Sunday, January 15, 2006
(Originally posted Saturday at 10:17 p.m., updated at 7:43 a.m.)

Lafayette 80, Navy 67 -- Navy was up 31-20 with 6:53 to go in the first half. Then the bottom dropped out, as Lafayette went on a 43-8 run through the end of he first half and 9:42 into the second, building a 25-point lead.

Lafayette 12-23 from three-point range, including 4 by freshman Andrew Brown, who finished with a team-high 17 points.

The Leopards won despite 24 turnovers and 23 Navy offensive rebounds. Of course the Midshipmen had plenty of chances on their offensive glass since they shot just 32 percent from the field.

The win puts Lafayette (8-7. 2-1) over .500 overall and in the league. It will be tough for the Leopards to stay there for long, though. They travel Monday to Ivy League leader Penn, then are at Bucknell Wednesday and at Lehigh Saturday.

As Leopards coach Fran O'Hanlon told Corky Blake of the Express-Times:
"If you look at those three as a lump sum you shouldn't want to get out of bed. That's why you rely on the old cliché of playing them one at a time."

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    Lehigh 63, Army 60 -- Lehigh only shot 34.7 percent from the field and Army hit 42 percent. But the Mountain Hawks went to the foul line 34 times, making 21. Joe Knight had 13 of those made free throws (and 5 of the missed ones) en route to a 28-point night for Lehigh.
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    American 74, Colgate 66 -- Colgate scored first, then AU scored the next 6 points and never trailed the rest of the afternoon.

    Paulius Joneliunas had his coming out for American, scoring 12 points for his first double figures game as an Eagle. Arvydas Eitutavicius led all scorers with 20 points. Andre Ingram added 15.

    Kyle Roemer with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Colgate. Kendall Chones had a 14-point, 10-boards double-double. Alvin Reed added 10 points.

    American won the game at the foul line, going 30-41 there. Colgate only shot 15 free throws, making 10.
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