ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Raiders used clutch free throw shooting and stout defense to collect a tough 76-72 win over Navy in an overtime thriller on Wednesday night.

OVERTIME

The Mids hit a deep triple to open up the overtime period. Sophia Diehl cut the deficit to one from the line before Morgan McMahon pulled up from top of the key and drilled a mid-range jumper tying the game at 67 apiece. 

Navy hooked a bucket under the rim to regain its last lead of the game as the Raiders went 9-for-10 down the stretch from the charity stripe and earned a hard fought 76-72 win over Navy.

END OF GAME

The Mids hit two from the line before Morgan McMahon made a clutch free throw to send the game into overtime.

Navy hit a corner three to take a one point lead with 52 seconds left in the game. On the next possession, McMahon found Christina Midgette backdoor who finished the layup and gave Colgate the one-point advantage. 

After Midgette hit four consecutive free throws to give Colgate a 57-55 lead with four minutes to play, Anne Bair and Midgette made two back-to-back tough layups underneath in between two free throws from the Mids to take a 61-57 lead. 

COACH ADEDUNTAN'S COMMENTS

"That was a gutsy road win. A lot of adversity throughout the game, but we had different people step up when we needed to make plays we did. The sentiments for everyone are from our staff down to our players, I thought we were all locked in, we were all bought into what we were trying to do and we fought. We kept fighting until the last buzzer.

"I'm really proud of Anne Bair and just how steady she was the entire night. I thought she did an excellent job on Barnett-Gay, one of the best players in our league, I thought we were really sound with her. I thought we had players not necessarily asked to play certain roles come in and did their part to help us at really critical times, and critical moments. Winning is not easy, especially on the road, we are really, really proud and we're celebrating this win on this long bus ride back to Hamilton."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Taylor Golembiewski took the opening tip to the bucket and got the Raiders started early.
• TG kept the hot start going as she scored Colgate's first six points and the Raiders took an early 6-2 lead.
• Navy responded with five straight points to cut the deficit to 8-7 at the halfway mark of the first quarter.
• The Raiders came out of the media timeout with a 12-0 run including four from Golembiewski and four from Anne Bair.
• The Mids hit a triple before the end of the quarter but the Raiders remained in control 18-10 after the first quarter.
• After a quick bucket from Sophia Diehl, Navy used a six-point run to cut the Raiders lead to just three.
• Morgan McMahon netted five straight points to help Colgate regain an eight-point cushion.
• Navy answered with an eight-point surge to tie the game at 26 apiece.
• After Bair made two from the charity stripe, Golembiewski drove inside and picked up an easy two to give Colgate a narrow 30-28 halftime lead.
• The Raiders opened the second half with a 6-3 run that included a deep three from McMahon to take a 39-31 lead and force a Mids timeout.
• Navy scored five unanswered before Golembiewski was able to convert a layup to put the Raiders up 41-36 halfway through the third frame.
• After the Mids cut the Raiders lead to three, TG hit a deep two-pointer to help Colgate take a 43-38 lead.
• Navy tied the game at 45 points apiece, before Tatiana Matthews went coast-to-coast to end the Mids run and help the Raiders take a 51-47 lead into the final quarter.
• The Mids used a 6-0 run to take a 55-53 lead with 6:40 left in the game.
• Christina Midgette hit four straight free throws to regain the lead for the Raiders.

GAME NOTES

• Colgate improved to 8-0 in league play when leading after the first quarter and 15-1 this season scoring greater than 70 points.
• The Raiders extended their win streak to five games, the longest win streak this season.
• The maroon and white have completed the season sweep over Navy in two of the last three seasons.
• The overtime victory is Colgate's first since beating Canisius on Nov. 16, 2023.
• With four regular season games remaining, 20 wins equals last season's total and is one away from the program record set in the 2003-04 season.
• Taylor Golembiewski moved to within two points of sole possession of fourth in the Colgate all-time scoring list.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Colgate went 31-for-35 (88.6 percent) from the free throw line, 31 free throws is three shy of the program record in a single game.
• Taylor Golembiewski netted her fourth 20+ point game.
• Morgan McMahon and Anne Bair combined for 23 points from the charity stripe shooting at an impressive 92 percent clip (23-for-25).

UP NEXT
Colgate (20-7, 10-4) will head back to Hamilton to play host to Loyola Maryland on Saturday. Tip is set for 2 p.m. at Cotterell Court.