Jan. 20, 2016

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Three different teams - Army West Point, Bucknell, Colgate - totaled at least 70 points en route to a Wednesday night victory in Patriot League action, while Lafayette and Lehigh also earned midweek wins. The top two leaders in the standings, the Bison and Black Knights, also separated themselves further from the pack with their home victories. All ten teams will be back in action on Saturday to continue the League slate.

Wednesday Scores
Colgate 72, Boston University 63
Army West Point 77, Holy Cross 58
Lafayette 60, American 51
Lehigh 51, Navy 48
Bucknell 71, Loyola Maryland 64

Women's Basketball Quick Notes
* Colgate/Boston University - After a pretty even first half, the Raiders found their touch and shot an impressive 56.52 percent -- recording their highest-scoring half of the season -- to triumph over the Terriers at Case Gym on Wednesday, 72-63 ... Colgate earned its first victory over Boston University since BU joined the League in 2013 ... The Raiders led by 17 points with 3:07 remaining on the clock, 69-52 ... The Terriers weren't backing down just yet, as they held the visitors to just three points the rest of the way ... Boston U.'s late rally of 11 points came up short though ... Colgate was led by junior Katie Curtis, who tallied a career-high 20 points ... Curtis made 4-of-6 from long range and was 6-of-9 from the field ... Sophomore Ariel Etheridge and freshman Chelsey Koren followed Curtis, chipping in 13 and 12 points respectively ... Etheridge matched her career high, while Koren entered the game with just nine points in her first 15 collegiate games before rattling off 4-of-6 mark from the field ... For BU, sophomore Corrine Williams netted 16 points to lead the way, while three other players reached double figures ... Classmate Kara Sheftic  recorded the second double-double of her career with 12 points and a personal-best 13 boards, while sophomore Meghan Doogan and freshman Payton Hauck set career-highs of 11 and 10 points respectively.

* Army West Point/Holy Cross - Three of the Black Knights netted double digits to improve their perfect streak at home to 10-0 this season in Christl Arena with a 77-58 win over the Crusaders ... Both teams had shooting fever and battled back-and-forth in the first period with the home team holding a slight advantage at 22-20 ... The Black Knights' hot hands helped them build a 12-point lead with just over five minutes left until the break ... In the fourth, the home team led by as many as 28 to cruise to victory ... Senior Kelsey Minato netted a game-high 26 points on a 9-of-14 shooting clip and also registered her 707th career field goal in the second quarter to pass Katie Macfarlane for the Academy all-time record ... Classmate Brianna Johnson notched a career-high four three-pointers and finished with 14 points, while sophomore Aliyah Murray collected the first double-double of her career with 11 points and a career-best 13 rebounds ... For Holy Cross, senior Lisa Mifsud totaled 19 points, while sophomore Tricia Byrne, senior Molly Hourigan, and sophomore Infiniti Thomas-Waheed each scored nine points.

* Lafayette/American - The Leopards ended the road-victory drought that stretched beyond the 2015-16 season in D.C. on Wednesday with a 60-51 win over the Eagles ... American scored the first points of the game when junior Lauren Crisler sank two free throws and the home team took a 12-6 lead into the second quarter ... Just under three minutes into the period the Eagles were up 20-9, but the visitors scored 13 unanswered points to snag the lead ... American finally scored with 1:55 until the break, but Lafayette tacked on six more points from long range by sophomores Sammy Stipa and then Anna Ptasinski -- with two seconds remaining -- to hold a 28-22 advantage ... Stipa opened the second half with another trey, just eight seconds in, but sophomore Maria Liddane answered with one of her own ... The Leopards drained another shortly after from senior Jamie O'Hare but the Eagles responded yet again, this time with one from freshman Cecily Carl ... Maia Hood sunk the last one of the back-and-forth battle for Lafayette ... AU chipped away at the score in the fourth to come within four with 2:43 on the clock, but the Leopards scored six of the final seven points for the win ... For Lafayette, O'Hare led with 15 points and added eight assists, while Stipa contributed 12 points ... Junior Ashley Lutz was one point shy of a double-double with nine points and 15 rebounds - including 11 defensive ... Carl led American with 16 points, while Crisler and Liddane pitched in 11 points each.

* Lehigh/Navy - It was a battle to the end and the Mountain Hawks walked away the victors, with a 51-48 win over the Mids at Alumni Hall in Annapolis on Wednesday night ... Both teams struggled to connect as Navy held a slight lead into the second period, 7-6, but it was Lehigh who went into the break ahead, 18-17 ... The teams continued to trade points, until the Mids pulled ahead at the end of the third with the final nine points, 34-32 ... The final 10 minutes of play saw each team trade points and featured five lead changes ... A layup by junior Lexi  Martins with 1:25 remaining changed the lead for the final time, putting the Mountain Hawks up by one, 49-48, as two final free throws from the visitors resulted in victory ... The contest overall saw 11 lead changes and four ties ... Lehigh's win over Navy was its first since Jan. 25, 2012 and snapped an eight-game losing streak ... Martins and sophomore Quinci Mann led the Mountain Hawks with 10 points each, while Martins also grabbed 13 rebounds for her 14th double-double of the season ... Senior Kerry Kinek also reached double figures with 12 boards ... Junior Sarita Condie led the Mids with 15 points and seven rebounds, while senior Peri Curtis contributed 12 points.

* Bucknell/Loyola Maryland - The Bison tacked another one on to their streak for seven-straight wins -- marking just the fourth time in program history to reach the feat - with a 71-64 win over the visiting Greyhounds on Wednesday night at Sojka Pavilion ... Loyola Maryland outscored  Bucknell 21-16 in the first period, but the home team took a 36-32 lead into the break ... The Bison started the pull away in the third quarter to hold a double-digit lead into the final 10 minutes, 54-44 ... However, the Greyhounds made a late run to close the gap to four, 66-62, with 39 seconds left in the game ... A total of five points from free throws from junior Claire DeBoer, sophomore Jacquie Klotz, and senior Tyler Craig helped but the game out of reach ... Klotz had an exceptional first half and posted a game-high 22 points ... DeBoer followed with 20, while freshman Kaitlyn Slagus chipped in 10 ... Both Klotz and DeBoer also hauled in seven rebounds each ... For Loyola, sophomore Bri Betz-White tallied 20 points, senior Colleen Marshall collected 18, and senior Jeneh Perry posted 11.