DIALED FROM DOWNTOWN
    As a team, Lafayette ranks second in the Patriot League in team three-point percentage. The Leopards are shooting at a 34.3 percent clip from beyond the arc. Their current pace has them in line with the fifth spot in the program's all-time single-season three-point field goal percentage record.

SCOUTING COLGATE
    The Raiders currently hold a 13-11 record after defeating Bucknell in their last game. Through 13 League games, Colgate is 6-7 in conference play. Head coach Ganiyat Adeduntan is in her third season.
    In the teams' last 10 meetings, Lafayette holds a 3-7 record against the Raiders. The Leopards last defeated Colgate on Jan. 28, 2023 (53-45) in Easton.
    Taylor Golembiewski and Alexa Brodie have been Colgate's leading scorers this season, averaging 12.3 and 10.0 ppg respectively. Sophia Diehl leads the team in rebounds, (6.5).
    As a team, the Raiders are scoring 61.0 ppg while allowing opponents 55.8 ppg through 24 games. In the team's last game against Bucknell, Diehl led the offense with 18 points, while Golembiewski and Brodie added 13 and 10 points.  Colgate is shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 35.7 percent from downtown and 72.5 percent from the line this season.  

LAST TIME OUT
    Senior guard Makayla Andrews finished with a double-double against American on Saturday, scoring 22 points and grabbing a season-high 12 rebounds. Lafayette completed a series sweep against the Eagles with the team's 64-57 win. Saturday's contest served as the Play4Kay game for the women's basketball program. Play4Kay is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing support and fighting all cancers affecting women.

INJURY REPORT
    Freshman guard Teresa Kiewiet will miss today's game with an injury. 

DAZZLING DRUMMOND
    Senior forward Kayla Drummond has scored eight or more points in the Leopards' last seven contests. The Ontario, Canada native posted double-digit points twice in her previous 17 outings.  Over her last seven games, the Government and Law major has averaged 11.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 1.1 spg. 

PAST PROMOTIONS
    On Feb. 3 the women's basketball program hosted Army for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Prior to tip-off, an all-sports girls clinic was held in Kirby Sports Center. The team's Play4Kay was on Feb. 17. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund has a vision of being a premier non-profit organization dedicated to supporting fighting all cancers affecting women while providing support. 
ANTOGNOLI AVERAGES
    Junior guard Abby Antognoli currently leads the Leopards in scoring (12.9), assists (3.3) and steals per game (1.5). The Bay Head, N.J. native is also lighting it up from three-point range, shooting at a team-high 38.6 percent clip (110 or more attempts).  Antognoli ranks eighth amongst the top scorers in the Patriot League as well as fifth in assists and ninth in steals.

SCORCHING SMITH
    Junior forward Halee Smith is shooting 44.3 percent from three-point range and averaging 7.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 1.8 apg. The Biology major has improved her three-point shooting 14 percent from her sophomore campaign. The Alexandria, Pa. native is also shooting at a 76.9 percent clip from the foul line.

STARTING FIVE
    Lafayette has used the same starting lineup for 12 of its 24 contests this season: guards Abby Antognoli, Makayla Andrews and Kylie Favours, forwards Halee Smith and Kayla Drummond. Sophomore guard Kay Donahue got the starting nod in the team's wins over UMBC and Dartmouth. Sophomore guard Sauda Ntaconayigize became a consistent starter against Colgate and has started every game since. The starters are unchanged in the last six games.

SCHOOL DAY GAME
    On Jan. 10, Lafayette women's basketball hosted Colgate for the program's School Day Game when 1,500 fifth and sixth grade students from the Easton Area School District attended the contest.