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Bucknell Basketball Teams on DirecTV Sunday

Bison Men and Women Both Face Holy Cross in PL Semifinals

Boakai Lalugba and the Bison face Holy Cross Sunday.

March 9, 2003

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Bucknell's men's and women's basketball teams are both one victory away from a date in the Patriot League championship game. Both squads face top-seeded Holy Cross Sunday at The Show Place Arena in the semifinals, and both games will be televised live nationally on DirecTV (Channel 611).

The fourth-seeded Bison women, coming off a thrilling 79-69 overtime victory over Navy on Friday, face Holy Cross at noon Sunday. Bob Socci and Jody Lavin-Patrick will call the action on the DirecTV broadcast.

Bucknell's men, seeded No. 5, will face 24-4 Holy Cross at 5 p.m Sunday evening. Socci and noted author John Feinstein will describe the action to the nationwide television audience.

Both Bucknell teams overcame double-digit deficits in the second half to pull our opening-round victories. The women trailed by 14 points with just under five minutes to play before a furious rally was capped by Molly Creamer's game-tying 3-pointer just before the final buzzer of regulation. The Bison men trailed Lehigh by 10 early in the second half, but a 25-6 run sent them to the semifinals for the 10th time in 13 years of Patriot League Tournament play.