WEST POINT, N.Y. – Five Raiders scored in double figures to lead the Colgate men's basketball team to a gutsy 81-78 come-from-behind win at Army to wrap up the first half of Patriot League play Wednesday night.
 
Colgate trailed the Black Knights for a majority of the game until the Raiders used a three-minute long 11-0 run midway through the second half to turn a six-point deficit into a five-point lead and never looked back. The win allows Colgate to take over sole possession of third place in the Patriot League standings as the Raiders are now 6-3 in league games and 4-1 in league road contests. 
 
Senior Jordan Robertson led five Raiders in double-figures with a season-high 14 points. He added a career-best eight rebounds in his strong performance. First-year Jordan Burns narrowly missed a double-double with 13 points and a career-high nine assists. Junior Dana Batt (13), senior Jordan Swopshire (11) and sophomore Will Rayman (11) rounded out the double-digit Raider scoring contingent.
 
Army started the game 5-for-5 from the floor and 4-for-4 from three-point range to jump out to a quick 14-2 lead and force an early Raider timeout at the 16:52 mark. A Swopshire trey snapped the Army streak with 15:47 on the clock and ignited a 13-8 Raider run over the next 4:34 to pull the Raiders back in the game at 19-15.
 
Colgate eventually clawed back within three at 26-23 following another Swopshire three-pointer with eight minutes left on the first-half clock. The scoring was even for the rest of the term as a trey from senior Sean O'Brien accounted for the final points of the stanza with 2:56 left and the Black Knights took a 37-34 lead into the locker room. 
 
The Raiders were able to pull within two at 48-46 just over six minutes into the second half. Army's lead stretched to six at 57-51 at the 8:19 mark, but Colgate responded with 11-straight points to take its first lead since the opening minute. An offensive put-back from junior Malcolm Regisford opened the run that saw five points from Robertson as the Raiders took a 62-57 lead with 5:13 left to play.
 
Army's Tommy Funk stopped the Colgate streak with a layup, but Colgate rallied with 14 of the next 23 points to take its largest lead at 76-68 as the clock ticked down to 37 seconds.
 
The Black Knights got within three on several occasions in the final 30 seconds. Colgate made five of seven free throw attempts in the final 22 seconds before a last-second Army three-point attempt missed and Colgate held on to win 81-78.
 
BOTTOM LINE

• Colgate 81, Army 78

 
WON-LOST RECORDS

• The Raiders improve to 11-9 on the season with their third-straight win. Colgate finishes the first half of Patriot League play at 6-3 which puts the Raiders in third place in the league standings.
• Army drops to 12-8 overall and 5-4 in the Patriot League.

 
KEY RAIDER INFO

• Colgate is now 6-3 in the Patriot League for the third time in the last four years.
• The Raiders have won the last three contests against the Black Knights.
• Ten of Robertson's team-best 14 points came in the second half as the Raiders erased their halftime deficit. He finished 6-for-12 from the field and added a career-best eight rebounds.
• Batt was 6-for-7 from the field en route to his 13 points. The junior center is 16-for-17 from the field in his last three contests.
• Eight of Burns' career-high nine assists came in the first half. The reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Week added 13 points and three rebounds.
• Swopshire's 11 points were aided by a 5-for-8 showing from the free throw line. He added seven rebounds.
• Rayman drained three treys en route to his 11 points.
• Regisford finished with a team-best nine rebounds, including five offensive boards.

 
FACTS & FIGURES

• Colgate finished the game shooting 45.9 percent (28-for-61) from the field, 35.7 percent (10-for-28) from three-point range and 62.5 percent (15-for-24) from the free throw line.
• Army was 48.2 percent (27-for-56) from the floor, 40.6 percent (13-for-32) from downtown and 55.0 percent (11-for-20) from the charity stripe.
• The Raiders controlled a strong 42-30 rebound edge and scored 19 second-chance points off 13 offensive rebounds.
• Colgate added 15 points off 12 Army turnovers.

 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Matt Langel

• "A lot of our veteran experience stepped up tonight. We've lost games like this in the past, but tonight we made enough plays to get the result we wanted."
• "Jordan Robertson has been terrific the last couple of weeks. He's been working really hard every single day. Sometimes it'll just happen for seniors at the right time."

 
UP NEXT

• The Raiders return home to open up the second half of Patriot League play Saturday against American.
• Colgate won the season's first meeting 72-63 on Jan. 2 in Washington.
• Tipoff from Cotterell Court is set for 2 p.m.