Hamilton, NY — Andrew Zidar scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double to lead ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï to a 54-48 win over Lehigh in a Patriot League game Friday.'xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />
Lehigh (17-9 overall, 10-3) stays in first place in the Patriot League standings with one game remaining against Holy Cross on Sunday. ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï is 13-13 overall and 5-8 in the league.
The Mountain Hawks continues their frustration against ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï losing on the Raiders’ home court for the 13th straight time. Lehigh’s last win at Cotterell Court was during the first season of Patriot League play in 1990-91.
Other ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï players in double figures were Mark Linebaugh with 12 points and Howard Blue with 11 points. Blue added eight rebounds.
Austen Rowland paced Lehigh with 19 points, while Jason Mgebroff tallied 12 points.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï held a 12-point advantage in the first half, 34-22, with 2:48 remaining before Lehigh trimmed the lead to eight at half, 36-28. The Mountain Hawks scored the first 11 points of the second half to go ahead by three points, 39-36, but ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï came back with six straight to take the lead for good. Kendall Chones, Kyle Chones and Jon Simon hit consecutive baskets for the Raiders.
The Raiders led by as many as seven points down the stretch and iced the contest on a pair of free throws by Linebaugh with nine seconds left.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï shot a blistering 51 percent in the first half, before going ice cold from the field in the second half shooting only 17 percent.
The Raiders outrebounded Lehigh, 40-35.
GAME NOTES: Blue moved into 17th place in career scoring with 1,162 points … Linebaugh has been in double figures in 10 straight games … ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï is 8-4 at Cotterell Court.