Postie #1

(from a 12/9 article on the Georgetown-Colgate men’s basketball game)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/georgetown-hoyas-do-just-enough-to-escape-colgate-despite-shooting-woes/2013/12/07/1ff9b612-5ee4-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html

“But Colgate hung around, reeling off nine answered points to pull within five, 47-38.”

OK, I assume that they really meant “unanswered” points. But I am still baffled by the math.