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DeSales University senior forward Matt Zwetolitz doesn’t focus on just one game or one season. That would be too shortsighted and Zwetolitz has been taught better. “My high school coach, Jerry Radocha, taught me to go beyond basketball,” Zwetolitz said on Tuesday at the Lehigh…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Moravian women’s coach Mary Beth Spirk walked out of the locker room Saturday afternoon at Johnston Hall, a bouquet of roses in her hand and a big smile on her face. She’s now a member of the 400-win club. Sparked by tenacious end-to-end play, Moravian ousted Landmark Conference…
· 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 →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…
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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…
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Read on mcall.com →Everywhere Temple guard Dionte Christmas dribbled, Lafayette’s Jeff Kari seemed to be there Friday night. For the first 12 minutes, Kari’s relentless defense worked well because Christmas, a preseason All-Atlantic 10 player and All-American candidate, was scoreless. Kari was…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Everywhere Temple guard Dionte Christmas dribbled, Lafayette’s Jeff Kari seemed to be there Friday night. For the first 12 minutes, Kari’s relentless defense worked well because Christmas, a preseason All-Atlantic 10 player and All-American candidate, was scoreless. Kari was…
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Read on mcall.com →Lauren Boyle, a senior guard who can shoot from the outside and drive to the basket with equal effectiveness, and shot-blocking 6-foot-1 senior center Erin McSherry are back to help lead the Muhlenberg women. The good news for both is that they also have a talented and…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg men’s coach Dave Madeira has an experienced team that includes five starters and nine lettermen back. Sounds like a title contender, huh? “Our schedule is tougher this year and a lot of the teams in our league return most of their starters, too,” Madeira said.…
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Read on mcall.com →The Kutztown women’s basketball team may have discovered in the Golden Bear Classic last weekend what veteran coach Janet Malouf has missed the last two seasons: offense. Led by 5-foot-10 sophomore swing player Melissa McQuade, Kutztown totaled 66 points Saturday, then tallied…
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Read on mcall.com →With all five starters back, including all-conference preseason picks Stephen Dennis and Dave Ben, it appeared easy for Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference coaches to tab Kutztown as the team to beat. The Golden Bears were 19-9 last year, and with 80 percent of their offense…
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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…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales women missed a barrage of shots — many from close range — as they fell into a nine-point second-half deficit Sunday afternoon. For most teams that might have been the time to push the panic button, but not for d3hoops.com All-American LeighAnn Burke and her…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s hard to down lay a team that returns four starters, each a double-figure scorer, but Moravian women’s basketball coach Mary Beth Spirk is still attempting it. Good try coach, but it won’t work. Moravian, coming off a 16-11 season, was picked to finish first in the Landmark…
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Read on mcall.com →One senior is better than none. Fortunately for Lafayette, its one senior is fourth-year starting guard Andrew Brown, who is one of the best players in the Patriot League. Brown led the Leopards in scoring last season at 15.9 points per game and he’ll have a bunch of baby-faced…
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Read on mcall.com →Tammy Smith had been waiting for last season to come. She waited seven years for it. The Lafayette women’s basketball team was 14-16 in 2007-08, its best record in her tenure. It was a R-E-L-I-E-F. The Leopards were just 27-143 in Smith’s first six seasons, finishing in last…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales women do not slack off during practice. Senior guards LeighAnn Burke and Kim Rarick, and junior forward Caitlyn Miller won’t allow it. “They only know how to work hard,” DeSales coach Fred Richter said. “We give a practice player of the week [award] out. You might…
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Read on mcall.com →Juliene Simpson has returned as the East Stroudsburg women’s coach after taking a year off for personal reasons and the veteran coach has two local players also back who could help make for a good season. Jackie Yandrisevits, a 5-foot-9 senior forward from Nazareth and DeAnna…
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Read on mcall.com →The player-hater fans need not waste their time harassing East Stroudsburg center Chris Bach with old man jokes this season. It didn’t work last season as Bach proved that 30 isn’t too old to be an effective college basketball player. The 6-foot-9 Bach averaged 11.7 points and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →So much for playing easy non-league basketball games. The Lafayette College men’s and women’s basketball teams are not doing that. The men, despite losing three senior starters to graduation, will host defending Atlantic 10 tournament champion Temple on Nov. 21 at Kirby Sports…
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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…
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Read on mcall.com →Glen Klein, a longtime coordinator of adult and high school basketball tournaments in Allentown, and Chuck Rockmore, founder and director of operations for Wall2Wall Urban Youth Network, also of Allentown, have become partners. It’s a move Allentown Department of Recreation…
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Read on mcall.com →Spain, Argentina, Greece and China could combine to form an all-world team and the scoreboard at the Beijing Games wouldn’t read any differently than it has after any other game the United States has played at the Wukesong Basketball Arena. Redeem Team would crush any collection…
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Read on mcall.com →The Northampton Community College athletic program is making the transition from small-time to a bigger and more competitive level of play. That was Troy Tucker’s No. 1 goal after he was hired as the Spartans’ athletic director on June 2. Coming from the University of Maryland…
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