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<\/a>48 win over Colgate here Saturday night could have been a precursor to the Patriot League tournament\u2019s first round on March 7.<\/p>\nBut it doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n
Colgate\u2019s loss didn\u2019t affect its standing as far as final seeding for the conference tournament. The Raiders remain in eighth place at 2-10. But Bucknell and Lafayette both lost Saturday to fall to 4-8, still just two games ahead of Colgate with now two to play.<\/p>\n
One of those games is a Colgate-Lafayette matchup Wednesday night in Easton, Pa. The Raiders close their season next Saturday afternoon at home for Senior Day against Holy Cross, while Lafayette finishes at American. Bucknell plays this week at American and home against Navy.<\/p>\n
Should the Raiders win twice this week, it\u2019s not too far-fetched to envision a sixth-place finish thanks mainly to Colgate\u2019s shocking win over Army this past Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo games are going to decide if we can move our way back up,\u201d Raiders head coach Nicci Hays Fort said. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve told the team is we\u2019re not getting an (NCAA) at-large bid; we\u2019re in the Patriot League. And what that means is we\u2019ve got to win the tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just want to keep getting better so we keep peaking this week and in the tournament. We did a good job of competing tonight; we just didn\u2019t do a great job like we did against Army.\u201d<\/p>\n
It works like this.<\/p>\n
If Colgate wins twice and gets to 4-10 and is tied with either Lafayette and\/or Bucknell, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head. Nothing doing there because all three would be 1-1 against the other. But assuming Army stays in the top two in the league, Colgate\u2019s win over the Black Knights would be the tiebreaker when comparing how teams did against the first-place team, second place and so forth.<\/p>\n
\u201cLosing tonight puts a little bit more pressure on us as we try to inch our way back,\u201d Hays Fort said. \u201cObviously, we need to take care of ourselves first and then need to have some other people lose some basketball games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Geif Makes Her Case<\/strong><\/p>\nPatriot League Player of the Year candidate Jade Geif scored 14 of her game-high 22 points in the first half. She had eight of Navy\u2019s first 11 points and was 7-of-9 from the field at the break.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s a really good player,\u201d Hays Fort said. \u201cWe had some things we wanted specifically to do against her on defense and we did not do those in the first 12 minutes. She was getting any shot she wanted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut after a couple of timeouts, it\u2019s like we remembered what were supposed to do and we started doing a good job. She\u2019s just a really strong player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colgate freshman Josie Stockill recognizes that Geif is an excellent model for her own game.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always want to beat an opponent, but she\u2019s a really good player and I really like her moves and her patience with the ball,\u201d Stockill said. \u201cI can really learn from her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raiders slowed Geif to only eight points in the second half, but that\u2019s when Kara Pollinger took over and scored 12 of her 17. Pollinger hit three 3-pointers and Chloe Stapleton three more as the Mids finished 7-of-29 from downtown.<\/p>\n
Hays Fort wasn\u2019t surprised Navy was connecting from outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re a good basketball team and they always have four shooters on the floor,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re really patient and they get the open shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones Leads Again<\/strong><\/p>\nColgate sophomore Mariah Jones helped keep the Raiders close in the first half by making her first four shots from long range. The Silver Spring, Md., native led the visitors with 14 points in front of some familiar faces.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnnapolis is not too far away from my home, so it was good to see my family and close friends at the game,\u201d said Jones, who scored 17 in Wednesday\u2019s win over Army. \u201cThat was nice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to do whatever I could. We weren\u2019t really getting too many offensive options, so when I had an open look I was going to hit it. My teammates told me to keep shooting, so that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raiders were within 29-26 when Jones hit the fourth of her long-range bombs, but then Colgate didn\u2019t score the last 5:09 of the half and Navy went to the locker room leading 35-26.<\/p>\n
Lulu Brase scored the first two to start the second half, but then the Mids pushed their lead to as many as 16 on a couple of occasions and coasted to their 17th victory against 10 losses. Navy is 10-2 in the Patriot League and still one game clear of second-place Army.<\/p>\n
Stockill scored eight points and Brase six points and five rebounds for Colgate. Lauryn Kobiela added six assists. Geif and Alix Membreno tied for rebounding honors with nine.<\/p>\n
Colgate shot 35.1 percent (20-of-57) from the field and made six of 18 from 3-point distance. The Raiders were just 2-of-4 at the line.<\/p>\n
Navy shot 44.1 percent (26-of-59) from the field and was 4-of-6 from the line. The Mids won the rebounding battle, 39-33.<\/p>\n
Colgate played the entire second half without starting forward Kelly Reid, who was injured midway through the first. Her status for this week is to be determined.<\/p>\n
Navy 63, Colgate 48<\/p>\n
Colgate (8-19, 2-19):\u00a0Kelly Reid 4, Lulu Brase 6, Lauryn Kobiela 4, Mariah Jones 14, Randyll Butler 3, Catherine Lewis 3, Kathryn Taylor 2, Josie Stockill 8, Carole Harris 4.\u00a0Totals:\u00a020-6-48.<\/p>\n
Navy (17-10, 10-2):\u00a0Audrey Bauer 3, Jade Geif 22, Alix Membreno 7, Erin Meador 4, Kara Pollinger 17, Chloe Stapleton 10.\u00a0Totals:\u00a026-4-63.<\/p>\n
Halftime:\u00a0Navy 35-26.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>48 win over Colgate here Saturday night could have been a precursor to the Patriot League tournament\u2019s first round on March 7.<\/p>\n