2005 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
March 4, 6, 11
Worcester, MA (Holy Cross Campus)
Lewisburg, PA (Bucknell Campus)



First Round, March 4th
@Worcester, MA
Game 1: #1 Holy Cross 76, #8 Army 42
Game 2: #4 Lehigh 77, #5 Colgate 60
@Lewisburg, PA
Game 3: #2 Bucknell 70, #7 Lafayette 34
Game 4: #3 American 85, #6 Navy 83 (OT)
Semifinals, March 6th
@Worcester, MA
Game 5: #1 Holy Cross 57, #4 Lehigh 53 (OT)
@Lewisburg, PA
Game 6: #2 Bucknell 53, #3 American 35
Patriot League Championship, March 11th
Game 7: #2 Bucknell @ #1 Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. -- Joe Knight hit 10 3-pointers and scored 45 points -- both new tournament records -- as Lehigh defeated Colgate 77-60 in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament. Lehigh will face Holy Cross, a 76-42 winner over Army, in the semifinals on Sunday. Knight broke the previous tournament record of 43 points set by Rod Feaster of Holy Cross in 1994 and Mark Lueking of Army in 1995. Seth Schaeffer's record of seven 3-pointers for Colgate had stood since 1998. Knight shot 15 of 19 overall and missed just two three-point attempts. He also led Lehigh with seven rebounds and three steals. Kyle Roemer, who led Colgate (12-16) with 18 points, scored 10 in the first half as Colgate led by as much as 23-11. But Knight shot Lehigh (14-14) back into the game. Knight connected on three consecutive 3-pointers, as Lehigh went on a 13-4 run, to pull within a point, 29-28, at halftime. In the second half, Knight's 3-pointer tied it at 37-37 with 14:02 to play, and he then scored 10 straight points. His final field goal in the surge put Lehigh ahead 47-41 with 11:50 left. Lehigh's 11-6 run made it 60-47 with 9:33 remaining. Knight set the tourney record with a 3-pointer with 8:05 remaining, giving Lehigh a 63-51 lead.

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Matej Cresnik scored a career-high 30 points and Linas Lekavicius scored with 4.7 seconds left in overtime to help American beat Navy 85-83 in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament on Friday. Navy's David Hooper scored his fifth 3-pointer with 34 seconds left to tie the score 83-83 before Lekavicius' game-winner. Teammate Corey Johnson had made a 3-pointer as time expired in regulation to tie the score 77-77 and force the extra period. Raimonda Petrauskas and Andre Ingram each had 13 points for American and Lekavicius added 12 in the game, which saw the lead change hands 13 times. Matt Fannin and Greg Sprink each scored 20 points for Navy and Hooper added 17, all after the first half. Navy went on a 9-0 early in the second half, with two 3-pointers from Hooper, to take a 52-50 lead. After that, neither team led by more than three points in the final 14 minutes of regulation and overtime.

LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Charles Lee scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Bucknell to a 70-34 victory over Lafayette in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament on Friday. Abe Badmus had 13 points and Kevin Bettencourt added nine for Bucknell, which scored the first nine points of the game and led 34-16 at the half. The Bison shot almost 40 percent (25-of-63) overall, including 10 of 28 3-pointers, and made 10 of 15 free throws. Jamaal Douglas had 12 points, 10 of them in the first half, for Lafayette, which scored the first five points of the second half to close the gap to 13 points. Bucknell extended the margin again with six 3-pointers among 13 second-half baskets. Lafayette, which ended the season 9-19, shot only 26 percent from the field, including only two of 16 three-point attempts, and had only 28 rebounds to Bucknell's 46. The Leopards' 34 points were the fewest in Patriot League Tournament history. Bucknell plays American, which prevailed over Navy 85-83 in overtime, on Sunday.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Kevin Hamilton scored 16 points as top-seeded Holy Cross pulled away in the second half for a 76-42 win over Army in the first round of the Patriot League tournament on Friday night. Holy Cross (23-5), which won its 15th straight game, will play Lehigh at home in the semifinals on Sunday. Lehigh, the defending tournament champion, defeated Colgate 77-60 on Friday. The Crusaders led 29-27 at halftime, but outscored the Cadets 47-15 in the second half. Holy Cross opened the second half with a 14-3 run sparked by Hamilton with a pair of 3-pointers, for a 43-30 lead. Corban Bates scored two field goals and Colin Harris added a pair of free throws as Army (3-24) pulled within 43-34 with 13:28 left. But Keith Simmons scored eight points in a 12-4 run as Holy Cross took a 58-40 lead with 7:40 left. Matt Bell, who had 13 points to lead Army, scored nine points and Erik Engstrom had four as the Cadets led most of the first half. Hamilton scored a 3-pointer with 50 seconds left in the half to give the Crusaders the halftime lead.