HAMILTON – The Raiders closed out home non-conference play with a win, topping the Oswego State Lakers 87-30.
The Raiders tied a program and Cotterell Court record tallying 32 assists en route to scoring a season-high 87 points.
Madison Schiller opened the game at the charity stripe, getting the Raiders on the board with a pair of free throws. Back-to-back field goals from
Taylor Golembiewski and
Jenna Paul had the Raiders up six points. Paul kept the Raider drive going with a three-pointer.
Alexa Brodie then extended the streak to 11-0. Oswego finally got on the board after a trip to the foul line shooting two.
Both teams scored a field goal apiece, but Colgate took control, going on a 17-0 run that stretched through the rest of the first period, with Colgate leading 30-4. The freshman Raiders dominated the period, as Schiller,
Abbey Ferguson, and
Nicole Parks accounted for 19-of-30 first-period points.
McMahon opened the second with two points to extend Colgate's lead to 28 points. The Raiders continued the offense with a 5-0 run from Golembiewksi and Brodie. The Lakers broke up Colgate's run with their first three-point field goal in the game, but the Raiders responded with their own three-pointer from Golembiewski. Both teams scored back-to-back layups to have Colgate on top 42-9.
Trying to create a spark, Oswego State sank another three-pointer to hit double-digits, but Colgate answered with a 5-0 run to bump their lead to 47-12. The Lakers went on their first run of the game scoring four uninterrupted points to trail by 31. The Raiders finished the first half with a 6-0 run to lead 53-16.
Lindsay Blackmore,
Chidinma Okafor, and Schiller each scored a field goal in the run.
McMillan opened the second half with a layup to pick up where Colgate left off. The Raiders then scored 10 unanswered points to extend their lead to 65-16. Schiller scored back-to-back three-point field goals in the run for Colgate. The Lakers then went on an 8-2 run to end the third quarter to trail 67-24. Diehl scored Colgate's sole basket in the run.
The final stanza opened with back-to-back jumpers from both teams. Okafor then took a trip to the charity stripe to score a pair to bump Colgate's lead to 45 points. The Lakers tried to make up for the foul by scoring a field goal, but the Raiders went on a 6-0 run to lead 77-28 to crush any thoughts of a Laker run. The Raiders scored 4-of-6 points at the charity stripe as
Abbey Ferguson and McMahon drew fouls. Colgate went on a 10-2 run to end the game, with seven of the points scored coming from Blackmore.
NOTES
- Three Raiders scored in the double figures, with freshman Schiller tallying a career-high 18 points to lead the offense. Blackmore scored a season-high 11 points, and Golembiewski captured her eighth double-digit game with 10 points.
- Schiller captured her first collegiate double-double after assisting 10 baskets to go along with her 18 points.
- The Raiders scored 36 points in the paint, while Oswego State scored 10.
- Colgate shot 55.6 % from the field, going 35-for-63.
- Parks captured a career-high nine rebounds for Colgate.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Women's Basketball Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan
"We were happy to be able to play a game today, especially after being off for a week because of finals. I thought the kids came out ready to play. We worked on a lot of things we wanted to clean up since our last game against Siena.
"I'm proud of what we saw today, specifically how we distributed the ball, our selflessness, and being able to knock down some shots. My hope is this propels us in our final non-conference game before we start a very competitive conference season."
UP NEXT
Colgate (5-5) closes out non-conference play on the road on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The Raiders travel to St. Bonaventure for a 1 p.m. scheduled tip-off inside the Reilly Center.
