BALTIMORE – Colgate posted its best shooting performance of the season but it went for naught in an 87-77 setback to Loyola here Sunday.
 
Greyhounds guard Bri Betz-White scored 37 points in 39 minutes, blitzing her previous career-high of 23. She helped Loyola to its highest point total since 2007.
 
Colgate in desperation mode missed its final five shots of the game, yet still finished at 56.4 percent from the floor. That easily topped the season highs of 51.2 percent against Lafayette and the 50.9 percent against Towson in a pair of impressive victories.
 
But second-chance points in this game were decisive. The Greyhounds gathered 15 offensive rebounds and converted them into a 24-5 scoring edge in second-chance points.
 
Loyola owned the boards 35-22, limiting the Raiders to their lowest figure of the season.
 
Kateri Stone scored 19 points to lead Colgate. Katie Curtis added 16 and Rachel Thompson 10. Curtis also was the team's rebounding (7) and assist (6) leader.
 
Bottom Line
• Loyola 87, Colgate 77
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 6-13 overall and 3-5 in the Patriot League.
• Loyola improved to 8-11 and 4-4.
 
Quick Recap
• Colgate started 10-of-12 from field and led 24-13 when Curtis knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:58 remaining in the first quarter.
• But Loyola scored the final eight points to pull within 24-21 by the quarter break.
• Summer King converted a layup to push the Raiders back in front 33-26 with 7:51 left before half.
• Loyola then put together a 14-6 run capped by Britz-White's 3-pointer that put the Greyhounds ahead for the first time 40-39 with 2:16 showing.
• Thompson ended the half with a coast-to-coast layup to return the lead to Colgate at 45-44.
• The 45 points were a Colgate high for the first half, bettering the 43-23 margin over LIU Brooklyn.
• Third quarter leads for both teams stayed in the 1-to-3 point range until Betz-White made a pair of free throws for a 64-60 with 1:30 left.
• The Greyhounds led 67-65 going to the fourth quarter.
• Betz-White circled the lane twice and converted the layup to cap a 10-3 run and put Loyola in front 77-68 with 6:17 remaining.
• Colgate pulled within 81-77 but then missed a real chance with a layup and put-back attempt that wouldn't fall as the clock ticked under two minutes.
• Loyola closed out the game with the final six points.
 
Facts & Figures
• The Raiders until their final five attempts were ahead of the program record for field goal percentage in a game.
• Colgate was 31-of-50 for 62.0 percent until the Raiders missed their final five tries to finish at 56.4 percent.
• The program record remains 61.1 percent vs. St. Michael's (33-of-54) in 1986.
• Loyola entered the game shooting 66.7 percent from the line but made 19-of-23.
• Colgate finished with more assists (16) than turnovers (14) for the second straight game after reaching that mark just once in the first 17 games.
• The 14 turnovers tied for second fewest this season.
• Loyola's 48.4 percent shooting from the field was a season-high against the Raiders. The 87 points were the most scored against Colgate this season in regulation.
 
From the Source 
• Colgate head coach Bill Cleary: (On the game) "Offensively, we did a great job. We got any shot we wanted and were able to finish along with it. The disappointing part was the defensive end, and it's a shame. The first five or six minutes of the game, we followed the scout and did what we wanted to do.
 
"And then we got undisciplined. That's my fault; I've got to do a better job of letting our players know what we want and what we need. We'll get better. There's no question that they believe in what we are doing, particularly on the offensive end. We've got to be better on that defensive end."
 
Listen to the rest of Coach Cleary's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Reitz Arena was 234.
 
Up Next
• Colgate and the rest of the Patriot League on the women's side are off until Saturday.
• The Raiders host American looking to snap a 21-game losing streak to the Eagles.
• American fought off a second-half Colgate surge to prevail 68-57 back on Jan. 2 in Washington. The Eagles are 8-11 overall and 5-3 in conference after losing 61-60 at home Sunday to Holy Cross.
• Tipoff Saturday from Cotterell Court is 2 p.m.