ELON, N.C. (AP) - Lucas Troutman scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked seven shots to lead Elon to an 81-72 win over Colgate on Saturday.
Austin Hamilton scored 15 points, dished out six assists and five rebounds for the Phoenix (2-1). Tanner Samson and Jack Isenbarger finished with 12 points apiece.
Elon took a 69-49 lead with 9:07 left in the second half when Tony Sabato scored on a layup. Colgate outscored the Phoenix 19-5 over a span of nearly eight minutes that was capped by Damon Sherman-Newsome's 3-pointer, trimming Elon's lead to six points.
But the Raiders (1-3) were unable to pull closer after Troutman and Hamilton answered with two free throws apiece to push Elon's margin to 10 points.
Mitch Rolls and Sherman-Newsome each scored 13 points for Colgate, which shot 37.9 percent (22 of 58) from the floor.
Elon shot 43.5 percent (27 of 62) from the floor.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Colgate (1-3) | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Elon (2-1) « | 41 | 40 | 81 |
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| Colgate Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Burnatowski, F | 26 | 5-14 | 5-6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Brandenburg, C | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Moore, G | 29 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Rolls, G | 23 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| L. Roh, G | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Sherman-Newsome | 29 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| B. James | 22 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| M. McMullen | 16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Graham | 11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Johnson | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-58 | 19-22 | 39 | 10 | 22 | 72 | |
| 37.9% | 86.4% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Troutman, F | 30 | 6-12 | 6-8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| R. Beaumont, F | 19 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| A. Hamilton, G | 31 | 4-10 | 5-6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| S. Koch, G | 31 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Isenbarger, G | 19 | 3-9 | 5-6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Samson | 32 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| T. Sabato | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| R. Winters | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| E. Edomwonyi | 8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Blake | 6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Bonney | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-62 | 18-24 | 39 | 14 | 21 | 81 | |
| 43.5% | 75% | ||||||
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