BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 2 Lehigh and No. 4 Boston University advanced to the 2026 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship Game with semifinal victories Sunday on CBS Sports Network. The Mountain Hawks defeated No. 3 Colgate, 76-69, while the Terriers stunned top-seeded Navy, 73-72.
Lehigh sophomore center Hank Alvey scored a career-high 30 points and junior guard Nasir Whitlock posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 assists to lead the second-seeded Mountain Hawks to a 76-69 victory over No. 3 Colgate and return to the PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Championship Game for the first time since 2024.
Boston University freshman guard Chance Gladden hit the game-winning 3-pointer with less than one second remaining in regulation, his second game-winning basket of the tournament, to lift the fourth-seeded Terriers over No. 1 Navy, 73-72, to reach the League title game for the first time since 2020.
Live coverage of the 2026 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship Game will begin at 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. Jason Knapp will handle play-by-play, Mo Cassara will provide analysis and Haley Sutton will report from the sideline.
Westwood One will also carry a national radio broadcast of the championship game.
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2026 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship
| First-Round |
Tuesday, March 3 – Hosted by Higher Seed |
Time |
Results |
| Game 1 |
No. 9 Army West Point at No. 8 Bucknell |
7 p.m. |
Bucknell, 65-55 |
| Game 2 |
No. 10 Holy Cross at No. 7 Lafayette |
7 p.m. |
Holy Cross, 82-77 |
| Quarterfinals |
Thursday, March 5 – Hosted by Higher Seed |
Time |
Results |
| Game 3 |
No. 8 Bucknell at No. 1 Navy |
7 p.m. |
Navy, 74-69 |
| Game 4 |
No. 5 American at No. 4 Boston University |
7 p.m. |
Boston U, 75-73 |
| Game 5 |
No. 6 Loyola Maryland at No. 3 Colgate |
7 p.m. |
Colgate, 90-77 |
| Game 6 |
No. 10 Holy Cross at No. 2 Lehigh |
7 p.m. |
Lehigh, 69-66 |
| Semifinals |
Sunday, March 8 – Hosted by Higher Seed |
Time |
Results |
| Game 7 |
No. 4 Boston University at No. 1 Navy |
2 p.m. |
Boston U, 73-72 |
| Game 8 |
No. 3 Colgate at No. 2 Lehigh |
Noon |
Lehigh, 76-69 |
| Championship Game |
Wednesday, March 11 – Hosted by Higher Seed |
Time |
Coverage |
| Game 9 |
No. 4 Boston University at No. 2 Lehigh |
7 p.m. |
CBS Sports Network |
AT NO. 2 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (17-16, 11-7 PL) 76, NO. 3 COLGATE RAIDERS (18-15, 11-7 PL) 69
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa. Noon (CBSSN)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore center Hank Alvey scored a career-high 30 points to lead No. 2 Lehigh to a 76-69 victory over No. 3 Colgate to advance to the 2026 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Championship Game.
*Alvey connected on 13-of-18 from the floor to go along with five rebounds and three blocked shots to help the Mountain Hawks return to the League title game for the first time since 2024 and the seventh time in program history.
*Junior guard Nasir Whitlock recorded his second double-double of the season, scoring 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and dishing out a career-high 10 assists.
*Junior guard Joshua Ingram added 11 points, six rebounds and three steals, and sophomore forward Edouard Benoit pulled down a team-high nine rebounds to go along with seven points.
*Colgate trailed by as many as nine points, 72-63, with 2:03 remaining in regulation before going on a 6-0 run to bring the Raiders within three points.
*Patriot League Rookie of the Year Andrew Alekseyenko scored four of his 19 points to help the Raiders pull within one possession. He pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.
*Junior guard Jalen Cox led Colgate with 26 points, five assists and four rebounds. Cox connected on 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.
*Junior forward Sam Wright posted 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor.
RECAPS:
COLGATE |
LEHIGH
NO. 4 BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (17-16, 10-8 PL) 73, AT NO. 1 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (26-7, 17-1 PL) 72
Alumni Hall/Annapolis, Md. 2 p.m. (CBSSN)
BOX SCORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Freshman guard Chance Gladden pushed the ball across half court and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining in regulation to lift No. 4 Boston University to a 73-72 upset victory over No. 1 Navy.
*Gladden, who also scored to tie the game at 70 with eight seconds remaining, finished with a team-high 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Gladden hit the Terriers’ game-winning shot with three seconds remaining in the quarterfinal round.
*Junior guard Michael McNair, the sixth-ranked 3-point shooter in NCAA Division I by percentage, hit 5-of-8 from beyond the arc to score 22 points and grab seven rebounds.
*The Terriers, who rank fifth in the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage, shot 11-of-24 from long range.
*Sophomore center Ben Defty added 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting to go along with seven rebounds, matching McNair for a team-high total.
*Patriot League Player of the Year Austin Benigni scored to put the Midshipmen in front, 72-70, with 3.1 seconds remaining. He finished with 17 points and six assists.
*Senior center Aidan Kehoe, the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, recorded his 19th double-double of the season, finishing with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Kehoe, NCAA DI’s field-goal percentage leader, connected on 11-of-15 from the floor.
RECAPS:
BOSTON UNIVERSITY |
NAVY
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