Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, February 18
West Point, NY
6:00 PM
Army West Point
15-14,9-7Patriot
53
vs
43
Lafayette College
9-20,7-9Patriot
1
2
F
Lafayette
15
28
43
Army West Point
27
26
53
Men's Basketball Defeats Lafayette, Improve to 9-7 in PL
February 18, 2023 | Men's Basketball
WEST POINT, NY – Army West Point men's basketball (15-14. 9-7 Patriot League) rebounded at home on Saturday night in a nationally televised game on CBS Sports Network, defeating Lafayette (9-20, 7-9), 53-43.
Army's defense was terrific, holding Lafayette to shoot just 16-63 (25.4%) from the field. Additionally, shooting just 6-30 (20.0%) from three-point. It was Lafayette's worst shooting percentage of the season.
In a low scoring affair, Army guard Jalen Rucker scored a game high 16 points on 7-17 shooting and grabbed five rebounds.
Army's defense was outstanding early holding Lafayette to just 10 points through the first 15 minutes of the first half, getting out to a 25-10 lead. During this stretch Army saw made three-pointers by Coleton Benson, TJ Small and Ethan Roberts.
Army held Lafayette to just 20.69% shooting (6-29) from the field and just 2-14 from three-point in the first half.
In the second half, Lafayette cut Army's lead to just six points, 31-25 at the 11:59 mark, after a made layup by Josh Rivera.
Jared Cross would strike on a big three-point several possessions later to push Army's lead back to nine, 34-25.
The Leopards cut into the Black Knights lead and got within five, 36-31, following made threes by Josh Rivera and Leo O'Boyle.
Later in the half, Cross made a clutch three again for Army with 4:04 to push Army to a 45-36 advantage.
Down the stretch, Rucker converted on pullup jumper to go up seven, 47-40 with less than three minutes to play.
Army would hold Lafayette scoreless over the last three minutes of play until they converted on a shot with just seconds remaining.
Jared Cross scored six points, shooting 2-3 from three-point.
Lafayette was led by Justin Vander Baan, who scored 13 points and Josh Rivera who scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Army's defense was terrific, holding Lafayette to shoot just 16-63 (25.4%) from the field. Additionally, shooting just 6-30 (20.0%) from three-point. It was Lafayette's worst shooting percentage of the season.
In a low scoring affair, Army guard Jalen Rucker scored a game high 16 points on 7-17 shooting and grabbed five rebounds.
Army's defense was outstanding early holding Lafayette to just 10 points through the first 15 minutes of the first half, getting out to a 25-10 lead. During this stretch Army saw made three-pointers by Coleton Benson, TJ Small and Ethan Roberts.
Army held Lafayette to just 20.69% shooting (6-29) from the field and just 2-14 from three-point in the first half.
In the second half, Lafayette cut Army's lead to just six points, 31-25 at the 11:59 mark, after a made layup by Josh Rivera.
Jared Cross would strike on a big three-point several possessions later to push Army's lead back to nine, 34-25.
The Leopards cut into the Black Knights lead and got within five, 36-31, following made threes by Josh Rivera and Leo O'Boyle.
Later in the half, Cross made a clutch three again for Army with 4:04 to push Army to a 45-36 advantage.
Down the stretch, Rucker converted on pullup jumper to go up seven, 47-40 with less than three minutes to play.
Army would hold Lafayette scoreless over the last three minutes of play until they converted on a shot with just seconds remaining.
Jared Cross scored six points, shooting 2-3 from three-point.
Lafayette was led by Justin Vander Baan, who scored 13 points and Josh Rivera who scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Team Stats
Laf
ARM
FG%
.254
.385
3FG%
.200
.208
FT%
.556
.500
RB
42
37
TO
10
10
STL
2
2
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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