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Army Black Knights at Bucknell Bison

· Patriot League Championship - 1st Round
11-20, 5-9 Away

vs
9-22, 5-8 Home

Bucknell takes on Army in Patriot League Tournament

Game Preview

Army Black Knights (11-20, 5-13 Patriot League) at Bucknell Bison (9-22, 6-12 Patriot League)

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Bucknell and Army meet in the Patriot League Tournament.

The Bison are 6-12 against Patriot League opponents and 3-10 in non-conference play. Bucknell has a 3-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Black Knights are 5-13 against Patriot League opponents. Army averages 11.3 turnovers per game and is 3-6 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

Bucknell is shooting 41.8% from the field this season, 4.9 percentage points lower than the 46.7% Army allows to opponents. Army averages 10.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 9.6 per game Bucknell gives up.

The teams square off for the third time this season. Bucknell won the last meeting 75-73 on Feb. 25. Amon Dorries scored 23 to help lead Bucknell to the victory, and Kevin McCarthy scored 21 points for Army.

TOP PERFORMERS: Achile Spadone is shooting 28.7% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Bison, while averaging 11.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals. Dorries is shooting 57.7% and averaging 21.8 points over the last 10 games.

Ryan Curry is scoring 13.5 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Black Knights. McCarthy is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bison: 3-7, averaging 70.4 points, 29.0 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 7.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 points per game.

Black Knights: 3-7, averaging 68.2 points, 30.5 rebounds, 15.4 assists, 6.7 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 40.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.0 points.

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Matchup Prediction

Bucknell: 63.4%
Army: 36.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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L3 Streak L1
77.6 Points Against 77.1
72.7 Points Per Game 67.4
42 Field Goal % 42
33 Three Point % 31
35.5 Rebounds Per Game 31.2
15.2 Assists Per Game 12.8
1.5 Blocks Per Game 1.9
5.8 Steals Per Game 7.2
0.6 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.7
12.5 Total Turnovers Per Game 13.6
77.6 Points Against 77.1

Game Information

Venue: Sojka Pavilion

Location: Lewisburg, PA
Capacity:

2025-26 Patriot League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Navy 17-1 - 25-6
Colgate 11-7 6 17-14
Lehigh 11-7 6 15-16
Boston University 10-8 7 15-16
American University 9-9 8 16-15
Loyola Maryland 8-10 9 12-19
Lafayette 8-10 9 11-20
Bucknell 6-12 11 9-22
Army 5-13 12 11-20
Holy Cross 5-13 12 10-21
Full Standings

Army Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ AMER AMER L 75-63
@ L-MD L-MD W 87-77
vs NAVY NAVY L 81-63
vs BUCK BUCK L 75-73
@ LAF LAF L 83-77

Bucknell Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ BU L 82-69
vs AMER L 75-57
vs HC L 72-63
@ ARMY W 75-73
@ LEH L 89-79