2021/03/01 10:08 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) Justin Jaworski came off two screens to bank home a runner in the lane with the game-winning points in the final seconds as Lafayette clipped Lehigh 71-70 in the regular season finale on Sunday. Lehigh had three shots in the last 7.7 seconds but none fell as the Explorers held on for the win. Lafayette (9-5, 9-5) takes on Bucknell in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League tournament on Saturday. Lehigh (4-10, 4-10) will square off against Boston University in the tournament s opening round on Wednesday, with the winner facing league-champion Colgate on Saturday. Jaworski scored nine for the Explorers, while Kyle Jenkins led with 16 on 6-for-7 shooting, including four 3-pointers. Neal Quinn added 13 points while Tyrone Perry and E.J. Stephens added 10 each.
Wilson, Lehigh host Lafayette
Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Two senior guards will be on display as Justin Jaworski and Lafayette will battle Marques Wilson and Lehigh. Jaworski has scored 28 percent of the team’s points this season and is averaging 22.6 over his last five games. Wilson is averaging 12.4 points over the last five games.
SENIOR STUDS: Lafayette’s Jaworski, E.J. Stephens and Neal Quinn have combined to account for 62 percent of the team’s scoring this season and have scored 79 percent of all Leopards points over the last five games.
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KEY CONTRIBUTIONS: Wilson has been directly responsible for 42 percent of all Lehigh field goals over the last three games. Wilson has 14 field goals and 14 assists in those games.
BALTIMORE (AP) Santi Aldama scored 19 points as Loyola (Md.) topped Lafayette 88-69 on Sunday, the fourth straight meeting of the two teams and sixth in a month thanks to schedules reconfigured by the coronavirus pandemic.Jaylin Andrews and Isaiah Hart added 18 points each for the Greyhounds. Alonso Faure had 11 points for Loyola (Md.) (2-7, 2-7 Patriot League) and Golden Dike had a career-high six assists.Lafayette scored a season-low 26 points in the first half, making 14 first-half turnovers. The Leopards had one turnover in the second half.Justin Jaworski had 17 points for the Leopards (7-5, 7-5), who won four of the six meetings with Loyola. Leo O’Boyle added 12 points. E.J. Stephens had 11 points.
Justin Jaworski had 33 points to outscore Santi Aldama and lift Lafayette to a 97-94 triple overtime win over Loyola (Md.) on Saturday. Aldama led the Greyhounds with 30. Jaworski hit all 12 of his free throw attempts.
By - Associated Press - Sunday, February 7, 2021
BALTIMORE (AP) - Santi Aldama had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Loyola (Md.) got past Lafayette 75-62 on Sunday for the Greyhounds’ first win this season.
The home-and-home series, which continues Monday, was set up on Friday with COVID-19 shutting down the opposing teams originally on the schedule. Loyola, one of the last two teams to open the season, lost two games to start the season at Lafayette, both by two points.
After losing its first four games by a total of seven points, including a triple-overtime thriller with American, the other team to begin play Jan. 16, Loyola lost to Navy by 18. The second game was postponed then Bucknell had to bail this weekend and Lafayette was scheduled again.