Box Score
MADISON, Wisc. (11/16/11) - The Colgate men's basketball team fell to No. 13/14 Wisconsin 68-41 Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. The Raiders were led by
John Brandenburg who scored a career-high 11 points, while grabbing a team-high six rebounds.
Senior guard
Mike Venezia along with junior guard
Mitch Rolls each scored six points, while sophomore
Pat Moore pitched in four. Brandenburg and senior
Nick Pascale each recorded two blocks, while senior
Sterling Melville and freshman
Matt McMullen each had one, as the Raiders recorded six blocks in the game. Pascale was also second on the team with five rebounds.
Wisconsin (2-0) opened the game with a 21-8 run and never looked back as it took a 42-20 lead into the locker room. The Badgers were led by Ben Brust who drained four three-pointers and scored 13 points in the first 20 minutes of action. The Raiders were led by Rolls who made back-to-back of three-pointers to make score 26-14 with 9:56 remaining, while Venezia and Gyawu each scored four points.
Colgate (1-1) opened the second half with a 6-2 run, as Brandenburg made back-to-back baskets including a tip-in with 15:00 remaining to make the score 44-26. The Raiders defense held Wisconsin scoreless for six minutes, but couldn't take advantage as they went cold for the next four minutes before Moore made a pair of free throws to make the score 48-28 with 10:35 remaining. The Badgers then went on an 11-2 run to build its largest lead of the night 59-30 with 7:26 remaining. But Colgate wouldn't go down easy as Brandenburg scored five straight points to make the score 59-35, before both teams unloaded the benches in the closing minutes.
Wisconsin was led by Brust who scored a game-high 17 points, while Jordan Taylor and Jared Berggren pitched in nine apiece. The Badgers won the battle of the boards 43-29, but only shot 4-of-14 from the charity stripe, while Colgate didn't do much better only making 6-of-12.
The Raiders will conclude their three-game road trip as they face No. 5 Syracuse on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Carrier Dome. The game is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. EST and can be seen live on Time Warner Cable Sports.
