Men's Basketball

Patriot League Men’s Basketball Saturday Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (2.17.24)

Colgate continues its winning ways, Army and Lehigh extend win streaks, Lafayette and Boston earn victories

Colgate continues its winning ways, Army and Lehigh extend win streaks, Lafayette and Boston earn victories

AT COLGATE RAIDERS (19-8, 13-1 PL) 62, BUCKNELL BISON (10-17, 7-7 PL) 50
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Fifth-year forward Keegan Records recorded 13 points, five boards and three blocks to help Colgate extend its season-long 11-game win streak in a 62-50 victory over Bucknell to sweep the season series.
*Fifth-year forward Ryan Moffatt and sophomore guard Brady Cummins finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Moffatt matched freshman guard Jalen Cox with a team-high seven rebounds.
*Sophomore guard Braeden Smith dished out a game-high seven assists to go with eight points to help Colgate pull within one victory of claiming at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title.
*Bucknell senior guard Jack Forrest led the Bison with 14 points.
*Junior guard Elvin Edmonds IV added 10 points, while sophomore forward Ruot Bijiek added seven points, six boards and three assists.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | COLGATE
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (11-16, 6-8 PL) 74, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (8-17, 4-10 PL) 65
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                   1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Sophomore forward Otto Landrum and freshman guard Kyrone Alexander scored 19 points apiece to lead Boston University to a 74-65 victory to split the season series with Navy.
*Landrum connected on an efficient 6-of-8 from the floor, while Alexander was 6-of-12 from the field, including 2-of-3 from long distance to go with a team-high seven boards.
*Sophomore forward Nico Nobili registered 11 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots for the Terriers.
*Navy sophomore guard Austin Benigni led the Mids with 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor and a perfect 7-for-7 from the charity stripe.
*Junior guard Lysander Rehnstrom and sophomore forward Mike Woods added 12 points apiece for the Mids. Woods grabbed five boards.
RECAPS: NAVY | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (10-17, 6-8 PL) 59, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (8-19, 5-9 PL) 53
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Junior guard TJ Small scored a game-high 19 points to lead Army West Point to its fourth straight win in a 59-53 final against Holy Cross to sweep the season series.
*Small connected on 6-of-10 from the floor, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, while adding four rebounds and two steals.
*Freshman forward Josh Scovens added 12 points and six rebounds, while senior forward Charlie Peterson chipped in eight points and eight boards for the Black Knights.
*Holy Cross senior guard Joe Octave scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Crusaders.
*Senior guard Bo Montgomery and sophomore guard Will Batchelder scored nine points apiece, while junior forward Caleb Kenney posted seven points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | HOLY CROSS
 
AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (10-15, 7-7 PL) 75, LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (6-21, 4-10 PL) 70
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Junior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney scored a team-high 16 points off the bench to lead Lehigh to a 75-70 victory over Loyola Maryland for its third straight win.
*Whitney-Sidney connected on 5-of-6 from the free-throw line in the final 33 seconds of play to help the Mountain Hawks hold on.
*Senior forwards Dominic Parolin and Burke Chebuhar scored 15 and 14 points, respectively. They each pulled down eight boards to lead the team.
*Freshman guard Joshua Ingram added 10 points and three steals for the Mountain Hawks.
*Loyola Maryland sophomore guard Deon Perry scored a career-high 33 points on 11-of-26 shooting from the floor to go with four assists and three steals.
*Senior forward Alonso Faure came off the bench to post his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while graduate student forward Golden Dike added 14 points.
RECAPS: LOYOLA MARYLAND | LEHIGH            
 
LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (11-16, 10-4 PL) 68, AT AMERICAN EAGLES (14-13, 8-6 PL) 62
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                       4 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Junior guard Devin Hines scored a career-high 20 points to lead Lafayette to a 68-62 victory over American to split the season series.
*Hines shot 6-of-11 from the field, including 5-of-7 from deep during his career game to help the Leopards add a game to their hold on second place in the League standings.
*Junior guard Luka Savicevic scored a career-high 14 points off the bench on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range.
*Senior forward Kyle Jenkins added 10 points, while junior center Justin Vander Baan chipped in nine points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Leopards.
*American was led by senior forward Matt Rogers, who finished with 17 points and seven rebounds.
*Freshman forward Matt Mayock scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor and two steals, while senior guard Lincoln Ball added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Eagles.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | AMERICAN
 
 
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