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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In front of an electric Stabler Arena crowd of 1,732, senior Jeameril Wilson led the Lehigh men’s basketball team with a career-high 23 points in a 91-77 Patriot League Quarterfinal victory over Army West Point Thursday evening. The Mountain Hawk offense was on fire for long stretches, including a 19-2 run during the first half to turn a 27-20 deficit into a 39-29 lead. With the win, Lehigh advances to the Patriot League Semifinals and will take on Colgate Sunday afternoon in Hamilton, NY
“That was a lot of fun,” said Lehigh head coach Brett Reed. “The fans brought great energy in here. I thought our guys were enthused and they were ready to go. The fans super-charged our team. Jeameril then took the lead and super-charged us right from the beginning, moving us forward, then our guys answered the call.”
Lehigh’s offense dominated, featuring four players scoring in double digits. Wilson’s career night included shooting of 66.7 percent from the floor (8-of-12) and 4-for-6 from 3-point range. He had 10 points before the game was five minutes old. Junior guard Evan Taylor stayed hot from last week, scoring 20 points on 43.8 percent shooting from the floor with four triples and nine rebounds. First-year guard Tyler Whitney-Sidney added 15 points and had a team and career high eight assists, with six rebounds and two steals. First-year guard Keith Higgins Jr. finished with 10 points, adding four assists.
Postseason victory vibes 📹📹📹 pic.twitter.com/oc7YobawEi
— Lehigh M. Basketball (@LehighMBB) March 4, 2022 For Army West Point, Jalen Rucker scored a game-high 26 points on 12 field goals with five assists and four rebounds. Rucker was one of five Black Knights to finish in double-figures, along with Chris Mann (12), Josh Caldwell (12), Charlie Peterson (11) and Aaron Duhart (11).
Jeameril Wilson started scoring for the Mountain Hawks with a jumper and immediately followed with a layup just two minutes into the first half. He kept his strong start going by making a 3-pointer that was followed by another layup with 15:46 on the clock.
Whitney-Sidney weaved through Army defenders for a layup to extend Lehigh’s lead to 14-8 with 13:48 left in the first half. A Higgins Jr. pull up gave the Mountain Hawks a 16-13 lead going into the first media timeout.
A 10-0 run by the Black Knights was stopped by a layup from Taylor. The Mountain Hawks trailed, 27-20 with 6:25 on the first-half clock, but two 3-pointers in a row by Taylor and one by Jeameril Wilson sparked an 11-0 run for Lehigh, proving enough to retake a 31- 27 lead with 4:47 remaining in the half.
ET is feeling it! 🔥 @Evant2415
It’s a one point game.
Watch: https://t.co/NUozBd8Tcq pic.twitter.com/42Fap6V41L
— Lehigh M. Basketball (@LehighMBB) March 4, 2022 Another 3-pointer by both Taylor and Wilson extended Lehigh’s run to 19-2 run and gave the Mountain Hawks a 39-29 lead. A last-second 3-pointer by Wilson put him at 19 points and gave Lehigh a 42-33 lead after 20 minutes of play.
ARE YOU KIDDING?!
That’s 16 for @jeameril_wilson! 😤
Watch: https://t.co/NUozBd8Tcq pic.twitter.com/QXAMVd0mD8
— Lehigh M. Basketball (@LehighMBB) March 4, 2022 Senior forward Nic Lynch started scoring in the second half with a layup, which was followed by a Whitney-Sidney 3-pointer at the 17:51 mark. A turnaround basket by Wilson with 17:21 to play gave him a new career high of 21 points. Taylor, Higgins Jr., and sophomore forward Dominic Parolin each drained 3-pointers over the next three minutes to give the Mountain Hawks a 60-45 lead with 14:55 to play.
A 7-0 Mountain Hawk run started with a 3-pointer by first year Ben Knostman and was followed by driving layups from Whitney-Sidney and junior Reed Fenton. Fifth-year senior Marques Wilson converted on another triple to put Lehigh up 70-51 with 11:20 on the clock. A Higgins Jr Trey gave Lehigh a 75-58 lead with 7:57 left.
Down the stretch, the Black Knights pulled as close as 11 with 1:27 remaining, but eight made free throws in the last two minutes allowed the Mountain Hawks to come away with the decisive 91-77 win.
For the contest, Lehigh shot 50 percent from the floor (32-of-64) and 45.2 percent from 3-point range (14-of-31). Army shot 43.5 percent from the floor (30-of-69) and 22.7 percent from behind the arc (5-of-22). The Mountain Hawks edged the Black Knights in rebounds 38-35 and proved more efficient tallying 23 assists to Army’s seven. Lehigh had 10 turnovers to Army’s eight.
Lehigh’s semifinal matchup at top-seeded Colgate Sunday afternoon is set for a 2 pm tipoff from Cotterell Court. The game, which will send the victor to the Patriot League Championship Game, will be aired live on CBS Sports Network with radio coverage on Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM in Easton.
“Colgate is a very good team,” said Reed. “They’ve been very hot. They play a smart brand of basketball. They’re very skilled. They find little nuances to try to beat you and they just keep going to it.
“We have to play very well, but we have and I’m excited about it,” Reed continued. “We’re going to have to play good teams in the tournament to continue and advance. Irrespective of whoever’s in front of us, let’s go. Let’s see what we’ve got.”
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Story by Joey Dotta ’22
Not done yet 💪 pic.twitter.com/7BpYnieZpN
— Lehigh M. Basketball (@LehighMBB) March 4, 2022
Gallery: (3-3-2022) Men’s Basketball vs. Army (PLT), 3/3/22
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