US EditionCole Scores 16 as Navy Knocks Off Bucknell 74-69 in Patriot League Tournament
Navy extended its winning streak to 13 games with balanced scoring led by reserve Cam Cole’s 16 points in a close 74-69 victory over Bucknell.
- On Thursday, Navy Midshipmen defeated Bucknell 74-69 at Annapolis, Maryland, in the Patriot League quarterfinals.
- Behind bench production and perimeter shooting, reserve Cam Cole scored 16 points with five rebounds and three blocks, while Jinwoo Kim and Austin Benigni each scored 14 as Navy trailed 39-36 at halftime.
- In the final stretch, Woods' scoring finished off Bucknell's upset bid, with Woods scoring Navy's final seven points to seal the victory.
- The Navy Midshipmen extended their 13-game winning streak to 26-6 and will host 4-seeded Boston University in a semifinal Sunday.
- Navy hasn't appeared in the NCAA men's basketball tournament since 1998, and observers noted this might be Navy Midshipmen's best chance to end that drought after winning the regular season.
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The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressTop-seeded Navy reaches Patriot League semis with 13th straight win, but it doesn’t come easy
Navy hasn’t appeared in the NCAA men’s basketball championship tournament since 1998. The Midshipmen might never have a better chance to end that drought. They won the Patriot League regular season going away, though their first conference tournament game provided peril. Playing at home in Annapolis, Maryland, they won 74-69 Thursday night by escaping an upset bid from the eighth-seeded Bucknell Bison in a Patriot League quarterfinal. Reserve Ca…
The Baltimore Sun
Capital GazetteNavy men’s basketball rallies past Bucknell in Patriot League quarterfinals
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Cole scores 16 as Navy knocks off Bucknell 74-69 in Patriot League Tournament
Cam Cole scored 16 points off of the bench to lead the Navy Midshipmen past the Bucknell Bison 74-69 in the Patriot League Tournament on Thursday.
Woods and Cole Lead Second-Half Rally for Mids Past Bison
Mike Woods and Cam Cole accounted for 12 points during a 15-0 run that boosted the Navy men's basketball team to a lead it would not relinquish in an eventual 74-69 victory over Bucknell, Thursday night at Alumni Hall in Annapolis in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament. The victory by the top-seeded Mids over the eighth-seeded Bison advances Navy to a Sunday home semifinal game against fourth-seeded Boston University at 2 p.m.
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