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Friday, December 22, 2006
'Gate makes itself at home
With a crowd of only 352 at the U.C. Riverside Student Rec Center, Colgate must have felt right at home while beating the host Highlanders, 59-56.

Kendall Chones scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 6 rebounds for the Raiders, who improved to .500 (5-5) with the win. Willie Morse added 14 points, a career-high, off the bench for Colgate.

The game was close throughout, featuring six lead changes and five ties. Colgate led by one, 24-23, at the half, and managed to extend its lead to 11 in the second half before UC Riverside battled back to take a 54-53 lead with 1:22 to play on a three-pointer by Henrick Thomsen.

An Alex Woodhouse jam at the other end put Colgate back on top and a three-pointer and a foul shot by Morse (along with a Highlanders' missed three at the buzzer) were enough to preserve that lead.

Neither team shot well. Colgate was 22 for 61 (36.1 percent) from the field, 4 of 15 from the arc. UC Riverside hit 21 of 64 (32.8 percent), 3 of 15 from three-point range.

Jon Simon, the raiders leading scorer, was limited to 4 points on 2 of 8 shooting. Simon was 0 for 5 from the three-point arc.
Box score | AP | Press-Enterprise

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