Mountain Hawks win seventh straight; American, Lafayette and Navy all victorious on Wednesday
 
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (12-8, 7-2 PL) 74, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (7-15, 4-5 PL) 68
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior guard Evan Taylor led three Mountain Hawks in double-figures with 17 points to help Lehigh seal its seventh straight victory with a 74-68 decision over Holy Cross at Hart Center.
*Sophomore guards Keith Higgins Jr. and Tyler Whitney-Sidney added 16 and 14 points, respectively, as the Mountain Hawks improved to 7-2 in League play.
*Junior forward Dominic Parolin contributed nine points and five boards off the bench for Lehigh.
*Holy Cross senior forward Gerrale Gates posted his 10th double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
*Freshman guard Will Batchelder scored a team-high 17 points, while junior guards Joe Octave and Bo Montgomery added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | HOLY CROSS
 
AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (7-15, 5-4 PL) 62, LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (7-15, 2-7 PL) 46
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                                      7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
EASTON, Pa. – Senior forward Leo O’Boyle and sophomore guard T.J. Berger combined for 35 points to lead Lafayette to a 62-46 victory over Loyola Maryland at Kirby Sports Center.
*O’Boyle connected on 6-of-10 from the floor to finish with 18 points. He added nine boards, three steals and two assists, while Berger finished with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field.
*Freshman forward Josh Rivera chipped in 10 points and eight boards for the Leopards.
*Loyola Maryland freshman guard Deon Perry and graduate student guard Kenneth Jones scored 12 points apiece.
*Perry added four boards and three steals, while Jones had four assists, three rebounds and two steals.
RECAPS: LOYOLA MARYLAND | LAFAYETTE
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (13-7, 5-4 PL) 63, ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (11-11, 5-4 PL) 61
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Junior forward Johnny O’Neil’s layup as time expired in regulation lifted American to a 63-61 victory over Army West Point to snap the Eagles’ four-game losing streak.
*Junior guard Colin Smalls scored a team-high 14 points off the bench, including a three-point play in the final 38 seconds to help American edge the Black Knights.
*American junior forward Matt Rogers added 13 points and a team-high eight boards.
*Army West Point freshman guard Coleton Benson scored a game-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field.
*Classmate Ethan Roberts added 17 points and three steals for the Black Knights, while junior guard Jalen Rucker finished with eight points and three assists. Rucker made a pair of free throws with 26 seconds left in the second half to tie the game at 61.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | AMERICAN
 
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (11-10, 4-5 PL) 63, AT BUCKNELL BISON (8-14, 1-8 PL) 46
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                         7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior guard Sean Yoder scored a game-high 17 points to lead Navy to a 63-46 win over Bucknell at Sojka Pavilion.
*Yoder connected on 7-of-8 from the floor, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range to pace the Midshipmen.
*Senior forward Daniel Deaver finished with 12 points and nine rebounds in 18 minutes, while senior forward Tyler Nelson added eight points, 10 boards, four assists and two steals.
*Bucknell junior center Andre Screen led the Bison with 12 points, four rebounds and two blocks.
*Senior center Alex Timmerman added seven points, four boards and two blocks for the Bison.
RECAPS: NAVY | BUCKNELL
 
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