Men's Basketball

Patriot League Men’s Basketball Wednesday Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (2.19.25)

Crusaders, Black Knights, Terriers and Raiders all earn home wins on Wednesday night

Crusaders, Black Knights, Terriers and Raiders all earn home wins on Wednesday night
 
AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (13-15, 5-10 PL) 74, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (10-18, 5-10 PL) 69 (OT)
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman guard Max Green scored eight of his 18 points in overtime to lead Holy Cross to a 74-69 victory over Lafayette at Hart Center on Wednesday night.
*Holy Cross outscored the Leopards, 18-13, in overtime, shooting 62.5 percent from the floor and 60 percent from beyond the arc to snap a two-game slide.
*Green made 6-of-12 field-goal attempts and knocked down 4-of-7 from 3-point range to go with eight rebounds and four assists for the Crusaders.
*Holy Cross sophomore guard Kahlil Singleton scored a game-high 19 points off the bench, while senior forward Caleb Kenney added 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
*Leopards’ sophomore forward Andrew Phillips recorded his first collegiate double-double with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
*Freshman guard Caleb Williams and senior guard Luka Savicevic scored 15 points apiece, while senior center Justin Vander Baan totaled 13 points, four rebounds and four assists.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | HOLY CROSS
 
AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (16-11, 10-5 PL) 76, AMERICAN EAGLES (17-11, 11-4) 69
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y.                                         6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Sophomore guard Ryan Curry scored a game-high 25 points to lead Army West Point to a 76-69 comeback victory over American to split the season and pull within a game of the first-place Eagles in the Patriot League standings.
*Curry shot an efficient 10-of-13 from the field and connected on 4-of-6 from deep to pace the Black Knights’ offense. He also matched a team-high with seven rebounds.
*Senior forward AJ Allenspach scored 16 points, while sophomore forward Josh Scovens contributed 14 points, six rebounds and six blocked shots.
*Army senior guard Jalen Rucker scored 10 points, shooting 8-of-8 from the charity stripe, with seven rebounds and seven assists.
*Eagles’ graduate student forward Matt Rogers scored a team-high 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting.
*Senior guard Elijah Stephens scored 11 points, and graduate student guard Lincoln Ball pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds to go with eight points and five assists.
RECAPS: AMERICAN | ARMY WEST POINT
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (14-14, 8-7 PL) 68, LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (10-16, 5-10 PL) 66
Case Gymnasium/Boston, Mass.                                       7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Sophomore guard Kyrone Alexander scored the last five points of the game, including a jumper with 25 seconds left to lift Boston University to a 68-66 victory over Loyola Maryland to split the season series.
*Alexander finished with a game-high 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting to go with six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
*Terriers’ graduate student guard Miles Brewster scored 16 points, while freshman forward Ben Defty chipped in 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, three rebounds and two blocked shots.
*Greyhounds’ sophomore guard Jordan Stiemke scored a team-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep.
*Senior forward Milos Ilic added 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou recorded 13 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists for Loyola Maryland.
RECAPS: LOYOLA MARYLAND | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (12-16, 9-6 PL) 79, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (10-18, 7-8 PL) 75
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Fifth-year forward Jeff Woodward recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds to help Colgate hold off Navy in a 79-75 victory to sweep the season series.
*Woodward shot 7-of-11 from the floor and 9-of-12 from the line to lead four Raiders in double figures.
*Sophomore guard Jalen Cox recorded 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals, while senior guard Chandler Baker and sophomore forward Sam Wright scored 11 points apiece off the bench.
*Colgate led by as many as 15 points midway through the second half before the Mids battled back to tie the score at 75 with 1:15 remaining. But a pair of free throws from Woodward and a layup from senior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques preserved the Raiders’ win.
*Mids’ sophomore guard Jordan Pennick led Navy with 18 points, while junior guard Austin Benigni added 14 points and seven assists.
*Junior forward Mike Woods added 11 points, while junior forward Donovan Draper finished with nine points, six rebounds and two steals.
RECAPS: NAVY | COLGATE
 
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