FINAL SCORE: Colgate 77, Vermont 71
BURLINGTON, Vt. – An early second-half run led Patriot League preseason favorite Colgate (6-4) to a 77-71 victory over Vermont (8-3) on Saturday afternoon at Patrick Gym. The loss snaps UVM's 16-game home winning streak.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Tough game today, but you know Colgate deserves a lot of credit," Cioffi Men's Basketball Head Coach John Becker said. That's a really good team, really good program. They made the plays, and we just looked tired today. It's been an emotional week and for whatever reason we just we just didn't have our spirit today and that's on me to get the guys going. They made a lot of at the buzzer plays and we just had some uncharacteristic turnovers. We wanted to live kind of playing 1-on-1 in the post and take away the three-point line, and unfortunately, they made eight threes today."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts opened the game with two straight makes from Shamir Bogues and TJ Hurley, but the Raiders countered with a 10-2 run for an early four-point lead.
• Vermont hit three of its next five field goals to briefly pull back in front, up 14-13 with 12:09 to play in the first half. Bogues and Hurley continued to score for the Cats, along with TJ Long who netted his first triple of the afternoon.
• Brady Cummins led a 9-2 run for Colgate over the next 2:49 to put the Raiders up 22-16 with 9:20 left in the frame. Braeden Smith's jumper gave Colgate the six-point lead – its largest of the half.
• Bogues scored seven straight points to retake the lead for the Catamounts. The junior made two layups before knocking down a corner three-pointer to go up 23-22 with 7:59 left on the clock.
• Brenton Mills provided four points off the bench to cap off what was an 11-2 run that put Vermont up 27-24.
• Ryan Moffatt sank a three pointer to pull even with the Catamounts as the Raiders made three of their next five shots to lead 31-28 with 3:02 left in the half.
• Bogues cut the UVM deficit to one point on a layup and Ileri Ayo-Faleye threw down a dunk with 1:53 to go to give the Cats a 32-31 lead heading into the break.
• Colgate opened the second half with 11 straight points to take the game's first double-digit lead. Moffatt led the offensive surge for the Raiders who made five of their first seven attempts from the field coming out of the locker room.
• Long ended the Colgate run with a step back trey, sparking a quick 8-2 run for Vermont to cut the lead to 44-40 with 14:27 remaining.
• After briefly trading baskets, the Raiders grew their lead back to double digits with a 9-2 run. Cummins converted on a driving layup with 10:16 to go for a 55-44 lead.
• Seven points was as little as Vermont could cut the deficit to over the next seven minutes until Matt Veretto and Nick Fiorillo knocked down corner three pointers on back-to-back possessions to make the score 70-65 with 2:08 remaining.
• Smith answered with a step back three pointer to put Colgate back up by eight points with 1:37 to go.
• Deloney would score six points for the Cats in the final 1:26, but Smith's answered with four throws that kept the game out of reach.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Catamounts trailed 42-34 on points in the paint, with Colgate's Keegan Records scoring a game-high 22 points.
• Vermont made 27-of-54 field goal attempts (50.0%) and knocked down 8-of-25 (32.0%) attempts from beyond the arc.
• Bogues led UVM's attack with 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting. The junior also pulled in a team-high seven rebounds, and recorded a game-high four steals.
• Long (11 points) and Deloney (10 points) rounded out the Catamounts in double figures.

UP NEXT
Vermont will take a break for exam week, before returning to action on Saturday (Dec. 16) at Virginia Tech (7-3). The tip-off is set for 4 p.m. ET at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. Tickets are available at HokieSports.com.
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The matchup between the Catamounts and Hokies will be televised on ACC Network. Fans can also stream the game live on ESPN+. As always, fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield on The Game, which will air on 97.1 FM in Burlington, 105.9 FM in Plattsburgh, and 960 AM around the rest of the region. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App with Brian McLaughlin on the call.
 
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