Feb. 3, 2016

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Bucknell and Holy Cross went wire to wire with their respective opponents during Patriot League Women's Basketball Action Wednesday night. The Bison needed overtime to defeat American, while a trey from sophomore Katie Doherty with just over 30 seconds left on the clock helped put the game away for the home team over Colgate. Army West Point collected another high-offense win for Coach Magarity's 500th of his career, and Lehigh took over sole possession of third place in the standings with a victory over Loyola Maryland.

Wednesday Scores
Bucknell 60, American 54 OT
Holy Cross 70, Colgate 61
Army West Point 84, Lafayette 57
Lehigh 76, Loyola Maryland 68

Women's Basketball Quick Notes
* Bucknell/American - In a game that saw a total of six tied scores and five lead changes, along with 16 turnovers from each team, it was the Bison who had the endurance to and resilience to earn the 60-54 overtime win at Sojka Pavilion on Wednesday night ... While American was first on the board after a basket from freshman Cecily Carl just over a minute into the game, Bucknell wouldn't match it until almost two minutes later on a pair of free throws from sophomore Jacquie Klotz ... The home team added seven more points before the visitors hit a field goal and two treys that kept them within one at the end of the first quarter ... And so the back-and-forth action began ... It came down to the wire when the Eagles were down by one with 3:24 remaining in the game, 41-41 ... Freshman Kaitlyn Lewis drilled a trey with ease, though junior Claire DeBoer converted a layup and then her attempt at the charity stripe to give Bucknell the lead once again ... A freshman trey was the answer, once again, as rookie Cecily Carl swooshed one through from three-point land with just under a minute and a half on the clock ... Down two with just six seconds to go, freshman Kyi English hit a jump shot with ease to send the game into overtime ... A pair of three-point baskets from DeBoer and freshman Kate Walker gave the Bison the boost they needed for their largest lead of the day of nine points and their ninth win of the League season ... Each team also committed 16 turnovers, with American creating 18 points off the possession changes and Bucknell tallying nine ... DeBoer led the Bison with 25 points and Walker recorded a career-high of 11, with eight coming in overtime ... For American, senior Ari Booth netted a team-high 11 points, while Lewis was right behind her with 10.

* Holy Cross/Colgate - After eight lead changes, the Crusaders made one final change when sophomore Infiniti Thomas-Waheed converted a layup with a minute thirty left on the clock ... It sparked the home team to score seven more points and hold the Raiders from netting anymore for a hard-fought 70-61 victory at the Hart Center on Wednesday night ... The game also featured seven tied scores for a total of 6:29 of the game ... In the back-and-forth battle, Colgate took its largest lead of the game at 9:10 on the clock in the second period, 20-14 ... Holy Cross went on an 11-4 run to go ahead 25-24 midway through the second only to enter the break down by five, 38-33 ... It was much of the same until the final two minutes ... Junior Katie Curtis hit a trey with two minutes to go to knot the game at 61-61, however, it was the last time the Raiders would score the rest of the way ... After Thomas-Waheed's layup, classmate Katie Doherty hit a trey with just over thirty seconds, while senior Molly Hourigan and Thomas-Waheed finished off the scoring with a pair of free throws each ... Thomas-Waheed led Holy Cross with 18 points and four steals, while three players netted 13 points - senior Lisa Mifsud, Doherty, and sophomore Tricia Byrne ... Mifsud also had a game-high six assists, while Hourigan hauled in 11 rebounds ... Senior Paige Kriftcher led the way for Colgate with 22 points which included a 4-of-8 clip from downtown ... Junior Katie Curtis followed with 18 points and also have five assists, and two steals.

* Army West Point/Lafayette - A high-powered offense from the Black Knights paved the way to an 84-57 victory over the Leopards on Wednesday night at Christl Arena ... Not only does the win keep Army on pace to lead the League, the win marked tenth-year head coach Dave Magarity's 500th of his career ... Back-to-back treys from senior Kelsey Minato, just over a minute into the contest, set the tone early but the senior guard wasn't done just yet ... With 6:50 on the clock, the senior hit a third trey to give the home team a 9-0 lead and on the possession after Lafayette cracked the board, she hit her fourth and then her fifth just over 30 seconds apart ... Minato made one more in the quarter just under two minutes to extend her team's lead to 20-6 ... The Black Knights continued to roll, outscoring the Leopards 25-16 in the second period for a 47-24 lead into the break ... Lafayette came back in the third to outscore Army 21-15 but couldn't keep up as the home team posted 22 points in the fourth period to the visitors' 12 ... In the first half alone, Minato collected 22 points and was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field, which included a perfect 6-of-6 showing from three-point land ... She finished the game with 33 points, three assists and two steals ... Classmate Aimee Oertner also reached double digits in scoring with 14 points and also added a team-best nine rebounds, while sophomore Janae McNeal tallied 13 points and seven boards ... For the Leopards, juniors Ashley Lutz and Maia Hood both registered double-doubles, while senior Jamie O'Hare added another milestone as a member of the Maroon and White and became the program's all-time three-point field goal leader with 169 in her career ... Lutz posted a team-high 16 points and 13 rebounds for her third double-double of the season, while Hood pitched in 15 points and 10 boards off the bench ... O'Hare ended the evening with 15 points, three assists, and two steals.

* Lehigh/Loyola Maryland - After the Greyhounds opened the scoring, the Mountain Hawks controlled the game the rest of the way and despite a late rally from the home team, the visitors earned a 76-68 win at Reitz Arena on Wednesday night ... Loyola Maryland senior Jeneh Perry opened the scoring with a layup but Lehigh netted seven-straight points for a five-point lead ... The Greyhounds chipped away at the Mountain Hawks lead in the second period to come within four but would go into the break trailing by nine, 40-31 ... Lehigh took its largest lead of the game with just over one minute remaining in the third quarter, 61-43, though a pair of free throws from sophomore Bri Betz White cut the lead to 16 as the teams headed into the fourth ... Trailing by 14 with around four minutes left in the game, senior Colleen Marshall hit a trey which began a 12-3 run by Loyola to come within five, 70-65, with one minute left ... However, the Greyhounds only score three more points after that surge and fell to the Mountain Hawks ... With its fifth-straight win, Lehigh takes over sole possession of third place in the standings with a 7-3 lead record ... Junior Lexi Martins recorded her 17 double-double of the season with 20 points and 19 rebounds, while sophomore Bernadette tallied a career high-tying 11 points ... For the first time since December 2013, Loyola had four players score in double figures and was led by Betz-White with 17 points ... Perry followed with 13 and also grabbed a team-best eight rebounds ... Both Marshall and junior Lisa Mirarchi chipped in 10 points each.