Lehigh University
Penn State
Lehigh comes up short in season opener at Penn State
11/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The win improves the Nittany Lions’ record to 2-2 on the season, while Lehigh falls to 0-1.
In the first half, the Nittany Lions came out strong, sinking their first two three-point field goal attempts. Meanwhile, Lehigh opened its season ice cold, missing on its first six field goal opportunities in the new season. However, the Mountain Hawks used strong defensive play to keep the game close, and Lehigh began to rally.
Knight, a junior, sank four first half three’s to help Lehigh erase an eight point deficit, and claim its first lead of the night. Knight finished his first half at Lehigh with 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting. As a team, however, Lehigh struggled from the floor, shooting just 33% (10-of-30) in the first half. Two
In the second half, the Nittany Lions took advantage of nine Mountain Hawks second half turnovers to build an 11-point lead (51-40) with 8:11 remaining. Although
Knight led Lehigh’s offensive efforts for the game, pouring in 23 points on 7-of-15 shooting. Sophomore Kyle Neptune scored 13 for the Mountain Hawks, while pulling down five rebounds. Classmate Jason Mgebroff added ten points and two blocked shots before fouling out.
The Mountain Hawks shot 41% from the floor on the night, and the Brown and White sank six of eight free throw attempts. By contrast,
Aaron Johnson scored a game high 25 for the Nittany Lions, and he was one of four
Lehigh returns to action on Sunday night, when the Mountain Hawks visit LIU. Action gets underway at 7:00 from
