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HAMILTON – Josie Stockill blocked five shots Saturday to push her career total past the 200 mark, but it wasn't enough in a 71-51 loss to first-place Bucknell.
Stockill upped her season aggregate to 68 blocks, matching her Colgate record-breaking figure from last season but doing so this year in just 16 games. The senior captain leads all of Division I in blocked shots at 4.3 per game.
Stockill scored 14 points Saturday while teammate
Kateri Stone led all scorers with 16, aided by 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc.
Colgate's Napier, New Zealand, native owns the Raider game, season and career blocked-shot records, along with the Patriot League game record. Her 13 blocks at Lafayette on Dec. 22 broke the previous Patriot marks for blocks in a game (12) and blocks in a Patriot League game (11).
Bucknell opened Saturday's game with a 12-0 lead and outscored Colgate in all four quarters to improve to 12-5 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the Patriot League.
Colgate travels to Boston University this Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Bottom Line
• Bucknell 71, Colgate 51
Won-Lost Records• Colgate is now 3-13 overall and 1-5 in the Patriot League.
• Bucknell improved to 12-5 overall and stayed perfect at 6-0 atop the Patriot League.
How It Happened• The iron was unkind to Colgate early. The Raiders missed their first 14 attempts from the field and trailed 15-3.
• Several of those shots seemed halfway down but wouldn't drop.
• Bucknell scored the game's first 12 points, a streak that was snapped when
Katie Curtis made a pair of free throws with 2:45 showing on the first-quarter clock.
• Colgate shot just 19.4 percent from the field in the opening half to Bucknell's 42.9, yet the Raiders trailed only 28-18 at intermission.
• The Raiders stayed close by protecting the ball, committing just four first-half turnovers.
• Trailing 33-18 with 8:06 left in the third, Colgate scored nine straight to pull within 33-27 with 5:28 showing. Stockill scored the first four during that stretch and Stone the last five on a 3-ball and a pair of free throws.
• But Bucknell answered with eight consecutive points and led 41-27 with 3:11 left.
• The Bison led 45-30 at the third-quarter break and Colgate could pull no closer.
Facts & Figures• Colgate finished at 27.3 percent (18-of-66) from the floor, including 5-of-19 from 3-point distance. Bucknell shot 48.1 percent (26-of-54) and was 2-of-9 from beyond the arc.
• The Bison claimed a 49-29 rebounding edge, but were hampered by 20 turnovers. Bucknell also posted a 42-20 advantage on points in the paint.
• Claire DeBoer registered her fifth double-double of the season for Bucknell with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
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Tori Pozsonyi was Colgate's rebounding leader with six, matching her career high from Wednesday at Army.
• Colgate posted a 26-24 bench-scoring edge, led by Stone's 16 and
Ariel Etheridge's 6.
More Key Info
• First-years
Summer King and
Chelsey Koren drew their debut starting assignments.
• Colgate's scoring column broke down like this: Stone 16, Stockill 14, Curtis 9, Etheridge 6,
Mackenzie Carroll 3, King 2, Pozsonyi 1.
• Colgate just missed its season low, committing only 11 turnovers (10 vs. American).
• The Raiders blocked 10 shots, reaching double-figures for the third time this season (18 at Lafayette, 10 vs. Monmouth).
• Solo blocks went to King, Koren, Stone, Pozsonyi and
Mylah Chandler, who is second on the team with 11.
• Saturday marked Stockill's sixth game this season with at least five blocked shots.
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Paige Kriftcher chipped in four assists and two steals. The senior captain is third on the team with 29 assists.
Gate Grab Bag• Attendance at Cotterell Court was 494.
• It was Girl Scout Day, and the Raider coaches and student-athletes conducted an on-court clinic after the game.
Up Next• Colgate takes on Boston University this Wednesday in Boston.
• The Terriers are 1-16 overall and 1-5 in the Patriot League after Saturday's 63-54 loss at Loyola. BU broke into the win column Wednesday with a 63-59 home win over American.
• Tipoff from Case Gym is 7 p.m.
