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Bison women hold off American

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American attempted to rally back in the fourth quarter, but Bucknell held on for an exciting 64-64 victory over American on Saturday at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C., in a Patriot League contest.

The Bison are currently 15-2 in the league and host Army on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Patriot League playoffs begin on Monday, March 11.

Bucknell had four players in double figures as Abby Kapp led the Bison with a 15-point effort.

Kaitlyn Slagus posted an 11-point, 11-rebound double-double, Ellie Mack scored 13 points and Kate Walker scored 11.

Bucknell trailed by three points after the first quarter and took a 36-34 lead into the half.

Bucknell held a two-point lead after three quarters and held off American.

American had just two players in double figures as Indeya Sanders came off the bench to score 15 and Cecily Carl scored 14.

Bucknell 65, American 64

BUCKNELL (24-5, 15-2 PL)

Abby Kapp 6-7 2-2 15; Ellie Mack 3-9 6-8 13; Kaitlyn Slagus 3-7 3-4 11; Kate Walker 5-8 0-0 11; Kyi English 0-7 3-4 3; Taylor O’Brien 3-8 0-0 7; Ally Johnson 1-4 0-2 3; Marly Walls 1-2 0-0 2; Autumn Ceppi 0-1 0-0 0; Maegan Mikkelsen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 14-20 65.

AMERICAN (19-9, 15-2 PL)

Cecily Carl 5-8 0-0 14; Katie Marenyi 4-10 0-0 9; Jade Edwards 3-7 2-3 9; Elina Koskimies 3-6 0-0 7; Kaitlyn Lewis 1-6 1-2 3; Indeya Sanders 5-8 5-8 15; Emily Fisher 2-4 1-2 5; Morgan Batner 1-1 0-0 2; Taylor Brown 0-0 0-0 0; TaeKenya Cleveland 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 9-15 64.

Bucknell 18 18 17 12 — 65

American 21 13 17 13 — 64

3-point goals: Bucknell 7-21 (Slagus 2-4, Kapp 1-2, Walker 1-1, O’Brien 1-3, Johnson 1-3, Mack 1-6, English 0-2), American 7-18 (Carl 4-4, Marenyi 1-3, Edwards 1-3, Koskimies 1-3, Cleveland 0-1, Fisher 0-1, Lewis 0-3). Fouled out: Bucknell-Walker; American-Carl. Rebounds: Bucknell 31 (Slagus 11), American 32 (Edwards 6, Sanders 6). Assists: Bucknell 10 (Slagus 4), American 16 (Sanders 4, Fisher 4). Technical fouls: Bucknell-none, American-none. Total fouls: Bucknell 19, American 16. A: 770.

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