Lafayette and Navy earn dramatic victories, Colgate and Bucknell pick up wins
 
COLGATE RAIDERS (10-8, 4-1 PL) 64, AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (5-13, 1-4 PL) 56
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y.                                         6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Sophomore guard Braeden Smith scored 12 of his game-high 22 points during a five-minute stretch late in the second half to lead Colgate to a 64-56 victory at Army West Point.
*Smith connected on 6-of-12 from the floor and 8-of-9 from the free-throw line while adding seven rebounds, five assists and two steals to help the Raiders improve to 4-1 in League play.
*Junior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques added 12 points, while senior guard Chandler Baker chipped in 10 points off the bench.
*Army West Point freshman guard Josh Scovens led the Black Knights with 14 points, while senior forward Abe Johnson grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, including six offensive boards.
*The Black Knights pulled down 13 offensive boards to finish with 20 second-chance points.
RECAPS: COLGATE | ARMY WEST POINT
 
LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (6-12, 5-0 PL) 72, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (4-14, 1-4 PL) 68
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore guard Ryan Pettit’s 3-pointer with 29 seconds remaining, breaking a 68-68 tie, as Lafayette remained perfect in League play with a 72-68 victory at Holy Cross.
*Pettit connected on 4-of-6 from the field, including 3-of-4 from long distance, to go with five rebounds off the bench.
*Freshman guard Mark Butler scored a team-high 14 points to go with four rebounds and four assists, while junior guard Devin Hines added 13 points, shooting 4-of-8 from 3-point range while grabbing five boards.
*Holy Cross junior forward Caleb Kenney led the Crusaders with a game-high 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting. He added six rebounds and four blocked shots.
*Senior guards Joe Octave and Bo Montgomery scored 12 points apiece. Octave pulled down a team-high eight rebounds for the Crusaders.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | HOLY CROSS
 
AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (7-9, 3-2 PL) 71, LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-12, 1-4 PL) 69
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                                             7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Sophomore guard Austin Benigni hit a pair of free throws with two seconds remaining in the game to lift Navy to a 71-69 comeback victory over Lehigh at Alumni Hall.
*Benigni scored 14 of his career-high 32 points in the final 12 minutes of the game to help the Midshipmen overcome a 10-point second-half deficit.
*Mids’ sophomore forward Donovan Draper recorded his League-leading seventh double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while sophomore forward Mike Woods added 16 points and six boards.
*Lehigh senior forward Dominic Parolin scored a career-high 20 points, connecting on 10-of-12 from the charity stripe and 5-of-8 from the field.
*Junior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney and senior guard Jalin Sinclair finished with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | NAVY
 
BUCKNELL BISON (6-12, 3-2 PL) 73, AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (7-11, 2-3 PL) 57
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                                   7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Senior guard Jack Forrest scored a game-high 26 points to lead four Bison in double-figures in Bucknell’s 73-57 victory over Boston University.
*Forrest finished one point shy of his season-high, adding six rebounds and four assists, while junior guard Elvin Edmonds IV was three rebounds short of a triple-double with 12 points, 10 assists and seven boards.
*Sophomore center Noah Williamson and sophomore forward Ruot Bijiek scored 13 and 12 points, respectively. Williamson grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
*Boston University senior guard Anthony Morales posted his second straight 20-point performance with a team-high 21 points off the bench.
*Sophomore forward Otto Landrum added eight points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Terriers.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
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