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The stage is never as big, the spotlight far from blinding, but Moravian coach Mary Beth Spirk has always considered the NCAA Division III playoffs just as important as March dancing that Division I teams do. That’s why Spirk and her players are dreaming big now, hoping that…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s weakness in the low post was exposed by a Muhlenberg player who probably could start for most Patriot League schools — including Lehigh. But the hard banging and soft shooting touch of Jeff Stewart wasn’t enough to help the Mules upset the Mountain Hawks Wednesday at…
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Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh men and women closed out 2005 by losing non-league games at Stabler Arena on Friday, but they cannot afford to dwell on those setbacks as they prepare for Patriot League play. And fresh starts. They have final tune-ups in doubleheader action Wednesday at Stabler. The…
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Read on mcall.com →This time last year, Gary Neal had more on his mind than basketball. While playing for La Salle University, he was fighting rape and sexual assault charges. And it wasn’t until last month that those charges were dropped. Now his thoughts are focused on one thing — playing…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh guard Sara Ellis swished 3-pointers off the dribble, and sometimes from another area code. She also had a sweet short-range game against Fairfield in the nightcap of the ninth annual Christmas City Classic, Thursday night at Stabler Arena. She was so confident in her…
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Read on mcall.com →Each December, Lafayette men’s basketball coach Fran O’Hanlon schedules a Division III team that he hopes will provide an easy victory. He’s smart for doing it, since the game is scheduled during a period when practice is voluntary because of exams. “For a number of them we…
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Read on mcall.com →George Washington is averaging 84 points per game, nine more than any other Atlantic 10 team, but the Colonials have yet to play a league team. When they do, the high-flying Colonials may not score with such ease. Richmond (50.5) and Temple (52.1) have the top two scoring…
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Read on mcall.com →There was much preseason hype surrounding the Lehigh women’s basketball team. In fact, the Mountain Hawks were picked to finish second in the Patriot League. And while the league’s sports information directors and coaches predicted the No. 2 finish, the Lehigh women may have had…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette’s fun-and-gun style of basketball was enjoyed by those in attendance Tuesday night at Kirby Sports Center in Easton. But coach Fran O’Hanlon wasn’t always happy with his trigger-happy, 3-point-launching players, despite the fact that the Leopards’ fire-it-up style made…
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Read on mcall.com →Frankford did not tune up for its first-ever PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal appearance the way coach Mike Capriotti had hoped it would on Thanksgiving Day, losing to previously winless North Catholic, 12-0. But the Pioneers woke up Friday morning a renewed team, Capriotti said. They…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh is not anywhere close to ready for No. 4 Villanova, its next opponent, Sunday. And not having senior guard Joe Knight will make the challenge even more imposing. Knight, the Mountain Hawks’ top returning scorer, was officially ruled ineligible on Monday by the NCAA until…
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Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa and his little brother, 8-year-old Deandre, spent a lot of early summer mornings working out on the Cedar Beach blacktop. Deandre’s job was to run down missed jumpers by Barbosa, who took between 300 and 400 each time he practiced. Barbosa, the former Allen High star…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh stumbled in transition, fumbled passes in the lane and generally played too clumsily to end its 75-year drought against Princeton on Sunday afternoon. A 6-minute, 24-second scoreless stretch of the first half proved to be too much for the Mountain Hawks to overcome in a…
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Read on mcall.com →The chants — “Chaney … Chaney” — started and the “No. 500” signs came out with less than a minute remaining Tuesday night. But Temple coach John Chaney did not instruct his players to slow up, stop trapping, and finally allow Army just a second or two to breathe. Even though the…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor upgraded his non-league schedule, adding Princeton of the Ivy League and Big East preseason favorite and national championship contender Villanova. And the Mountain Hawks competed in the Black Coaches Association Invitational preseason tournament in…
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Read on mcall.com →For 33 years, including 23 straight at Temple, Hall of Fame coach John Chaney has never gone into a game and had fun. Before tipoff, Chaney’s suit coat is off, his tie is loosened, and his sleeves are rolled up. Soon, he revs into high gear, screaming, stomping his feet and…
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Read on mcall.com →The Patriot League is now on the college basketball map, thanks to Bucknell’s stunning upset of Kansas in last season’s NCAA Tournament, and with Holy Cross shocking Notre Dame in the National Invitational Tournament. Now Lehigh, under fourth-year coach Billy Taylor, gets a…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney wants the names of the eight Atlantic 10 coaches and media members who picked the Owls as the league’s preseason favorite. Better yet, he’d like them to have psychological check-ups, because he’s not sure they were thinking clearly when they gave the…
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Read on mcall.com →Junior guard Jose Olivero didn’t hesitate when he was asked to be Lehigh’s student-athlete representative at the Patriot League’s media day Thursday at the College Sports Television Network, located at Chelsea’s Pier. That’s because the event was in the Big Apple, the one city…
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Read on mcall.com →Fashionably dressed in suits, Villanova guards Randy Foye, Allan Ray and Mike Nardi, enthusiastically addressed the question they’ve waited so long to be asked. “How’s it feel to be No. 1?” “It’s a great honor to be chosen as No. 1 in preseason,” said Ray, who found out on…
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Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins coached the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs to United States Basketball League titles in 2001 and 2004, and had hoped that his success would land him a job as a head coach in the NBA Development League. He’s still hoping. In the meantime, Dawkins will try to win another…
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Read on mcall.com →Senior guard Randy Foye was one of the many Villanova players who could not wait for the first day of practice and for coach Jay Wright to say, “Hit the line for suicides.” The running drill, often held at the end of basketball practices, was welcomed. In fact, Foye couldn’t…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hargrove, a former Morning Call All-Area player got his wish to play in front of Allentown fans again and he made the best of it Sunday in the championship game of the Adult-Mid Summer Basketball Classic at Roosevelt Park. Aaron Gray, the starting center at the University…
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Read on mcall.com →Haldeman Ford’s adult men’s basketball team is not expected to have a big advantage on the Roosevelt Park blacktop this weekend like it did last summer. That’s because Haldeman won’t have 7-foot center Aaron Gray to depend on as it tries to repeat as Adult Mid-Summer Basketball…
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