Men's Basketball

Patriot League Men’s Basketball Sunday Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (1.5.25)

Greyhounds, Terriers, Bison, Eagles and Midshipmen earn home victories

Greyhounds, Terriers, Bison, Eagles and Midshipmen earn home victories; Home teams 10-0 through first week of League play

 AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (6-7, 1-1 PL) 80, LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-7, 1-1 PL) 74
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORE – Sophomore guard Jordan Stiemke scored a career-high 25 points to lead Loyola Maryland to an 80-74 victory over Lehigh in a game that saw 11 lead changes.  
*Stiemke came off the bench to shoot 9-of-14 from the floor and 6-for-6 from the charity stripe. He also grabbed seven rebounds to help the Greyhounds improve to 1-1 in League play.
*Senior forward Milos Ilic posted 18 points, six rebounds and three assists, while sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou added 14 points, shooting 12-of-14 from the free-throw line.
*Loyola Maryland outrebounded Lehigh 39-29, while the Greyhounds held a 12-2 advantage on second-chance points.
*Lehigh sophomore guard Cam Gillus matched a game-high 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. He added eight rebounds and six steals.
*Senior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney finished with 22 points and four boards, while sophomore guard Joshua Ingram chipped in 12 points and a team-high four assists.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (7-8, 1-1 PL) 71, ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (6-8, 0-2 PL) 63
Case Gym/Boston, Mass.                                   1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Sophomore guard Michael McNair led four Terriers in double-figures with 17 points to lead Boston University to a 71-63 victory over Army West Point at Case Gym on Sunday.
*McNair shot an efficient 6-of-9 from the field, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, and added three rebounds and three assists.
*Graduate student guard Miles Brewster and junior guard Ben Roy scored 12 points apiece, and senior guard Ben Palacios added 10 points, all in the first half.
*Senior guard Jalen Rucker led Army West Point with 17 points, while sophomores Ryan Curry and Josh Scovens added 13 points apiece.
*Black Knights’ senior forward AJ Allenspach pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds for his seventh double-digit rebound performance of the season.  
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT BUCKNELL BISON (5-10, 1-1 PL) 66, COLGATE RAIDERS (4-11, 1-1 PL) 60
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Junior center Noah Williamson recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Bucknell to a 66-60 victory over Colgate to snap an eight-game skid.
*Williamson scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half, including five straight points with less than five minutes remaining in the game to put the Bison in front for good.
*Bison senior guard Elvin Edmonds IV posted 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Junior forward Ruot Bijiek added 10 points and five boards to help Bucknell improve to 1-1 in League play.
*Bucknell shot 62.5 percent (15-of-24) from the field, including 66.7 percent (6-of-9) from long range, in the second half.  
*Colgate sophomore forward Sam Wright finished with a team-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range, off the bench.
*Fifth-year forward Jeff Woodward and sophomore guard Jalen Cox finished with 12 points apiece. Woodward grabbed a team-high six rebounds, and Cox led the Raiders with six assists.
RECAPS: COLGATE | BUCKNELL
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (7-8, 1-1 PL) 75, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (9-6, 1-1 PL) 64
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                      2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Graduate student forward Matt Rogers and sophomore forward Matt Mayock combined for 35 points to lead American to a 75-64 victory over Holy Cross, snapping the Crusaders’ four-game win streak.
*Rogers, the Patriot League’s Preseason Player of the Year, scored a team-high 18 points, connecting on 5-of-8 from the field and 4-5 from long distance. He added four rebounds and four assists.
*Mayock matched his season-high with 17 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor, including 4-of-7 from deep, while classmate Greg Jones added 10 points.
*The Eagles shot 50 percent (24-of-48) from the field, 50 percent (12-of-24) from 3-point range and 88.2 percent (15-of-17) from the free-throw line.
*Holy Cross freshman guard Max Green scored a team-high 20 points and added five rebounds and five assists.
*Sophomore forward Joe Nugent finished with 19 points and six boards. Senior forward Caleb Kenney added 14 points.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | AMERICAN
 
AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (5-10, 2-0 PL) 71, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (6-9, 1-1 PL) 70
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                                             2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Junior forward Donovan Draper hit a jumper from near the top of the key with 2.1 seconds remaining in regulation to lift Navy to a 71-70 victory over Lafayette at Alumni Hall on Sunday.
*The Midshipmen, who trailed by five points with 2:24 left in the game, scored the last six points to improve to 2-0 in League play.
*Draper finished with a game-high 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field. He added nine rebounds, three steals, two assists and one blocked shot.
*Junior center Aidan Kehoe recorded his third double-double of the season and second in as many games with 12 points and 10 rebounds. He also matched a team-high with four assists.
*Junior guard Austin Benigni added 14 points, five rebounds and four assists, while sophomore guards Jinwoo Kim and Jordan Pennick scored 10 points apiece.
*Lafayette freshman guard Caleb Williams led the Leopards with 16 points, five rebounds and two assists, and sophomore forward Andrew Phillips posted 15 points and eight boards.
*Leopards’ senior center Justin Vander Baan totaled 13 points, nine rebounds, six blocked shots and four assists.
RECAPSL LAFAYETTE | NAVY
 
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