Black Knights earn road win; Leopards, Raiders, Eagles and Greyhounds all protect their home court

AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (7-10, 2-2 PL) 82, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (10-7, 2-2 PL) 65
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                                      1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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EASTON, Pa. – Senior center Justin Vander Baan led five Leopards in double-figures with 18 points in Lafayette’s 82-65 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon at Kirby Sports Center.
*Vander Baan added six rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots
*Freshmen guards Caleb Williams and Alex Chaikin finished with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Williams and Chaikin each had five assists.
*Sophomores Andrew Phillips and Mark Butler added 13 and 12 points, respectively, helping the Leopards shoot 57.6 percent (34-of-59) from the floor.
*Holy Cross was led by sophomore guard Joe Nugent, who finished with 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the floor, while senior forward Caleb Kenney posted 14 points, six rebounds and two assists.
*Sophomore guard DeAndre Williams posted 12 points and six assists, and junior forward Jaiden Feroah added 10 points, a team-high eight rebounds and two steals for the Crusaders.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | LAFAYETTE
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-8, 2-2 PL) 74 AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-9, 1-3 PL) 69
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore forward Josh Scovens scored a game-high 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field to lead Army West Point to a 74-69 victory over Lehigh at Stabler Arena on Saturday, the first by a road team in League play this season.
*Senior guard Jalen Rucker scored five of his 14 points in the final 31 seconds to help the Black Knights hold on. He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and dished out three assists.
*Sophomore guard Ryan Curry added eight points, five rebounds and five assists for Army in a game that featured 23 lead changes.
*Lehigh senior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney led the Mountain Hawks with 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, while sophomore guard Nasir Whitlock chipped in 15 points, three rebounds and three assists off the bench.
*Sophomore guard Joshua Ingram and first-year center Hank Alvey posted 10 points apiece. Ingram also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | LEHIGH
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (6-11, 3-1 PL) 87, BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-9, 2-2 PL) 50
Cotterell Court//Hamilton, N.Y.                                        2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Fifth-year forward Jeff Woodward finished with a team-high 18 points, seven assists, five rebounds and one steal in 22 minutes to lead Colgate to an 87-50 victory over Boston University at Cotterell Court.
*Woodward shot an efficient 7-of-9 from the floor for a Raiders’ squad that connected on 50.8 percent (31-of-61) from the field.
*Junior guard Kyle Carlesimo and senior guard Chandler Baker came off the bench to score 12 and 11 points, respectively. The Raiders received 39 points from their reserves.  
*Sophomore guard Parker Jones scored 12 points, and senior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques added 11 points, combining to go 6-for-9 from 3-point range. Colgate shot 48.1 percent (13-for-27) from long distance.
*The Raiders shot 71 percent (10-of-14) from long distance in the first half to take a 53-25 halftime lead. It was Colgate’s highest-scoring first half since Dec. 30, 2022, when they scored 55 against Loyola.
*Terriers’ sophomore guard Michael McNair scored a team-high 12 points and grabbed six rebounds.
*Senior forward Malcolm Chimezie finished with 10 points and six boards for BU.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | COLGATE
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (8-9, 2-2 PL) 68, BUCKNELL BISON (6-11, 2-2 PL) 58
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      4 p.m.
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WASHINGTON – Graduate student forward Matt Rogers scored a team-high 20 points and four steals to lead American to a 67-58 comeback victory over Bucknell at Bender Arena.
*Rogers shot an efficient 8-of-10 from the floor, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc, playing much of the second half with four fouls to help the Eagles erase an 11-point halftime deficit.
*Sophomore forward Greg Jones scored seven of his 13 points in the final 1:03, including a 3-pointer that extended AU’s lead to four and helped seal the win. He also went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe in the final 39 seconds.
*Eagles’ senior guard Elijah Stephens finished with seven points to surpass 1,000 career points. Stephens also dished out a game-high six assists.  
*American took advantage of Bucknell’s 17 miscues, scoring 28 points off turnovers.
*Bucknell junior center Noah Williamson recorded his third double-double in four League games with 23 points and 10 rebounds.
*Senior guard Josh Bascoe added 12 points and four assists for the Bison.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | AMERICAN

AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (7-8, 2-2 PL) 75, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (5-12, 2-2 PL) 74
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               5 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BALTIMORE – Freshman guard Braeden Speed’s put back with 3.1 seconds remaining in regulation lifted Loyola Maryland to a 75-74 win over Navy at Reitz Arena.
*Sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou led the Greyhounds with a career-high 27 points, connecting on 6-of-11 from beyond the arc to go with four rebounds and three assists.
*Senior forward Veljko Ilic posted a career-high with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field, leading a Greyhounds’ bench unit that outscored the Mids’ reserves 29-9. He added a team-high eight rebounds and two steals to help Loyola Maryland improve to 2-2 in League play.
*Navy junior guard Austin Benigni led the Mids with 19 points and four assists, while junior Aidan Kehoe recorded his fifth straight double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
*Sophomore guard Jinwoo Kim and junior forward Donovan Draper scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Mids.
RECAPS: NAVY | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
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