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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Cold vs. Colder
Colgate didn't shoot well, but it shot well enough to down even colder Lafayette.

Andrew Brown's three-pointer at the buzzer fell short, leaving the Leopards (8-16 overall, 2-7 Patriot) on the short end of a 54-51 score and in last place in the Patriot League. The win vaults suddenly surging Colgate (9-14, 4-6) into sole possession of fourth place.

In the rock-paper-scissors world that everybody not named Holy Cross and Bucknell lives in, had it won, Lafayette actually would have had the lead for that all-important No. 4 seeding, which brings with it a home game in the first round of the playoffs.

But the Leopards, usually sold shooters in Kirby, struggled from the field, going an atypical 16 for 51 (31.4 percent), making only 4 of 19 three-point tries.

The win was Colgate's third in their past four games. All three wins have come on the road. The Raiders won despite another in what has become a series of bad shooting nights. Colgate was 18 for 48 (37.5 percent) from the field, 9 of 24 from three-point range.

Jon Simon, who was 0 for 5 inside the arc and 0 for 2 at the foul line, hit 5 of 9 three-pointers for 15 points, leading all scorers. Kyle Chones turned in an 11-points, 11-rebound double-double for the Raiders.

Bilal Abdullah led Lafayette with 14 points. Ted Detmer came off the bench to post a 12-12 double-double, with 2 blocks and 4 steals. Brown finished with 10 for the Leopards, who can climb out of last place with a win Saturday over visiting Navy.

Colgate could actually climb into a tie with Lehigh for third if the Mountain Hawks lose Saturday to Army and the Raiders win at home Sunday against American. Army beat Lehigh in West Point in the first game between the two.
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