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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 →There’s no reason a student-athlete with a burning passion to play college basketball has to give up on his dreams just because he does not have the money to attend a four-year institution, or needs to improve his academics before making that important jump. That’s what…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette has a young basketball team that has been on a seesaw ride all season. Four days after an emotional win over rival Lehigh, the Leopards missed a barrage of jumpers, layups and free throws against Army Wednesday night at Kirby Sports Center. The lethargic shooting — not…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette has a young basketball team that has been on a seesaw ride all season. Four days after an emotional win over rival Lehigh, the Leopards missed a barrage of jumpers, layups and free throws against Army Wednesday night at Kirby Sports Center. The lethargic shooting — not…
· 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 Lehigh and Lafayette women’s basketball game that had more falls than a professional wrestling battle royal Saturday afternoon at Kirby Sports Center. The roughhouse play better suited Lehigh, which relied on its height, bench and overall talent advantages to prevail…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Women’s college basketball is at its all-time best in the Lehigh Valley this winter and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan hopes his city will bank on Lehigh’s success. The Patriot League women’s basketball tournament, hosted by Lehigh, is March 7-8 at Stabler Arena, and will be…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales and Muhlenberg took breaks away from conference play to compete against each other in a non-league game Monday night in Center Valley. But it was no breather for either team. It was a physical, heart-stopping game that wasn’t decided until the final 10 seconds. DeSales’…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales guard Darnell Braswell got mad. Then, he turned mean. He drove hard, he defended harder, and from end-to-end on the court his facial expression and physical play told the tale of a player unwilling to lose to Muhlenberg on Monday night. Best of all for DeSales, Braswell…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Levi Brown, an all-state defensive lineman at Liberty, pointed jubilantly to the Temple Owls’ hat on his head, then smiled as he looked out into the standing room-only crowd inside the school’s Arts Gallery on Wednesday. Liberty football coach Tim Moncman then came up and rubbed…
· 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 →As he sat on the bench with a little less than 10 minutes left in Wednesday night’s game, with just three points by his name in the scorebook, Lehigh’s Marquis Hall ran aggressive thoughts through his mind. His coach, Brett Reed, disappointed over Hall’s flat play against…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The final 10 seconds of a wild game between rivals Lehigh and Lafayette was decided by free throws Saturday in Easton. Lafayette’s Jared Mintz missed his two foul shots, but Lehigh’s Zahir Carrington converted his two attempts with 3.0 seconds left to lift the Mountain Hawks to…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh and Lafayette are both winless on the road in Patriot League games and that does not bode well for Lehigh on Saturday afternoon, because that’s when the Mountain Hawks will visit the Leopards at Kirby Sports Center. Lafayette is 2-0 at home and beat expected Patriot…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The drive from Hellertown to East Stroudsburg University never seems that long to Warriors coach Jeff Wilson. It’s something he has enjoyed. “I’ve found whether it’s going to work or coming home from work it’s a good time to get some reflection done,” said Wilson, who’s in his…
· 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 →Brian Hunter is back to running the break, slashing down the lane and playing the type of quality minutes he never got the opportunity to play at Lehigh last season. But Hunter transferred to DeSales, a Division III program that appears to be a much better fit for the 6-foot-3…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Forget about some of the bad teams Lehigh has defeated, such as winless New Jersey Institute of Technology (0-13) and just as sorry Monmouth and Delaware State, who’ve combined to lose 21 out of 25 games. But Lehigh is not about to make apologize for trouncing bad teams. “We…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →John Bedics wants one more graduation gift. Bedics, a starting offensive lineman for the North Carolina State Wolfpack and former Bethlehem Catholic standout, plays his final college game Monday night. North Carolina (6-6) meets Rutgers (7-5) in the PapaJohns.com Bowl in…
· 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 returns with what no other Patriot League team has. Junior guard Marquis Hall and sophomore guard Rob Keefer have won the league’s last two Rookie of the Year awards. This season, the guard duo will be depended on to help the Mountain Hawks contend for the league title in…
· Andre D. Williams
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