Navy wins 12th straight; Lehigh clinches top-three seed; Boston University sets up showdown for fourth seed; Bucknell and Lafayette earn road wins
BUCKNELL BISON (9-21, 6-11 PL) 75, AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (11-19, 5-12 PL) 73
Christl Arena/West Point, N.Y. 11 a.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Freshman center Amon Dörries and senior guard Achile Spadone combined for 44 points to help Bucknell hold off a late surge from Army West Point in a 75-73 victory at Christl Arena to split the season series.
*Dörries scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting to go along with six rebounds, and Spadone scored four of his 21 points in the final 77 seconds while adding eight rebounds and four steals.
*Freshman guard Pat Curtin posted his second collegiate double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds to help snap a five-game slide.
*Sophomore guard Kevin McCarthy and junior forward Tate Laczkowski scored 21 points apiece to lead the Black Knights, combining to shoot 16-of-25 from the floor.
*Army sophomore guard Jaxson Bell posted his second double-double of the season with 11 points and a career-high 10 assists.
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BUCKNELL |
ARMY WEST POINT
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (24-6, 16-1 PL) 78, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (11-19, 7-10 PL) 51
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORE – Junior guard Jinwoo Kim and senior guard Austin Benigni combined for 47 points to lead Navy to a 78-51 victory over Loyola Maryland to sweep the season series and earn its 12th straight win.
*Kim finished with a game-high 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor, including 5-of-8 from 3-point range.
*Benigni posted 22 points on 9-of-18 shooting and 4-of-10 from long range for his 14th 20-point performance of the season.
*Senior center Aidan Kehoe recorded his 17th double-double of the season, finishing with 10 points and a game-high 16 rebounds.
*Loyola Maryland freshman forward Emmett Adair led the Greyhounds with 13 points and seven rebounds.
*Sophomore guard Braeden Speed finished with seven points, five assists and three boards.
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NAVY |
LOYOLA MARYLAND
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (14-16, 10-7 PL) 78, AT AMERICAN EAGLES (16-14, 9-8 PL) 73
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Sophomore forward Hank Alvey scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Lehigh to a 78-73 victory over American to clinch a top-three seed in the Patriot League Championship.
*Alvey connected on 10-of-14 from the field and hit 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to help the Mountain Hawks ensure a home game in the quarterfinal round of the League Championship.
*Junior guard Nasir Whitlock finished with 16 points and four assists, while junior guard Jalen Vazquez posted 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
*Sophomore guard Peter Kramer added 11 points off the bench.
*American junior guard Greg Jones led the Eagles with 23 points and eight rebounds, connecting on 7-of-12 attempts from the floor.
*Junior forward Matt Mayock scored 15 points, and sophomore forward Julen Iturbe and freshman guard Madden Collins contributed 10 points apiece.
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LEHIGH |
AMERICAN
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (14-16, 9-8 PL) 78, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (10-20, 5-12 PL) 63
Case Gym/Boston, Mass. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BOSTON – Junior guard Michael McNair and sophomore forward Ben Defty each scored 20 points to lead Boston University to a 78-63 victory over Holy Cross to sweep the season series.
*McNair scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half to help the Terriers hold off a comeback attempt. He added five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
*Defty connected on 9-of-10 from the floor for 20 points, helping the Terriers shoot 56% from the field. The sophomore forward contributed four rebounds and four blocked shots.
*Freshman guard Chance Gladden added 14 points, five rebounds and three assists.
*Holy Cross junior guard Gabe Warren led three Crusaders in double-figures with 13 points to go along with three rebounds and three assists.
*Sophomore guard Tyler Boston and freshman forward Aiden Disu each finished with 10 points.
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HOLY CROSS |
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (10-20, 7-10 PL) 70, AT COLGATE RAIDERS (17-13, 11-6 PL) 69
Cotterell Court/Hamilton, N.Y. 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Freshman forward Christian Humphrey-Rembert posted his third collegiate double-double with 12 points while matching a career-high with 14 rebounds to help Lafayette hold off Colgate, 70-69, at Cotterell Court to split the season series.
*Humphrey-Rembert shot 4-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range, to go along with his game-high 14 boards, as the Leopards held a 37-34 rebounding edge against the Raiders, including a 12-6 advantage on the offensive glass.
*Junior guard Mark Butler and sophomore guard Caleb Williams scored 15 points apiece.
*Colgate first-year forward Andrew Alekseyenko led four Raiders in double figures with 15 points and five assists.
*Junior guard Jalen Cox and sophomore guard Josh Ahayere each scored 14 points, and sophomore guard Ben Tweedy finished two assists shy of a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
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LAFAYETTE |
COLGATE
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