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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Lehigh rallies past Harvard
A second half comeback pushes Mountain Hawks back to .500.

Down 11 at the break, Lehigh turned it up a notch at both ends of the floor, overcoming a slow start for a 70-61 win over visiting Harvard.

The Mountain Hawks trailed by as many as 13 in the first half, and went into the locker rooms at halftime on the short end of a 33-22 score after Harvard's Evan Harris drained the Crimson's fourth three of the half, just before the buzzer.

The deficit was a combination effort, Lehigh's 28 percent (7-25) shooting was part of it. The Mountain Hawks went one stretch of over seven minutes without scoring. Harvard's 56 percent (14-25) effort had something to do with it, too.

Lehigh's shooters were dialed in better after the break, knocking down 15 of 29 (51.7 percent) from the field. The Hawks also went 15 of 16 at the foul line in the second half, including 8 for 8 in the final 1:19 to seal it.

The Lehigh defense was better, too, holding Harvard to 9 for 23 (39.1 percent) from the floor after the break, including 2 of 10 threes after making 4 of 9 in the first half.

The Mountain Hawks were still down 10 early in the second half when they put together a 13-2 run to get back in the game. The score was tied twice and the two teams traded the lead four times over the next eight minutes.

Lehigh took the lead for good on a Marquis Hall (17 points, 5 assists) jumper with 7:44 to go and slowly, but steadily pulled away.

Zahir Carrington (14 points) an d Phil Anderson (10) also reached double figures for Lehigh. Bryan White fell a point shy of a double-double with 10 rebounds and 9 points
Box score | Morning Call

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