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Sunday, February 04, 2007
Colgate wins ugly one at Army
Originally posted Sat., 5 p.m.; updated with links at 9:31 a.m.)
Ever wonder why Army and Colgate draw so few fans for their games? Maybe it's because too many folks have watched a game like the one the two played Saturday afternoon.

Thankfully, only 432 were forced to suffer through what was passed off as a Division I basketball game in Christl Arena. Colgate's 42-38 win was as ugly as they come.

How ugly was it? Consider this:
  • Colgate won despite shooting 30.2 percent from the field (13 of 43)
  • Army shot even worse, going 14 of 51 (27.5 percent
  • Neither team managed to make more than 8 field goals in either half (Army had 8 in the second)
  • Both teams had more turnovers than field goals -- Army turning it over 15 times, Colgate topping that with 17
  • After the first 5 minutes, the score was 2-0, a bucket by Army's Matt Bell at the 19:05 mark accounting for the only scoring
  • That was the only points Army scored in the first 9:39 of the game
  • During that span, Colgate scored all of three points -- all on a three-point play by Kyle Chones at the 14:56 mark
  • Army's 38 points were the fewest by a league team all season
  • Colgate's 42 ties for the third lowest offensive output on that list

    If the game had a saving grace, it was the fact that it was competitive right to the end. Tied at 38-38 after a Jarell Brown bucket with 1:03 to play, Colgate scored what proved to be the game-winner when Army's Matt Bell partially blocked a Jon Simon shot, deflecting the ball to the Raiders' Marc Daniels, who put it home with 25 seconds to play.

    Army had a chance to tie it, but Bell missed a jumper and Colgate's Daniel Waddy made a pair of free throws to seal it.
    Box score | AP | Times Herald-Record

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