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Lafayette Leopards at American University Eagles

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Lafayette Leopards
5-14, 2-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
62 - 53
American University Eagles
5-14, 3-4 Home

Klinewski leads Lafayette to beat American University 62-53

Lafayette trailed 29-22 at the break, but Klinewski opened the second half with seven points as part of a 10-6 surge that cut American's lead to 35-32 with 16:15 left. Klinewski made back-to-back layups to give the Leopards (5-14, 3-5 Patriot League) a 46-44 edge with 5:50 left and they never trailed after that. Justin Jaworski drained a 3-pointer to make it 55-51 with 1:18 remaining and Lafayette held on for the win.

Alex Petrie added 14 points and six rebounds and Jaworski chipped in 11 points for the Leopards who had a 39-28 rebounding edge over American.

Sa'eed Nelson led the scoring for the Eagles (5-14, 2-6) with 15 points. Larry Motuzis added 11 points and six rebounds and Sam Iorio finished with 12 rebounds, just one off his career high.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 62 - 53
2nd 0:02 Matt Klinewski Defensive Rebound. 62 - 53
2nd 0:02 James Washington missed Three Point Jumper. 62 - 53
2nd 0:08 Alex Petrie made Free Throw. 62 - 53
2nd 0:08 Alex Petrie made Free Throw. 61 - 53

Statistics

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20-49 FG 22-58
41 Field Goal % 38
4-15 3PT 3-21
27 Three Point % 14
18-22 FT 6-8
82 Free Throw % 75
39 Rebounds 28
9 Offensive Rebounds 7
30 Defensive Rebounds 21
9 Assists 8
3 Steals 6
3 Blocks 2
11 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 2
11 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
4 Points Off Turnovers 9
2 Fast Break Points 6
28 Points in Paint 30
13 Fouls 19
9 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Venue: Bender Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 1,023 | Capacity:

2025-26 Patriot League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
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
Full Standings