BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Sophia Diehl posted her second double-double of the season as the Raiders picked up their first Patriot League win of the season with a 70-66 win over Lehigh at Stabler Arena.

After Lehigh cut the Raiders lead to just four points with under thirty seconds left in the game, Anne Bair went to the line and hit both free throws. 

On the ensuing Lehigh possession, Christina Midgette forced the Mountain Hawks to the middle of the lane where Bair dislodged the ball into Taylor Golembiewski's hands. Colgate called a timeout before the Mountain Hawks sent Bair back to the line as she hit both from the charity stripe pushing the advantage to 68-60.

Lehigh hit a 3-pointer and a bucket plus a foul making the game just one possession for the Mountain Hawks but Bair hit her the final of her six free throws in the final minute giving the Raiders a 70-66 win.

COACH ADEDUNTAN'S COMMENTS

"Honestly this is the team we have become accustomed to. We haven't shown who we are, how we move the ball, how we play. We have been trying to clean that up in practices but I commend my team. Super proud of each player, they were ready to go today. They have been ready to go in the last two days in practices with their response in what we needed to focus on and how we needed to play.

It started with defense for us to start this game. Obviously we are playing against a really good team in Lehigh. They weren't going to just succumb, they increased the intensity and the pressure and we found enough possessions to be able to weather the storm."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Raiders started the game about as fast as you can with Taylor Golembiewski picking up the opening tip and hitting a pull up jumper.
• Colgate kept its foot on the pedal starting the game on a 12-point surge and holding Lehigh scoreless in the opening four minutes.
• Sophia Diehl drilled a triple before Golembiewski picked off a Lehigh pass and took it the distance giving the Raiders a 21-5 lead in the first quarter.
• Diehl hit another 3-pointer early in the second frame pushing the Colgate advantage to 24-7.
• Lehigh went on a 9-3 run to cut the Raiders lead to 11 with under three minutes left in the half.
• Lara Cook hit a 3-pointer before Anne Bair made two from the charity stripe to give the Raiders a 34-19 halftime lead.
• Colgate continued to find success at the start of the second half going on a 9-2 run and forcing a Lehigh timeout.
• Golembiewski scored six of the nine points on the run with Madison Schiller draining her second triple of the game in the Raiders surge.
• The Mountain Hawks responded with an 8-2 run to cut the Colgate lead to 16 before Schiller grabbed an offensive rebound and put back the layup to give the Raiders the 51-33 lead.
• Lehigh finished the third frame on a 9-3 run but Colgate still held a 54-42 lead heading into the final quarter.
• The Mountain Hawks used a six-point surge to reduce the Raiders advantage to single digits for the first time since 4:40 left in the first quarter.
• Golembiewski drained two free throws with just over five minutes left in the game to keep Colgate ahead by eight.

GAME NOTES

• Sophia Diehl logged her second double-double of the season finishing with 11 points, 11 rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
• The win snaps a two-game skid for Colgate and ends a five-game unbeaten run for the Mountain Hawks.
• Madison Schiller netted 16 points, setting a new season high and just two points shy of her career best mark.
• The Raiders defense held the best shooting 3-point team in the conference to just six triples all night, two shy of the Lehigh average all season.

UP NEXT
Colgate (11-5, 1-2) stays on the road as they will take on Boston University in a rematch of last season's Patriot League semi finals. Tip is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Case Gym.