Raiders remain unbeaten; Black Knights, Leopards, Mountain Hawks and Greyhounds all extend win streaks
 
AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (5-14, 3-3 PL) 62, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (6-13, 3-3 PL) 48
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                                      1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
EASTON, Pa. – Sophomore guard TJ Berger scored a game-high 19 points, and senior forward Leo O’Boyle added 15 to lead Lafayette to a 62-48 victory over Holy Cross for their third straight League victory. 
*Berger and O’Boyle grabbed eight and seven rebounds, respectively, to help the Leopards improve to 3-3 in League play. 
*Junior forward Kyle Jenkins finished with seven points and nine boards for Lafayette.
*Holy Cross senior forward Gerrale Gates recorded his eighth double-double of the season, finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds. 
*Crusaders’ freshman guard Will Batchelder and junior guard Bo Montgomery both reached double-figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Junior guard Joe Octave added nine points and nine rebounds.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | LAFAYETTE
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (11-8, 5-1 PL) 83, AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (9-10, 2-4 PL) 74
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                   1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Junior guard Jalen Rucker scored a game-high 29 points and dished out five assists to lead Army West Point to an 83-74 victory over Boston University at Case Gym.
*Rucker shot 9-of-14 from the floor, including making 4-of-6 from beyond the arc to help the Black Knights improve to 5-1 in League play.
*Freshman forward Ethan Roberts finished with 15 points, while junior forward Charlie Peterson added 11 points for Army.
*Boston University graduate student forward Walter Whyte led four Terriers in double-figures with 16 points. *Graduate student guard Jonas Harper finished with 15 points, while senior guard Ethan Brittain-Watts added 11 for BU. Junior guard Caelan Jones came off the bench to score 10 points.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (9-8, 4-2 PL) 78, AMERICAN EAGLES (12-5, 4-2 PL) 62
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore guard Keith Higgins Jr. led four Mountain Hawks in double-figures with 18 points on 5-of-8 shooting from long distance in Lehigh’s 78-62 victory over American at Stabler Arena.
*Senior guard Evan Taylor eclipsed 1,000 career points, finishing with 15 points on 3-of-5 shooting from 3-point range. He also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.
*Sophomore guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney finished with 17 points, while junior forward Dominic Parolin added 10 points for a bench unit that outscored the Eagles’ unit 27-12.
*American junior guard Elijah Stephens led four Eagles in double-figures with 14 points, making 6-of-10 attempts from the floor and 2-of-3 from deep.
*Junior forward Johnny O’Neil posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Matt Rogers also finished with 12 points, and freshman guard Geoff Sprouse contributed 10 points.
RECAPS: AMERICAN | LEHIGH
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (12-7, 6-0 PL) 71, BUCKNELL BISON (7-12, 0-6 PL) 65
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Senior guard Tucker Richardson scored a game-high 23 points to lead Colgate to a 71-65 victory over Bucknell, matching its best Patriot League start in program history at 6-0.
*The Patriot League Preseason Player and Defensive Player of the Year added five rebounds, five assists and four steals. He scored 14 of his 23 points in the second half to help the Raiders pull away.
*Senior guard Oliver Lynch-Daniels added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Raiders, while junior forward Jeff Woodward chipped in 10 points in the victory.
*Bucknell junior center Andre Screen matched his career-high with 20 points, connecting on 7-of-10 from the floor and 6-of-6 at the free-throw line.
*Senior guard Xander Rice finished with 14 points, and junior center Alex Timmerman added nine points and nine rebounds for the Bison.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | COLGATE
 
AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (7-12, 2-4 PL) 69, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (8-10, 1-5 PL) 67
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               5 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORE – Graduate student guard Jaylin Andrews drove to the rim and scored with 2.7 seconds remaining in regulation to lift Loyola Maryland to a 69-67 victory over Navy at Reitz Arena.
*Andrews’s go-ahead layup put the Greyhounds in front for the first time in the game to help record their second straight League victory.
*Graduate student guard Kenneth Jones scored a team-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-6 from long distance. Freshmen Chris Kuzemka and Deon Perry added 15 and 12 points, respectively. Senior forward Golden Dike chipped in eight points and eight boards.
*Senior guard Patrick Dorsey led Navy with 18 points, while senior forward Tyler Nelson added 16 points and seven rebounds.
*Senior forward Daniel Deaver contributed 11 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Mids.
RECAPS: NAVY | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
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