Basketball Game Central

HAMILTON, N.Y. (1/18/11) – The Colgate women's basketball team will travel to Bethlehem, Pa. on Wednesday, Jan. 19 for a Patriot League matchup against Lehigh at 7 p.m.

Colgate (6-11, 1-2 PL) is coming off a 66-59 setback to American on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. Senior Sami Kozlowski had a game-high 18 points and two steals while sophomore Jhazmine Lynch had 12 points and a team-high four assists for the Raiders. Junior Tricia Oakes led the team in rebounds with seven.

COURT LEADERS
Lynch continues to lead the team in scoring with 13.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. She also leads the team in steals with an average of 2.8, which also has her placed at second in the league. She is followed by senior Tayler Wejnert who is averaging 11.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while classmate Krista Moser continues to lead the team in rebounds with a 7.2 average.

TEAM STATS
The Raiders lead the league in scoring offense (62.4 points per game), defensive rebounds (27.2 rebounds per game) and three-point field goal percentage (.353). The team is also second in the league in field goal percentage (.395) and rebounding offense (39.5 rebounds per game).

1,000-POINT CLUB
Kozlowski, who has started every game in her collegiate career, is now just 22 points short of reaching the 1,000 career-point mark. Ending the 2009-10 season as the Raiders' second leading scorer, she has already accumulated 140 points this season.

THE SERIES
Lehigh leads the all-time series, owning a 28-21 record against the Raiders dating back to when the teams first met in the 1986-87 season. Since then the Mountain Hawks have won 17 of the 25 meetings they have had in Bethlehem, Pa., giving Colgate an 8-17 away record. The Raiders' last win was a 71-69 overtime win at home on Feb. 1, 2006 and their last win on the road was in the 2004-05 season.

SCOUTING LEHIGH
The Mountain Hawks (7-11, 0-3 PL) are coming off a 54-52 loss to Army on Sunday. With setbacks to Navy and American, the team is now currently sitting in sixth place in the conference standings above Lafayette and Bucknell who both have a 0-3 league records as well. The 2009-10 Patriot League Champion will look to secure its first win against Colgate.

Lehigh, which was picked to finish second in the league's preseason poll, is led by seniors Erica Prosser and Courtney Dentler. Prosser leads the team in scoring with 12.6 points and is second in the league with 5.1 assists per game. Dentler, who leads the league in three-point field goal percentage (.520) and is second in field goal percentage (.497), has a team-best 6.1 rebounds and 12.3 points per game.

PRESEASON POLL
The Raiders were picked to finish tied at sixth with Lafayette in the Patriot League Preseason Poll that was released on Oct. 28. Last season's runner-up, American, was picked to finish first with a total of 93 points and nine first-place votes, which was two points over defending champions, Lehigh, who had 91 points and seven first-place votes. Following the Eagles and Mountain Hawks are Navy (70), Army (59), Holy Cross (42), Colgate (40), Lafayette (40) and Bucknell (31). American's Michelle Kirk was chosen as the Preseason Player of the Year.

PAM'S WORKOUT PLAN
Head coach Pamela Bass has made a deal with her team that is bound to have her in the best shape of her life. For every charge her team takes during a game, she will do one push-up on the court immediately after the foul is called.