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Colgate 57, Navy 51
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Colgate overcame a shaky start and hung on at the end to beat cold-shooting Navy 57-51 in a first-round Patriot League tournament game Monday night in Hamilton, N.Y.
With the win, the seventh-seeded Raiders (13-17) advance to the quarterfinals, where they will play second-seeded American on Wednesday night.
The Midshipmen (9-21) end their season with a five-game losing streak. They have lost 14 consecutive games in conference-tournament play, the longest such active streak in Division I.
The Raiders, who started the game making seven turnovers in the first seven minutes, took the lead for good on a 7-0 run that gave them a 27-21 halftime advantage.
Colgate didn’t clinch the win until guard Damon Sherman-Newsome hit two free throws with 7.9 seconds left to give the Raiders a 55-51 cushion. Colgate guard Austin Tillotson added two more free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining.
Navy guard Brandon Venturini led all scorers with 24 points on 11-of-21 shooting. The rest of the team shot 9-for-31 from the field.
Sherman-Newsome led Colgate with 16 points. Guard Luke Roh and center Ethan Jacobs each added 10 points for the Raiders, and Jacobs grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
Colgate led 39-26 less than seven minutes into the second half, but Navy went on an 8-0 run that cut that margin to 39-34 with 10:19 left in the game.
Tillotson ended Navy’s run with a 3-pointer, and the Raiders led 46-36 with less than four minutes left.
The Midshipmen were able to trim that down to 53-51 with 8.9 seconds left before the Raiders sealed the win at the free-throw line.
