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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
BU escapes Hamilton with W
Dwon 17-2 at the start of the game, Bucknell rallied for a big lead, then held on for a 56-53 win at Colgate.

Colgate opened the game with a 7-0 run and hit 6 of the first 7 shots, thrilling the announced crowd of 523 as it built a 15-point lead in the first six minutes of the game. While the Raiders were (dare we say Red) hot, Bucknell was ice cold and out of sync, going 1 for 6 with 5 turnovers on its first 11 possessions.

The Bison settled in after that, pulling to within 4 late in the half before Willie Morse hit a Colgate three to make it 26-19 at the break.

Colgate was still up 8 after a Jon Simon three with 16:52 to play. Then Jason Vegotsky hit a three-pointer to spark a 16-0 Bucknell run that was capped by another Vegotsky trey 6:29 later.

The Bison pushed the lead to 13, where it was after an Abe Badmus layup made it 50-37 with 5:57 to play. That was the last Bucknell field goal until the final seconds, when Stephen Tyree broke free for a layup off an inbounds play after Simon (22 points) hit his sixth three-pointer of teh game to cut Bucknell's lead to 54-53 with 5.2 seconds left.

Mcnaughton led Bucknell with 12 points and 9 rebounds. Badmus also had 12 for the Bison.

Colgate finished the game 19 of 42 from the field (45.2 percent), 9 of 18 from the arc. It was the third straight game Colgate shot better than 40 percent after failing to reach that threshold in 9 of 11 games prior to this stretch.

Bucknell shot 43.2 percent from the field (19 of 44), 4 of 15 from three-point range. The Bison, who outscored the Raiders 20-6 in the paint, held a 31-25 edge on the boards, including a 10-5 advantage on the offensive glass.

The inside strength paid off at the foul line, too. Bucknell made 21 trips to the stripe, knocking down 14. Colgate only shot 10 free throws, making 6.
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