Eagles extend win streak to five games; Terriers, Crusaders and Mountain Hawks all pick up victories
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (10-11, 4-4 PL) 85, BUCKNELL BISON (8-13, 4-4 PL) 82, OT
Case Gymnasium/Boston, Mass.                                       1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BOSTON – Boston University went 6-for-6 from the charity stripe through the last 1:03 of overtime in an 83-82 victory over Bucknell on Saturday afternoon at Case Gymnasium.
*The Terriers trailed by as many as nine points in the second half, but layups from graduate student guard Miles Brewster and junior forward Oto Landrum with less than a minute remaining in regulation sent the game to an extra frame.
*In overtime, each team connected on just one field goal, but BU made all eight free-throw attempts.
*Boston University sophomore guard Kyrone Alexander led six Terriers in double-figures with 16 points, while sophomore guard Michael McNair and freshman guard Azmar Abdullah scored 12 points apiece.
*Landrum finished with 11 points and a game-high nine boards, Brewster contributed 11 points and junior forward Nico Nobili chipped in 10 points.
*Bucknell junior center Noah Williamson scored a game-high 26 points on 8-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-2 from long distance. Williamson is 8-of-8 from 3-point range in his last two games.
*Senior guard Josh Bascoe and junior forward Ruot Bijiek finished with 18 and 12 points, respectively, for the Bison.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (11-10, 3-5 PL) 70, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (8-11, 3-5 PL) 65
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                                               2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BALTIMORE – Freshman guard Max Green matched his career-high with 25 points to lead Holy Cross to a 70-65 victory at Loyola Maryland on Saturday afternoon to snap a four-game slide.
*Green connected on 10-of-16 from the field, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range to go with six rebounds and a team-high four assists.
*Sophomore guard Joe Nugent added 16 points, shooting 4-of-8 from long range, and tied junior forward Jaiden Feroah with a team-high seven rebounds.
*Senior forward Milos Ilic and sophomore guard Jordan Stiemke scored 15 points apiece to lead four Greyhounds in double figures.
*Senior forward Veljko Ilic added 12 points and six rebounds off the bench, while sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, seven assists, five rebounds, four steals and one blocked shot.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (12-9, 6-2 PL) 81, COLGATE RAIDERS (9-12, 6-2 PL) 77
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      4 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON – Graduate student forward Matt Rogers scored a game-high 26 points, including 10 of the Eagles’ final 16, to seal American’s 81-77 victory over Colgate, extending their win streak to five games.
*Rogers, the Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year, shot an efficient 9-of-14 from the floor, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. He also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds to help snap Colgate’s five-game win streak.
*Sophomore forward Greg Jones added 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining in the game to break a 73-73 tie and give the Eagles the lead for good.
*Senior guard Elijah Stephens finished with 15 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals, while classmate Colin Smalls chipped in 10 points.
*Colgate graduate student forward Jeff Woodward posted a double-double with a career-high 25 points and a game-high 11 rebounds to lead the Raiders. He added two assists, two blocked shots and a steal.
*Sophomore guard Jalen Cox finished with 11 points, six rebounds and five assists for Colgate, while senior guard Chandler Baker and junior guard Kyle Carlesimo contributed 13 and 12 points, respectively, off the bench.
RECAPS: COLGATE | AMERICAN
 
AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (7-12, 2-6 PL) 86, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (8-13, 3-5 PL) 47
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           7 p.m. (ESPN+)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore guard Nasir Whitlock led four Mountain Hawks in double figures with 21 points to help Lehigh defeat rival Lafayette, 86-47, at Stabler Arena to snap a six-game skid.
*Whitlock came off the bench to shoot 8-of-16 from the floor and 3-of-5 from deep for a Mountain Hawks’ squad that connected on 9-of-17 from 3-point range.
*Lehigh first-year forwards Edouard Benoit and Hank Alvey finished with 17 and 12 points, respectively. Alvey added five rebounds and two assists.
*Senior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney posted 15 points, six rebounds and four assists to help Lehigh pick up its first win since its League opener against Bucknell.
*Lafayette senior center Justin Vander Baan scored a team-high 11 points to go with three rebounds and two blocked shots.
*Sophomore guard Mark Butler finished with six points, six rebounds and four steals for the Leopards.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | LEHIGH
 
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