Opening Tip
- Lafayette picked up its first Patriot League win of the season, defeating Holy Cross on Sunday, 73-63.
 
- For the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Leopards featured all five players in double-figures led by sophomore Olivia Martino's 17 points on a career-best five 3-pointers. She became the fastest player in program history to make 50 3-pointers and is now tied for 16th on the all-time list.
 
- Sophomore Natalie Kucowski and freshman Makaila Wilson teamed up for a pair of double-doubles for the second time this season. Kucowski had 15 points and 15 rebounds to go along with seven steals and Wilson tallied 10 points with 12 boards while guarding the Patriot League's leading scorer.
 
- The Maroon and White return to action on Saturday when Bucknell makes the trip to College Hill for a 2 p.m. tip-off. The Leopards play three of their first four Patriot League games in the friendly confines of Kirby Sports Center.
 
Scouting Colgate
The Raiders knocked off Holy Cross in their Patriot League opener before falling to American on Sunday.
 
Colgate is led by Rachel Thompson who leads the team in points, rebounds and assists. Her 12.3 ppg rank her eighth in the conference and 8.3 rpg rank her fifth.
 
She dropped a season-high 24 points against Columbia while pulling in 19 rebounds.
 
Summer King also averages double-figures with 10.6 ppg.
 
In his third season, Colgate is led by head coach Bill Cleary.
 
All-Time Series
The matchup dates back to the 1976-77 season with the Leopards holding a 37-34 advantage overall. 
 
The teams split last year's meetings, winning on their games at home.
 
Last Meeting
The Leopards dropped a tight contest in Hamilton, New York to conclude the regular season, 60-55.
 
Natalie Kucowski scored 14 points to lead the way for the Leopards, going 6-of-9 from the floor and Olivia Martino chipped in 13.
 
Colgate forced Lafayette into 19 turnovers and featured three players in double-figures.
 
Fastest to 50 3s
Against Holy Cross, sophomore Olivia Martino became the fastest player in program history to hit 50 3-pointers, doing so in just 43 games.
 
In the contest, she hit on a career-high five 3-pointers, scoring 17 points. She joined Brya Freeland '15 on the all-time 3-pointers list in 16th place. Next in the ranks is April Shippee '99 who hit 55 in her career.
 
Don't Forget Us
Right behind Martino, in a tie for 18th are a pair of the Lanham, Maryland native's teammates.
 
Junior Sarah Agnello and sophomore Drew Freeland have connected on 47 3-pointers in their careers. Agnello has done so in 62 games, highlighted by her 6-of-8 performance from deep in the Patriot League Tournament against Boston U. last season. Freeland has reached the mark in 43 games.
 
Starters Scoring
For the first time in just over 10 years, Lafayette featured all five of its starters in double-figures against Holy Cross. Along with Martino's career game from beyond the arc, sophomore Natalie Kucowski tallied a double-double, Freeland scored 13, freshman Nicole Johnson had a career-high 11 points, going 8-of-10 from the line, and classmate Makaila Wilson had a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards.
 
50 Rebound Games
Lafayette has pulled in 50-plus rebounds four times this season after doing so zero times in 2017-18. The last time a Lafayette team has had multi 50-plus rebounding games was in the 2013-14 season when it occurred seven times. Before this season, the last time the Leopards had a 50-plus rebound game was the opener of the 2016-17 season at La Salle.
 
Winning the Tip
Sophomore Natalie Kucowski has done the honors in the circle each game this season and has won 10 tip-offs so far. The Leopards hold a 5-5 record when controlling the tip.
 
Free and Easy
The Leopards have shot 20-plus free throws six times already in 2018-19 compared to just one game last season. Against Delaware, Lafayette shot 29 free throws, making 22 in the game. It was the most free throws a Lafayette team attempted and made since Feb. 8, 2017 when the Leopards were 23-of-32 from the Line in an 85-70 win over Holy Cross.
 
Against the Crusaders this season, the Leopards took 24 free throws in the fourth quarter alone, going 18-of-25 in the game.
 
Getting Over the Hump
The Leopards hold a 5-1 record when scoring at least 60 points this season compared to their 1-6 mark when scoring under 60 points. Lafayette is also 2-0 when scoring over 70 points, doing so once in regulation and once in overtime this season. 
 
Wanted For Stealing
Kucowski had a career-high seven steals against Holy Cross as part of the Leopards' season-high 15 steals against the Crusaders. It was the most thefts by a Lafayette player since Jamie O'Hare had nine against Bucknell in the 2015-16 season.
 
Free Throw Success
The Leopards shot it over 80 percent from the free throw line for just the second time this season against Lehigh. In the game, Lafayette was 9-of-11 from the stripe and 7-for-7 in the second half.

The other game was at Manhattan when Lafayette was 19-of-23 (83 percent), its season high on the year. Surprisingly, the Maroon and White is 0-2 on the year when shooting above 80 percent at the line.
 
Block Party
Sophomore Natalie Kucowski leads the Patriot League in total blocked shots (23) and blocked shots per game (2.2) by nearly 10 and 1.0 respectively.
 
Over the course of the last four games, Kucowski has had at least three rejections in three of those and 10 blocks over the span. She has helped the Leopards take the second spot in the Patriot League rankings in blocked shots per game behind Bucknell.
 
Heating up
Freshman Makaila Wilson recorded the second double-double of her Lafayette career and second in three games against Holy Cross. Over the stretch, she is averaging 11.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg.