HAMILTON, N.Y. — Keegan Records set a career-high 21 points and Colgate thrashed Bucknell 105-75 in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament on Wednesday night.
No. 2-seed Colgate will face upstart ninth seed Loyola (6-10) for the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
Jordan Burns had 18 points and seven assists for Colgate (13-1), Nelly Cummings scored 14 and Jack Ferguson 12. Colgate has won both contests this season when at least reaching the century mark, and Wednesday’s effort was a season high.
Colgate entered the contest with the fourth-highest scoring offense in NCAA Division I averaging 86 points per game.
John Meeks scored 23 points for Bucknell (5-7) and Andrew Funk 13.
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