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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Mountain Hawks road kill again
Holy Cross continued Lehigh's road woes last night in Worcester.

For the 11th time in 11 trips to the Hart Center, Lehigh bussed home empty handed after a 64-53 loss at Holy Cross last night. It was also the Mountain Hawks 11th loss in 12 games on the road this season.

It was too much Torey Thomas in this one. The Crusaders' senior point scored 18 points, including the 1,000th of his career, dished out 8 assists, made 7 steals and pulled down 6 rebounds. Had Holy Cross been on the road, he might have driven the bus home, too.

Thomas also had a lot to do with Marquis Hall's off night. Lehigh's standout freshman did manage 11 points, but it took him 14 shots (4 of 14) and the usually on-target from the arc Hall was just 1 of 5 on three-point tries.

Lehigh managed to hang with the Crusaders early, even leading 10-9 after about 12 minutes of play. And despite Holy Cross building double digit leads in each half, the hawks were within 3 at 54-51 late in the game. But Holy Cross closed with a 10-2 run to improve to 16-6 overall, 7-0 in the league.

Lehigh (9-14, 4-3) was led by Jose Olivero, who finished with 18 points on 5 of 14 shooting from the field. Phil Anderson added 10 for the Hawks.

Anderson and the rest of Lehigh's big men did a nice job defensively on HC center Tim Clifford. Clifford finished with 12 points and 9 rebounds, but like Hall and Olivero, it took him a lot of shots to reach double figures. Clifford was 5 of 16 from the field.

Keith Simmons added 16 points and 6 rebounds for HC.

Neither team shot it well. Lehigh was 17 for 48 (35.4 percent) from the field; Holy Cross went 21 for 57 (36.8 percent). The biggest difference was Lehigh's 20 turnovers, 11 the result of HC steals.
Box score | Telegram & Gazette

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