Lehigh University
Miami (Fla.)
Mountain Hawks fall to Miami in Sunshine State
12/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
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CORAL GABLES,
“They have a lot of talent and are a tremendous ACC team,” said head coach Billy Taylor afterwards. “I give our kids credit for the way they competed. We battled for the first 30 minutes of the game and I think we simply ran out of gas.” He continued, “In that first half we were setting solid screens, cutting hard to the basket and really running our offense the way it should be run and the result was we were getting good looks and knocking them down. In the second half,
Lehigh shot 50 percent on the afternoon, while
Lehigh came out strong from the start, racing out to a 13-3 lead in the first 3:30 of the contest. The Mountain Hawks were able to maintain their lead for the majority of the opening half, until the Hurricanes surged ahead for the first time on a three by McClinton with 2:43 to go in the half. A last second three by Asbury made the score 36-33 in favor of the Hurricanes heading into halftime.
Both teams shot well in the first 20 minutes, as Lehigh connected on 54 percent from the field, led by a balanced scoring attack. Every Lehigh player that saw the floor in the half scored, including Mgebroff with six, Neptune and Hall with five each and Phil Anderson, Olivero and Zahir Carrington with four apiece. Olivero dished out a team-high four assists, while four Mountain Hawks pulled down four rebounds each. For
In the second half,
Lehigh returns to action on Monday evening when the Mountain Hawks play their final home game in 2006. Lehigh welcome Haverford to Stabler Arena for a 7:05 tip. All of the action will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 AM as well as lehighsports.com, with Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach '72 on the call.
