BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Colgate men's basketball junior Jordan Robertson went off for a season-best 20 points, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders dropped an 87-69 decision at Lehigh Wednesday night.
 
The teams were tied at 31-31 with six minutes left in the first half, but the Mountain Hawks closed the opening term on a 20-2 run and never looked back.
 
Robertson led a trio of Raiders in double figures. Junior Jordan Swopshire added 19 points, while first-year Will Rayman chipped in 11.
 
A Rayman trey gave the Raiders an early 3-2 lead, but Lehigh scored eight-straight points to take a 10-3 advantage at the first media timeout. The Raiders heated up from beyond the arc, shooting 4-for-4 from three-point range in the next four minutes to put together a 14-5 run that gave Colgate a 17-15 advantage at the 12:12 mark. Swopshire made three of those treys, while junior Sean O'Brien added one.
 
The Mountain Hawks scored 11 of the game's next 16 points to reclaim the lead at 26-22 with 9:07 left in the half. Colgate's seventh trey in its seventh attempt came from junior Tom Rivard and sparked a 9-5 Raider run that saw six points from Robertson as the Raiders knotted the score at 31 with 6:24 to play.
 
Lehigh then embarked on a 20-2 run to close the half. Two-time defending Patriot League Player of the Year Tim Kempton scored 10 of those points as the Mountain Hawks took a 51-33 lead heading into halftime.
 
Six points from Rayman helped Colgate score nine of the second half's first 14 points to pull within 56-42, but the Mountain Hawks rattled off the next eight points to pull ahead 64-42 with under 13 minutes to play.
 
The Raiders were never able to recover despite 14 more points from Robertson as the Mountain Hawks walked away with the 87-69 victory.
 
BOTTOM LINE

• Lehigh 87, Colgate 69

 
WON-LOST RECORDS

• Colgate falls to 8-9 in the Patriot League and 10-20 on the season.
• Lehigh improves to 11-6 in the league and 17-11 overall. The Mountain Hawks have won five of their last six games.

 
KEY RAIDER INFO

• Robertson's 20 points came from an 8-for-10 effort from the field. He just missed his career high of 21 points.
• The Raiders started the game 7-for-7 from three-point range.
• Swopshire tallied his eighth-straight double-digit performance and 17th of the season.
• Rayman recorded his 22nd double-figure scoring effort of the season.
• Sophomore Sam Lindgren scored his third career field goal.
• Junior Tom Rivard and sophomore Malcolm Regisford led Colgate with five rebounds apiece.
• Colgate finishes the regular season 5-4 in Patriot League road games.

 
FACTS & FIGURES

• The Raiders finished the game shooting 50.0 percent (23-for-46) from the field, 50.0 percent (9-for-18) from three-point range and 73.7 percent (14-for-19) from the free throw line.
• Lehigh shot 53.2 percent (33-for-62) from the floor, 44.4 percent (12-for-27) from downtown and 69.2 percent (9-for-13) from the charity stripe.
• The Mountain Hawks held a 32-25 rebound edge and scored 19 second-chance points.
• Lehigh added 24 points off 15 Colgate turnovers.
• Kempton led Lehigh with 22 points and 11 rebounds.

 
UP NEXT

• Colgate wraps up the regular season against Lafayette Saturday.
• Tipoff from Cotterell Court is set for 2 p.m.
• The program's three seniors will be honored on Senior Day and Colgate will be hosting its annual Alzheimer's Awareness game.
• All information on the regular-season finale can be found at Game Central.