Bison clinch top-four seed in League Championship; Greyhounds and Midshipmen collect home victories
 
AT BUCKNELL BISON (15-14, 11-5 PL) 84, ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (16-12, 10-6 PL) 53
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                         Noon (CBSSN)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior guard Josh Bascoe scored a career-high 30 points along with five assists and four steals to lead Bucknell to an 84-53 victory over Army West Point to split the season series and clinch a first-round bye and quarterfinal-round home game in the upcoming Patriot League Championship.
*Bascoe connected on 11-of-18 from the floor, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc to surpass his previous career-high of 25, set in their first meeting against the Black Knights this season.
*Junior forward Ruot Bijiek added 13 points, making 5-of-7 attempts from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3-point range to help Bucknell shoot 56.9 percent from the field and 56 percent from deep.
*Bison junior guard Josh Fulton grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds for a squad that was missing All-League center Noah Williamson.
*Army West Point was led by senior guard Jalen Rucker and senior forward AJ Allenspach, who both posted 13 points and four rebounds.
*Senior guard Isaiah Caldwell added eight points and a team-high four steals for the Black Knights.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | BUCKNELL
 
AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (11-16, 6-10 PL) 84, COLGATE RAIDERS (12-17, 9-7 PL) 65
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                                               Noon (ESPN+)
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BALTIMORE – Sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou led five Greyhounds in double figures with 22 points to help Loyola Maryland defeat Colgate, 84-65, to split the season series.
*Theodosiou hit 6-of-9 from 3-point range and added eight rebounds, two blocks and two steals for the Greyhounds.
*Senior forward Milos Ilic finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists, while Veljko Ilic posted 15 points and five boards, helping the Greyhounds shoot 50.8 percent from the floor and finish with a 33-29 advantage on the glass.
*Freshman guard Braeden Speed and sophomore guard Jordan Stiemke scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench for Loyola.
*Colgate senior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques scored a team-high 13 points, adding four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
*Sophomore guard Jalen Cox finished with 10 points and five rebounds for the Raiders.
RECAPS: COLGATE | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (11-18, 8-8 PL) 83, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (13-16, 5-11 PL) 77 (OT)
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md.                                             2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Sophomore guard Jordan Pennick and senior guard Austin Benigni combined for 49 points to lead Navy to an 83-77 overtime victory over Holy Cross to split the season series.
*Pennick scored a career-high 23 points, going 9-of-17 from the field, while Benigni recorded a game-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the free-throw line.  
*Junior Donovan Draper pulled down 16 rebounds, becoming the second Midshipman in program history to grab 500 rebounds and score 500 points in his first two seasons in Annapolis, joining Vernon Butler. Draper added six points, four assists and four steals.
*Navy junior forward Mike Woods scored 14 points off the bench to go with three rebounds and three assists.
*Sophomore guard DeAndre Williams and freshman guard Max Green scored 20 points apiece to lead the Crusaders. Green added nine rebounds, while Williams contributed four assists.
*Senior forward Caleb Kenney recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, while junior forward Jaiden Feroah added 12 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots off the bench.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | NAVY
 
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