LEWISBURG — Bucknell came up just shy at Sojka Pavilion of defeating Holy Cross in a Patriot League contest in men’s basketball, 80-73.
The loss puts Bucknell at 8-3 overall and 1-7 in the Patriot League while HOly Cross is 7-14 and 4-4 in the Patriot League.
At halftime, the Bison trailed by six points to Holy Cross. Bucknell had a huge boost from its bench reserves, holding a 21-10 points edge against Holy Cross. Both teams scored 36 points in the paint.
Bucknell held a lead for 4:01 as there were five lead changes and two ties.
Bucknell had three players in double figures as Alex Timmerman had a near double-double with 17 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Jack Forrest added 14 points and Ruot Bijiek came off the bench to add 12. Elvin Edmonds IV added nine.
Holy Cross was led by Will Batchelder’s 22 points, Gerrale Gates’ 18 and Bo Montgomery’s 13.
HOLY CROSS (7-14, 4-4 PL)
Gerrale Gates 8-14 2-8 18; Caleb Kenney 4-6 0-0 8; Bo Montgomery 5-10 1-3 13; Joe Octave 4-12 0-2 9; Will Batchelder 6-10 5-5 22; Nolan Dorsey 0-2 1-2 1; Jaden Kirkwood 2-2 0-0 6; Jade Tse 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 30-57 10-21 80.
BUCKNELL (8-13, 1-7 PL)
Alex Timmerman 7-10 3-4 17; Andre Screen 2-2 1-3 5; Elvin Edmonds 3-10 2-5 9; Xander Rice 2-11 3-3 7; Jack Forrest 6-13 0-0 14; Ruot Bijiek 5-7 1-2 12; Josh Adoh 3-6 0-0 7; Josh Bascoe 1-1 0-0 2; Ian MOtta 0-0 0-0 0; Jake van der Heijden 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 10-17 73.
Halftime: HC 38-32. 3-point goals: HC 10-19 (Batchelder 5-7, Montgomery 2-3, Kirkwood 2-2, Octave 1-5, Dorsey 0-2), Bucknell 5-23 (Forrest 2-6, Edmonds IV 1-6, Bijiek 1-2, Adoh 1-3, van der Heijden 0-1, Timmerman 0-1). Fouled out: HC-none; Bucknell-none. Rebounds: HC 33 (Gates 8), Bucknell 35 (Timmerman 9). Assists: HC 19 (Gates 6), Bucknell 14 (Rice 5). Technical fouls: HC-none; Bucknell-none. Total fouls: HC 21, Bucknell 21. A: 1,219.
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