Eagles, Black Knights and Raiders remain unbeaten; Terriers and Mountain Hawks earn wins

AMERICAN EAGLES (11-3, 3-0 PL) 73, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (5-11, 2-1 PL) 68 OT
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman guard Geoff Sprouse hit a corner 3-pointer as time expired in regulation to send the game to overtime, and American took control in the extra period to earn a 73-68 victory over Holy Cross to improve to 3-0 in League play.
*The Eagles erased a seven-point deficit with less than a minute remaining in the second half, as junior forward Johnny O’Neil and Sprouse connected on 3-pointers with less than eight seconds left.
*Sophomore guard Elijah Stephens led the Eagles with a career-high 21 points, including 15 between the second half and overtime. He also added five assists, four steals and three rebounds.
*Junior forward Matt Rogers recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds for American.
*Holy Cross senior forward Gerrale Gates scored a game-high 25 points, pulled down nine rebounds and recorded three steals and three blocks.
*Crusaders’ junior guard Joe Octave and freshman guard Will Batchelder chipped in 12 and 10 points, respectively.                
RECAPS: AMERICAN | HOLY CROSS
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (9-7, 2-1 PL) 73, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (2-14, 0-3 PL) 69 OT
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                                   7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BOSTON – Senior guard Ethan Brittain-Watts’s layup with 12 seconds in regulation sent the game to overtime, where he scored four of the Terriers’ final six points to outlast Lafayette, 73-69, at Case Gym.
*Brittain-Watts scored a team-high 19 points to go with five assists, four rebounds and two steals to lead Boston University.
*Senior guard Fletcher Tynen recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards, while junior guards Miles Brewster and Daman Tate finished with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
*Lafayette junior guard Eric Sondberg scored a career-high 20 points, connecting on 4-of-8 from 3-point range.
*Sophomore guards T.J. Berger and C.J. Fulton finished with 17 and 16 points, respectively, for the Leopards.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (9-7, 3-0 PL) 87, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (8-7, 1-2 PL) 73
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Freshman guard Braeden Smith led five Raiders in double-figures with 18 points as Colgate defeated Navy 87-73 in a rematch of the 2022 Patriot League Championship Game.
*The two-time defending Patriot League Rookie of the Week added seven assists, three rebounds and two steals while connecting on 5-of-11 from the floor.
*Senior forward Keegan Records scored 16 points, senior guards Tucker Richardson and Oliver Lynch-Daniels scored 12 apiece, and junior guard Chandler Baker added 10 points off the bench for a Colgate squad that connected on 55 percent (32-58) from the floor and 56 percent (9-for-16) from beyond the arc.
*Senior forwards Tyler Nelson, Daniel Deaver and senior guard Christian Jones scored 12 points apiece to lead the Midshipmen.
*Nelson pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, recorded two blocked shots and connected on 4-of-7 from 3-point range.
*Lafayette junior guard Eric Sondberg
RECAPS: NAVY | COLGATE
 
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-8, 1-2 PL) 72, AT BUCKNELL BISON (7-9, 0-3 PL) 64
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                         7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Sophomore guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney scored 23 points, and senior guard Evan Taylor added 20 to lead Lehigh to a 72-64 victory over Bucknell at Sojka Pavilion.
*Whitney-Sidney connected on 10-of-13 from the floor while stuffing the stat sheet with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals to help the Mountain Hawks to their first League win of the season.
*Taylor made 3-of-6 from 3-point range for 20 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Sophomore guard Keith Higgins Jr. chipped in 12 points for Lehigh.
*Bucknell senior center Alex Timmerman scored a career-high 27 points on 12-of-18 shooting from the field. He pulled down 10 boards for his fourth double-double of the season.
*Senior guard Xander Rice scored 14 points, dished out a game-high seven assists, and added three assists and three steals for the Bison.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | BUCKNELL
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (9-7, 3-0 PL) 78, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (5-11, 0-3 PL) 55
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BALTIMORE – Army West Point junior guard Jalen Rucker scored a career-high 35 points to help the Black Knights remain undefeated in League play with a 78-55 victory at Loyola Maryland.
*Rucker, a Baltimore native, connected on 12-of-16 from the floor and 6-of-9 from beyond the arc, in addition to recording four steals, three assists and two rebounds.
*Junior forward Charlie Peterson finished with 14 points and five boards to help the Black Knights win their fourth straight game.
*Loyola Maryland graduate student guard Kenneth Jones scored a team-high 16 points with three steals, two rebounds and two assists.
*Sophomore guard Chris Kuzemka came off the bench to score 10 points for the Greyhounds. Junior forward Alonso Faure finished with nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | LOYOLA MARYLAND                    
 
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