Terriers and Black Knights earn OT wins; Navy and American both pick up home victories
 
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-12, 3-4 PL) 77, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (5-15, 2-5 PL) 73 (OT)
Case Gymnasium/Boston, Mass.                                6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Freshman Sam Hughes scored a career-high 23 points to lead four Terriers in double figures, as Boston University erased an 11-point second-half deficit on its way to a 77-73 overtime win over Lafayette.
*With four seconds remaining in regulation, Hughes made the first of two free throws, then rebounded his missed second attempt and hit a short jumper as time expired to force overtime. He scored six points in the extra session to help the Terriers sweep the season series with the Leopards.
*Sophomores Ben Defty and Azmar Abdullah scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, and both grabbed nine rebounds, while junior guard Michael McNair finished with 13 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc.
*Lafayette sophomore guard Caleb Williams finished with a game-high 24 points to go along with three rebounds, three assists and three steals.
*Junior forward Andrew Phillips added 18 points and seven rebounds. Freshman forward Shareef Jackson posted 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and added four blocks.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | BOSTON UNIVERSITY
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (12-8, 5-2 PL) 70, COLGATE RAIDERS (11-9, 5-2 PL) 66
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                                7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Sophomore guard Wyatt Nausadis led four Eagles in double figures with 13 points off the bench, as American defeated Colgate, 70-66, to split the season series.
*Nausadis connected on 5-of-11 from the field and 3-of-6 from the perimeter, including two 3-pointers in the second half.
*Freshman guard Madden Collins recorded his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, and junior guard Greg Jones Jr. posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards to help the Eagles hold a 38-27 advantage on the glass.
*Senior guard Geoff Sprouse contributed 12 points, shooting 4-of-6 from 3-point range.
*Colgate senior guard Jalen Cox scored a game-high 21 points, making 8-of-12 from the field to go along with four rebounds and three assists.
*Sophomore guard Josh Ahayere registered 14 points, shooting a perfect 5-of-5 from the field and 2-of-2 from deep.
*First-year forward Andrew Alekseyenko finished with 13 points and six rebounds, and junior forward Sam Wright added 11 points and five boards for the Raiders.
RECAPS: COLGATE | AMERICAN
 
AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (14-6, 6-1 PL) 85, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (8-12, 3-4 PL) 68
Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md.                           7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Senior forward Aidan Kehoe and senior guard Austin Benigni combined for 54 points to lead Navy to an 85-68 victory over Holy Cross to complete a season sweep.
*Kehoe scored a career-high 29 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, and 9-of-12 from the charity stripe. He added seven rebounds and three assists in the Midshipmen’s 10th win in their last 11 games.
*Benigni posted 25 points, hitting 4-of-7 from 3-point range to go along with four rebounds and four assists. Junior guard Jinwoo Kim added 18 points, three rebounds and three assists.
*Crusaders’ freshman forward Aiden Disu scored a team-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting to lead Holy Cross.
*Junior guards DeAndre Williams and Joe Nugent finished with 16 and 14 points, respectively.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | NAVY
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-12, 2-5 PL) 87, AT BUCKNELL BISON (6-14, 3-4) 84 (OT)
Sojka Pavilion/Lewisburg, Pa.                                     7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Freshman guard Jackson Furman’s 3-pointer with less than three seconds remaining in overtime lifted Army West Point to an 87-84 victory over Bucknell.
*Furman finished with 14 points, shooting 4-of-9 from beyond the arc, and added five rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocked shots for the Black Knights.
*Sophomore guard Jaxson Bell scored a team-high 18 points off the bench, hitting 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.
*Sophomore forward Jacen Holloway contributed 17 points, while junior guard Ryan Curry added 14 points
*Bucknell freshman guard Pat Curtin scored a game-high 25 points on 8-of-15 shooting to lead the Bison, while classmate Amon Dörries finished with 13 points. The freshman duo has each reached double figures in the last five games.
*Bucknell senior guard Achile Spadone posted 18 points and a team-high nine rebounds, and sophomore guard Jayden Williams finished with 17 points.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | BUCKNELL
 
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