Men's Basketball

Patriot League Men’s Basketball Wednesday Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (2.12.25)

Midshipmen and Black Knights earn season sweeps, Raiders and Bison pick up wins

Midshipmen and Black Knights earn season sweeps, Raiders and Bison pick up wins
 
COLGATE RAIDERS (11-15, 8-5 PL) 87, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (12-14, 4-9 PL) 65
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore guard Jalen Cox scored 18 points to lead five Raiders in double-figures in Colgate’s 87-65 victory over Holy Cross at Hart Center.
*Cox connected on 7-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-3 from long range to help Colgate shoot 59.3 percent from the floor.
*Fifth-year forward Jeff Woodward stuffed the stat sheet with 15 points, six rebounds, three assists, three blocked shots and one steal, while senior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques and sophomore guard Parker Jones scored 14 points apiece.
*Senior guard Chandler Baker added 11 points off the bench, hitting 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. Baker also had two of the Raiders’ 10 steals to help Colgate outscore Holy Cross 22-2 on points off turnovers.
*Holy Cross senior forward Caleb Kenney finished with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting to eclipse 1,000 career points. He added five rebounds and two steals.
*Sophomore guard DeAndre Williams and freshman guard Max Green scored 13 points apiece. Williams added five rebounds and five assists., and sophomore forward Joe Nugent added 10 points and six boards.
RECAPS: COLGATE | HOLY CROSS
 
AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (9-17, 6-7 PL) 63, LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (9-15, 4-9 PL) 60
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                                             7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Junior guard Austin Benigni scored a game-high 21 points to help Navy hold on for a 63-60 victory over Lehigh to sweep the season series.
*Benigni connected on 8-of-8 from the charity stripe, scoring four of the Mids’ final five points from the free-throw line.
*The Mids held Lehigh to 16 first-half points to take a 10-point halftime lead before the Mountain Hawks outscored Navy 44-37 after the break to close the gap.
*Mids’ senior guard Lysander Rehnstrom and sophomore guard Jordan Pennick scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, and junior forward Aidan Kehoe pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds for Navy.
*Lehigh senior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney led the Mountain Hawks with 17 points to go with four boards.
*Sophomore guard Joshua Ingram added 14 points, while senior guard Ben Knostman came off the bench to finish with 11 points and six boards for the Mountain Hawks
RECAPS: LEHIGH | NAVY
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (15-10, 9-4 PL) 64, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (10-14, 5-8 PL) 60
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORE - Sophomore forward Josh Scovens and senior guard Jalen Rucker combined to score 41 points to lead Army West Point to a 64-60 victory over Loyola Maryland to sweep the season series.
*Scovens scored a game-high 22 points on an efficient 9-of-12 shooting from the floor while grabbing four rebounds and blocked three shots.
*Rucker scored 19 points, including the final six points of the game, to seal the Black Knights' second straight win.
*Sophomore guard Ryan Curry was held scoreless but grabbed a team-high eight boards to go with four assists and two steals. Senior forward AJ Allenspach added nine points for Army.
*Greyhounds' senior forward Milos Ilic scored a team-high 20 points and grabbed eight boards.
*Sophomore guard Jordan Stiemke posted 13 points, six rebounds, two steals, two assists and two blocked shots, while senior forward Veljko Ilic added 11 points and six boards for Loyola Maryland.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
AT BUCKNELL BISON (12-14, 8-5 PL) 76, BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (12-14, 6-7 PL) 60
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                         7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior guard Josh Bascoe led four Bison in double-figures in Bucknell’s 76-60 victory over Boston University at Sojka Pavilion to split the season series.
*Senior guard Elvin Edmonds IV finished with 13 points, while junior forward Ruot Bijiek and freshman guard Jayden Williams added 11 points apiece in the Bison win.
*Junior center Noah Williamson, the reigning Patriot League Player of the Week, finished with eight points and a team-high nine rebounds.
*Terriers’ graduate student guard Miles Brewster posted 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists to lead BU.
*Sophomore guard Michael McNair added 10 points.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | BUCKNELL
 
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