American and Army win overtime thrillers; Colgate, Holy Cross and Lafayette earn home wins
 
AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (12-13, 4-8 PL) 72, BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (12-13, 6-6 PL) 52
Hart Center/Worcester, Mass.                                          Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman guard Max Green led three Crusaders in double-figures with 18 points to help Holy Cross to a 72-52 victory over Boston University at Hart Center to split the season series.
*Green shot 7-of-13 from the floor and added a game-high five assists.
*Sophomore guard DeAndre Williams added 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting to go with five rebounds and four assists for the Crusaders.
*Senior forward Caleb Kenney chipped in 12 points, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals for a Holy Cross team that turned 15 Terriers’ turnovers into 20 points.
*Boston University freshman guard Azmar Abdullah came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc.
*Sophomore guard Michael McNair added 13 points for BU.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | HOLY CROSS
 
AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (14-10, 8-4 PL) 116, BUCKNELL BISON (11-14, 7-5 PL) 110 (2OT)
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y.                                         1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Sophomore guard Ryan Curry, senior guard Jalen Rucker and sophomore forward Josh Scovens combined to score 78 points to lead Army West Point to a 116-110 victory over Bucknell in a double-overtime thriller at Christl Arena.
*Curry scored 11 points in the second overtime to finish with a career-high 30 points. The Montgomery, N.J. native connected on 10-of-13 from the field, including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
*Rucker added 25 points and four steals, while Scovens finished with 23 points, a team-high six assists and five rebounds to help the Black Knights improve to 8-4 in League play.
*Senior forward AJ Allenspach chipped in 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Army.
*Bucknell junior forward Noah Williamson scored a team-high 29 points on 12-of-14 shooting from the floor. Williamson’s layup with 15 seconds remaining in regulation forced the first overtime, while his layup with 25 seconds remaining in the first OT sent the game to a final frame.
*Senior guard Josh Bascoe added 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting to go with four rebounds and four assists for the Bison.
*Junior guard Achile Spadone added 17 points, eight rebounds, six assists and two steals. Senior guard Elvin Edmonds IV and sophomore guard Brandon McCreesh posted 12 and eight points, respectively.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | ARMY WEST POINT
 
GAME NOTE: Today’s Army West Point vs. Bucknell game marked the fifth time in Patriot League history that both teams scored more than 100 points in a League game. The most recent League game featuring both teams surpassing the century mark was Lafayette’s 111-104 overtime win vs. Lehigh on Jan. 23, 2004.
Patriot League Games with both Teams Scoring > 100 Points
Jan. 23, 2004 - Lafayette 111, Lehigh 104 (OT)
Jan. 27, 2001 - Army 104, Lafayette 103 (OT)
Feb. 9, 1994 - Holy Cross 107, Lehigh 104 (OT)
Feb. 2, 1994 - Bucknell 110, Colgate 108 (2OT)
 
AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (10-15, 5-7 PL) 61, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (9-17, 5-7 PL) 51
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                                      1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
EASTON, Pa. – Senior center Justin Vander Baan posted 15 points and 13 rebounds for his third double-double of the season to lead Lafayette to a 61-51 victory over Navy to split the season series.
*Vander Baan’s season-high 13 rebounds helped the Leopards hold a 40-33 edge on the glass against the Patriot League’s best rebound team. He also blocked a game-high four shots and dished out three assists.
*Freshman guards Caleb Williams and Alex Chaikin scored 17 and 14 points, respectively, to help the Leopards improve to 7-5 at Kirby Sports Center.
*Navy junior guard Austin Benigni, the Patriot League’s scoring leader, led the Mids with 19 points to go with five rebounds and three assists.
*Sophomore guard Jordan Pennick added 14 points, while junior center Aidan Kehoe pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and blocked three shots.
RECAP: NAVY | LAFAYETTE
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (10-15-7-5 PL) 82, LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (10-13, 5-7 PL) 68
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y.                                         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Colgate exploded for 57 second-half points to erase a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Loyola Maryland, 82-62, at Cotterell Court to snap a four-game losing streak.
*Sophomore guard Jalen Cox led four Raiders in double-figures with 22 points while recording his first collegiate double-double with a career-high 10 assists. Cox also added five steals and four rebounds.
*Fifth-year forward Jeff Woodward recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. He shot an efficient 8-of-9 from the field and added three assists and two blocked shots.
*Senior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques and junior guard Brady Cummins scored 19 and 11 points, respectively, helping Colgate shoot 50 percent from the floor.
*Loyola Maryland sophomore guard Jacob Theodosiou scored a career-high 32 points on 9-of-18 shooting, including 6-of-12 from beyond the arc. He added six rebounds and four assists.
*Senior center Milos Ilic added 19 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Greyhounds.
RECAPS: LOYOLA MARYLAND | COLGATE
 
AMERICAN EAGLES (15-10, 9-3 PL) 78, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (9-14, 4-8 PL) 75 (OT)
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                                           2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Graduate student forward Matt Rogers and senior guard Elijah Stephens scored six points apiece in overtime, combining for 50 points on the game, to lead American to a 78-75 victory at Lehigh to sweep the season series.
*Rogers accounted for four straight points in the final frame to help the Eagles build an insurmountable six-point lead. He finished with a game-high 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the floor to help AU maintain the top spot in the League standings.
*Stephens hit a jumper to open overtime before making all four free-throw attempts. The senior guard scored 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting to go with five rebounds, three steals and two assists.
*Sophomore forward Matt Mayock and graduate student guard Colin Smalls scored nine points apiece, while graduate student guard Lincoln Ball chipped in eight points and a team-high eight boards.
*Lehigh senior guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney led five Mountain Hawks in double-figures with 19 points.
*Sophomore guards Joshua Ingram and Cam Gillus finished with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Ingram and Gillus tied for a team-high six rebounds.
*First-year forward Hank Alvey added 12 points and five boards, while sophomore guard Nasir Whitlock came off the bench to contribute 10 points.
RECAPS: AMERICAN | LEHIGH
 
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