(Boxscore)

        HAMILTON, N.Y. — Sophomore Mark Linebaugh scored 20 points and dished out five assists as Colgate downed Lafayette, 85-73, Sunday afternoon in a Patriot League game at Cotterell Court.

Colgate (17-10, 8-6) finished in a tie for third place in the Patriot League standings with Bucknell and Lafayette (14-13, 8-6).  Bucknell will be seeded third in the Patriot League Tournament, while Colgate takes the fourth seed and Lafayette the fifth seed.  

The Raiders will open the Patriot League Tournament on Saturday, March 2 against Lafayette in the quarterfinal round at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland at 2:30 p.m.

In other quarterfinal action, top-seeded American University (17-10, 10-4) plays #8 seed Lehigh (5-22, 2-12) at noon; #2 Holy Cross (15-14, 9-5) meets #7 Navy (10-19, 5-9) at 5 p.m.; and #3 Bucknell (12-15, 8-6) tangles with #6 Army (12-15, 6-8) at 7:30 p.m.

The Colgate-Lafayette and Holy Cross-Navy games will be televised on the Patriot League Television Network.

The Raiders had four players in double figures as they swept their season series with Lafayette.  Junior Tim Sullivan pumped in 19 points including four 3-pointers, while Howard Blue had his first double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Pat Campolieta added 11 points, eight rebounds, six steals and five assists, while Dave Hardy tallied eight assists.

Campolieta became Colgate’s all-time steal leader with 191 passing Mike Boswell (1983-87), who had 186.

Justin DeBerry paced Lafayette with 14 points, followed by Mike Farrell and Andrew Pleick with 12 apiece and Dill with 10.  The Leopards’ leading scorer Brian Burke was held to six points, after scoring 43 points in his last outing against Lehigh.

Colgate jumped on the Leopards early in the contest and never looked back as the Raiders won their eighth game in the last 10 outings.  Trailing 4-3, Hardy made a lay-up and Linebaugh nailed one of his four three-pointers to give the Raiders an 8-4 lead, which they increased to 25 points, 46-21, with 2:15 remaining before halftime.

In the second half, Colgate held a 26-point advantage with 4:42 left before coach Emmett Davis cleared the bench.  Lafayette put together a 16-point run in the closing minutes making 11-of-12 free throws down the stretch.

Colgate shot the ball very well throughout the contest finishing with 48 percent, including 10-of-19 from three-point range.  Lafayette, which was hurt by 20 turnovers including 12 in the first half, shot 42 percent from the field.  The Leopards had a slight advantage on the boards, 39-36, led by DeBerry and Dill with six apiece.