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5:01	We're courtside again at the Daniel Meyer Coliseum for UWM's final game in the NIT Season Tipoff tournament. Today, the Panthers look for their third win in a row as they take on the Colgate Raiders.

5:01	UWM beat Texas State last night to move to 3-2, while Colgate lost to the hosts from TCU and fell to 0-3.

5:04

Again I wouldn't expect much of a crowd here tonight. The announced attendance for the TCU game was just 881, so there isn't much of a crowd in general here at this point in the year. While it doesn't sound like they ever draw terribly well here, most TCU fans have their eyes squarely on football, which ends its regular season Saturday at home against New Mexico.

5:05

I did post some quick notes in the Verizon Wireless BlogZone earlier today, but in case you missed them there, here they are again ...

• The Panthers claimed a 96-77 win over Texas State Monday night. UWM led by 26 points at halftime and by as many as 32 points early in the second half in cruising to the win.

• It is still early, but UWM posted season-highs in points (96), shooting percentage (52.1) and three-pointers (12).

• UWM’s 96 points are the most by the Panthers since Milwaukee claimed a 98-57 win over Youngstown State in 2006.

• Milwaukee made 34 free throws and had 43 free-throw attempts. Those are the exact numbers the Panthers had in their league tournament first round win over Loyola a season ago. It is the fifth time in UWM’s Division I history that it has made 34 free throws in a game.

• Meanwhile, UWM was called for 33 fouls in the game - tied for the third-most in the school’s Division I history.

• The two teams combined for 47 turnovers in the contest, with UWM committing 24. That is the most since the Panthers committed 25 in a loss at Drake in 2007.

• The Panthers had 10 turnovers in the win over Texas State, the most since UWM collected 11 in a win over Upper Iowa in November of last year.

• Milwaukee reached double digits in three-pointers made for the first time this season in Monday’s victory. UWM hit double figures in the category 10 times a season ago.

• James Eayrs scored a collegiate-best 28 points, with 22 of his points coming in the first half. He also made a collegiate-high six 3-pointers and played just 19 minutes.

• After going 0-for-5 in the season opener against Concordia, Eayrs has made 13 of his last 26 three-pointers.

• The Panthers got a number of big contributions from freshmen in the win Monday. Lonnie Boga played a season-high 20 minutes and had four points and seven rebounds. Patrick Souter played 26 minutes and had six points while Ja’Rob McCallum came on late and scored eight points in six minutes.

• Ricky Franklin fouled out after playing just 17 minutes Monday but still had 12 points and five rebounds.

• Colgate fell to the hosts from TCU, 76-63, Monday night. The Raiders are now 0-3 this season.

• UWM and Colgate have never met.

5:05	I'll have lineups shortly, but I again wouldn't expect any change with the Panthers' starting five.

5:13	Once again tonight, Tone Boyle and Burleigh Porte will not dress as both continue their recovery from injury.

5:19

The two players to watch for Colgate are Kyle Roemer and Yaw Gyawu. Gyawu scored 25 points last night and is very, very good on the drive to the basket. He made 12-of-16 from the floor against TCU. Roemer, meanwhile, is an outside shooter who scored 18 last night. These two players were a big focus on the UWM scouting report today. Rob Jeter, Duffy Conroy and Ronnie Jones saw last night's TCU/Colgate game in person. The team watched a good portion of it on film this morning, as well as a breakdown tape on Colgate.

5:20	Colgate is likely to be without Mike Venezia, who was injured early in last night's game and played only six minutes.

5:21	UWM will be headed home right after tonight's game via charter. The team will get tomorrow off and then report back for practice the evening on Thanksgiving day in preparation for Saturday's game at Bowling Green.

5:25

I know I mentioned in my pregame blog in our BlogZone yesterday that the hotel in downtown Fort Worth was very nice. Well, as we were boarding the bus for the game tonight, Lyle Lovett's tour bus pulled up and he and his group was checking in. I don't know if that qualifies as a ringing endorsement, but it still seems noteworthy. Now if Julia Roberts was still around ...

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