The American University men's basketball team suffered its first home loss of the season on Thursday against the top-seeded Bucknell Bison, 55-50. The Eagles led early but a second half surge from the Bison was too much as American's 11-game home win streak was snapped.

Daniel Munoz recorded a team-high 15 points with four assists as Troy Brewer added 13 and Tony Wroblicky tallied 11 points with a team-high eight rebounds.

"You look at the stats and both teams struggled to shoot the ball…it comes down to two things, one is the offensive rebounds. They had 12 and at least one, maybe two of the three's came after they got an offensive rebound," said Head Coach Jeff Jones following the game. "And of course Mike Muscala, he's just a force in there, he's a really good player and we did everything that we could to try to battle him but he obviously came up with another big game."

American (18-10, 9-4) opened the night with a 16-4 run to take a 18-8 lead early with 10:13 remaining. A three-pointer from Cameron Ayers ended the Eagles run as the Bison were able to cut the lead to 20-17 with 5:59 left.

But Bucknell (21-8, 11-2) continued to chip away at the Eagles' lead in the closing minutes of the first half. Bryson Johnson hit a three-pointer to put the score at 24-22 with 2:04 remaining before Brewer added a pull-up jumper to put the lead back at four. A pair of free throws from Muscala cut American's lead to 26-24 at the end of the first half.

American shot 35.7 percent from the field as Brewer led the team with nine points in the first half. Charles Hinkle recorded a team-high four rebounds. Muscala led the Bison with 14 points in the first half with the team shooting 31.0 percent from the field and 20.0 percent from beyond the arc. Both teams were perfect from the foul line in the first half.

The game was tied twice in the opening minutes of the second half before a three from Bryson Johnson gave the Bison a 33-32 lead with 13:12 left to play. Bucknell went on a 12-0 run to take the 50-40 lead at 2:22 before a three from Munoz cut it to 50-43.

The Eagles were able to bring the score within four points on a pair of free throws from Munoz with 55 seconds to play, but the Bison converted on 5-of-9 foul shots down the stretch for the 55-50 final score.

"That was the key difference, Bucknell hit the big shots down the stretch," Coach Jones said.

American shot 36.5 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from beyond the arc. The Bison shot 33.3 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from three-point range. Both teams shot 66.7 percent from the charity stripe. Muscala led Bucknell with a game-high 26 points and 14 rebounds as the Bison held a 39-36 advantage in rebounds and an 12-8 advantage in offensive boards.

The Eagles return home this Saturday, February 25 at 4 p.m. when they host Lafayette on Senior Day. Tickets are still available for the game and can be purchased by clicking here or calling (202) 885-TIXX. The game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.