CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – With a short schedule due to the holiday break, only six games were slated for the week with seven teams in action. Navy captured a final non-League win over rival Air Force 64-46, while Colgate “blocked” its way to a League victory at Lafayette, 72-59, to open the Patriot League slate. The eight other teams will open its League schedule in a week on Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Weekday Scores
Monday
Dartmouth 60, Holy Cross 54
Navy 64, Air Force 46

Tuesday
Morgan State 64, Bucknell 50
St. Francis Brooklyn 64, Loyola Maryland 54
Pitt 76, American 58
Colgate 72, Lafayette 59

Women’s Basketball Quick Notes
* Holy Cross was unable to reach Dartmouth after a run by the Big Green in the fourth quarter and fell to the Ivy for 60-54 in the final non-League game on Monday before Patriot League action begins … The Crusaders started with an 11-4 lead but a rally from Dartmouth and an exchanging of points resulted in the two teams going into the locker room at the break with the score tied at 31-31 … A 14-2 run by the Big Green  gave them a 49-37 lead in the fourth quarter, and the Crusaders were only able to come within two … Senior Lisa Mifsud (12 pts., 5 assists) and sophomore Infiniti Thomas-Waheed (12 pts., 4 stls., 3 reb.) led the team in scoring, while senior Molly Hourigan (11 pts., 9 reb.) and junior Madelyn Ganser (11 pts., 4 asst.) were right behind … The contest was the fifth annual “Get Fit with the Crusaders Game” and had the highest attendance in the history of the “Get Fit Game” … Over 2,800 public school student attended to help the overall spectator count reach 3,225 – the highest since the all-time record of 4,000 on Feb. 11, 2006.

* Navy came hot out of the gate on Monday, starting the game with a 14-0 run in the opening minutes to lead Air Force at the end of the first quarter, 20-7 … The start was all the Mids needed as they went on to capture a 64-46 home victory over the academy rivals … After Navy held a 33-17 advantage going into the break, the home team led the Falcons by at least 12 points throughout the remainder of the contest …  Four Mids ended the final non-League contest before the Patriot League slate with double-digit points … Sophomore Taylor Dunham led with 14 while junior Ashanti Kennedy was right behind with 13 … Junior Sarita Condie and freshman Bianca Roach each connected for 10 points … Kennedy also posted a team-best five rebounds.

* Bucknell was coming off its best game of the season but were unable to keep it going … The Bison fell to Morgan State on Tuesday, 64-50, to end the non-League schedule before beginning Patriot League action … The Bears capitalized on 18 Bucknell turnovers and scored 20 points, including 10 of their 16 points in the first quarter … Going into the half, Morgan State held a 34-23 lead and later led by as much as 14 points in the third frame … The Bison came within six with 8:28 in regulation but were unable to cut the deficit by any more … Sophomore Jacquie Klotz recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and 14 rebounds … Junior Claire DeBoer also saw double figures, chipping in 14 points.

* Loyola Maryland held a slight advantage, 20-19, after the first quarter but were held to just six points in the second frame by St. Francis Brooklyn and entered the break trailing by 13, 39-26 … The Greyhounds went on a 9-1 run to come within five with 1:23 left in the third quarter, but the Terriers went on to score four-unanswered points to close the frame and lead the remainder of the way … Loyola fell to St. Francis Brooklyn 64-50 on Tuesday … Senior Colleen Marshall led the team with nine points and four assists in addition to adding five rebounds … Classmate Jeneh Perry posted eight points and also had a team-best six rebounds … Sophomore CaLee Gelbaugh also chipped in eight points as well as a pair of assists and steals as she made her collegiate debut.

* American was unable to overcome a 26-point deficit at Pitt, dropping its final non-League game, 76-58, on Tuesday … The Eagles did, however, outscore the Panthers in the fourth quarter 24-18 … Sophomore Maria Liddane posted a career-high 12 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field … Junior Lauren Crisler pitched in 10 points and also hauled in seven rebounds.

* Lafayette dropped its Patriot League home opener on Tuesday to Colgate, 72-59 … Turnovers were the early demise for the home team in the opening 10 minutes, as the Leopards coughed up the ball nine times which resulted in seven Raider points … Lafayette came within three points, twice, in the third quarter but were unable to come any closer … Senior Jamie O’Hare tally a career-high 26 points, shooting 11-of-21 … The senior also continued her streak of posting at least three steals in every game this season.

* Colgate earned the first Patriot League win of the season with a 72-59 victory over Lafayette in Easton on Tuesday, never trailing to the home team at any point of the contest … Napier, New Zealand native Josie Stockill had a career night, posting personal game-bests of 27 points and 13 blocks … The senior set an NCAA individual-game high and a Patriot League record with her double-figures in blocks, and she is now the program’s all-time leader in blocks with 182 … Stockill’s defense also helped the Raiders total 18 blocks as a team, also an NCAA team game-high … Senior Randyll Butler also posted a double-double, notching 10 points and 10 rebounds, while senior Paige Kriftcher chipped in 16 points and junior Katie Curtis posted 11.

Boston University, Lafayette, and Colgate will be the first teams back in action, when the three teams take to the court on Monday, Dec. 28. Lafayette will also play Tuesday, Dec. 29, while the eight other teams open their Patriot League schedules on Wednesday, Dec. 30. All four contests, the final games in 2015, can all be watched on the Patriot League Network.