AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (10-7, 4-1 PL) 73, BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (11-7, 2-3 PL) 63
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y. 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point senior guard Josh Caldwell led four Black Knights in double figures with 16 points in a 73-63 victory over Boston University at Christl Arena.
*The reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year also had four steals, three rebounds and three assists to help Army West Point improve to 4-1 in League play.
*Army sophomore guard Jalen Rucker scored 12 points, and freshman forward Nolan Naess added 11.
*Senior guard Aaron Duhart added 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Black Knights.
*Boston University graduate student guard Javante McCoy scored a game-high 23 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists.
*Senior forward Walter Whyte finished with 14 points, while graduate student forward Sukhmail Mathon added nine points and a game-high 11 assists.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY |
ARMY WEST POINT
AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (10-6, 4-1 PL) 74, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (3-11, 0-3 PL) 60
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORE – Senior guard Jaylin Andrews scored a game-high 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the floor and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc to lead Loyola Maryland to a 74-60 win over Lafayette at Reitz Arena.
*Senior guard Kenneth Jones was one assist shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine dimes. Junior guard Cam Spencer and freshman forward Veljko Ilic totaled 14 points apiece to help the Greyhounds improve to 4-1 in League play.
*Loyola Maryland shot 55.1 percent (27-of-49) from the floor and 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from 3-point range.
*Lafayette junior forward Neal Quinn led the team with 15 points, six rebounds and five assists.
*Junior forward Leo O’Boyle and freshman guard C.J. Fulton added 13 and 12 points, respectively, for the Leopards.
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LAFAYETTE |
LOYOLA MARYLAND
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-11, 4-1 PL) 97, AT BUCKNELL BISON (3-14, 0-5 PL) 64
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Freshman guard Keith Higgins Jr. led four Mountain Hawks in double figures with a career-high 26 points to lead Lehigh to a 97-64 victory over Bucknell at Sojka Pavilion.
*Higgins connected on 10-of-17 from the floor and 6-of-9 from 3-point range while dishing out a career-high nine assists and grabbing five boards.
*Junior forward Evan Taylor added 21 points, shooting 7-of-12 from the field, including 5-of-8 from deep, to lead a Mountain Hawks’ offense that matched a Patriot League season-high 18 3-pointers while making 52.9 percent of their attempts from deep.
*Lehigh Junior center Nic Lynch finished with 15 points and eight rebounds, while freshman guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney posted career-highs of 11 points and eight boards.
*Bucknell sophomore center Andre Screen scored a team-high 17 points. He added six rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots.
*Three more Bison scored in double figures, including senior guard Andrew Funk (15), junior guard Xander Rice (12) and junior forward Jake van der Heijden (10).
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LEHIGH |
BUCKNELL
COLGATE RAIDERS (6-10, 2-1 PL) 69, AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (11-5, 4-1 PL) 50
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Junior forward Keegan Records scored a career-high 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting from the field to lead Colgate to a 69-50 victory over Navy, handing the Mids their first loss in League play of the season.
*Colgate, the Patriot League’s best 3-point shooting team, struggled from beyond the arc, making just 3-of-20 attempts from deep, but outscored the Mids in the paint, 50-20, behind Records’ career game.
*Raiders’ senior guard Nelly Cummings added 16 points, while fifth-year guard Jack Ferguson finished with nine points and seven rebounds.
*Junior guard Sean Yoder and junior forward Tyler Nelson scored nine points apiece to lead Navy’s offense.
*Navy junior forward Daniel Deaver came off the bench to post seven points, four rebounds and three assists.
RECAPS:
COLGATE |
NAVY
AMERICAN EAGLES (4-10, 0-2 PL) AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (3-13, 1-3 PL)
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
WORCESTER, Mass. - The Patriot League men’s basketball game between Holy Cross and American, scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 13, has been postponed due to COVID protocols within the Holy Cross men’s basketball program. The contest between the Crusaders and Eagles will be rescheduled following discussions with both schools and the League office.