Lehigh University
Columbia
Mountain Hawks fall to Columbia 74-64
1/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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“I’m disappointed that we weren’t able to make some of the adjustments that we had talked about during the course of the game,” Lehigh head coach Brett Reed said afterwards. “We showed our youth tonight and with such a young team you’re going to go through stretches like that.” He added, “Bryan White played an outstanding game for us, I can’t say enough about the effort he put forth this evening.”
Lehigh shot 40 percent from the field for the game, and just 24 percent from three-point range, while the Lions sank 53 percent of their shots and 40 percent from downtown. Junior captain Matt Szalachowski added 14 points for Lehigh, while sophomore Zahir Carrington added eight. Lehigh pulled down 31 rebounds to
A balanced Lehigh offense was the story of the first half as the Mountain Hawks led 34-31 at intermission on the strength of nine different players getting in the scoring column, led by White’s 11 points. Szalachowski added seven points, as the Brown and White shot 48 percent from the field and out rebounded the Lions 15-12. White also handed out three first half assists and recorded two steals in 17 minutes of action, while Marquis Hall, who struggled with his shot going, handed out two helpers.
A three-pointer by K.J. Matsui tied the score at 36 with 19:20 to go in the game, and
Lehigh will be back in action on Sunday afternoon as the Mountain Hawks close out the non-league portion of their schedule against the Tigers of Princeton. Tip-off is set for 1:00 at Stabler Arena and tickets can be purchased by calling 610-7LU-GAME, by logging onto Lehighsports.com or at the arena box office prior to tip-off on Sunday.
