Sunday, December 03, 2006
(Updated at 7:53 a.m. with new links)
Lafayette ended a losing streak, Lehigh stayed unbeaten at home and Army kept a winning streak going. The news for Colgate and Holy Cross was not as good.

Lafayette 72, St. Peter's 69 -- Freshman Jesper Andersson hit six three-pointers en route to a career-best 18 points. But it was Ted Detmer's trey with 1.4 on the clock that proved to be the game-winner for Lafayette, which snapped a six-game losing streak.

Lafayette hit a total of 15 threes. That was the difference in a game in which both teams had 25 field goals and 7 free throws. Saint Peter's finished with 12 treys.

Bilal Abdullah and Andrew Brown were left out of Lafayette's starting lineup for the first time this season, replaced by Paul Cummins and Marcus Harley. Abdullah responded with 14 points, Brown with 11 points and 8 assists.
Box score | AP | Express-Times

Army 63, Citadel 55 -- Army shot 48.8 percent (20 of 41) for the game, 55 percent (11 of 20) in the second half when they battled back to pull out the win.

The Black Knights were up 32-24 at the intermission, but Citadel started the second half with a 13-0 run and was up as many as 8 points (46-38 with 12:34 to play) before Army stormed back.

Jarrell Brown with 23 points to lead Army. Matt Bell added 17 and freshman Chris Walker was 5 for 7 from the field, 11 points and a team-high 7 rebounds.
Box score | AP

Harvard 76, Colgate 64 -- Colgate shot 50 percent at home and still lost to Harvard. It didn't hurt Harvard to shoot 16 of 25 (64 percent) in the second half. The Crimson's 22 of 29 showing at the foul line also a factor in a game where Colgate shot only a dozen (making 6) free throws all afternoon.

Kendall Chones was 10 for 11 from the field for 21 points to lead Colgate. Jon Simon added 14 and Daniel Waddy had 12 for the Raiders.

Colgate was whistled for 22 fouls (to 12 for Harvard), including 5 on starting center Marc Daniels, who managed to last but 13 minutes against Harvard's Brian Cusworth, who finished with 23 points on 9 for 12 shooting.
Box score | AP

Dayton 69, Holy Cross 53 -- No way of telling when the last time a team shot 59.5 percent from the field against the defensive minded Crusaders, but it is not the kind of thing that happens very often (Minnesota was the last team to shoot 60 percent against HC ... 12-4-2004).

The Crusaders led 29-27 at the intermission, but wilted in the second half, making just 6 field goals (on 22 tries, 27.3 percent). Dayton opened the half with a 13-3 run and never looked back.

Keith Simmons with 15 to lead HC. Torey Thomas with 13.
Box score | AP | Telegram & Gazette | Dayton Daily News (gamer) | Dayton Daily News (notes)

Lehigh 55, Central Conn. St. 52 -- Marquis Hall hit a pullup jumper with 57 seconds to go to help Lehigh stay unbeaten at home despite shooting only 39.5 percent from the field. Hall's J gave the Hawks the lead for just the second time in the second half.

Jose Olivero led Lehigh with 14 points. Kyle Neptune added 12 points and 9 rebounds. The Hawks outrebounded CCSU 36-27 and had a huge edge at the foul line, where they went 16 for 23. CCSU only shot 9 free throws, making 4.
Box score | AP

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