Wednesday, January 14
Lewisburg, Pa.
7:30 p.m.
Bucknell University
6-12,3-2Patriot
76
vs
69
Lafayette
4-14,1-4Patriot
1
2
F
Lafayette
30
39
69
Bucknell
36
40
76
Photo by: Isabelle Roes
Second Half Rally Powers Bison Men to 76-69 Win over Lafayette
1/14/2026 9:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
POSTGAME WITH JOHN GRIFFIN AND ACHILE SPADONE:
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Freshman Pat Curtin scored 17 points and classmate Amon Dörries tallied 15 despite second-half foul trouble, and the Bucknell men's basketball team posted its second straight win, 76-69 over Lafayette on Wednesday night at Sojka Pavilion. The Bison improved to 3-2 in Patriot League play (3-0 at home) and are one game behind co-leaders Colgate and Navy with a trip to Colgate coming up on Saturday.Â
Bucknell was without the services of key frontcourt players Ruot Bijiek and Grgur Brcic, and the Bison started a four-guard lineup. The forward line grew even thinner when the 6'11" Dörries was called for his second, third and fourth fouls in the opening three minutes of the second half. Junior forward Patrick O'Brien gave the team a huge lift off the bench with five big points, including a 3-point play that ignited a game-changing 11-0 run with Dörries on the bench.Â
Bucknell led 36-30 at halftime but started the second half 0-for-6 with five turnovers, and Lafayette went up 42-37 after a Misha Bednostin put-back. But the Bison buckled down defensively, holding the Leopards without a field goal for the next five minutes. O'Brien's and-one cut the margin to 42-40, Curtin tied it with a fastbreak layup, and then Jayden Williams and Curtin hit back-to-back 3-pointers to restore the six-point lead.Â
Christian Humphrey-Rembert, who had a huge night with five 3-pointers and a team-high 21 points, had a tip-in and a three to pull Lafayette within 53-52, but the Bison never relinquished the lead. O'Brien finished a pick-and-roll layup off a feed from Curtin, and then after Dörries returned at the 6-minute mark, Aleksander Pachucki hit a 3-pointer and Dörries scored in the lane to push Bucknell's lead up to eight. Ryan Pettit's layup pulled Lafayette within 60-57 at the 3:58 mark, but consecutive threes from Dörries and Pachucki, the latter from about 30 feet at the end of the shot clock, made it a 66-57 game with 2:40 left.
Bucknell went 8-for-8 from the foul line in the final 1:16, but one turnover in the backcourt led to five straight Lafayette points, but Curtin shook loose for a breakaway layup and then made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 9.5 left to ice it.Â
The Bison got out to a slow start and trailed 14-7 after a Joshua Wyche layup. Treys from Williams and Curtin sparked a 13-3 run, and there would be eight lead changes and four ties in the opening 20 minutes. Freshman Jacob Meachem gave Bucknell some big minutes off the bench in the first half, scoring a season-high nine points on 4-for-4 shooting. Spadone's step-back 3-pointer just before the buzzer after Pachucki tipped out a free-throw miss gave the Bison a 36-30 lead at the break.Â
Bucknell has struggled from the 3-point arc this season but had its best showing of the campaign in terms of percentage. The Bison canned 12 of 22 (.545) from deep, with seven different players making at least one. They shot a season-best 51.0 percent overall and finished 12-for-14 from the foul line. Lafayette shot 42.9 percent from the field and went 11-for-27 from 3-point range and 10-for-13 from the charity stripe.Â
Despite the depth issues in the frontcourt, Bucknell outrebounded Lafayette 34-26 and parlayed seven offensive rebounds into 14 second-chance points.Â
Spadone was Bucknell's third double-digit scorer with 10 points, and he grabbed eight rebounds for the second straight game. Curtin, this week's Patriot League Rookie of the Week after a 25-point game against Loyola, went 6-for-12 from the field, 3-for-5 from the 3-point arc, and 2-for-2 from the foul line. He also tallied six rebounds and four assists. Williams finished with nine points and five assists with only one turnover.Â
Bucknell has now won 14 straight regular-season home games against Patriot League foes, and now the Bison head to Colgate for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday. The Raiders held off Loyola 86-80 on Wednesday in Baltimore.Â
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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Freshman Pat Curtin scored 17 points and classmate Amon Dörries tallied 15 despite second-half foul trouble, and the Bucknell men's basketball team posted its second straight win, 76-69 over Lafayette on Wednesday night at Sojka Pavilion. The Bison improved to 3-2 in Patriot League play (3-0 at home) and are one game behind co-leaders Colgate and Navy with a trip to Colgate coming up on Saturday.Â
Bucknell was without the services of key frontcourt players Ruot Bijiek and Grgur Brcic, and the Bison started a four-guard lineup. The forward line grew even thinner when the 6'11" Dörries was called for his second, third and fourth fouls in the opening three minutes of the second half. Junior forward Patrick O'Brien gave the team a huge lift off the bench with five big points, including a 3-point play that ignited a game-changing 11-0 run with Dörries on the bench.Â
Bucknell led 36-30 at halftime but started the second half 0-for-6 with five turnovers, and Lafayette went up 42-37 after a Misha Bednostin put-back. But the Bison buckled down defensively, holding the Leopards without a field goal for the next five minutes. O'Brien's and-one cut the margin to 42-40, Curtin tied it with a fastbreak layup, and then Jayden Williams and Curtin hit back-to-back 3-pointers to restore the six-point lead.Â
Christian Humphrey-Rembert, who had a huge night with five 3-pointers and a team-high 21 points, had a tip-in and a three to pull Lafayette within 53-52, but the Bison never relinquished the lead. O'Brien finished a pick-and-roll layup off a feed from Curtin, and then after Dörries returned at the 6-minute mark, Aleksander Pachucki hit a 3-pointer and Dörries scored in the lane to push Bucknell's lead up to eight. Ryan Pettit's layup pulled Lafayette within 60-57 at the 3:58 mark, but consecutive threes from Dörries and Pachucki, the latter from about 30 feet at the end of the shot clock, made it a 66-57 game with 2:40 left.
Aleksander Pachucki's three-pointer from deep with the shot clock winding down proved the dagger.
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Bucknell went 8-for-8 from the foul line in the final 1:16, but one turnover in the backcourt led to five straight Lafayette points, but Curtin shook loose for a breakaway layup and then made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 9.5 left to ice it.Â
The Bison got out to a slow start and trailed 14-7 after a Joshua Wyche layup. Treys from Williams and Curtin sparked a 13-3 run, and there would be eight lead changes and four ties in the opening 20 minutes. Freshman Jacob Meachem gave Bucknell some big minutes off the bench in the first half, scoring a season-high nine points on 4-for-4 shooting. Spadone's step-back 3-pointer just before the buzzer after Pachucki tipped out a free-throw miss gave the Bison a 36-30 lead at the break.Â
Bucknell has struggled from the 3-point arc this season but had its best showing of the campaign in terms of percentage. The Bison canned 12 of 22 (.545) from deep, with seven different players making at least one. They shot a season-best 51.0 percent overall and finished 12-for-14 from the foul line. Lafayette shot 42.9 percent from the field and went 11-for-27 from 3-point range and 10-for-13 from the charity stripe.Â
Despite the depth issues in the frontcourt, Bucknell outrebounded Lafayette 34-26 and parlayed seven offensive rebounds into 14 second-chance points.Â
Spadone was Bucknell's third double-digit scorer with 10 points, and he grabbed eight rebounds for the second straight game. Curtin, this week's Patriot League Rookie of the Week after a 25-point game against Loyola, went 6-for-12 from the field, 3-for-5 from the 3-point arc, and 2-for-2 from the foul line. He also tallied six rebounds and four assists. Williams finished with nine points and five assists with only one turnover.Â
Bucknell has now won 14 straight regular-season home games against Patriot League foes, and now the Bison head to Colgate for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday. The Raiders held off Loyola 86-80 on Wednesday in Baltimore.Â
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Team Stats
Laf
Buck
FG%
.429
.510
3FG%
.407
.545
FT%
.769
.857
RB
26
34
TO
11
15
STL
4
5
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
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