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This is the week that college basketball players dream about, and it’s when coaches really earn their pay. This is a week for all fans to enjoy, at the Division I, II and III levels. On of the biggest games will involve the area’s hottest men’s team. Lehigh (18-9, 11-1) will try…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It can be brutally cold in Chicago at Thanksgiving, but that doesn’t stop Lehigh senior Jenny Callan from going outside in shorts and a sweatshirt to play one-on-one games with her three brothers in their parents’ suburban driveway. Games are to 21 and they are physical, which…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh women’s basketball team experienced a season-low Saturday in Easton, losing to Lafayette, which entered 0-3 in the Patriot League. Rivalry games bring out the best in both teams, but the theory of throwing out records should not apply when the Lehigh and Lafayette…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg coach Dave Madeira knows a Division I player when he sees one, and his eyes lit up when he first saw Lehigh junior guard Jose Olivero catch the ball, turn and bury a 3-pointer with such ease on Wednesday night. Not just once, not just twice but five times in Lehigh’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Winning in the playoffs often comes down to who handles the pressure the best as well as who bumps and grinds the hardest. That’s what Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo, the Patriot League’s player of the year, kept doing until only one second remained in the tournament quarterfinals…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Winning in the playoffs often comes down to who handles the pressure the best, and who bumps and grinds the hardest. That’s what Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo, the Patriot League’s player of the year, did until only one second remained in the tournament quarterfinals against…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior forward Mary Frances Hynoski doesn’t seem like just a basketball player to her teammates or coaches. “Mary is a tank,” said junior Jenny Callan. “It’s kind of like a football game out there,” said Lehigh coach Sue Troyan. “She’s banging people around, pushing,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Sue Troyan has finally earned the Patriot League Coach of the Year award that her star senior Jessica DePalo thought Troyan deserved four years ago. DePalo’s league-best 18.0 points per game, to go with her 5.4 rebounds and 47.9 percent field-goal shooting and…
· Andre D. Williams
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