HAMILTON – Colgate put together its most complete first half of basketball this season and won back-to-back games by defeating LIU Brooklyn 76-61 here Saturday.
 
The Raiders led 23-8 at the end of a quarter and 43-23 at intermission. Kateri Stone scored 13 of her team-leading 17 points during the first 20 minutes, including a 2-of-4 touch from downtown.
 
Stone sparked the Colgate bench to a 46-21 scoring advantage. During the weekend sweep of Towson and LIU Brooklyn, the Colgate bench outscored its counterparts 91-26.
 
Mylah Chandler added 12 points to go with seven rebounds and a career-high four blocked shots. The Raiders blocked seven more shots as a team to maintain their Patriot League-leading form in that department.
 
Chelsey Koren scored 10 and Summer King led all rebounders with nine, a career best for the sophomore center.
 
LIU Brooklyn's Shanovia Dove led all scorers with a season-high 25 points.
 
Bottom Line
• Colgate 76, LIU Brooklyn 61
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate won its second straight to improve to 3-6.
• LIU Brooklyn is now 1-8.
 
Quick Recap
• Tori Pozsonyi's 3-point play handed Colgate a 3-0 lead they never relinquished.
• The Raiders scored the quarter's final seven points – five by Chandler and a Stone layup in the closing seconds – to lead 23-8.
• Colgate's largest first-half advantage came at 35-8 and 37-10 before the Blackbirds whittled it to 43-23 by halftime.
• After LIU Brooklyn scored the first five points to start the third, Colgate went on a 10-2 run with points from five different contributors.
• King's layup with 1:34 showing made it 61-32 for the largest Raider margin of the game.
• LIU Brooklyn outscored Colgate 25-15 in the final quarter for the 76-61 result.
 
Facts & Figures
• All three Colgate double-figure scorers came off the bench: Stone 17, Chandler 12 and Koren 10.
• For Stone and Chandler, this was their third game scoring in twin figures. Koren's was her second.
• King led the team in rebounding for the first time in her career, finishing with a career-high nine.
• Tegan Graham continued her solid all-around play by chipping in eight points, four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.
• All 10 Raiders who saw action scored and all played at least 12 minutes.
• The Raiders shot better than 40 percent (44.8) from the field for the third time in the last four games, and fourth time overall.
• Colgate was at 51.7 percent for the first half before cooling toward the end.
• Colgate returned to its solid free throw shooting ways, finishing 18-of-24. The Raiders are at 73.4 percent for the season.
• The 43 first-half points were a season high. Colgate scored 43 in the second half of its 67-62 win at Brown Nov. 20.
• Colgate's two previous victories were 67-62 at Brown and 76-71 over Towson.
 
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Bill Cleary: (On the first half) "We were really playing as one. We did a great job of looking for each other and a great job of executing the game plan. It was a masterful job; I'm really proud of our players for how they played in that first half."
 
Listen to the rest of Coach Cleary's comments HERE.
 
• Colgate forward Mylah Chandler: (On her game) "It was nothing really that I did; it was all about my teammates and our wonderful coach. He draws up some great plays and we made some great reads. I wouldn't be here without my teammates."
 
Listen to the rest of Chandler's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Cotterell Court on Girl Scout Day was 947.
• Colgate hosted area Girl Scouts and they were well represented. After the game, the Raiders returned to the floor and led the Girl Scouts in basketball drills on Cotterell Court.
 
Up Next
• Colgate is back in action after final exams, traveling to UMass Lowell for a 1 p.m. game Dec. 18.
• The River Hawks are 1-9 after Saturday's 62-47 loss at Holy Cross.
• Start time from the Tsongas Center is 1 p.m.
• The Raiders then play at Gonzaga Dec. 22 and host Lafayette for their Patriot League opener Dec. 30.

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