2008 Woodie Awards
Red Foxes host first ever BracketBuster game vs. Colgate
Joseph Ferrary
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Sports
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Last year during the BracketBuster weekend the Red Foxes traveled down to play Old Dominion on ESPN2. Old Dominion defeated the Red Foxes 84-71. Senior center Alex Loughton scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead ODU. The Red Foxes were led by guard Will Whittington who tallied 27 points while shooting 7-14 from behind the arc.
History against Colgate
This will be the eighth contest between these two New York schools, with the Red Foxes holding the all-time advantage 5-2. The last time these two schools met was during the Pepsi-Marist Classic during the 2002-2003 season. The Red Foxes won this meeting by a score of 72-65.
In that game the Red Foxes were led by Brandon Ellerbee who scored a career high 15 points while dishing out 6 assists. Nick Eppehimer grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for the Red Foxes.
The Raiders have lost four of five games played at the McCann Center.
The Game
Colgate comes into this game with a record of 9-14 and 4-6 in the Patriot League. There 4-6 mark in the conference is good enough for fourth place out of eight teams. The Raiders are led by senior point guard Jon Simon who averages 13.3 points per game. Junior guard Kyle Chones leads the team in rebounding with 3.9 boards per contest.
Despite Colgate's poor record Marist head coach Matt Brady thinks this will be a challenge for his squad.
"This is definitely going to be a challenge for us," Brady said. "They are led by a solid senior point guard and are playing in a good coaches league. They have also lost a couple of close games, which doesn't help them either."
Junior forward Ben Farmer had very similar comments to that of his coach.
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