Saturday, January 3
Boston, Mass.
1 pm
Lehigh University
at
Boston University
Mountain Hawks head to Boston eying first Patriot League win
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After a tough Patriot League opener, the Lehigh men's basketball team travels to Boston for a Saturday showdown with the Boston University Terriers. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are eying their second win in Boston in as many years after a thrilling overtime victory last Feb. 1 against the eventual Patriot League regular season champions. Lehigh made a late charge in its league opener against Colgate Wednesday, but the Mountain Hawks ran out of time in a 68-61 defeat.
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Lehigh started strongly against the Raiders, holding an 18-9 lead less than eight minutes into the game, but Colgate responded to take a 34-29 halftime lead and continued that momentum into the second half. The Raiders' offense was clicking as they knocked down 58 percent of their field goals for the game, led by 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting from center Ethan Jacobs. Colgate opened as much as a 23-point lead with 5:18 remaining, but Lehigh stormed back. The Mountain Hawks used a 19-1 run to pull within five (66-61) with 25 seconds remaining. Sophomore Austin Price had a three-point attempt with six seconds remaining, but it was no good as Colgate wrapped up the 68-61 victory.
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In total, Lehigh made up 12 points from its deficit in just 2:24 as the Mountain Hawks pressured Colgate into turnovers, finishing with ten steals for the game (led by four from Price and three from freshman Kahron Ross). Ross led the Mountain Hawks in scoring with 15 points to go with seven assists. Sophomore Tim Kempton added 14 points (12 in the first half) and eight rebounds while freshman Brandon Alston scored all 12 of his points in the second half to help spark the comeback attempt.
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The Mountain Hawks dropped their second straight game to the Raiders, who have featured a strong three-point attack this season and showed it on Wednesday. Colgate was 10-of-20 from three-point range, the second straight game Lehigh's opponent was 10-of-20 from long distance. The Mountain Hawks have featured one of the nation's best three-point shooting defenses this season.
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Boston University features a young team with three juniors, a sophomore and freshman in the starting lineup. Cedric Hankerson leads the offense averaging 18.8 points per game, the only Terriers' player in double figures. Nathan Dieudonne is next with 9.8 points and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds per game (which is second in the Patriot League, only behind Kempton). John Papale averages 9.7 points per game, including 25 made three-pointers (second on the team). Papale also leads the team with 45 assists. Rounding out the starting lineup is Cheddi Mosely and Justin Alston, who each average 6.7 points per game. The Terriers are 5-7 on the season, coming off a thrilling Patriot League opening win at Holy Cross in overtime. Four players reached double-figure points in a balanced effort. The Terriers turned the ball over 20 times, but shot an incredible 61 percent from the field (28-of-46) which included 71 percent (22-of-31) on two-pointers.
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Boston University has won two of the three meetings all-time, including a split of last year's season series. Boston U won the first-ever meeting in 1968-69 by an 81-56 final. The Terriers won the first meeting as Patriot League foes, 67-66 while Lehigh avenged the loss by winning 82-80 in overtime less than a month later.
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The Mountain Hawks will travel to Army next Wednesday (Jan. 7) to face the Black Knights. Opening tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Lehigh returns home on Saturday (Jan. 10) to host Loyola.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After a tough Patriot League opener, the Lehigh men's basketball team travels to Boston for a Saturday showdown with the Boston University Terriers. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are eying their second win in Boston in as many years after a thrilling overtime victory last Feb. 1 against the eventual Patriot League regular season champions. Lehigh made a late charge in its league opener against Colgate Wednesday, but the Mountain Hawks ran out of time in a 68-61 defeat.
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Lehigh started strongly against the Raiders, holding an 18-9 lead less than eight minutes into the game, but Colgate responded to take a 34-29 halftime lead and continued that momentum into the second half. The Raiders' offense was clicking as they knocked down 58 percent of their field goals for the game, led by 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting from center Ethan Jacobs. Colgate opened as much as a 23-point lead with 5:18 remaining, but Lehigh stormed back. The Mountain Hawks used a 19-1 run to pull within five (66-61) with 25 seconds remaining. Sophomore Austin Price had a three-point attempt with six seconds remaining, but it was no good as Colgate wrapped up the 68-61 victory.
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In total, Lehigh made up 12 points from its deficit in just 2:24 as the Mountain Hawks pressured Colgate into turnovers, finishing with ten steals for the game (led by four from Price and three from freshman Kahron Ross). Ross led the Mountain Hawks in scoring with 15 points to go with seven assists. Sophomore Tim Kempton added 14 points (12 in the first half) and eight rebounds while freshman Brandon Alston scored all 12 of his points in the second half to help spark the comeback attempt.
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The Mountain Hawks dropped their second straight game to the Raiders, who have featured a strong three-point attack this season and showed it on Wednesday. Colgate was 10-of-20 from three-point range, the second straight game Lehigh's opponent was 10-of-20 from long distance. The Mountain Hawks have featured one of the nation's best three-point shooting defenses this season.
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Boston University features a young team with three juniors, a sophomore and freshman in the starting lineup. Cedric Hankerson leads the offense averaging 18.8 points per game, the only Terriers' player in double figures. Nathan Dieudonne is next with 9.8 points and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds per game (which is second in the Patriot League, only behind Kempton). John Papale averages 9.7 points per game, including 25 made three-pointers (second on the team). Papale also leads the team with 45 assists. Rounding out the starting lineup is Cheddi Mosely and Justin Alston, who each average 6.7 points per game. The Terriers are 5-7 on the season, coming off a thrilling Patriot League opening win at Holy Cross in overtime. Four players reached double-figure points in a balanced effort. The Terriers turned the ball over 20 times, but shot an incredible 61 percent from the field (28-of-46) which included 71 percent (22-of-31) on two-pointers.
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Boston University has won two of the three meetings all-time, including a split of last year's season series. Boston U won the first-ever meeting in 1968-69 by an 81-56 final. The Terriers won the first meeting as Patriot League foes, 67-66 while Lehigh avenged the loss by winning 82-80 in overtime less than a month later.
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The Mountain Hawks will travel to Army next Wednesday (Jan. 7) to face the Black Knights. Opening tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Lehigh returns home on Saturday (Jan. 10) to host Loyola.
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| Date: | January 3, 2015 |
| Opponent: | Boston University Terriers |
| Tip-off: | 1:00 PM |
| Arena/Capacity: | Case Gymnasium/1,800 |
| Location: | Boston, Mass. |
| Lehigh's Record: | 6-6, 0-1 Patriot League  |
| Boston University's Record: | 5-7, 1-0 Patriot League |
| Series: | Boston University leads, 2-1 |
| Radio: | Live on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 AM and Lehighsports.com with Tom Fallon. Pregame coverage gets underway at 12:30 PM |
| Television: | None |
| Internet Video: | Patriot League Network |
| Behind Enemy Lines: | Boston University Official Website |
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