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Game Notes

    LU’s

http://www.lehighsports.com/custompages/Game%20Notes/Men's%20Basketball/2016-17/31%20-%20Lehigh%20at%20Boston%20University%20030517.pdf

KenPom Rankings and Prediction
Lehigh (19-11, 12-6) Ranked #117
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Boston U. (18-13, 12-6) Ranked #188
LU wins by 1 (75-74)

Navy (16-15, 10-8) Ranked #214
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Bucknell (24-8, 15-3) Ranked #79
Bucknell wins by 12 (74-62)

The Terriers are one win away from winning 3 in a row over Lehigh – all in one season. Checkout the ugly reminders of Game 1 and Game 2 below. In fact, doomsayers will tell you that Lehigh’s lone win at BU came in OT in 2014 (82-80) on a last-second layup by Mackey McKnight. What chance, therefore, do we have? Plenty, I say. And, I’m banking on the theory of “lessons learned” and an inspired defense to pull this one out and send us into the Finals.

LU vs. BU (ugly reminders)

    Game 1 @ BU

Loss 61-75

Reed:
“I didn’t feel we had the right players making the right attacks against their zone.

“But in a night when we were on our heels, we were on our heels defensively and we were on our heels offensively. It’s a shame because that’s not the way we play.”

We committed 20 turnovers

We hit just 6 of 20 from deep (30%)

    Game 2 @ Stable

Loss 59-76

Reed:
“As a team, we really talk about and try to promote an element of toughness,” said Reed. “Today, when things weren’t going right, I didn’t feel like we displayed the toughness we needed to right the ship and bounce back. Teamwork is a major component of everything that we do, and that’s what you need when you have a bad loss and have to turn around quickly.”

BU wins the Second Chance Point Battle by 14 (1 7 to3)

We hit just 8 of 30 from deep (26.7%)