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Colgate Women's Hoops Home Wednesday

Mon, Jan 10, 2011

Colgate Women's Hoops Home Wednesday

The Colgate women’s basketball team will host Patriot League foe, Lafayette, Wednesday at 7p.m. on Cotterell Court. This will be the Raiders’ second league game of the season.

Colgate (5-10, 0-1 PL) is coming off a 54-40 setback against Army in its conference opener on Friday night. Senior Krista Moser (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) led the team with 12 points and four rebounds while sophomore Jhazmine Lynch (San Diego, Calif.) and junior Kelly Korkowski (Williamsburg, Va.) had a team-best five rebounds each.

Lynch continues to lead the team with 14.6 points per game, which also has her placed at third in the league. She also leads the league in steals with a total of 42 for a 3.0 average. Lynch is followed by senior Tayler Wejnert (Ramsey, N.J.) who is averaging 12.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while Moser continues to lead the team in rebounds with a 7.3 average.

Lafayette leads the all-time series the Raiders 29-25. The teams first met in the 1976-77 season in Hamilton, N.Y. Since then the Leopards have won 13 of the 25 meetings they have played on Cotterell Court, with Colgate owning a 12-13 record at home. The Raiders won the last meeting 60-57 in overtime when they hosted Lafayette on Feb. 10, 2010.

The Leopards (7-9, 0-1 PL) are coming off a 72-67 loss to Holy Cross in their league opener at home on Saturday.  Lafayette is led by senior LaKeisha Wright and freshman Danielle Fiacco. Wright leads the team in scoring, averaging 12.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while Fiacco is averaging 6.2 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds.

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