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Collins, American Eagles take on the Colgate Raiders
By The Associated Press
American Eagles (9-6, 2-0 Patriot League) at Colgate Raiders (8-7, 2-0 Patriot
League)
Hamilton, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Madden Collins and American take on Jalen Cox and Colgate on
Wednesday.
The Raiders have gone 2-2 at home. Colgate ranks fourth in the Patriot League
in rebounding with 30.1 rebounds. Andrew Alekseyenko leads the Raiders with 5.9
boards.
The Eagles are 2-0 against Patriot League opponents. American is fifth in the
Patriot League with 7.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Julen Iturbe
averaging 1.5.
Colgate's average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.5 more
made shots on average than the 6.8 per game American allows. American has shot
at a 45.9% clip from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points above the
43.0% shooting opponents of Colgate have averaged.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Carlesimo is shooting 40.5% from beyond the arc with 2.0
made 3-pointers per game for the Raiders, while averaging 8.7 points. Cox is
shooting 56.6% and averaging 15.5 points over the past 10 games.
Geoff Sprouse averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 8.7
points while shooting 39.5% from beyond the arc. Collins is averaging 12.6
points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Raiders: 6-4, averaging 78.1 points, 31.6 rebounds, 16.9
assists, 6.5 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points per game.
Eagles: 7-3, averaging 76.9 points, 27.6 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 9.1 steals and
1.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have
averaged 70.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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