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Username Post: Columbia Hoops - A Wednesday Night in the Big Apple
LU65 
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Reg: 07-30-06
01-03-08 04:05 PM - Post#40579    
    In response to LU65

Baumann missed 3 of 13 shots last night and I don't remember one of them and I was sitting 40 feet away from the action. It seemed like every time you looked up he was taking a "step-back" three from the top of the key. He hit 4 of 5 from that range last night. Going into the game he had been 11 for 40 (12 games) from three or a .275 long distance shooter. The kid is a quality player and no doubt one of the top five in the Ivy circuit.

Despite the loss (don't get me wrong, it did hurt), the game was entertaining (4 ties and 11 lead changes). We played well early (shot 48.1% in the first half had the lead after twenty minutes: 34-31) and spotty late. Once again (getting to be a habit), Zahir Carrington picked up two quick fouls and sat for 15+ minutes before halftime. Bryan White had a monster game scoring 23 in 32 minutes - half the points on a heavily tapped ankle. Marquis Hall sat for 10 minutes in the first half and you had to wonder what - if anything - was bothering him. Maybe nothing, but he finished 1-10 (the shot coming from three) and committed 4 of Lehigh's 8 turnovers - something you rarely see. Lehigh had been hitting its threes some regularity 42+%; last night was an exception, going 4 for 17 (23.5%) and connecting on only one after intermission (1 for 9). That said, the game was a lot closer than the final score would indicate. Lehigh fought back a number of times from being down by 7 mid-way through the second half and actually had it down to a two point differential with 4:23 to play. Columbia then went on a 10 point run and with 1:07 to go had the lead up to 12. Coach Reed, to his credit, called a number of timeouts in the final 67 seconds - much to the displeasure of the Columbia fans on hand - to instruct his young players on the fundamental of guarding against the in-bounds play and ball pressure....tactics that may come in handy down the road.

Next up: Princeton on Sunday and a chance to close-out OOC play at 7-7.
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