Lehigh Mountain Hawks @ Bucknell Bison

6-11, 4-1 Patriot

Final

	1	2	T
Lehigh LEH	44	53	97
Bucknell BUCK	33	31	64

Bucknell BisonBucknellBUCK

3-14, 0-5 Patriot

Higgins Jr carries Lehigh over Bucknell 97-64

Jan 14, 2023, 11:25 am

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- — Keith Higgins Jr had a season-high 26 points as Lehigh easily beat Bucknell 97-64 on Thursday night.

Higgins Jr hit 6 of 9 3-pointers and added nine assists. Evan Taylor added 21 points for for Lehigh (6-11, 4-1 Patriot League). Nic Lynch had 15 points. Tyler Whitney-Sidney added 11 points and eight rebounds.

The 97 points were a season best for Lehigh, which also registered season highs with 18 3-pointers and 25 assists.

Andre Screen had 17 points and four assists for the Bison (3-14, 0-5), whose losing streak reached six games. Andrew Funk added 15 points. Xander Rice had 12 points.

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Game Information

Lewisburg, PA

Referee:Lionel Butler

Referee:Tony Crisp

Referee:Jim McMahon

NCAA Division I

Patriot League	CONF	GB	OVR
Navy	17-1	-	26-8
Colgate	11-7	6	18-15
Lehigh	11-7	6	18-17
Boston University	10-8	7	17-17
American University	9-9	8	16-16
Loyola Maryland	8-10	9	12-20
Lafayette	8-10	9	11-21
Bucknell	6-12	11	10-23
Army	5-13	12	11-21
Holy Cross	5-13	12	11-22

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