the Black Knights host this weekend's semifinals and final. The top four teams advanced Monday night, which means Army takes on Lehigh in the first semi and Bucknell meets Loyola in the second one.
 
The championship game is Saturday at 6 p.m. here at West Point, with the CBS Sports Network televising.
 
Colgate started well in this game, shooting 37.5 percent from the floor in the first half including a 6-of-9 effort from 3-point range. But the Raiders trailed 50-33 at intermission, a testament to Army's quality.
 
The Black Knights, now 27-2, put up 32 points in the first quarter alone for their season-high in any quarter. Their 50 points in the first half also marked a season high.
 
Colgate never drew closer than 17 points the rest of the way, and the final season record is 7-23.
 
The Raiders were led by 14 points apiece from Paige Kriftcher and Katie Curtis. Josie Stockill added 12 and Ariel Etheridge 10. It was the final collegiate game for seniors Kriftcher, Stockill and Randyll Butler. Butler missed the season's last 17 contests with an injury.
 
Patriot League Player of the Year Kelsey Minato paced all scorers with 23.
 
Bottom Line
• Army West Point 89, Colgate 62
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate concludes its season at 7-23.
• Army improves to 27-2.
 
Facts & Figures
• For the second year in a row, Colgate broke its team free-throw percentage record.
• The Raiders were 10-of-13 Monday night to finish at 73.9 percent, snapping the 1-year-old mark of 72.0. The previous record of 71.9 stood for 10 years until last season.
• Colgate leads the league, with Bucknell second at 72.9. Postseason games count in the statistics.
• Kriftcher won the team scoring crown, finishing with 385 points and a 12.8 average to Stockill's 382 and 12.7.
• Kriftcher was 3-of-7 from 3-point distance, lifting her season total to 55 and her career mark to 106.
• The 55 treys are the fourth-best season total in Colgate history and the best since Meghan Curtain had 59 back in 2005-06.
• Kriftcher in the game passed Missy Repoli '15 (54) on the season chart and Kara Crismale '97 (105) for ninth on the all-time list.
• Stockill finishes 15th on the Colgate career scoring list with 1,081 points.
• She climbs to fifth in rebounds with 630, passing both Milaina Lagzdins '05 (625) and Lori Perretta '96 (628) during Monday's game.
• Her blocked-shot total caps at 105 for the season and 241 for her career. The previous Colgate records before Stockill donned a Raider uniform were 52 and 170, respectively, both by Leandra Fuller '05.
• In Patriot League history, Stockill's blocked-shot numbers are second on the season chart and fourth all-time.
• Army's Aimee Oertner made a run at Stockill's Patriot League record of 13 for a game by blocking nine Raider shots Monday night. She's second to Stockill in the league rankings, 3.5 to 3.1, and has 89 in 29 games played.
• Oertner had 18 points and 13 rebounds in the game to miss a triple-double by one blocked shot.
 
More Key Info
• Colgate's scoring went like this: Kriftcher 14, Curtis 14, Stockill 12, Etheridge 10, Stone 7, Chandler 3 and Koren 2.
• Kriftcher finishes with a team-leading 22 games in double-figures, including 11 of her last 12. Stockill had 19 twin-figure games and Curtis 17.
• Stockill and Curtis both are among the Patriot League statistical leaders in six categories.
• Curtis closed with double-figure points in 12 of her last 14 games.
• Etheridge finished third on the team with 27 threes and was fourth in scoring at 6.8.
• Julia Barcello finished third on the team in rebounding at 4.6.
• Mylah Chandler was next in rebounding at 3.6 and was second in blocked shots with 19.
• Senior Randyll Butler was leading the Patriot League in assists and ranked in fourth other categories when she was injured Jan. 6.
 
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Nicci Hays Fort: (On the game) "I'm very happy for the seniors that we put some things together here at the end of the season. I wish we would have figured it out a little earlier for them.
 
"Army is really good. We knew we were going to have to play a pretty good basketball game. Unfortunately, we didn't have our 'A' game, and they just exploited us when dropped down from any type of 'A' basketball. This is the best Army team I've coached against, and all the credit to them.
 
Listen to the rest of Coach Hays Fort's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Christl Arena was 641.
 
Up Next
• Colgate's season is complete.