BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh shot a staggering 60 percent from the field including 15 made 3-pointers and Colgate dropped its fourth game in nine days, 94-68, Monday night inside Stabler Arena. 

The Raiders dropped to 9-15 overall and 6-5 in Patriot League play. Lehigh improved to 9-13 and 4-7.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Colgate spent most of the first half trailing in large part to Lehigh's hot shooting. The Mountain Hawks shot 59 percent overall (17-29) including 50 percent from behind the arc (7-14) to lead by as many as nine points in the opening stanza. 
• Lehigh's advantage was 32-23 when Jalen Cox scored five points in an 8-0 run for the Raiders. Nicolas Louis-Jacques later swished back-to-back 3-pointers to briefly knot the score at 37-37, but Lehigh closed the frame on a 5-0 surge to lead 42-37 at the intermission. 
• Parker Jones hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Cox landed a layup to trim the deficit to 46-45, but the middle stretch of the second half was the story of the game, and the last two weeks. Lehigh couldn't miss and controlled both ends of the floor in a 16-2 blitz that blew the game open. 
• After a hot-shooting first half, the Mountain Hawks shot even better in the second – connecting on 61 percent from the field (19-31) and from behind the arc (8-13) – to lead by as many as 26 points in the waning minutes and hand Colgate its first four-game skid in Patriot play since January 2014.

GAME NOTES

• Kyle Carlesimo made his first start in a Raider uniform. He had previously made two starts as a first-year at Eastern Illinois. Chandler Baker earned his third start of the season. 
• Two weeks ago, Colgate led the Patriot League in scoring defense allowing a league-best 61.7 points per game while holding each PL opponent to 67 points or fewer. Four of the last five opponents have now shot better than 50 percent from the field and scored at least 80 points.

UP NEXT
Colgate (9-15, 6-5 Patriot) is back home Saturday to host Loyola at 2 p.m.