BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL

THIS WEEK
Friday, Dec. 2 – vs. Niagara (Cotterell Court)
Sunday, Dec. 4 – at Canisius (Koessler Athletic Center)

The Colgate women's basketball team returns home from its California trip to host Niagara on Friday, Dec. 2, before traveling to Buffalo to face Canisius on Sunday, Dec. 4. The Niagara game is set to begin at 6 p.m. at Cotterell Court, while the game at Canisius is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the Koessler Athletic Center.

BASKETBALL GAME CENTRAL
Raider fans can follow every Colgate game this season through Basketball Game Central located on the Colgate Athletic Website. Basketball Game Central keeps fans one click away from following live stats, listening to the radio or watching the game live. Basketball Game Central also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.

LAST TIME OUT
Junior guard Jhazmine Lynch scored a game-high 21 points in her homecoming but it wasn't enough as the Colgate women's basketball team dropped an overtime heartbreaker to the University of San Diego 75-73 Monday night at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Lynch, a San Diego native, drained a jumper with 30 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, but saw her half court shot at the buzzer find the back of the rim in overtime.

Lynch led the Raiders in scoring, while freshman Mariah Jones matched her career-high with 18 points. Senior Tricia Oakes pitched in 11 points, while classmate Kelly Korkowski added eight. Korkowski also recorded a game-high 10 rebounds, while Jones grabbed eight boards.

SCOUTING NIAGARA
The Purple Eagles lost their last game versus Penn 55-41. Shy Britton led Niagara with 12 points and two rebounds. On the season, Lauren Gatto is averaging 10.8 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game while shooting 43 percent from the field.

THE SERIES AGAINST NIAGARA
This will be the 37th meeting between Colgate and Niagara with the Purple Eagles leading the all-time series 23-13. Niagara has won the last two meetings, including a 78-39 win in Hamilton during the 2007-08 season. Colgate's last win came during the 2005-06 season, when the Raiders topped Niagara 75-47 at Cotterell Court.

SCOUTING CANISIUS
Canisius is coming off its third loss of the season, dropping a contest to Eastern Michigan 65-53. The Griffins are led by Jamie Ruttle averaging 11.8 points per game and tied for the team-high with 4.8 rebounds. Jen Morabito is averaging 9.8 points per game, and has hit 11 threes this season.

THE SERIES AGAINST CANISIUS
This will be the 35th meeting between Colgate and Canisius with the Griffins leading the all-time series 22-12. Canisius won last season 70-65 in Hamilton. Colgate's last victory came during the 2006-07 season 62-59 in overtime.

STAY TUNED....
The Raiders are still searching for their first victory of the season. Competitive in every game this season, the Raiders have a feeling their first win will be coming in the immediate future. The Raiders have lost six of eight games by less than 12 points, with four of those games by less than six points. A victory would give Head Coach Nicci Hays Fort her first victory with Colgate.

WELCOME TO MY BLOCK PARTY
Senior forward Kelly Korkowski is moving up in the Colgate women's basketball record books. Korkowski is currently ranked seventh in Colgate history with 66 career blocks. With nine more blocks she will move into a tie for sixth with legendary Suzanne Bowen with 75. Senior Tricia Oakes is also moving up as she currently sits ninth all-time with 62 blocks, one more and she will move into a tie for eighth with Caitlin Gillard.

THREE FOR ALL
Senior Candice Green has 78 career three pointers that places her eighth all-time trailing Michele Mancini by three for seventh all-time.

FRESH FIVE
The Raiders welcome five freshmen to this year's squad and through the first seven games of the season they have contributed 29 percent of the Raiders scoring. Guards Mariah Jones from Silver Spring, Md. and Missy Repoli form Marlboro, N.J., have combined for 73 points, while forwards Kelly Reid from Richmond Hill, Ga., and Carole Harris from Lansing, Mich., along with center Steph Schultz from Pottstown, Pa. have scored 40.