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Lehigh junior center Melissa Rich was in her comfort zone with 5.4 seconds remaining Saturday night at Stabler Arena. The game against Army was tied at 57-57 and she was at the free-throw line. “I put everything out of my mind and said, “Another free throw, another practice,’ ”…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →If you are a local player, have game and can’t seem to obtain a Division I scholarship, don’t worry. East Stroudsburg coach Jeff Wilson can probably find a spot for you on his Division II team. And not just to work hard in practice and then ride the bench on game night. No,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University basketball coach Brett Reed got a little taste of everything except consistency from his team during the non-league part of the season. A lack of consistency is a major problem, and will cause the Mountain Hawks (7-7) to lose Patriot League games that are far…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh tuned up for the start of Patriot League play by beating longtime nemesis Princeton, 68-49 Sunday afternoon at Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks had lost 23 straight games to the Tigers since last winning, 30-25 on March 6, 1930. “They had to knock it out of the peach…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series of in-depth interviews with Lehigh Valley sports figures. Thirteen games into his first college basketball head coaching job, Lehigh coach Brett Reed is trying to develop a Patriot League championship contender out of a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Chris Earley grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, Ryan Miller hit some hard-to-believe shots, and their teammates followed perfect suit as Moravian routed Muhlenberg 67-52 Thursday night at Johnston Hall. It was a case of the hot staying hot as Moravian (8-2) extended its winning…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Coming off a 20-day layoff, Lehigh exhibited little rust in a relatively easy 56-39 nonleague win over Monmouth Friday night at Stabler Arena. Sophomore Marquis Hall, Lehigh’s leading scorer, had team highs of 12 points and five assists. But the Mountain Hawk who enforced…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was 5 yards of determination, and it’s a play that will stick with Brigham Young University senior fullback Joe Semanoff for the rest of his life. It was a touchdown reception against Colorado State on Nov. 3, his first in a career that essentially never took off after he…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor is now coaching in a tougher conference and a better basketball school, but the former Lehigh University coach appears to have a tough rebuilding job ahead of him at Ball State. The Cardinals were in disarray before Taylor was hired on Aug. 8, following a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Forget about trying to figure out the Muhlenberg College women until they’ve played at least 13 games. That’s a change from coach Ron Rohn’s previous six seasons, during which he knew early on what he’d have — either a run-and-gun team or a team that ballhawks and wins more with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College men had one of the more memorable finishes in school history last season. The Mules had to win their final five regular-season games to clinch the fifth and final spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. They did just that, but lost to Gettysburg 60-51…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh women’s basketball team is off to a 1-3 start, which doesn’t look good for a team trying to post its first winning season since 2004-05. But coach Sue Troyan is not about to panic because she believes she has enough talent and depth to improve on last season’s 11-19…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh guard Marquis Hall never worried about his shot in the Mountain Hawks’ home opener against St. Peter’s Wednesday night at Stabler Arena. Neither did his teammates. “We always tell Marquis, even if he misses couple shots, we want him to always stay aggressive,” said…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →As Billy Taylor’s top assistant coach the last five seasons, Brett Reed helped restore credibility to the Lehigh men’s basketball program. Now, Reed is the head coach succeeding Taylor, who left in August to take over the troubled Ball State program. With Reed’s new role also…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There will be no more “In Taylor we trust” signs at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena next basketball season. That’s because Billy Taylor, the first African-American coach of any sport in school history, resigned Tuesday to take over the vacant men’s head coaching job at Ball…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The 2007-08 recruiting class for the Lehigh’s men’s basketball team consists of a shorty, a skyscraper, and apparently a player who can take it to the rim as well as shoot from the outside. In all, coach Billy Taylor has signed six players, including 2007 Morning Call player of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Pius X’s Eric Woodruff and Moravian Academy’s Trent Binford-Walsh took unusual paths en route to winning medals at the PIAA Track and Field Championships Saturday in Shippensburg. And it was a coach from the school neither attended who helped them achieve their goals. Woodruff…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →George Bright has spent the last 27 years proving wrong the high school guidance counselor who once told him he might not be much more than a shoe store manager. Bright, Lafayette College’s associate athletic director the last five years, has been succeeding for years, and he’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Morning Call tabbed it as “Bracket Showdown 2007” — the sportswriter vs. the hairstylist. I considered it as a no-win situation. How could I not? Here’s me, an avid basketball fan before I even knew how to tie my own shoes and a college basketball writer, picking NCAA…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →. Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray played strong on defense and relied on his teammates to carry the offensive load Thursday night at HSBC Arena. Smaller Wright State could not contend, falling behind by as many as 22 points in the second half and losing, 79-58 in an NCAA Tournament…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has his confidence back. Now, he’s hoping to prove that his shooting touch is also back when third-seeded Pittsburgh meets No. 14 Wright State in an NCAA West Regional first-round game tonight at HSBC Arena. He missed layups, hooks, and jump shots en route to a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s chase for the Big East tournament title ended Thursday afternoon in Madison Square Garden. But memories from the ninth-seeded Wildcats’ 62-57 loss to top-seeded Georgetown in the quarterfinals will linger for a while. That’s because Villanova (22-9) went from missing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s chase for the Big East tournament title ended Thursday afternoon in Madison Square Garden. But memories from the ninth-seeded Wildcats’ 62-57 loss to top-seeded Georgetown in the quarterfinals will linger for a while. That’s because Villanova (22-9) went from missing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Scottie Reynolds and Curtis Sumpter, the freshman and the fifth-year senior, both played 37 minutes and demonstrated a strong will for Villanova Wednesday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The play of both keyed Villanova’s gutsy 75-67 win over DePaul in the first round of the…
· Andre D. Williams
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