• Date/Time: Wednesday, January 7; 7 pm
• Site: Hamilton, N.Y. (Cotterell Court)
• Series History: AU leads, 36-18
• TV: ESPN+
• Talent: Eric Malanowski, Steve Evans

• This will be the 55th meeting between American and Colgate, with the Eagles leading 36-18.
• Now in his third year, head coach Duane Simpkins is 4-1 all-time against the Raiders with four straight victories.
• Prior to Simpkins' arrival, the Eagles had gone 1-10 in their previous 11 meetings against Colgate.
• American swept Colgate in three meetings last season, winning 81-77 at home, 67-59 on the road in the final regular-season contest, and 72-62 in the PL Tournament semifinals.

• The Eagles and the Raiders are two of three teams to go 2-0 in the opening week of Patriot League play.
• American rolled to an 84-69 win in its PL opener against Loyola Maryland, and then broke through for its first road win of the season in a 64-62 decision at Boston University.
• At home in Bender Arena, the Eagles are 8-1 so far this season, suffering only a four-point loss to Siena on Nov. 29.
• The Eagles swept three meetings against Colgate last season, and head coach Duane Simpkins is 4-1 against the Raiders overall. 
• Six players—Wyatt Nausadis, Madden Collins, Kade Sebastian, Greg Jones, Julen Iturbe, and Dean Hogans—have been leading scorers.
• Collins, a freshman, is the Eagles's leading scorer with 12.9 points per game. Jones is close behind with 11.1 points per game and has led the team in scoring in both PL games so far.
• AU currently has six players averaging 8.3 ppg or more, which no other AU team in the past 25 years can boast.
• American is forcing an average of 14.3 turnovers per game while committing just 11.3 per game. The Eagles' turnover margin of 3.00 leads the PL by more than two turnovers per game, and ranks 54th in NCAA Division I.
• The Eagles' 8.9 steals per game lead the PL and rank 49th in the nation.

• Like American, Colgate will be putting a 2-0 Patriot League record on the line when it hosts the Eagles. 
• The Raiders, whose three-year run of conference titles was snapped last year when American defeated them in the semifinals and went on to capture the championship, are 8-7 overall and 2-2 at home so far this year.
• Junior guard Jalen Cox is putting up 16.7 points per game to pace the Colgate attack. Freshman forward Andrew Alekseyenko adds 14.2 points per game and a team-best 5.9 rebounds a contest.
• Wednesday's game features the two highest-scoring offenses in the Patriot League, with American's 78.7 a game sitting just above Colgate's 76.1. 
• Matt Langel, now in his 15th season in Hamilton, is the winningest coach in Colgate men's basketball history, sitting at 249-210 overall. A five-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Langel has led Colgate to five NCAA Tournament appearances in the last seven years.

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