Mountain Hawks Prevail 59-51; King Posts Double-Double with 16 and 11
by John Painter, Colgate Director of Athletic Communications
Nine straight points and a 6-minute defensive stand nearly tipped the scales in Colgate’s favor during a 59-51 loss to Lehigh here Wednesday night.
The Raiders trailed 49-36 entering the fourth quarter and were down 55-42 after Quinci Mann’s layup for the Mountain Hawks with 6:28 remaining. But Colgate refused to quit.
Chelsey Koren and Summer King connected on layups and Haley Greer knocked down a big 3-pointer with 2:52 showing that made it 55-49. Nia Ahart’s layup with 1:23 remaining capped the 9-0 run and pulled the Raiders within 55-51.
Colgate’s defense forced a 3-point miss by Mann, but Cameryn Benz grabbed the offensive board with 1:02 to play. After a Lehigh timeout, Camryn Buhr connected on a jumper in the paint with 29 seconds remaining for Lehigh’s first points in just shy of six minutes.
Koren’s ensuing 3-point attempt rattled out and Benz iced the game for the visitors with two free throws.
Statistics were nearly identical in this one except for the free throw line, where Lehigh’s 14-of-18 doubled Colgate’s 7-of-9.
King scored a game-high 16 points to go with 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season. Koren added seven points and a team-high three assists while tying her personal best with two blocked shots. Mylah Chandler matched her career high with 11 rebounds.
Mann led the Mountain Hawks with 15 points, while Buhr added12 points, 10 boards, five assists and two blocks.
Bottom Line
Lehigh 59, Colgate 51
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 4-14 overall and 0-7 in the Patriot League.
• Lehigh improved to 11-7 and 5-2.
Facts & Figures
• King was 7-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-2 at the line.
• King’s 16 points marked her second-best total of the season, topped only by her 21 at Yale.
• Colgate’s best shooting quarter was the fourth at 42.9 percent, leading to a 15-10 scoring edge.
• Lehigh entered as the best 3-point shooting team in the Patriot League at 35.8 percent. The Mountain Hawks finished 5-of-15.
• Three of those treys came in succession and sparked an 11-0 Lehigh run midway in the third quarter, boosting a 33-32 lead to 44-32 during a 2-minute stretch that proved decisive.
• Chandler’s season rebounding high before tonight was seven against Holy Cross. It’s her fifth time with 11 rebounds in a game.
From the Source
• Head coach Bill Cleary (On the fourth-quarter comeback) “We picked up our intensity and we picked up our energy. There was more of a sense of urgency, which was great. But we need that the whole game. We’re putting ourselves in big holes game after game, and we’re fighting and clawing our way out of them. But we have to have that same passion, that same energy, that same purpose, throughout the 40-minute game.”
(On Summer King) “It was a great game for her. One of the things I was most impressed with was she really pushed through in the last three minutes. You could tell she was willing herself to execute and push forward at that critical junction because she knew how important it was for her to be on the floor. And that’s big for us. She made herself better today and it was good to see Summer back with a double-double.”
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at Cotterell Court was 264.