ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Jordan Sugars scored 25 points and Navy defeated Colgate 75-55 Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The win gave Navy (11-19, 6-8 Patriot League) an identical conference record with Lehigh and Lafayette, both of which lost Saturday. Tiebreakers give Lehigh the fourth seed, and it will host Navy, the fifth seed and a team it swept this season, in the Patriot quarterfinals on Wednesday. Lafayette is sixth.
The Midshipmen swept the season series from Colgate (7-22, 4-10), which lost its third in a row, its fifth in the last six games and will be seeded seventh.
Sugars made 9 of 13 shots. Despite being outrebounded 35-27, the Midshipmen took 13 more shots than the Raiders, thanks to 14 steals. Colgate committed 22 turnovers to Navy’s nine.
