Men’s basketball

MAINE vs. COLGATE

Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Cotterell Court, Hamilton, N.Y.

Records: Maine 4-8; Colgate 7-5

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 17-3; Maine 70-62 on 1/4/90

Key players: Maine – 6-9 C Brian Andre (12.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg), 6-5 G Junior Bernal (12.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.3 spg), 6-5 G Mark Socoby (10.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.3 apg), 6-7 F Troy Barnies (6.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg), 6-6 F Philippe Tchekane Bofia (5.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg), 6-10 F-C Jordan Cook (4.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg); Colgate – 6-3 G-F Kyle Roemer (15.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg), 6-7 F Kendall Chones (8.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg), 6-2 G Daniel Waddy (8.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.8 apg), 6-4 G Tim Pounds (7.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg), 6-8 F Alex Woodhouse (5.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg), 6-10 C Peter Minchella (2.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg), 6-2 G Willie Morse (5.7 ppg)

Outlook: Colgate is coming off a 49-46 win over New Hampshire and has won three of its last five games. The Black Bears want to end a four-game losing streak in the second of four straight road games. The Raiders are averaging 66 points and 34.4 rebounds per game while allowing 66.7 and 33.8, respectively. Colgate is a veteran team with plenty of seniors in the rotation, so the young Bears will have to keep mistakes to a minimum and attack the boards. The Bears average 63.5 ppg but give up 69.0, so they must take better care of the ball and generate more defensive pressure to better utilize a transition game.