February 6, 2014
Colgate (7-10) at Wagner (11-6)
We drop this one on the road by 10 points, 78-68. Needham had a huge day with 14 points and 18 rebounds, that was one board short of tying a school record. Tom D. and Moore also scored 14 points each.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Moses Litton C 31 2-5 3-4 2 8 1 3 7
Chris Needham PF 34 7-10 0-0 6 18 3 3 14
Freeman Murphy SF 27 3-10 0-0 1 2 2 3 6
Thomas Delrosario SG 35 5-12 2-2 1 1 0 2 14
Johnnie Moore PG 34 6-19 0-1 1 1 6 3 14
Pierre Jones C 18 4-6 1-2 0 4 1 1 9
Vaughn Batiste PF 10 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 4
Devon Price SF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
James Raby PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Dalton Lee PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (M.Litton 1, C.Needham 3, F.Murphy 3,
T.Delrosario 2, J.Moore 3, P.Jones 1, V.Batiste 1,
J.Raby 1, D.Lee 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Needham 2)
Steals: 8 (C.Needham 3, F.Murphy 1, T.Delrosario 3,
J.Moore 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (C.Needham 0-1, F.Murphy 0-3, T.Delrosario
2-4, J.Moore 2-9)
February 7, 2015
Colgate (7-11) at Campbell (10-8)
Campbell is in the basement in the Ivy standings and we make sure to keep them there with a 80-69 road win. All 5 of our starters scored in double figures, led by Freeman Murphy with 19. Moore had a double double with 14 points and 13 assists, and Moses also had one with 13 points and 11 boards.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Moses Litton C 29 6-9 1-4 4 11 3 3 13
Chris Needham PF 34 5-7 0-2 3 5 3 2 10
Freeman Murphy SF 28 9-13 0-0 0 0 1 4 19
Thomas Delrosario SG 35 4-11 4-4 1 4 3 2 12
Johnnie Moore PG 35 5-13 2-2 0 5 13 3 14
Pierre Jones C 18 2-3 0-5 0 0 2 1 5
Vaughn Batiste PF 10 1-2 0-0 3 5 1 1 2
Devon Price SF 5 1-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 2
James Raby PG 4 1-1 0-1 0 2 0 0 3
Charles Barr C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (M.Litton 1, C.Needham 3, T.Delrosario 2,
J.Moore 1, P.Jones 1, V.Batiste 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (M.Litton 1, C.Needham 2, T.Delrosario
1, V.Batiste 1)
Steals: 6 (M.Litton 1, C.Needham 1, F.Murphy 1,
T.Delrosario 2, J.Moore 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (C.Needham 0-1, F.Murphy 1-4, T.Delrosario
0-2, J.Moore 2-7, P.Jones 1-1, J.Raby 1-1)
February 13, 2015
Columbia (6-14) at Colgate (8-11)
We don’t have much problem winning this game by a final score of 74-62. We outclassed them all day long. Moses scored 17 and pulled in 10 boards. Rom D. was the only starter with less than 10 points, so we have been spreading the ball around on offense lately.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Moses Litton C 34 6-12 5-8 1 10 2 3 17
Chris Needham PF 30 5-9 0-0 2 8 2 2 10
Freeman Murphy SG 24 4-10 1-2 1 3 2 3 10
Thomas Delrosario SG 22 2-3 0-0 1 4 4 3 6
Johnnie Moore PG 30 4-10 2-2 0 1 6 2 11
Pierre Jones SF 22 4-11 1-2 4 7 4 1 9
Vaughn Batiste SF 15 0-2 0-0 1 5 1 0 0
Devon Price SF 8 1-2 3-4 0 0 1 1 5
James Raby PG 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Dalton Lee PG 4 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 4
Turnovers: 10 (C.Needham 3, F.Murphy 1, T.Delrosario 3,
P.Jones 1, V.Batiste 1, J.Raby 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Needham 1)
Steals: 7 (M.Litton 2, C.Needham 1, F.Murphy 1,
T.Delrosario 2, J.Raby 1)
3P FGs: 4-12 (C.Needham 0-1, F.Murphy 1-4, T.Delrosario
2-2, J.Moore 1-3, P.Jones 0-1, V.Batiste 0-1)
February 14, 2015
Campbell (11-9) at Colgate (9-11)
We manage to pull this game out by a mere 2 points, 64-62. The win puts us just 1 game away from a 500 record on the season. Moses continues to impress. He scored 14 to lead the team and had 11 rebounds. Freeman Murphy also scored 11 today.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Moses Litton C 34 7-14 0-0 3 11 1 4 14
Chris Needham PF 32 2-5 0-1 1 9 1 1 4
Freeman Murphy SF 24 4-6 3-3 2 3 2 2 11
Thomas Delrosario SG 23 4-9 0-0 1 4 2 4 9
Pierre Jones SF 23 4-9 1-2 0 4 1 0 9
Vaughn Batiste SF 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 2
Devon Price SF 7 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 7
James Raby PG 34 2-5 0-0 1 3 4 2 4
Dalton Lee PG 12 1-3 2-2 0 0 3 0 4
Jeromy Goetz SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 20 (M.Litton 3, C.Needham 4, T.Delrosario 2,
P.Jones 1, V.Batiste 3, D.Price 1, J.Raby 2, D.Lee 4)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Needham 2)
Steals: 3 (M.Litton 1, F.Murphy 1, J.Raby 1)
3P FGs: 2-7 (C.Needham 0-1, T.Delrosario 1-2, P.Jones
0-1, D.Price 1-1, J.Raby 0-1, D.Lee 0-1)
Mid Month Recap
2014 Ivy League Standings
CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#21 Northeastern 6 2 .750 17 4 .810
Brown 5 3 .625 15 7 .682
Colgate 4 3 .571 10 11 .476
Vermont 4 3 .571 9 12 .429
Wagner 4 4 .500 14 8 .636
Campbell 4 4 .500 11 10 .524
Holy Cross 4 4 .500 8 14 .364
Columbia 0 8 .000 6 17 .261
We have rebounded from another poor start to get to within 1 game in the loss column here. We are going to have to play flawlessly from here on out though.
Top 25
Top 25 Poll
# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Texas (72) 21-1 1800 1
2. Fresno State 21-4 1724 2
3. Kansas 22-4 1660 3
4. Cincinnati 22-4 1584 5
5. Syracuse 21-4 1511 4
6. Illinois 19-6 1405 6
7. Tennessee 20-6 1307 7
8. Missouri 20-4 1273 10
9. Maryland 23-6 1231 9
10. Connecticut 19-6 1179 12
11. Florida 17-8 1061 13
12. Southern Mississippi 20-4 965 14
13. Iowa 17-5 959 11
14. St. Bonaventure 19-7 889 16
15. North Carolina State 17-5 849 8
16. Oklahoma 15-9 675 15
17. Oregon State 18-5 636 18
18. Virginia 16-7 567 20
19. Memphis 16-7 463 NR
20. St. John's 16-10 319 17
21. Northeastern 17-4 301 NR
22. Dayton 15-7 272 NR
23. Oregon 16-6 171 23
24. Kentucky 15-9 157 21
25. Michigan State 15-10 141 NR
Others Receiving Votes:
Notre Dame 15-11 82
DePaul 18-7 67
Winthrop 22-4 48
Boise State 18-6 43
Xavier 18-7 26
UCLA 16-9 24
Northwestern 20-6 4
Portland 18-5 4