BOSTON – The Colgate women's basketball team lost its second straight game Saturday afternoon, falling 73-66 to Boston at Case Gym.
Tiasia McMillan set a new career high in both points and field goals made finishing the afternoon 9-for-16 with 20 points.
COACH ADEDUNTAN'S COMMENTS
"Very slow start and it was something we had talked about, something we tried to work through. Over the last couple practices knowing that we couldn't dig ourselves in a hole. Every game is going to be competitive. Our opponents are going to be tough, but we just allowed Boston to come out and honestly get whatever they wanted. It took us too long yet again to settle, but we had a chance and that's the thing I love about my team. We fight, we compete, and we give ourselves an opportunity but I would love for us to play a little more than just 20-something minutes of basketball.
[The quick turnaround to the game Monday] is one of those things where you wish you had a little more time to practice for coaches. For them it's like 'game's over'. We are going to talk about it, we are going to watch film, and figure out what we have to do better. It's on to the next one, we can't sit and be annoyed or frustrated at the last opportunity, that's gone. The only thing that we have is what's coming up and that's us being good in practice tomorrow and ready to go on Monday."
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Raiders started slowly allowing Boston to take a 21-8 lead into the second quarter.
Colgate found a bit of success towards the end of the first half finishing the frame on a 9-2 run to trail 34-26 at half.
The Raiders again cut the Terrier lead to six as Sophia Diehl finished off a tight area dish from Alexa Brodie. Brodie capped off the third quarter with a long range strike at the buzzer cutting the deficit to 53-47.
The final frame began with a 12-5 run from the Raiders started by a Taylor Golembiewski jumper. Madison Schiller hit one from behind-the-arc to give Colgate its first lead since the opening bucket. After Boston scored to go back up two, Golembiewski hit another three-point shot that ended up being the last lead Colgate had.
The Raiders offense was led by three double-digit scorers, McMillan (20), Brodie (14), and Diehl (11).
Schiller led the team in rebounds finishing with nine. Golembiewski went 4-for-4 from the line and scored nine points and led the team with four assists.
UP NEXT
The Raiders return to Hamilton to take on Lehigh in a doubleheader with the Colgate men's basketball team. One ticket will give fans access to both games. The games will be streamed on CBS. Tip is set for 4 pm.
