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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The signs on the doors at Sojka Pavilion say "Sold Out."
They might be able to squeeze a few extra bodies into the section reserved for Bucknell's pep band. After allegedly going 25 deep for the Northern Iowa Tv show, it has dwindled back to less than 15 for this key Patriot League showdown.
Lehigh brought a bus. They are crammed into a small section behind the Lehigh bench. No sign of the usual L*E*H*I*G*H paint guys.
Rich Giallella in the house again tonight. Who assigns these guys? How can Bucknell have the same guy in three out of four league games? Surprised they didn't fly him into Worcester.
14:27 til game time
The band has swelled to about 16 people now, with 5 minutes until the tip.
The student sections are filling, but still a lot of empty seats.
Among the signs:
Cheney shoots better than Lehigh
You can't rob this bank
Joe Knight: My BAC > your GPA
(it could be true, these students are fired up)
National anthem by a girl in a McNaughton jersey.
Bucky Bison has a uniform now, too. It's an old white No. 50, split between the numbers in the back to get it over this costume. A front slit might have been a better choice because the big Bison chin covers the top of the front.
Still, a big step up from that Fred Rogers vest.
Bucknell 9, Lehigh 5 (15:25 first half)
First possession, Bucknell goes to McNaughton, who beats a double team and is fouled by Mike Fischman. McNaughton makes both.
First guy off the Lehigh bench is James Anderson. Knight follows at the same stoppage.
Brown for Mastropaolo at 17:18.
Giallella makes himself part of the show around the 16:30 mark, checking a TV replay on an Abe Badmus three. The guy who first signaled three was right on the play, both in proximity and correctness of his call.
With 15:37 to go, shot clock running down, Bucknell goes to Darren Mastropaolo down low. His jump hook gives him 4 points and Bucknell a 9-5 lead at the first timeout.
Bucknell 16, Lehigh 10 (11:56 first)
Both teams shooting well early. At the 13 minutes mark, BU was 5-7, LU 4-7. Lehigh, though, with 4 turnovers, Bucknell just 1.
Olivero with 5 of Lehigh's 10. Five different Bison have scored already, none of them named Charles Lee. Donald Brown and Mastropaolo with 4 each.
Bucknell 21, Lehigh 12 (7:41 first)
Difference between the two teams. Bucknell with a host of "go to" guys. Even Mastropaolo got the rock in a shot clock expiring situation.
Lehigh, on the other hand, has an inbound play with 4 seconds to go on the shot clock and Billy Taylor hustles Olivero back on to the floor. His forced jumper over Bettencourt was no good.
Fans all over the officials as the team fouls reach 7 for Bucknell, 2 for Lehigh at the 8:07 mark. Seconds later Badmus gets his second, making it 8-2.
Lehigh from the field: 5-15 (33.3 percent) 2-5 from three-point range. 8 turnovers
Bucknell 8-15 from the field, 3-5 on threes, 6 TO, 3 blocked shots
Bucknell 26, Lehigh 18 (3:47 first half)
Knight makes a pair of free throws at the 7:41 mark. His first points.
Lehigh is now 7-22 (31.8 percent) from the field.
Bucknell 29, Lehigh 22 (1:30 first half)
Vegotsky three gives Bucknell its first double digit lead at 29-18. Lehigh scores four straight to get back to 7, the last two on a Joe Knight jumper at 1:30, his first field goal of the game.
Word on press row, Colgate is up 10 on Holy Cross.
Bucknell 36, Lehigh 26 (Halftime)
McNaughton tips in his own miss at the buzzer to make it a 10-point Bison lead at the intermission.
The 6-11 German scored Bucknell's last 4 points, he has 8 on 3-5 shooting.
Charles Lee now 1 for 6, but when he finally made one, he made it count ... a trey from the right corner.
Donald Brown and Abe Badmus each with 5 for the Bison. 10 guys have played for Bucknell, 9 have scored. Bison shooting 45.2 percent (14-31) from the field. They are 5-9 from the arc.
Lehigh is led by Knight, who scored four of his 6 at the foul line. Jose Olivero with 5. Knight is 1-4 from the field, Olivero 2-6.
CORRECTION: HOLY CROSS UP 32-22 AT THE HALF (Elsewhere, Colgate 32-22 at the half.) Army and Lafayette tied at 35 all, also at the break.
Lehigh finishes the half 10 for 25 (40 percent) from the field.
Bucknell 42, Lehigh 35 (15:35 to play)
16:20 to go, Badmus comes up with a steal near midcourt, is grabbed by Olivero and refs do not call intentional foul, costing Lee a breakaway.
Knight with a three in the left corner, one of the few open looks he has had all night, cuts the Bucknell lead to 7 at the first media timeout of the half.
A Bucknell student just hit a halfcourt shot to win something during the timeout. He did not call the bank, but it counts anyhow.
Bucknell 49, Lehigh 40 (11:52 to go)
Knight with back to back threes gets it to 42-38. Donald Brown answers with a layin. Badmus a three and it is back to 47-38.
Confusion still along press row about the HC-Colgate score. The online scoreboards all show HC up, but BU SID said a call to Colgate press row had it the other way around.
Bucknell 55, Lehigh 45 (9:30 to play)
Bucknell in the 1 and 1 with 11:20 to go after Bryan White's third personal, LU's 7th team foul. Lee hits both ends and Bucknell shows a serious trapping press for the first time.
Number to watch: 70. That is the most points Lehigh has allowed all season (against D3 Muhlenberg). Bucknell is 7-0 when it scores 70.
Checking Colgate , HC up 6, under 3 to play.
Bucknell 57, Lehigh 52
Knight keeping Lehigh in this one, He now has 15 points, including three treys.
Olivero with 10.
Badmus with 14 for Bucknell. McNaughton has 10.
Bucknell 66, Lehigh 55 (4:46 to go)
Badmus now with a career-high 16. His previous best was 15 at Lehigh earlier this season.
Lehigh closed to 59-55 on an Olivero trey, their 7th of the game. Since then BU on a 7-0 spurt.
Bucknell 68, Lehigh 57 (3:36 to play)
McNaughton's fourth personal comes on a horrible call as an out of control Olivero jumps into three Bison defenders in the paint at the 4:27 mark. It was also BU's seventh team foul.
Olivero made both free throws, breaking up Bucknell's modest run, which now stands at 9-2.
Lee heating up, he now has 11, including Bucknell's last 4.
Mastropaolo with 8 points, one shy of his career high.
Bucknell 77, Lehigh 65 (1:03 left)
What absolute BS. At the 2:12 mark, Neptune going in for a layup is fouled by Badmus. He stays down a little,though the trainer rolls him right over, so obviously no serious injury. But he is too hurt to shoot the free throws, whines Taylor, who subs Matt Szalachowski, an 87.5 percent free throw shooter, for Neptune, a 65.7 percent shooter. Neptune miraculously is recovered an at the scorers table by the time Szalachowski misses the second shot.
Olivero hits a trey with 1:03 left, Lehigh's first field goal since his last one, at the 7:27 mark.
Lehigh calls a quick time out, then fouls.
Bucknell 19-23 so far second half at the line.
BUCKNELL 81, LEHIGH 70(final)
Charles lee dribbles out the clock and tosses the ball deep into the crowd as Bucknell clinches the regular season title and home court for the tournament.
Lehigh will need a win at HC Saturday to grab the No. 2 seed. HC beat Colgate 62-56 in Hamilton.
Neptune's foul on Lee with 14.3 to go and BU up 10 brings a chorus of boos from BU fans who were patient with Taylor's fouling well after they should have ceased such shenanigans.
Four in double figures for Bucknell, led by Badmus' career-high 17. Lee with 16, 13 in the second half. Bettencourt with 13, McNaughton 10.
Bucknell finishes 24-51, 47.1 percent from the field.
Lehigh with three in doubles. Olivero with 21, Knight 15, Neptune 12.
Mountain Hawks go 24-52 (46.2 percent) from the field and become first Patriot League team to score 70 against Bucknell in 32 games.
Turnovers a key stat: Bucknell 10, Lehigh 18.
Bucknell 26-35 at the line. Lehigh 14-16.
Full story to follow.
They might be able to squeeze a few extra bodies into the section reserved for Bucknell's pep band. After allegedly going 25 deep for the Northern Iowa Tv show, it has dwindled back to less than 15 for this key Patriot League showdown.
Lehigh brought a bus. They are crammed into a small section behind the Lehigh bench. No sign of the usual L*E*H*I*G*H paint guys.
Rich Giallella in the house again tonight. Who assigns these guys? How can Bucknell have the same guy in three out of four league games? Surprised they didn't fly him into Worcester.
14:27 til game time
The band has swelled to about 16 people now, with 5 minutes until the tip.
The student sections are filling, but still a lot of empty seats.
Among the signs:
(it could be true, these students are fired up)
National anthem by a girl in a McNaughton jersey.
Bucky Bison has a uniform now, too. It's an old white No. 50, split between the numbers in the back to get it over this costume. A front slit might have been a better choice because the big Bison chin covers the top of the front.
Still, a big step up from that Fred Rogers vest.
Bucknell 9, Lehigh 5 (15:25 first half)
First possession, Bucknell goes to McNaughton, who beats a double team and is fouled by Mike Fischman. McNaughton makes both.
First guy off the Lehigh bench is James Anderson. Knight follows at the same stoppage.
Brown for Mastropaolo at 17:18.
Giallella makes himself part of the show around the 16:30 mark, checking a TV replay on an Abe Badmus three. The guy who first signaled three was right on the play, both in proximity and correctness of his call.
With 15:37 to go, shot clock running down, Bucknell goes to Darren Mastropaolo down low. His jump hook gives him 4 points and Bucknell a 9-5 lead at the first timeout.
Bucknell 16, Lehigh 10 (11:56 first)
Both teams shooting well early. At the 13 minutes mark, BU was 5-7, LU 4-7. Lehigh, though, with 4 turnovers, Bucknell just 1.
Olivero with 5 of Lehigh's 10. Five different Bison have scored already, none of them named Charles Lee. Donald Brown and Mastropaolo with 4 each.
Bucknell 21, Lehigh 12 (7:41 first)
Difference between the two teams. Bucknell with a host of "go to" guys. Even Mastropaolo got the rock in a shot clock expiring situation.
Lehigh, on the other hand, has an inbound play with 4 seconds to go on the shot clock and Billy Taylor hustles Olivero back on to the floor. His forced jumper over Bettencourt was no good.
Fans all over the officials as the team fouls reach 7 for Bucknell, 2 for Lehigh at the 8:07 mark. Seconds later Badmus gets his second, making it 8-2.
Lehigh from the field: 5-15 (33.3 percent) 2-5 from three-point range. 8 turnovers
Bucknell 8-15 from the field, 3-5 on threes, 6 TO, 3 blocked shots
Bucknell 26, Lehigh 18 (3:47 first half)
Knight makes a pair of free throws at the 7:41 mark. His first points.
Lehigh is now 7-22 (31.8 percent) from the field.
Bucknell 29, Lehigh 22 (1:30 first half)
Vegotsky three gives Bucknell its first double digit lead at 29-18. Lehigh scores four straight to get back to 7, the last two on a Joe Knight jumper at 1:30, his first field goal of the game.
Word on press row, Colgate is up 10 on Holy Cross.
Bucknell 36, Lehigh 26 (Halftime)
McNaughton tips in his own miss at the buzzer to make it a 10-point Bison lead at the intermission.
The 6-11 German scored Bucknell's last 4 points, he has 8 on 3-5 shooting.
Charles Lee now 1 for 6, but when he finally made one, he made it count ... a trey from the right corner.
Donald Brown and Abe Badmus each with 5 for the Bison. 10 guys have played for Bucknell, 9 have scored. Bison shooting 45.2 percent (14-31) from the field. They are 5-9 from the arc.
Lehigh is led by Knight, who scored four of his 6 at the foul line. Jose Olivero with 5. Knight is 1-4 from the field, Olivero 2-6.
CORRECTION: HOLY CROSS UP 32-22 AT THE HALF (Elsewhere, Colgate 32-22 at the half.) Army and Lafayette tied at 35 all, also at the break.
Lehigh finishes the half 10 for 25 (40 percent) from the field.
Bucknell 42, Lehigh 35 (15:35 to play)
16:20 to go, Badmus comes up with a steal near midcourt, is grabbed by Olivero and refs do not call intentional foul, costing Lee a breakaway.
Knight with a three in the left corner, one of the few open looks he has had all night, cuts the Bucknell lead to 7 at the first media timeout of the half.
A Bucknell student just hit a halfcourt shot to win something during the timeout. He did not call the bank, but it counts anyhow.
Bucknell 49, Lehigh 40 (11:52 to go)
Knight with back to back threes gets it to 42-38. Donald Brown answers with a layin. Badmus a three and it is back to 47-38.
Confusion still along press row about the HC-Colgate score. The online scoreboards all show HC up, but BU SID said a call to Colgate press row had it the other way around.
Bucknell 55, Lehigh 45 (9:30 to play)
Bucknell in the 1 and 1 with 11:20 to go after Bryan White's third personal, LU's 7th team foul. Lee hits both ends and Bucknell shows a serious trapping press for the first time.
Number to watch: 70. That is the most points Lehigh has allowed all season (against D3 Muhlenberg). Bucknell is 7-0 when it scores 70.
Checking Colgate , HC up 6, under 3 to play.
Bucknell 57, Lehigh 52
Knight keeping Lehigh in this one, He now has 15 points, including three treys.
Olivero with 10.
Badmus with 14 for Bucknell. McNaughton has 10.
Bucknell 66, Lehigh 55 (4:46 to go)
Badmus now with a career-high 16. His previous best was 15 at Lehigh earlier this season.
Lehigh closed to 59-55 on an Olivero trey, their 7th of the game. Since then BU on a 7-0 spurt.
Bucknell 68, Lehigh 57 (3:36 to play)
McNaughton's fourth personal comes on a horrible call as an out of control Olivero jumps into three Bison defenders in the paint at the 4:27 mark. It was also BU's seventh team foul.
Olivero made both free throws, breaking up Bucknell's modest run, which now stands at 9-2.
Lee heating up, he now has 11, including Bucknell's last 4.
Mastropaolo with 8 points, one shy of his career high.
Bucknell 77, Lehigh 65 (1:03 left)
What absolute BS. At the 2:12 mark, Neptune going in for a layup is fouled by Badmus. He stays down a little,though the trainer rolls him right over, so obviously no serious injury. But he is too hurt to shoot the free throws, whines Taylor, who subs Matt Szalachowski, an 87.5 percent free throw shooter, for Neptune, a 65.7 percent shooter. Neptune miraculously is recovered an at the scorers table by the time Szalachowski misses the second shot.
Olivero hits a trey with 1:03 left, Lehigh's first field goal since his last one, at the 7:27 mark.
Lehigh calls a quick time out, then fouls.
Bucknell 19-23 so far second half at the line.
BUCKNELL 81, LEHIGH 70(final)
Charles lee dribbles out the clock and tosses the ball deep into the crowd as Bucknell clinches the regular season title and home court for the tournament.
Lehigh will need a win at HC Saturday to grab the No. 2 seed. HC beat Colgate 62-56 in Hamilton.
Neptune's foul on Lee with 14.3 to go and BU up 10 brings a chorus of boos from BU fans who were patient with Taylor's fouling well after they should have ceased such shenanigans.
Four in double figures for Bucknell, led by Badmus' career-high 17. Lee with 16, 13 in the second half. Bettencourt with 13, McNaughton 10.
Bucknell finishes 24-51, 47.1 percent from the field.
Lehigh with three in doubles. Olivero with 21, Knight 15, Neptune 12.
Mountain Hawks go 24-52 (46.2 percent) from the field and become first Patriot League team to score 70 against Bucknell in 32 games.
Turnovers a key stat: Bucknell 10, Lehigh 18.
Bucknell 26-35 at the line. Lehigh 14-16.
Full story to follow.
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