Black Knights, Crusaders, Eagles, and Raiders improve to 2-0; Terriers comeback for first League win

HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (5-10, 2-0 PL) 74, AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (8-6, 1-1 PL) 63
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                             1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Junior guard Joe Octave and freshman guard Will Batchelder scored 17 points apiece to help Holy Cross improve to 2-0 in League play with a 74-63 win at Navy on Monday afternoon.
*Octave connected on 5-of-8 from 3-point range for a Crusaders’ squad that shot 46 percent (13-for-28) from beyond the arc. They opened League play 2-0 for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
*Senior forward Gerrale Gates posted his sixth double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds. He added four blocks, three assists and two steals.
*Junior guards Bo Montgomery and Nolan Dorsey scored in double-figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
*Navy senior forward Daniel Deaver led the Mids with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting from the floor. He also pulled down seven boards.
*Senior guard Christian Jones added 11 points, while senior guard Sean Yoder chipped in nine points, nine rebounds and five assists in the loss.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | NAVY
 
COLGATE RAIDERS (8-7, 2-0 PL) 76, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-8, 0-2 PL) 60
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Freshman guard Braeden Smith scored a career-high 25 points to lead Colgate to a 76-60 victory over Lehigh at Stabler Arena on Monday.
*Smith shot 8-of-13 from the floor and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line to go with two rebounds, two assists and one steal.
*Senior guards Oliver Lynch-Daniels and Tucker Richardson added 14 and 11 points, respectively, while senior forward Keegan Records finished with nine points, nine boards and two blocks.
*The Raiders shot 51 percent from the field (30-for-59) while outscoring Lehigh 44-24 in the paint.
*Lehigh senior guard Evan Taylor scored a team-high 19 points and pulled down six rebounds in the loss.
*Sophomore guards Tyler Whitney-Sidney and Keith Higgins Jr. contributed 13 and 12 points, respectively, for the Mountain Hawks.
RECAPS: COLGATE | LEHIGH
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (10-3, 2-0 PL) 71, LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (5-10, 0-2 PL) 55
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                      2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON – Junior forward Johnny O’Neil scored a season-high 21 points to lead American to a 71-55 victory over Loyola Maryland to open League play 2-0 for the first time since 2008-09.
*O’Neil scored the Eagles’ first five points to open the game on a 7-0 run. He added eight rebounds, three blocks and two assists to ensure American would never trail.  
*Junior forward Matt Rogers and freshman guard Geoff Sprouse reached double-figures with 16 and 13 points, respectively.
*American connected on 9-of-16 attempts from 3-point range and outrebounded the Greyhounds 31-21.
*Loyola Maryland graduate student guard Jaylin Andrews scored a team-high 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor. He also finished with three steals.
*Senior forward Golden Dike added nine points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks for the Greyhounds.
RECAPS: LOYOLA MARYLAND | AMERICAN
 
BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-7, 1-1 PL) 69, AT BUCKNELL BISON (7-8, 0-2 PL) 61
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Boston University trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half but rode a strong second-half performance to claim a 69-61 victory over Bucknell at Sojka Pavilion on Monday afternoon.  
*The Terriers outscored the Bison 39-23 in the second half, connecting on 14-of-28 from the floor and 5-of-12 from long range in the final frame. Graduate student forward Walter Whyte scored eight of his 13 points after halftime.
*Graduate student guard Jonas Harper scored a team-high 17 points, while junior guard Caelan Jones added 11 points to help a Terriers’ bench unit that finished with 21 points.
*Bucknell senior center Alex Timmerman led the Bison with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor. Senior guard Xander Rice added 10 points, five rebounds and four assists.
*Junior center Andre Screen contributed nine points, six rebounds and five assists for the Bison.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | BUCKNELL
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-7, 2-0 PL) 82, AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (2-13, 0-2 PL) 65
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                      7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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EASTON, Pa. – Army West Point junior guard Jalen Rucker scored a game-high 21 points in an 82-65 victory at Lafayette to help the Black Knights improve to 2-0 in League play.
*Rucker connected on 8-of-10 from the field and 4-of-5 from long distance. He also grabbed six rebounds and dished out two assists.
*Forwards Charlie Peterson and Chris Mann reached double-figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Petersen grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, while Mann had a team-best six assists.
*The Black Knights shot 67 percent (12-for-18) from 3-point range and 59 percent (31-for-53) from the floor.
*Junior forward Kyle Jenkins led four Leopards in double-figures with 18 points. Freshman forward Josh Rivera added 16 points and six boards, junior guard Eric Sondberg chipped in 14 points off the bench and sophomore guard T.J. Berger added 10 points.
*Junior guard C.J. Fulton dished out a game-high nine assists with zero turnovers. He also chipped in seven points and seven rebounds for Lafayette.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | LAFAYETTE
 
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