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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Colgate can't shoot straight
Colgate's offensive woes continued in the consolation game of the Cable Car Classic.

One night after scoring just 39 points in a firs-round loss to Santa Clara, the Raiders scored only 42 in a 75-42 loss to George Washington 75.

For the second straight night, Kendall Chones was the only Colgate player in double figures. Chones finished with 12. Teammate Dan Gentile added 8. No other Raider scored more than 4.

Also for the second straight night, leading scorer Jon Simon managed only one field goal. Simon was 1 for 11, 1 for 9 from the arc. In the two games of the tournament, Simon went a combined 2 for 15.

Simon was not the only Colgate player struggling to find his range. The Raiders fell behind by 22 at the half after making only 4 field goals (on 18 shots, 22.2 percent) the first 20 minutes. Colgate, which went the last 8:52 of the half without a field goal, also turned the ball over 14 times in the first half.

The turnovers improved in the second half. The shooting did, too -- barely. The Raiders were 9 for 31 after the intermission (29 percent), finishing the game at 26.5 percent from the field with 2 treys on 16 attempts.

Down 38-16 at the break, Colgate cut it to 20 on a Tim Pounds bucket to open the second half. GW answered with an 8-0 run and Colgate never got closer than 22 the rest of the way.

Box score | AP

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