Lehigh University NCAA News

The AU men's basketball team fell to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 77-65 Saturday afternoon, snapping a three-game winning streak and a 20-game home winning streak in Patriot League play.

In recent years, the Lehigh University football staff shied away from Signing Day fanfare and waited until the following week to announce its class of commitments.

Zahir Carrington scored 20 points to lead Lehigh in a 77-65 win over American on Saturday.

With 17 starters returning for the 2010 season, the Lehigh University football team's goal for the incoming Class of 2014 was to add depth at every position.

Lehigh University head coach Andy Coen said he stressed adding depth to his roster that returns 17 starters for the 2010 football season.

Texas senior forward Damion James has been named one of 10 finalists for the Division I Men's Basketball Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Note: - This story is one of 16 student-athlete profiles that will be part of the Patriot League Basketball Tournament program in March.

The race for the 2010 Patriot League regular-season title, and all important seeding in the League Tournament, has hit the midway point with five teams separated by just one game at the top of the standings.

Gabe Knutson scored 31 points to lead Lehigh past Holy Cross 78-60 on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks scored 25 points off 17 turnovers as Holy Cross lost its third straight.

Lafayette senior guard Michael Gruner and the Leopards play host to Bucknell. The Lafayette College men's basketball team was picked for last place this season in the Patriot League.

Darrun Hilliard, Liberty ... scored a career-high 33 points in a win over Allen and 25 in a loss to Pocono Mountain West.

The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard Mario West to a second 10-day contract. West has appeared in four games for the Hawks this season and is averaging 1.3 points with 2.3 rebounds.

Lehigh's C.J. McCollum drives around Colgate's Kyle Roemer in the second half of the Mountain Hawks' 74-60 victory Wednesday night.

The NBA denied the Atlanta Hawks' protest of their 106-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on December 30, 2009.

The first CBS College Sports Network telecast of the Patriot League season was an exciting one for fans, as Navy scored 58 second-half points to pull away from Lehigh, 94-83, on Thursday at Alumni Hall.

Freshman C.J. McCollum scored a season-high 31 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead Lehigh to a 75-69 win over Yale on Tuesday night.

Despite confidence-building wins at DePaul and Brown over the break, the AU mena s basketball team was unable to steal its first Patriot League game away from Lehigh as they fell to the Mountain Hawks 78-67 on Saturday evening.

The four teams that scored opening-day wins in Patriot League men's basketball will face off in the next set of games this week, as Lafayette is at Colgate on Wednesday and Lehigh visits Navy in the first CBS College Sports Network telecast of the League season on Thursday.

A month ago, things weren't looking so hot for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. They'd lost 5 of 8 games to start out the season and seen captain Zahir Carrington go down with a knee injury.

Three Patriot League men's basketball teams closed out the 2009 portion of the schedule in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, and were all on the positive end of the result.