Feb. 5, 2004

EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - Lafayette's men's basketball game at Colgate on Friday will be televised live nationally on DIRECTV Channel 615 and available in the Lehigh Valley on WFMZ -69 of Allentown, Pa.

The game will tip off at 8 p.m. from a wintry Hamilton, N.Y. and Colgate University's Cotterell Court. The Leopards enter the Patriot League Television Game of the Week atop the conference standings with a 16-4 overall record and a perfect 7-0 league slate.

Lafayette won the first meeting this season in an offensive affair. Led by 20 points from senior guard Justin DeBerry, the Leopards scored 97 points in a 97-86 win at Kirby Sports Center on Jan. 10.

Lafayette, which has won three straight over Colgate, has not won in Hamilton, N.Y. since Jan. 29, 2000.

For the seventh-straight season, the Leopards feature the most expansive television package in the conference, televising 16 games. Lafayette is 11-1 in televised games this season.