Midshipmen and Mountain Hawks clinch top-4 seeds; Army, Boston U and Colgate also victorious
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (13-16, 6-10 PL) 77, BUCKNELL BISON (11-18, 4-12 PL) 61
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                   1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Graduate student forward Walter Whyte led four Terriers in double-figures with 16 points as Boston University defeated Bucknell, 77-61, to sweep the season series.
*Terriers’ graduate student Fletcher Tynen finished with 14 points and six rebounds, while graduate student guard Jonas Harper and senior guard Ethan Brittan-Watts chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively.
*Boston University outscored the Bison, 46-26, after trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half. BU connected on 57 percent (12-of-21) from the floor and 60 percent (6-of-10) in the second half.
*Bucknell senior forward Alex Timmerman recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
*Freshman forward Ruot Bijiek and junior center Andre Screen totaled 12 and 11 points, respectively.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (21-8, 15-1 PL) 96, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (10-19, 7-9 PL) 73
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Senior guard Tucker Richardson finished with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists, as each of Colgate’s starters scored in double-figures in a 96-73 victory over Holy Cross to sweep the season series.
*Senior forward Keegan Records added 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting, while seniors Oliver Lynch-Daniels and Ryan Moffat scored 12 points apiece on Colgate’s Senior Day.
*Freshman guard Braeden Smith contributed 12 points and a team-high eight assists for the Raiders.
*Holy Cross sophomore forward Caleb Kenney scored a career-high 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting in 18 minutes.
*Freshman guard Will Batchelder added 14 points and four assists, while senior forward Gerrale Gates chipped in 10 points, seven assists and four rebounds for the Crusaders.
*Junior guards Joe Octave and Bo Montgomery also reached double-figures for Holy Cross with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | COLGATE
 
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (15-12, 10-6 PL) 62, AT AMERICAN EAGLES (15-12, 7-9 PL) 59
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Sophomore guard Keith Higgins Jr. scored a team-high 18 points to help Lehigh defeat American, 62-59, to sweep the season series.
*Senior guard Evan Taylor added 16 points and six rebounds, while sophomore guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Mountain Hawks.
*Lehigh junior forward Dominic Parolin contributed 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds, helping the Mountain Hawks hold a 35-27 edge on the glass.
*American junior forward Matt Rogers scored a game-high 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the floor.
*Junior forward Johnny O’Neil chipped in 10 points and six rebounds, while sophomore guard Elijah Stephens finished with 10 points and five assists.
*With the victory, Lehigh clinched a top-4 seed and a quarterfinal-round home game in the 2023 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | AMERICAN
 
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (17-11, 10-6 PL) 65, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (10-19, 5-11 PL) 53
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                                             4 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Senior forward Daniel Deaver scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Navy to a 65-53 victory over Loyola Maryland to split the season series.
*Senior forward Tyler Nelson added 13 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals, while senior guard Christian Jones scored 13 points off the bench to help the Midshipmen win their sixth straight game.
*Loyola Maryland graduate student guard Kenneth Jones scored a team-high 15 points, while junior forward Alonso Faure added 13 points and five assists.
*Senior forward Golden Dike posted 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Greyhounds.
*With the victory, Navy clinched a top-4 seed and a quarterfinal-round home game in the 2023 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship.
RECAPS: NAVY | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (15-14, 9-7 PL) 53, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (9-20, 7-9 PL) 43
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y.                                         6 p.m. (CBSSN)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Junior guard Jalen Rucker finished with 16 points and five rebounds to lead Army West Point to a 53-43 victory over Lafayette to sweep the season series.
*Freshman forward Ethan Roberts added seven points, six rebounds and three assists, as nine different Black Knights contributed in the scoring column.
*Junior forward Charlie Peterson grabbed a team-high eight boards and chipped in four points for Army West Point
*Lafayette sophomore center Justin Vander Baan scored a team-high 13 points, while freshman forward Josh Rivera posted 12 points and seven rebounds.
*Sophomore guard CJ Fulton dished out a game-high eight assists in addition to four points and three rebounds.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | ARMY WEST POINT
 
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