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Lafayette College can now focus on its rematch with Lehigh. But the Leopards won’t carry any momentum into the showdown for first place in the Patriot League after being manhandled 79-61 by Bucknell Friday night. A crowd of 3,308, the second-largest at the 13-month-old Sojka…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It must have been destiny that rivals East Stroudsburg and Kutztown would play two buzzer-to-buzzer games decided by a combined six points. Sole possession of fourth place in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division was on the line when they met Wednesday night…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Mercy rules do not exist in college basketball. That suited DeSales University women’s coach Fred Richter just fine against Delaware Valley Tuesday at Billera Hall in Center Valley. Richter, who is bidding for his sixth NCAA appearance with the Bulldogs, paced the sidelines and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon couldn’t have been more correct Saturday when he said, “We haven’t won anything yet.” O’Hanlon was responding to Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard’s statement that he had picked Lafayette to win the Patriot League title. Lafayette (18-5) beat…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was an elbow-throwing, body-flying, back-and-forth Patriot League game between Lafayette and Holy Cross Saturday at Kirby Sports Center. It was just like their first meeting on Jan. 17 in Worcester, Mass., which Lafayette won by two points in overtime. This time, Lafayette…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Stop, pop, simply hot. That was Lehigh senior guard Austen Rowland during a second-half scoring tear that overwhelmed American and enabled the Mountain Hawks to coast to an 86-65 Patriot League victory Friday night at Stabler Arena. Rowland entered averaging a league-best 19.6…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →You can not stop a team that plays defense as well as it does offense. And you can not tell Saint Joseph’s that it doesn’t deserve to be the No. 3-ranked team in the country. Perfection says so. The Hawks’ bid for a 27-0 regular season remained alive with an 81-67 Atlantic 10…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s bid for a 14-0 regular-season record in the Patriot League ended with the Leopards’ 85-77 loss to Colgate on Friday in Hamilton, N.Y. But the the Leopards’ hope to win the league’s regular-season and tournament titles remains alive. Even if Lafayette coach…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Sean Knitter’s mother calls often from Philadelphia to needle her son about the scholarship offer he did not accept from Saint Joseph’s four years ago. “How about Saint Joe’s?” Donna Knitter asks. “Yeah, I know,” Knitter says. Knitter, a junior center for Lafayette, would be a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A meeting at the line of scrimmage between Freedom’s 6-6, 297-pound Ryan Ehrie and Northwestern’s 6-5, 290-pound Jake Figner might have been a grueling matchup, testing more than just the strength of both. It could not happen because Northwestern played in the Colonial League…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Northampton High athletic director Mike Schneider would like nothing more than for interest in the school’s football program to boom following the Jeff Pammer’s ceremony this morning for NCAA national letter of intent day. Pammer, a multiple position star who was named The…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Fantastic guard play figured to be the featured attraction between No. 3 Saint Joseph’s and Villanova on Monday night. There was no disappointment. It’s just that it took a half of basketball before Villanova’s three-guard tandem of Mike Nardi, Randy Foye and Allan Ray to catch…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Andrew Koefer was no star at Allentown Central Catholic and may never experience more than a few minutes playing time in college. But he will not complain. In fact, he believes that he is living out a dream as a freshman walk-on at No. 3-ranked Saint Joseph’s. His dream world,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Thirty-six times Saint Joseph’s players attempted shots from beyond the arc against Temple on Saturday. The No. 3 Hawks made a school-record 20, a key reason Temple’s match-up zone defense was shredded so easily by guards Delonte West, Jameer Nelson and Pat Carroll. The…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh women narrowed the gap against Holy Cross to one point five times in the second half Friday night at Stabler Arena. But each time, either a missed shot, turnover, or defensive breakdown prevented the Mountain Hawks from taking the lead. The blown opportunities cost…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh got its transition game in gear in the second half and had little trouble running away from Holy Cross Friday night at Stabler Arena. Senior guard Austen Rowland, who shot just 2-for-11 from the field, keyed a second-half surge with his passing, defense, poise and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Temple guard David Hawkins breathed life back into the Owls’ offense and restored celebration plans for coach John Chaney’s 700th victory with 11:15 remaining Wednesday night. Hawkins drilled a 3-pointer that set off a 13-point personal scoring barrage over the next five…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney will try for his 700th victory again tonight. If the Owls beat St. Bonaventure, Chaney will probably receive a standing ovation, and people closest to him will probably give him a hug, a pat on the back, and maybe even a kiss. And Chaney? He’ll surely…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There are arenas that are great because of their style, seating capacity, or crowd noise. Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center is not exactly a state-of-the-art facility. It lacks the pizzazz of other venues because of its lack of theater-type seating and has a seating…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →With 56 seconds remaining in Sunday’s game at Kirby Sports Center, Lafayette senior Rob Dill emphatically blocked a Bucknell shot. Winston Davis, his teammate, recovered the ball just before it went out of bounds. But Bucknell, whose physical, defensive-oriented team had held…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center rocked like the Palestra in Philadelphia and all the other famous basketball venues in the country Friday night. Lehigh and Lafayette, both battling to remain undefeated in the Patriot League, went through 19 lead changes, a dramatic close…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Tickets are still available for tonight’s Lafayette-Lehigh men’s basketball game at Kirby Sports Center in Easton. But not many. “The game is almost sold out,” said Phil LaBella, Lafayette’s sports information director. That’s because two hot teams will be battling for first…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney’s sleeves were rolled up, his tie loosened. His voice kept rising, his eyes focusing intensely on the court and on the players he was trying to guide to a victory Wednesday night. It was typical Chaney, an elder statesman fired up from the opening…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Brent Williams requested that he be listed on the Easton High roster as 5-11. He’s really just 5-71/2 lightweight, who made up for what he lacked in size in so many more important ways for Easton in a 50-45 overtime victory over Emmaus Tuesday night at 25th Street Gymnasium. “It…
· Andre D. Williams
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