Thursday, November 23, 2006
A tough night Wednesday for Patriot League teams, going 0-2 with Lehigh losing at Quinnipiac and Colgate losing at home to Canisius.
Quinnipiac 71, Lehigh 55 -- Quinnipiac pretty much dominated Lehigh, especially in the second half when they blew open what was a two-point game at the half.

Lehigh's usually steady backcourt struggled. Freshman point guard Marquis Hall looked like a freshman, turning it over five times while going just 2 for 10 from the field, finishing with 5 points.

Jose Olivero had his usual double figures night -- 17 points on 6 for 14 shooting. But like Hall, Olivero had five turnovers. Kyle Neptune finished with 14 points and a game-high 9 rebounds

All total, Lehigh had 18 turnovers, leading to 29 Quinnipiac points.

Quinnipiac had the better of Lehigh in the front court, too. Jason Mgebroff turned in a pedestrian 1 for 3 night, finishing with 2 points in just 18 minutes of action after sitting much of the first half with foul trouble.

Quinnipiac shot 54.5 percent in the decisive second half and outrebounded Lehigh 38-28 for the game. The Bobcats scored 30 points in the paint, to just 12 for Lehigh.
Box score | AP | New Haven Register

Canisius 78, Colgate 73, OT -- In a back and forth game with 12 ties and nine lead changes, Canisius pulled away in the overtime, thanks to Chuck Harris, who scored 8 of Canisius' 12 overtime points (and 8 of his 13 in the game).

Colgate was up 70-66 after four straight Daniel Waddy free throws early in the extra period. Then Harris got things going with a layup and a jumper, wrapped around a made free throw by Colgate's Tim Pounds, cutting it to one. Then Harris assisted on a three-pointer by Corey Herring (22 points) to give Canisius the lead for good.

Waddy, who scored 9 of his 11 points at the foul line (he went 1 for 5 from the field), had a chance to make it a three point game with 17 seconds left in regulation, but hit only one of two free throws. That left the door open for Canisius to send it to OT on a Darnell Wilson layup with one second in regulation.

Kendall Chones led Colgate with 18 points, 8 coming from 10 trips to the foul line. Jon Simon also had 18 for Colgate (1-2).

The Raiders turned the ball over 27 times, leading to 21 Canisius points.
Box score | AP

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