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Game 7-049: American at Lehigh
February 7, 2011 8:06 am ET by Kyle Whelliston

American Eagles at Lehigh Mountain Hawks

February 6, 2011 2:00 pm
Stabler Arena
BBState Stats/Recap



In which we prepare to bunker down for Last Man.

@midmajority Game Tweets

13:55 Game No. 7-049: American at Lehigh. You are here. http://img.ly/2WtR
13:57 Nothing makes for a better pregame show than... an actual game. CBS College is filling its early afternoon with Patriot League basketball!
13:58 And so are we. Lehigh is 12-10 overall, 3-4 in the Patriot League, which it owns the title for; American is 15-7 (5-2). #youareinformed
14:02 Both Lehigh's women's & men's teams made their respective genders' NCAA's last season. The male Mountain Hawks will most likely not repeat.
14:04 Lehigh is led by a 6-3 sophomore guard from Canton, OH named C.J. McCollum, who we've heard is very good at "scoring the basketball."
14:05 Waiting for tip. http://img.ly/2WtZ
14:05 Nope, it's impossible. Keyboard+ iPhone today. RT @HoopTime: @midmajority only a tech wiz like you could connect to Lehigh's wireless
14:07 There's a guy wearing a gigantic Elmo head behind the basket American is shooting at. Blame any low Eagles 1st half point total on that.
14:08 RT @NovaYankee: @midmajority if the first matchup was any indication you should get to see two great performances by two great scorers.
14:09 American's No. 14 in blue is former George Mason Patriot Vlad Moldoveanu. He's a 6-9'er from Bucharest who wields the power of BOOBA.
14:12 Mountain Hawk Holden Greiner, whose parents liked books, scores the first basket for Lehigh. 6-2 at the first MTO.
14:15 I'll bet he'd never heard that before. RT @habes123: @midmajority we call him "Vlad The Impaler" in Bender #campusnicknames
14:17 AMER 8-4, 14:00 1H. McCollum scores his first basket of what surely will be many today. What's CBS-C's version of Star Watch called?
14:19 If you have never shot a free throw towards a guy with an Elmo mask waving two giant C.J. McCollum heads, let us know. It looks difficult.
14:20 At 11:55 1H, Lehigh takes the lead at 9-8 after a Jordan Hamilton #superhoop. MTO. T-shirt popgun!
14:21 There's a thrift store somewhere that's full of XXL, sponsor logo-covered t-shirts. It must be somewhere in Pennsylvania. #therealtshirttime
14:22 Seriously, we've witnessed at least 150 balled-up t-shirts being launched into the stands over the last three days. Where do they all go?
14:25 Lehigh's arena wireless has a "quick start guide": 3 pages long, contains 6 diagrams, & uses the acronym "PEAP" a lot. http://img.ly/2Wud
14:26 AMER up 12-11 at the end of the first quarter. In this Moldoveanu-McCollum matchup, the leading scorer so far is Eagle Stephen Lumpkins (6).
14:26 Tied at 14. Lehigh's Jordan Hamilton is some kind of #superhoop genius! Two picture-perfect arcs that resembled set shots. #FUNdamentals
14:29 At some point, there will be an All-TMM Superhoop Genius Team. They will shoot nothing but 3's & play an exhibition against Seattle or VMI.
14:30 I'm guessing that this is American's team bus. http://img.ly/2Wug
14:32 Never. But 3 foul balls. RT @AndrewTutino: @midmajority Have you ever caught one? Going to games for 30 years now, have never got a t-shirt.
14:33 There is mutually exclusive universal order to this: you either catch t-shirts regularly, catch foul balls regularly, or are good in bed.
14:35 32 points scored, and only six combined by McCollum/Moldoveanu. I'm guessing Feinstein has gone off script already & is talking about 2003.
14:36 RT @DanTorsiello: @midmajority I'm the exception! At a Mets game last year, I dropped a foul ball and lost it but ended up catching a tshirt 2 innings later!
14:38 4:42 to go in 1H, and American's jumped back out to a four point lead. 20-16. Small but engaged crowd here at Stabler today.
14:40 Clutch the Mountain Hawk. #mascots! http://img.ly/2Wuq
14:41 It looks comfortable! RT @LRJ_517: @midmajority Sorta. That's a bus that offers tours in the DC area.
14:42 I don't think they have Wild Bill's costume budget. RT @Dobber_BtB_SBN: @midmajority Has Elmo guy switched to Bert yet? Or Big Bird?
14:44 21-20 American at 2:06 1H. We have a couple of HT announcements regarding #LastMan protocol and the rescheduling of the #ALLCAPSGAME.
14:46 We have over twice the followers as we did during the first #ALLCAPSGAME, but we will lose each and every one of you later this month.
14:49 C.J. McCollum strikes!! A scoop shot at the buzzer for Lehigh, and the M'Hawks are down 26-25 at the half. Boom!
14:50 OK, first of all: #LastMan will take over this Twitter feed later 2night. I will be typing into a blind box until the Knowledge is consumed.
14:53 The #LastMan entries will show up on a "liveblog" on the site and as tweets here. So "enjoy" that.
14:54 OK, here's the announcement you've all been waiting for. We have rescheduled the #ALLCAPSGAME, our annual effort to lose all our followers.
14:56 THE SECOND ANNUAL #ALLCAPSGAME WILL BE BRACKETBUSTERS COUNTERPROGRAMMING ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. BUTLER AT UIC. HORIZON LEAGUE. IMPORTANT.
14:57 YOU WILL STOP FOLLOWING US AND KEEP US FROM REACHING 2500 FOLLOWERS. THERE WILL BE A MEANS OF ESCAPE BUT NO LOWERCASE WHATSOEVER. THANK YOU.
14:57 RT @dsipocz: @midmajority impossible! I can't go back to watching those other teams above the red line. midmajority for life!
14:57 RT @JohnWillmott: @midmajority NEVER
15:00 RT @devyanks90: @midmajority between NPD and ALL CAPS, you like to attempt to lose followers.
15:01 Robots!! RT @polarscribe: @midmajority Same "pull the screen down" trick as last year, or a Robot to make Knowledge-free tweeting easier?
15:02 If you like the "behind the scenes" info, we've signed a multi-year contract to keep the #ALLCAPSGAME in Chicago. Also, UIC is in uppercase.
15:05 We are ready to start the second half of action here at Lehigh. Patriot League action is infectious!
15:07 Moldoveanu layup to start the 2H scoring for American. He's got six, C.J. McCollum has five for Lehigh. Total team efforts out there today!
15:07 RT @Dobber_BtB_SBN: SUCK IT, HATERS OF THE WINDY CITY RT @midmajority: we've signed a multi-year contract to keep the #ALLCAPSGAME in Chicago.
15:10 American up 34-32 after three minus of 2H action. Troy Brewer, a 6-5 jr for the Eagles, has 6 of the team's 8 2H points so far.
15:11 RT @ThisLeadenPaul: @MIDMAJORITY ONLY THE WEAK FEAR #ALLCAPSGAME!
15:13 TMM life: when everybody in the arena gets totally quiet so they can all hear the cheerleaders chant.
15:15 "C'mon, Lehigh, get on your feet! Brown and white, we can't be beat!"
15:17 American up 39-36 at 14:11 2H. Both teams shooting solidly in the 1/3 zone. Lehigh's getting more points from the bench than from starters.
15:18 One thing you must know about the Patriot: don't f___ with Lehigh's wrestlers. 26 national champions, 128 All-Americans, 34 division titles.
15:23 MTO contest: throwing different sports balls at the center court logo. Which will win? To the surprise of nobody, the one that isn't round.
15:26 AMER's Charles Hinkle (no relation) knocked down, then gets up looking for a tussle. Cooler heads. Plus, they're winning. 43-39, end of 3Q.
15:29 OK, banner etiquette. Lehigh's most recent title banner says "2010." The one close by says "2003-04."
15:30 The "2010" might lead to a belief that "2003-04" represents two consecutive titles. But Holy Cross won in 2003. Is Lehigh taking credit?
15:32 A sweet Nick Hendra foul-line jumper puts American up six at 8:20 2H, 47-41.
15:33 McCollum gets into dubl-figures on the other end, but lets loose a strange frog-shot #superhoop attempt on the next possession.
15:35 And American pushes the lead out to 52-43. Moldoveanu has 12 now, and Troy Brewer has 13. They had nine combined at halftime.
15:35 Sustained. RT @jenahearn: @midmajority I'm late on this, but: Objection! Only Big 5 players can wield the power of BOOBA.
15:39 McCollum #superhoop cuts the AMER lead to 52-49. 16 for him. Big time players make big time plays in big time games... in the second half!
15:40 RT @Big_Red_Fan_IAM: @midmajority @Noah_Becker @sportzak we all know Cornell has much better wrestling than Lehigh. #beentoaplacewhereyourteamwontseeinyourlife
15:42 Your challenge: write a mid-major wrestling blog for a year. You cannot use the words "grunt," "musk," or "crotch."
15:43 McCollum a sky-layup to punctuate an unanswered points streak, and suddenly Lehigh's within a bucket! 56-54 at 4:14 2H.
15:46 RT @albolte: T-minus 3 hours, 55 minutes to #lastman. Who's in? (Not I, as I can't hope to top @midmajority.)
15:47 RT @chanford24: @midmajority McCollum is an explosive scorer, and not a bit deterred with the background of shooting toward Elmo
15:48 2:29 in regulation, and American's edged back out by four with two straight hoops. McCollum trying to do everything, and ending up 90%.
15:49 If you have extended cable, you just saw an #omgPatriotDunx by Iowan Mountain Hawk Gabe Knutson. #butcanhewrestle
15:50 Mackey McKnight, a good name, a deep corner #superhoop for Lehigh! 1:30 to go, M'Hawks are only down 61-59. Putting the riot back in the PL!
15:52 Steve Luptak airballs a #superhoop at the :35 buzzer, and now American is in danger-danger! With a Knutson layup, it's tied at 61!
15:53 :25.3 to go, 61-up, American and Lehigh. Next Lehigh foul puts American in the dubl-bonus, American has 8, arrow to Lehigh. #youarereset
15:54 Oh my! And on the American possession, Moldoveanu grabs an offensive rebound and gets fouled on the outback attempt! He'll shoot 2, :02.2!
15:55 Moldoveanu at the line. Foul shots: make, MISS. Lehigh desperation shot at the buzzer: hits backboard! Game over!
15:56 Final: American 62, Lehigh 61. If you have to win it at the line, win it at the line.
15:59 There are a couple of MAAC games in progress now, but other than that college basketball goes into the deep sleep of Super Bowl break.
15:59 RT @brendanloy: Some people watch the Super Bowl for the game. Some watch for the ads. And some watch in anticipation of the start of #LastMan. @midmajority
16:01 For us, the action is just getting started. In a few hours, the game of #LastMan begins. It's a mind-ballet of rigorous willful ignorance.
16:05 RT @chrispalm: @midmajority #AEMadness is in full swing! UMBC rallies from 17 down to stun Maine in Orono 84-77, UVM now 1.5 up on ME for the top spot.
16:05 RT @sethorensky: Its all over in Orono @midmajority. 4-win UMBC upends No. 1 Maine on the road 84-77. #Aemadness
16:07 RT @midmajority360: American 62 Lehigh 61 | AMER 16-7 (6-2) LEH 12-11 (3-5) | http://tmm7.me/adr #Patriot
16:12 RT @mjpettinato: Best of luck to @midmajority and all #LastMan participants. Just can't do it, seen 'em all since SB7, still like football. #sorry
16:12 RT @DadofTwins02: @midmajority "A mind-ballet of rigorous willful ignorance." The number of areas of American life this could describe boggles the mind.
16:13 RT @PatriotLeague: MBB: Dramatic finish on @CBSCollege, as American wins at Lehigh 62-61 on FT by Vlad Moldoveanu with two seconds to play.
16:13 RT @PatriotLeague: That sets up the game of the year in Patriot League MBB on Wednesday, with American (6-2) at Bucknell (7-1). Bison won first meeting in DC.
16:17 If you think #LastMan is serious s___, check this out. http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/
16:45 RT @polarscribe: Just re-read last year's #LastMan piece. That was fun times. And yes, the temptation to blast @midmajority with The Knowledge was strong.
16:49 For anyone playing along, The #LastMan clock will assume a 9:30 ET beginning point. It's a race with an abstract start line.
16:52 #LastMan is a race you run against yourself, but it's a game that pits you against the world. Nothing else produces this kind of psychology.

Boxscore

AMERICAN 62, at LEHIGH 61
02/06/2011

AMERICAN 16-7 (6-2) -- V. Moldoveanu 5-14 1-2 13; T. Brewer 7-14 1-2 17; N. Hendra 3-5 0-0 6; S. Luptak 0-3 0-0 0; S. Lumpkins 4-7 5-9 13; C. Hinkle 2-3 2-2 7; D. Munoz 1-3 0-0 2; T. Wroblicky 1-1 0-0 2; S. McCormack 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-54 9-15 62.
LEHIGH 12-11 (3-5) -- M. McKnight 2-7 2-2 7; C. McCollum 7-21 5-7 21; M. Ojo 1-4 0-0 2; G. Knutson 3-6 3-4 9; H. Greiner 3-5 0-1 6; J. Hamilton 3-4 2-2 10; K. McCarthy 2-4 0-0 4; R. Keefer 0-0 0-0 0; D. Safstrom 0-0 2-2 2; P. Small 0-1 0-0 0; A. D'orazio 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-52 14-18 61.

Three-point goals: AMER 5-17 (N. Hendra 0-1; S. Luptak 0-1; T. Brewer 2-7; C. Hinkle 1-1; V. Moldoveanu 2-6; D. Munoz 0-1), LEH 5-11 (J. Hamilton 2-3; H. Greiner 0-1; C. McCollum 2-5; M. McKnight 1-2); Rebounds: AMER 34 (S. Lumpkins 9), LEH 26 (C. McCollum 10); Assists: AMER 15 (N. Hendra 7), LEH 9 (M. Ojo 3); Total Fouls -- AMER 12, LEH 17; Fouled Out: AMER-None; LEH-None.