BUFFALO, N.Y. – Colgate is 1-0.
 
Not since 2009 have the Raiders been able to say that on the women's basketball front, but head coach Bill Cleary's charges fought their way through a see-saw affair to topple Canisius 70-63 Friday night.
 
Summer King led the visitors with 15 points and 12 rebounds for her second career double-double. Kateri Stone scored 13 points, all in the second half, to help Colgate outpace Canisius 39-25 after intermission.
 
The Raiders built a 22-9 lead late in the first quarter, only to see it melt away before halftime. Canisius outscored Colgate 22-6 in the second period and led 38-31 at the break.
 
The Golden Griffins made it 41-31 early in the third quarter before Colgate began its comeback. The Raiders put 23 points on the board in the third and trailed just 55-54 entering the final period.
 
Colgate took the lead for keeps at 56-55 on Tegan Graham's layup with 9:42 remaining. The Raiders held Canisius scoreless for the first 5:40 of the fourth quarter but could muster only five points themselves during that stretch.
 
Canisius pulled within 60-59 on a layup by Margret Halfdanardottir with 3:23 showing. But Graham followed with a three-point play and Rachel Thompson scored four straight points in an 8-0 run that iced it.
 
Graham scored a career-high 10 for Colgate and Thompson added 13 to go with four steals.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 70, Canisius 63
 
Won-Lost Records
• It was the season-opener for both teams.
 
Facts & Figures
• This was Colgate's first win at Canisius since Feb. 11, 1989, reversing a 14-2 Griffins home edge over the Raiders.
• Colgate's last win of any kind against Canisius was a 62-57 overtime triumph in November 2006 in Hamilton.
• Friday night was the first series meeting since December 2011.
• Stone made one 3-pointer and now needs 14 more to climb into Colgate's career top 10.
• It was her 17th straight game with at least one made 3-point basket.
• King's previous double-double was 11 points and 11 rebounds in a home win last season over Holy Cross.
• Her 15 points tied a career mark set in last year's home win over Loyola.
• King grabbed nine of her 12 boards after intermission.
• Graham's previous scoring high was eight last year in two games.
• First-year guard Nia Ahart was on the court for 32 minutes to lead all participants. She scored three points and handed out two assists.
• Halfdanardottir led all scorers with 18 points for Canisius.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Bill Cleary: (On the halftime speech) "The halftime message was basically we had to be more disciplined. We were getting away from our scout and doing our own thing. Also, we wanted to see who had some fight in them.
 
"They responded in that second half and fought really hard. I'm very proud of them."
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Koessler Athletic Center was 1,007.
 
Up Next
• Colgate takes on Yale for the first time in program history Monday night in New Haven.
• Yale opened its season Friday with a 62-51 home win over LIU Brooklyn.
• Tipoff Monday is 7 p.m., with Eric Malanoski on hand for the play-by-play via 94 WKXZ-FM and wkxzfm.com. Livestream also is available through the Ivy League Network ($).