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Sandwiched between Allan Ray 3-pointers was Will Sheridan sinking baseline jumpers, clawing inside for putbacks, and playing the best 10-minute stretch of his life on Monday night. “It’s the Big East, the best conference in the nation,” Sheridan said. Two of the best teams were…
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Read on mcall.com →“February Madness” has arrived for local teams at DeSales, Moravian and Muhlenberg. That’s because playoff seeds and berths are on the line. The DeSales women (14-9, 8-4) will have their chance to punch a Freedom Conference playoff ticket with a road victory over Delaware Valley…
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Read on mcall.com →Fueled by the chant, “the Hawk will never die,” Saint Joseph’s has rallied to many victories at Alumni Fieldhouse. And senior guard Dwayne Lee was hoping for another memorable triumph Saturday against No. 8 George Washington. “We’ve been in every game we’ve played, so we all…
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Read on mcall.com →Every inch of the court at Alumni Hall on The Yard was a battleground Wednesday night. Navy made it that way with relentless hustle early in the first half. Lehigh just needed to bang back, stop turning the ball over, and then rely on Jose Olivero and Joe Knight. The Mountain…
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Read on mcall.com →The centers proved why they were hyped as the main attraction in the non-league meeting between Muhlenberg and DeSales Monday night at Memorial Hall. Muhlenberg’s Jeff Stewart muscled inside and scored. DeSales’ Phil Stricker worked free down low or on the baseline, turned and…
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Read on mcall.com →The only way to earn respect is to ante up and get on with it, which is what Lafayette women’s basketball coach Tammy Smith finally decided to do entering her 27th year of coaching. She stopped worrying about matters out of her control, like Lafayette not offering any…
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Read on mcall.com →Kutztown’s Andre Coles couldn’t get a hand on the ball in the frantic final seconds Saturday afternoon. He had already bulled his way to a game-high 15 rebounds in 35 minutes against rival East Stroudsburg at Keystone Arena. But the beefy 6-5 senior was held in suspense, with…
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Read on mcall.com →The 61st meeting between the Moravian and Muhlenberg women didn’t lack intensity. It showed with every flying elbow, every hard scrap for a rebound, and every dive for a loose ball. Muhlenberg finally won the battle 66-59, sealing the non-conference victory on two big plays by…
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Read on mcall.com →In a weekend dominated by high-scoring performances, not to be overshadowed is the accomplishment of a man who didn’t take one shot. And it probably suited Fred Richter, the DeSales University women’s coach, just fine watching freshman LeighAnn Burke tie a school record with 37…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh men will get another shot at Bucknell Feb. 22 in Lewisburg, and that could be for a first-place tie in the Patriot League. Bucknell finished the first-half of league play 7-0 — with Lehigh at 6-1 and wishing that shots had fallen a different way when the Bison visited…
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Read on mcall.com →There was never any doubt in Lehigh junior guard Jose Olivero’s mind. He was going to drive to the basket, and take on anybody who got in his way, including 6-10 Holy Cross center Tim Clifford on Saturday night. Clifford had blocked Olivero earlier, but that, Olivero said, was…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh junior Adrienne Blount did what her coach asked her to do in the second half against Holy Cross on Saturday night at Stabler Arena, but it wasn’t enough to save the Mountain Hawks. She scored 16 of her career-high 20 points and collected all six of her rebounds after…
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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…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh hit big shots down the stretch, 3-pointers by guards Jose Olivero and Joe Knight, and each time they had defenders draped in their face. First it was Olivero. Then it was Knight, who swished a trey with 11.4 seconds remaining, bringing Lehigh to within four of Bucknell…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg women clawed hard at the ball inside the paint and on the perimeter. They moved their feet swiftly, cutting off penetration, forcing Dickinson to get rattled and fire up off-balanced shots in the first half of Tuesday night’s game at Memorial Hall. The tenacious…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s student fans have a chance to prove that they are more loyal than fairweather Wednesday night. They have a chance to get rowdy and become a more effective “sixth man.” They have chance to prove that Stabler Arena is a place you need to bring earplugs to rather than a…
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Read on mcall.com →Syracuse senior guard Gerry McNamara made his final appearance in the Wachovia Center as a college player on Saturday. There was nothing he liked about it. “I had two open looks, my first shot and my last shot, and that was it,” said McNamara, a Scranton native who averaged 18.0…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray tried to bring down the basket early in the game Wednesday night. He got the ball just outside the lane, made a swift move, then rose way over Rutgers center Byron Joynes to dunk. But Joynes fouled Gray, preventing the emphatic finish. But Gray stayed aggressive,…
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Read on mcall.com →Courtney Porzio used to practice free throws and jump shots at a park near her home in Lehighton, often later than her parents would have preferred. In three seasons at Cedar Crest College, the 5-6 senior guard has proved that extra practice can pay off. Last Saturday against…
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Read on mcall.com →With two minutes left in overtime, Kelly Applegate threw down a towel, dropped her head and vowed to convert her free throws if fouled again. Stephanie Seaman just figured she had to make an impact play, something she’s accustomed to doing. The two Moravian College star players…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh guard Joe Knight stormed in, stole the ball, and drove furiously toward what seemed like an uncontested layup attempt. But out of nowhere came Army’s Marshall Jackson, who fouled Knight hard. Knight sprawled to the hardwood. Knight was not hurt, but it was typical of the…
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Read on mcall.com →Joe Knight waited 17 games to play, missing out on Lehigh games against Washington and No. 3 Villanova along the way. He wore suits to home games, often sitting at the end of the bench. “It was hard, but I had the patience and practiced hard every day,” Knight said Wednesday…
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Read on mcall.com →Syracuse center Sara Antolick recalled an awesome highlight from a high school matchup with Villanova forward Jackie Adamshick. It was in Antolick’s sophomore year at Bethlehem Catholic. Adamshick was a senior at Central Catholic, the school Antolick transferred to for her…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg senior Stephanie Coluccini, who has already interned at Columbia and Universal Records, would like to do promotional work in radio and television after graduating. If she works as hard in the work force as she does on the court, Mules coach Ron Rohn believes she’ll be…
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