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No tears trickled, no heads hung. A daunting task for Lehigh Thursday night was over in Oklahoma City. Overmatched inside the paint and simply not as gifted as No. 1 Kansas, Lehigh failed in its attempt at history and succumbed like every other No. 16 seed in the history of the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The spotlight belonged to Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks were the last team to meet the media and the last team to practice at the Ford Center on Wednesday. But tonight, the Patriot League champions hope to make history by becoming the first 16th seed to beat a No. 1 seed in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Less than an hour ago, Lehigh practiced for the final time in preparation for its NCAA Tournament first-round game against Kansas Thursday night at the Ford Center. Barring the biggest upset in tournament history it was the last practice of this season, but the Mountain Hawks…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Pride and jubilation extended from one former Lehigh 1,000-point scorer to another Sunday night during the NCAA Selection Show. Ed Cahn, 1955 Lehigh graduate and the first 1,000-point scorer in school history, stood off to the side, his eyes focused on the big screen television…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Fear did not enter into the hearts of Lehigh players. Never mind the mammoth challenge ahead in Oklahoma City. Excitement still reigned at Goosey Gander in Bethlehem on Sunday when the Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks (22-10) discovered they will play Kansas (32-2) in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →LEHIGH79 AMERICAN57 Lehigh senior Dave Buchberger was on from downtown. Freshman C.J. McCollum was on from everywhere. Then, there was senior guard Marquis Hall simply playing an all-around smooth game and senior forward Zahir Carrington rebounding with force. The sensational…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Patriot League tournament is now about survival and in the case of Lehigh junior guard Prentice Small, about just getting on the floor and staying on it by any means possible. If that means chasing around the opponent’s toughest guard, so be it. If that means, diving…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman C.J. McCollum was rewarded for his end-to-end domination and Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon was honored for leading a team not expected to do well to a third-place finish in the Patriot League regular season. McCollum averaged a league-best 27.8 points over the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh had no problem with perimeter defense against Bucknell and no letdown in its biggest home game in six years Wednesday night. Freshman C.J. McCollum scored 12 consecutive points during one stretch and seniors Marquis Hall and Zahir Carrington got what they’ve coveted their…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The numbers 94, 81, 85 and 90 were not pulled out of a lottery drawing. They represent the trials of defeat for the Lehigh men in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks gave up those point-totals in their four league losses. Lehigh also has eight league wins, tops with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington was already working the paint with vengeance. Then, he rocked the backboard with two dunks within one minute, five-second span in the early minutes of the second half at Stabler Arena, rousing the crowd of 3,849. That really got Carrington pumped…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington was already working the paint with vengeance. Then, he rocked the backboard with two dunks within one minute, five-second span in the early minutes of the second half at Stabler Arena, rousing the crowd of 3,849. That really got Carrington pumped…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Unable to gain weight and realizing that playing quarterback wasn’t in his athletic future, C.J. McCollum gave up on football and concentrated more on basketball in the eighth grade. The basketball coach at Glen Oak High in Canton, Ohio, had to love that decision because…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior guard Marquis Hall, the Patriot League preseason men’s basketball player of the year, has added muscle, which is a good thing because he’ll have more weight on his shoulders this season. Hall joins senior forward Zahir Carrington in a quest to lead the Mountain…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The men’s basketball teams at Lehigh and Lafayette both ended the regular season in a way coaches fret about and in a way players wish they could have back. Lehigh, considered a preseason Patriot League title contender, lost its final three games and lost six of its last eight…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →March is not here yet. It just seemed like it Sunday afternoon as rivals Lehigh and Lafayette played a March Madness-like game at Stabler Arena. It featured a momentum shifts galore, fierce scrambles for loose balls, five ties, six lead changes, and spirited taunts…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was a dejected look that told the tale of a Patriot League men’s basketball game that was not going to end favorable for Lehigh on Saturday afternoon at Stabler Arena. Star guard Marquis Hall, who had been immensely pressured by Holy Cross defenders every time he touched the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s time for Lehigh men’s coach Brett Reed to go back to the drawing board to quickly figure out how he can turn around a season that has gone from promising to upsetting after three straight defeats. The Mountain Hawks lost at American, 76-66 in overtime, in the Patriot League…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The enthusiasm level inside Stabler Arena had just risen to its pinnacle as Lehigh guard Marquis Hall drilled a game-tying 3-pointer against Navy in the Mountain Hawks’ Patriot League home opener Wednesday night. Then, Navy forward Adam Teague essentially sent a bullet through…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s 73-64 upset loss at Princeton on Wednesday night must be forgotten quickly as well as tough non-league defeats to Rider and Stony Brook, both teams the Mountain Hawks should have also beaten. But at 10-4, Lehigh is off to its best start since 1925 and the expectations…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Before tip-off, Lehigh appeared to face an imposing challenge, trying to beat Saint Joseph’s for the first time ever Tuesday night. Then, 6-foot-9 Ahmad Nivins, an Atlantic 10 player of the year candidate, made the challenge even more imposing not long after the game clock…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s not always a good sign when your center likes to shoot 3-pointers more than layups. But Lehigh coach Brett Reed had no complaints with 6-foot-10 senior center Phil Anderson’s long-range shooting because Anderson also pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in a 76-58 win…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh basketball fans, circle Dec. 2 on your calendar. Saint Joseph’s University and its colorful coach Phil Martelli will be visiting Stabler Arena in one of the Mountain Hawks’ biggest non-league home game in years. Fittingly, Saint Joe’s bus trip to Bethlehem comes during a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It is the shot that has haunted Lehigh senior Bryan White and sophomore Marquis Hall for a year. What they can’t forget is a running bank shot by Army’s Josh Miller that beat the Mountain Hawks, 47-46, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals last March at Stabler Arena.…
· Andre D. Williams
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