The Army Black Knights (11-5), the Patriot League’s top scoring team, will match up with the Colgate Raiders (6-9) at Cotterell Court. Action begins at 7:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
The Raiders are hoping to rebound after their 71-68 loss to Navy on Saturday. Austin Tillotson was the team’s leading scorer with 21 points. The Black Knights, meanwhile, are coming off a 73-59 win against Loyola Maryland on Saturday. Tanner Plomb led the game in scoring by accounting for 22 points on 7-for-15 shooting.
Over the last five games, Tillotson has taken his game to another level for the Raiders, averaging 16.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.6 three-pointers.
It’s a matchup of two different tempos, as the fast-paced Black Knights (ranked ninth in the nation in possessions per game) square off against the grind-it-out Raiders (325th).
Notes
Ranked 81st, the Army Black Knights have an offensive rating of 110.7. The Colgate Raiders rank 262nd with a defensive rating of just 106.7.
The Colgate Raiders average a field goal percentage of 42.2% this season. The Army Black Knights have split their games this season (5-5) when opponents have a FG% of 42.2% or greater.
The Colgate Raiders and the Army Black Knights both rank higher in average effective field goal percentage when compared to their field goal percentages. Colgate is 267th and 200th in the nation for FG% and eFG% respectively, while Army is 84th and 48th in these categories.
Ranked 12th in the nation, Army has an average of 18.4 assists per game. Colgate ranks lower at 198th with 13.1.
Army, the 29th-ranked team in rebounding, registers an average of 41.3 rebounds per game. Colgate does worse, ranked 296th with 33.7.
On average, Colgate makes 5.5 steals per game. Army has a solid 10-4 record when it gives up at least 5 steals.
