POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Colgate missed picking up its first road win of the season by just fractions of a second Wednesday night in a 78-76 loss at Marist.
The Raiders erased a 19-point second half deficit to pull even with the Red Foxes in the final minutes. With Marist ahead 78-76 and 0.6 seconds left on the clock, the Red Foxes heaved up an inbound, but senior
Sean O'Brien caught the ball at half court and drained an improbable half-court shot. While the basket put the scoreboard at 79-78 momentarily, the officiating crew overturned the call after a lengthy review as Marist walked away with the 78-76 win.
Sophomore
Will Rayman led the way with 17 points, 15 of which came during Colgate's second-half comeback. O'Brien and first-year
Jordan Burns added 13 points apiece, while junior
Dana Batt followed with 12.
The Raiders held an early 5-2 lead, but three Marist three-pointers helped the Red Foxes rattle off an 11-3 run over the next 3:15 to pull ahead 13-8 with just over 13 minutes on the clock. Colgate was within one at 19-18 following an O'Brien layup, but Marist answered with eight of the next 10 to put the Raiders in a 27-20 hole at 7:52.
Colgate made its next three field goals, beginning with a trey from first-year
Jack Ferguson, and added two free throws to string together a 10-2 streak that put Colgate in front 30-29 with 5:11 left on the first-half clock. Marist scored 17 of the half's final 21 points as the Raiders went just 1-for-7 in the final four minutes of the term and the Red Foxes carried a 46-34 lead into halftime.
Marist took its momentum into the second half, opening the term on an 11-4 streak to stretch its lead to 57-38 with just over 15 minutes to play.
Fifteen points from Rayman then helped Colgate comprise a 32-12 run over the next 11:13 that completely erased the Marist lead and put the Raiders in front 70-69. Colgate shot 11-for-15 from the field during the stretch and forced seven Marist turnovers as the Raiders were ahead by one with 3:49 to play following an O'Brien layup.
The Red Foxes scored nine of the next 13 points to jump back in front 78-74 with six seconds to play. Burns hit a jumper with two seconds left to put the score at 78-76. Following a Marist turnover, O'Brien executed the miraculous game-ending play that missed sending the Raiders home with a win by just milliseconds.
BOTTOM LINE
WON-LOST RECORDS
- The Raiders fall to 3-5 on the season.
- Marist improves to 2-7.
KEY RAIDER INFO
- Rayman led the team in both points (17) and rebounds (6). He finished 7-for-12 from the field and 2-for-3 from three-point range. The New York City native also added three assists.
- Burns tallied his seventh double-digit scoring effort of the season, while O'Brien added his fifth.
- Batt finished 6-for-8 from the field to tally a season-high 12 points.
- O'Brien led the team with four assists.
- Junior Malcolm Regisford registered a season-high seven points and added five rebounds.
FACTS & FIGURES
- Colgate finished the game shooting 49.1 percent (28-for-57) from the field, 38.9 percent (7-for-18) from three-point range and 72.2 percent (13-for-18) from the free throw line.
- The Red Foxes were 51.9 percent (27-for-52) from the field, 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from downtown and 77.8 percent (14-for-18) from the charity stripe.
- Marist held a 32-24 rebound edge. The Red Foxes scored 12 second-chance points off nine offensive boards.
- Colgate's defensive pressure forced 16 Marist turnovers, which the Raiders turned into 29 points.
UP NEXT
- The Raiders wrap up their four-game road swing with a Saturday game at national power Syracuse.
- Tipoff from the Carrier Dome is slated for 2 p.m.
- The game will be broadcast by the Regional Sports Network (FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Southeast, FOX Sports Florida, FOX Sports Sun, FOX Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Midwest, CSN Mid-Atlantic, NESN, Yes Network, and AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh).
