Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell University
6-9 (1-1PL)
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5-10 (1-1PL)
Hot-Shooting Colgate Rallies Past Bucknell Men 68-62
1/3/2015 4:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Fellow freshman J.C. Show hit five 3-pointers and scored 15 points for the Bison (6-9, 1-1 Patriot League), while John Azzinaro added 12 points and Cory Starkey a career-high 10 to go with eight rebounds. Leading scorer Chris Hass was held to seven points, but he did contribute eight rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots.
On the heels of its terrific second half in Wednesday's home victory over American, Bucknell put together another strong 20 minutes in the first half of this one. The Bison held the Raiders to 29.2 percent shooting while hitting 50 percent of their own shots en route to a 33-20 halftime lead.
But the veteran Raiders stormed out of the locker room on a 12-0 run, keyed by a pair of Ethan Jacobs 3-pointers and a trey by Matt McMullen. Colgate made eight of its first 12 shots of the half and regained the lead at 41-38 on a Pat Moore triple.
Leading 51-50 inside seven minutes to play, Colgate stretched its lead up to eight with seven straight points, capped by an Austin Tillotson runner off the glass. Bucknell responded well, tying the game at 58-58 with an 8-0 run highlighted by two Show 3-pointers. On the latter, he rebounded his own miss deep in the right corner and buried the second look to knot the game with 3:39 to play.
Colgate regained the lead on two free throws by Luke Roh, and then the Bison got two big stops but missed two straight critical front ends of 1-and-1s at the other end. Sherman-Newsome countered with a layup with 1:03 left, giving the Raiders a 62-58 lead.
After Foulland swished two free throws with 51 seconds to go, Colgate drained the shot clock, and Sherman-Newsome drew a foul in traffic in the lane with 23 seconds left. He made both at the foul line to make it a two-possession game again. Hass' contested 3-pointer was off the mark, and Sherman-Newsome made four more at the stripe to clinch it.
The Bison started the game 1-for-8 from the field but hit four of their next five shots, including two 3-pointers by Azzinaro and one by Show in an 11-2 run. After Colgate closed within 15-13 on an Austin Tillotson 3-pointer, Foulland scored seven of Bucknell's points in a 9-1 run that pushed the lead up to double figures for the first time at 24-14.
Foulland scored with a short jump-hook in the lane, converted a beautiful up-and-under move into a 3-point play, and then capped the run with a layup off a nifty backdoor feed from Show.
Starkey's layup from an Azzinaro assist gave the Bison a 33-20 lead at the half. Bucknell shot an even 50 percent in the first half, making 13 of its last 20 shots after the 1-for-8 start, and led by 13 at the break even with Hass taking only two shots.
Bucknell shot 44.4 percent for the game but left some points at the free-throw line. They finished 7-for-12, including the big missed front ends late in a two-point game. The Bison outrebounded Colgate 36-28 and hit 7 of 17 from 3-point range. Hass had his string of 15 straight games with a three come to an end.
Colgate, a team with seven seniors that opened league play with a convincing road win at Lehigh, had seven different players hit a 3-pointer. The Raiders finished 11-for-23 from the arc, 13-for-17 from the foul line and shot 44.9 percent overall after their big 48-point second half. Only 16 of Colgate's 68 points came in the paint, but the Raiders made up for it with that deadly outside shooting.
Tillotson tallied 12 points and six assists, and Jacobs also reached double figures with 11 points for Colgate, which last defeated Bucknell on Feb. 4, 2009.
Foulland scored with a variety of moves around the basket, finishing 7-for-11 from the floor and 3-for-4 from the foul line. Show hit 5 of 8 attempts from long range, continuing the recent strong play from the two Bison freshmen.
Bucknell returns home on Wednesday to face Lafayette at 7 p.m. at Sojka Pavilion. The 11th Annual Dirk Sojka's Slam Dunk with Bison Bucknell will take place that night. A raffle, silent auction and other activities will be staged, with proceeds benefitting Suncom Industries, a local nonprofit human services agency that helps people with developmental and physical disabilities improve the quality of their lives.
