Black Knights snap Mountain Hawks win streak; Bucknell, Holy Cross and Navy pick up wins on Wednesday
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (13-11, 7-4 PL) 71, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (13-9, 8-3 PL) 69
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Junior guard Jared Cross’s layup with five seconds remaining in regulation lifted Army West Point to a 71-69 victory over Lehigh to snap the Mountain Hawks’ eight-game winning streak.
*Black Knights’ junior guard Jalen Rucker scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting and grabbed a team-high eight boards to help Army West Point sweep the season series with Lehigh.
*Junior forward Charlie Peterson and freshman guard Coleton Benson scored 13 points apiece for the Black Knights.
*Sophomore guard Keith Higgins Jr. led four Mountain Hawks in double-figures with 17 points. He also grabbed a game-high five steals.
*Junior forward Dominic Parolin came off the bench to score 12 points, while sophomore guards Tyler Whitney-Sidney and Ben Knostman added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | LEHIGH

BUCKNELL BISON (9-15, 2-9 PL) 78, AT AMERICAN EAGLES (14-8, 6-5 PL) 71
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON – Senior guard Xander Rice led four Bison in double-figures with 23 points as Bucknell defeated American, 78-71, at Bender Arena.
*Rice made 8-of-13 attempts from the floor, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, to help the Bison snap a three-game slide.
*Sophomore forward Ian Motta added 16 points, junior guard Jack Forrest finished with 14 points, while junior center Andre Screen chipped in 10 points and five boards for Bucknell.
*Freshman guard Geoff Sprouse led American with 16 points, while junior forward Matt Rogers contributed 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
*Junior forward Johnny O’Neil and sophomore guard Elijah Stephens scored 10 points apiece for the Eagles.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | AMERICAN
 
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (12-11, 5-6 PL) 53, AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (7-17, 5-6 PL) 34
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                                      7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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EASTON, Pa. – Senior forward Daniel Deaver led the Navy with a game-high 16 points in a 53-34 victory over Lafayette at Kirby Sports Center.
*Deaver connected on 8-of-11 from the field to go with nine rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks for the Midshipmen.
*Navy senior guard Patrick Dorsey added 11 points and six boards to help the Mids split the season series against the Leopards.
*Lafayette sophomore center Justin Vander Baan scored a team-high 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds.
*Sophomore guard CJ Fulton finished with eight points, four assists and two steals for the Leopards.
RECAPS: NAVY | LAFAYETTE
 
HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (8-16, 5-6 PL) 82, AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (10-14, 3-8 PL) 70
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                   7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BOSTON – Junior guard Joe Octave scored a career-high 27 points to lead Holy Cross to an 82-70 victory over Boston University in the Turnpike Trophy matchup at Case Gym.
*Octave connected on 9-of-12 from the floor, including 7-of-10 from beyond the arc, adding five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
*Freshman guard Will Batchelder added 21 points on 5-of-5 shooting from long distance. Senior forward Gerrale Gates tallied 17 points and seven boards for the Crusaders.
*Holy Cross shot 59.1 percent (13-of-22) from 3-point range.
*Boston University senior forward Nevin Zink scored a career-high 25 points, while graduate student guard Walter Whyte posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.
*Graduate student guard Jonas Harper added 14 points, five steals, four rebounds and three assists for the Terriers.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
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