Saturday, January 9
Lewisburg, Pa.
4 p.m.
Bucknell University
0-3,0-3Patriot
60
vs
83
Lafayette
2-1,2-1Patriot
1
2
F
Lafayette
46
37
83
Bucknell
25
35
60
Andrew Funk (10)
Men's Basketball Falls to Lafayette, 83-60
1/9/2021 6:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Lafayette built a big early lead and went on to defeat Bucknell 83-60 in a Patriot League Central Division game on Saturday at Sojka Pavilion. Bouyed by 20 offensive rebounds and 17 steals, the Leopards improved to 2-1 on the season, while the Bison fell to 0-3. E.J. Stephens scored a game-high 18 points to lead Lafayette, while Andrew Funk scored 15 points for Bucknell.
Xander Rice scored nine points and handed out a team-high three assists for the Bison. Miles Latimer, making his Bucknell debut, contributed nine points. Andre Screen scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked three shots and recorded a pair of steals. Walter Ellis had 8 points and 4 steals.
The Leopards scored 23 second chance points off of their 20 offensive rebounds, and their defense forced 22 Bison turnovers, which led to 25 points. Five players for Lafayette recorded multiple steals, led by five from guard Tyrone Perry. Center Neal Quinn recorded 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds for Lafayette in 21 minutes of action.
"I thought we played very timid, especially on the offensive end," said head coach Nathan Davis. "And when something bad happened on offense, it affected our defense where we would get beat on a backdoor cut or not block out and give up an easy offensive rebound. I thought we had a good four days of practice this week, but good practices aren't translating to the games and we have to quickly figure out why that is."
For the second straight game the Bison got out to a slow start offensively. Lafayette led 11-2 after a Kyle Jenkins 3-pointer just over four minutes into the contest. Funk's pull-up jumper at the 15:13 mark was Bucknell's first field goal, and the Bison trailed by just six at 14-8 after an Ellis layup two minutes later. But the Bison would make just one more field goal over the next seven-plus minutes, and an 18-3 run stretched Lafayette's lead to 32-11.
Down 46-27 at the break, Bucknell made some headway in second half thanks to some better defensive rebounding. Miles Latimer, making his Bucknell debut, scored seven straight Bison points with a pair of layups and a 3-pointer. Later in the half, Rice hit a 3-pointer, Jake van der Heijden fed Paul Newman for a layup, and then van der Heijden scored himself off a Latimer feed to get the Bison within 12 with 6:23 remaining. That would be Bucknell's last field goal until the final 32 seconds of the game, however. Jenkins' 3-pointer pushed the margin back to 18 and keyed what would become a 16-2 run. Quinn's follow gave Lafayette its largest lead of 26 at 80-54 with 1:16 to go.
Bucknell shot an even 40 percent on the night and went 6-for-20 from 3-point distance. Lafayette shot 40.6 percent, including 9-for-22 shooting from the arc.
The Bison return to action Sunday in Easton, Pa., taking on the Leopards again. Tip off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and televised on SNY.
Gallery: (1-9-2021) Men's Basketball vs. Lafayette
Xander Rice scored nine points and handed out a team-high three assists for the Bison. Miles Latimer, making his Bucknell debut, contributed nine points. Andre Screen scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked three shots and recorded a pair of steals. Walter Ellis had 8 points and 4 steals.
The Leopards scored 23 second chance points off of their 20 offensive rebounds, and their defense forced 22 Bison turnovers, which led to 25 points. Five players for Lafayette recorded multiple steals, led by five from guard Tyrone Perry. Center Neal Quinn recorded 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds for Lafayette in 21 minutes of action.
"I thought we played very timid, especially on the offensive end," said head coach Nathan Davis. "And when something bad happened on offense, it affected our defense where we would get beat on a backdoor cut or not block out and give up an easy offensive rebound. I thought we had a good four days of practice this week, but good practices aren't translating to the games and we have to quickly figure out why that is."
For the second straight game the Bison got out to a slow start offensively. Lafayette led 11-2 after a Kyle Jenkins 3-pointer just over four minutes into the contest. Funk's pull-up jumper at the 15:13 mark was Bucknell's first field goal, and the Bison trailed by just six at 14-8 after an Ellis layup two minutes later. But the Bison would make just one more field goal over the next seven-plus minutes, and an 18-3 run stretched Lafayette's lead to 32-11.
Down 46-27 at the break, Bucknell made some headway in second half thanks to some better defensive rebounding. Miles Latimer, making his Bucknell debut, scored seven straight Bison points with a pair of layups and a 3-pointer. Later in the half, Rice hit a 3-pointer, Jake van der Heijden fed Paul Newman for a layup, and then van der Heijden scored himself off a Latimer feed to get the Bison within 12 with 6:23 remaining. That would be Bucknell's last field goal until the final 32 seconds of the game, however. Jenkins' 3-pointer pushed the margin back to 18 and keyed what would become a 16-2 run. Quinn's follow gave Lafayette its largest lead of 26 at 80-54 with 1:16 to go.
Bucknell shot an even 40 percent on the night and went 6-for-20 from 3-point distance. Lafayette shot 40.6 percent, including 9-for-22 shooting from the arc.
The Bison return to action Sunday in Easton, Pa., taking on the Leopards again. Tip off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and televised on SNY.
Team Stats
Laf
Buck
FG%
.406
.400
3FG%
.409
.300
FT%
.720
.700
RB
44
32
TO
14
22
STL
17
9
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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