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Go ahead, make Penn State junior Kelly Mazzante’s day by giving her time to shoot. So many defenders have paid for doing that. Her release is just too quick, her touch that precise. Stopping her all game is no easy task. Mazzante, a 6-foot guard from nearby Montoursville, can…
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Read on mcall.com →The Atlantic 10 Conference has qualified multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in the last 13 years. Even more impressive is that the conference enters the Big Dance with tournament champion Dayton (24-5) and Xavier (25-5) having received their highest ever…
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Read on mcall.com →The conference and NCAA Tournament games of March should not be overshadowed by the scandal and controversy of a few naughty programs. Because for every Georgia, Fresno State and St. Bonaventure, there are dozens upon dozens of Lehighs and Lafayettes, Penns and Princetons —…
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Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s has a blazing backcourt, led by All-American candidate Jameer Nelson and shooters galore. The Hawks also have a coach, Phil Martelli, who does as much cheering as anyone with pompons. Their 22-5 season includes a 4-0 record against Philadelphia rivals, giving them…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh went cold at the wrong time, blowing a 10-point lead against Bucknell in the Patriot League quarterfinals Saturday. Even the Mountain Hawks’ best shooter, senior Matt Logie, went more than 15 minutes without scoring. By the time he connected again, tapping in a miss, only…
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Read on mcall.com →Teary eyes from the bite of defeat was something the Lehigh and Lafayette women shared in Friday’s Patriot League quarterfinals at The Show Place Arena. Lafayette lost 60-40 to top-seeded Holy Cross because it did not have nearly enough depth or equal talent to avoid being…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor didn’t hesitate to make bold coaching moves all season. He won because of that. On Friday, Taylor announced academic shortcomings have forced him to suspend star point guard Zlatko Savovic for the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game at 7:30…
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Read on mcall.com →First-year Lehigh coach Billy Taylor is ready and confident as he leads the Mountain Hawks into the Patriot League tournament this weekend. These are the games that can lead to tears trickling down the faces of the losers and exuberance overwhelming the winners. It takes three…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Dawn Gorynski will be recovering from knee surgery in Manhattan today instead of running the point for Lehigh tonight at the Patriot League Tournament. An MRI exam Thursday revealed Gorynski has a medial collateral ligament tear in her right knee. The news…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette won back-to-back Patriot League Tournament championships in 1999 and 2000 before Holy Cross became the league’s team to beat. So Leopards coach Fran O’Hanlon knows how to win in March. This weekend, he’ll get a chance to prove his astuteness again, as the Leopards try…
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Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor won people over by winning more games than any other first-year men’s basketball coach at Lehigh. On Wednesday, the Patriot League named Taylor its coach of the year, marking the first such accomplishment for Lehigh. Taylor’s honor was one of four postseason awards…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College junior Mike Farrell makes banging for rebounds, setting up teammates with pinpoint passes, and scoring inside against stronger and more athletic players look easy because of the consistent way he handles all skills. He doesn’t believe in giving a half effort.…
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Read on mcall.com →The men’s basketball team at Lehigh is receiving ongoing accolades for posting a 16-11 regular-season record, which marks the first time since 1990-91 that the team has a winning record entering the Patriot League Tournament. But Lehigh has been stuck on 16 wins since beating…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh had its 11-game winning streak at Stabler Arena snapped this weekend, losing both home games against Colgate and Holy Cross. But the fans who stood and applauded as the coaches and players walked off the court following a 72-64 loss to Holy Cross on Sunday, seemed to care…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales University players fought hard, extending themselves to their limits to erase a 16-point deficit and briefly take a one-point lead. But Scranton just kept on coming, sinking all the big shots and playing pesky defense to pull out a 72-65 victory in the MAC Freedom…
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Read on mcall.com →Maybe it’s time to send out a search unit to find the Lehigh team that, at one point of the season, was in first place in the Patriot League. That team won, in part, because seniors Matt Logie and Zlatko Savovic were making clutch plays down the stretch to win close games. That…
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Read on mcall.com →He does not have a team of slashers, jumpers or particularly solid defenders, but DeSales coach Scott Coval had everything else he needed to win a MAC Freedom Conference semifinal game with ease Wednesday night at Billera Hall in Center Valley. What Coval had was a team that…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh and Lafayette have split their two regular season meetings, but both need to do better in their final two Patriot League games this week. If both go 2-0, they could end up as the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds in the league tournament, which has its quarterfinal and semifinal rounds…
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Read on mcall.com →Little room was open on the baseline when Lafayette College senior guard Kim Costello began her dribble toward the basket, and ultimately, triumph, in her final home game at Kirby Sports Center Sunday afternoon. Leopards junior forward Colleen Fitzpatrick, who had been the most…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College senior guard Andrew Pleick saved his best scoring game for his final home game at Kirby Sports Center Sunday. He also handled the ball with exceptional care and did a good job distributing it to his teammates, much like he has all season. But when the Leopards’…
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Read on mcall.com →About the only thing that kept Justin DeBerry from practicing in those scorching Tucson, Ariz., summers was a dust storm. Outside of that, the Lafayette College guard shot jumpers in his backyard for hours, unconcerned about heat stroke despite 100-degree temperatures. “You get…
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Read on mcall.com →Justin DeBerry and Winston Davis, two players Lafayette College needs to have solid performances in most games to have a chance to win, both struggled shooting Friday night against Bucknell at Kirby Sports Center. Without either in peak form, Lafayette couldn’t keep pace with a…
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Read on mcall.com →Making the adjustment from the high school to college game has been, at times, a smooth experience for Lehigh freshmen Chris Stephenson and Mitch Gilfillan. At times, however, it’s also seemed dreadful. Like the games where neither plays much or scores any points. Stephenson, a…
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Read on mcall.com →The woeful experiences Temple has had for most of the season seemed to have lightened once February arrived. It’s the month the Owls under coach John Chaney normally play better, The Owls, who were drubbed 78-59 by Saint Joseph’s on Feb. 13, rebounded two nights later with a…
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