National Basketball Association
Colgate 94, Bucknell 80
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Where: Cotterell Court, Hamilton, New York
Officials:
# Tim Kelly, # Donnie Eppley, # Brandon Cruz
Attendance:
1821
By Field Level Media
Colgate players are too young to remember the last time the Raiders made the NCAA Tournament -- if they even were born at the time. So what they did Wednesday counts as a first-in-a-lifetime event.
Riding a 22-9 run midway through the first half to a lead it would never relinquish, top-seeded Colgate defeated second-seeded Bucknell 94-80 to win the Patriot League tournament on its home floor, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996.
The Raiders (23-10) got a game-high and tournament championship game-record 35 points from Jordan Burns as they prevented the Bison (21-11) from winning the tournament for the third straight season. Bucknell got 23 points from Kimbal Mackenzie.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Bucknell |
|
Colgate |
|
Kimbal MacKenzie 23 |
Scoring |
Jordan Burns 35 |
|
Jimmy Sotos 8 |
Assists |
Jordan Burns 6 |
|
Nate Sestina 5 |
Rebounds |
Rapolas Ivanauskas 8 |
|
Bruce Moore 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Burns 9 |
|
Kimbal MacKenzie 2 |
Steals |
Jordan Burns 3 |
|
Nate Sestina 1 |
Blocks |
Will Rayman 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Bucknell
|
80 |
43.6 |
13-31 |
19-25 |
16 |
20 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
| Colgate
|
94 |
57.7 |
12-21 |
22-29 |
18 |
31 |
3 |
9 |
14 |