HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (9-18, 7-8 PL) 55, AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (18-9, 11-5 PL) 50
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md. Noon (ESPN+)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Senior forward Gerrale Gates posted his 11th double-double of the season with 24 points and 12 boards to lead Holy Cross to a 55-50 victory at Navy on Saturday afternoon.
*Sophomore guard Bo Montgomery also recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds to help split the season series with the Midshipmen.
*Holy Cross went on a 5-0 game-ending run through the final 50 seconds with two points apiece from Gates and Montgomery to seal the victory.
*The Crusaders’ defense held the Bids to just 2-of-13 shooting from 3-point range
*Navy junior forward Tyler Nelson finished with a team-leading 15 points to go along with four rebounds and two steals.
*Senior forward Richard Njoku added seven points and five boards.
RECAPS:
HOLY CROSS |
NAVY
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (17-11, 13-2 PL) 72, BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (19-10, 10-6 PL) 53
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y. 1:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
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HAMILTON, N.Y. - Senior guard Nelly Cummings led four Raiders in double-figures with 18 points, as Colgate defeated Boston University, 72-53, at Cotterell Court on Saturday afternoon.
*Colgate trailed by three points at halftime but outscored the Terriers 45-23 after the break to split the season series and extend their winning streak to nine games.
*Fifth-year guard Jack Ferguson finished with 15 points and seven boards, while junior guard Ryan Moffatt tallied 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Junior forward Keegan Records added 10 points and six boards.
*Senior guard Tucker Richardson dished out two assists to reach 400 career assists. Richardson joins American’s Sa’eed Nelson, Army West Point’s Dylan Cox and Holy Cross’s Torey Thomas as one of four Patriot League men’s basketball players to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
*Boston University graduate student guard Javante McCoy scored a team-high 16 points. He became the 11th men’s basketball player in Patriot League history to eclipse 1,800 career points.
*Graduate student forward Sukhmail Mathon contributed 11 points and eight boards, while senior forward Walter Whyte added 10 points and five rebounds for the Terriers.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY |
COLGATE
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (8-19, 4-11 PL) 83, ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (13-15, 7-9 PL) 67
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C. 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON - Sophomore guard Colin Smalls led all five Eagles’ starters in double-figures with 17 points, as American defeated Army West Point 83-67 at Bender Arena on Saturday.
*Smalls shot 8-of-9 from the floor to help American split the season series with the Black Knights.
*Sophomore forwards Johnny O’Neil and Matt Rogers each tallied 14 points, while fifth-year guard Stacy Beckton Jr and freshman guard Elijah Stephens scored 13 points apiece.
*AU shot 58 percent (35-for-60) from the floor
*Sophomore forward Charlie Peterson scored a team-high 13 points, while sophomore guard Jalen Rucker finished with 12 points and a game-high six assists.
*Senior guard Josh Caldwell pulled down a game-high eight rebounds in addition to seven points and three steals.
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ARMY WEST POINT |
AMERICAN
AT BUCKNELL BISON (7-21, 4-12 PL) 92, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (9-17, 6-9 PL) 89 OT
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa. 4 p.m. (ESPN+)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior guard Andrew Funk’s corner 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Bucknell to a 92-89 victory over Lafayette at Sojka Pavilion on Saturday evening.
*Funk led four Bison in double-figures with 20 points on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Junior guard Xander Rice and sophomore center Andre Screen scored 17 points apiece, while Rice dished out a team-high seven assists.
*Freshman guard Elvin Edmonds IV finished with 11 points, six rebounds and four assists.
*Lafayette junior forward Neal Quinn scored a career-high 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting and dished out nine assists.
*Sophomore guard Jon Brantley hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 10.5 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. He finished with 18 points.
*Senior guard Tyrone Perry and sophomore forward Kyle Jenkins added 12 and 11 points to help the Leopards erase a 17-point second-half deficit to send the game into overtime.
*Bucknell and Lafayette split their season series, with both games going to overtime.
RECAPS:
LAFAYETTE |
BUCKNELL
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