Scores

Final

Navy 54

(7-16, 1-6 Patriot)

Bucknell 69

(19-4, 6-1 Patriot)

7:00 PM ET, February 2, 2013

Sojka Pavilion, Lewisburg, PA

1 2 T
NAVY 22 3254
BUCK 34 3569

Top Performers

Navy: K. Alter 15 Pts, 1 Reb, 1 Ast

Bucknell: M. Muscala 11 Pts, 19 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Blk

Bucknell 69, Navy 54

Associated Press

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Bryson Johnson scored a season-high 20 points while Mike Muscala added 11 points and matched his career best of 19 rebounds to help Patriot League leader Bucknell defeat Navy 69-54 Saturday night for its third straight win.

Johnson hit four of his six 3-pointers as the Bison (19-4, 6-1) took a 21-8 lead. Bucknell expanded its lead to 16 before taking a 34-22 cushion into halftime.

The Bison led by as many as 24 after the break and had a 47-20 rebounding advantage for the game.

Bucknell outshot the Midshipmen 46.9 percent (23 of 49) to 31.7 percent (19 of 60).

The Bison committed 21 turnovers, leading to 25 Navy points, while the Midshipmen had only eight miscues.

Kevin Alter scored 15 points and Worth Smith and Brandon Venturini added 11 apiece to pace Navy (7-16, 1-6), which has lost four in a row and 10 of its past 11.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
NAVY
BUCK
Points 54 69
FG Made-Attempted 19-60 (.317) 23-49 (.469)
3P Made-Attempted 6-15 (.400) 7-19 (.368)
FT Made-Attempted 10-11 (.909) 16-19 (.842)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 19 (0/0) 18 (0/0)
Largest Lead 0 24

Game Leaders

 
NAVY
BUCK
PointsK. Alter 15B. Johnson 20
ReboundsW. Smith 6M. Muscala 19
AssistsT. Dunbar 5M. Muscala 3
StealsB. Venturini 2R. Frazier 1
BlocksP. Guglielmo 1D. Hoffman 2
Team Stats: Navy | Bucknell

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
» Feb 2, 2013 @BUCK 69, NAVY 54Recap
Mar 2, 2013 BUCK 62, @NAVY 46Recap
Mar 6, 2013 @BUCK 58, NAVY 42Recap

Next 5 Games

NAVY
BUCK
02/09 LAF 7:00pm
02/12 @HC 7:00pm
02/16 ARMY 2:00pm
02/20 AMER 7:00pm
02/24 @COLG 12:00pm
 02/09 @ARMY 4:00pm
02/13 COLG 7:00pm
02/16 @LAF 2:00pm
02/18 @LEH 7:00pm
02/24 HC 12:00pm
Complete Schedule: Navy | Bucknell

Patriot League Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Bucknell12-228-5
Lehigh10-421-9
Lafayette10-419-15
Army8-616-15
Holy Cross4-1012-18
Colgate5-911-21
American University5-910-20
Navy2-128-23
View expanded standings »

Research Notes

Mike Muscala of Bucknell had 19 rebounds on Saturday against Navy, the second time he has had 19 rebounds in a game this season. Muscala becomes the fourth Division I player to have at least 19 rebounds in two games this season (O.D. Anosike of Siena, Andre Roberson of Colorado, and Cole Dickerson of San Francisco are the others).

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