BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - C.J. McCollum scored 35 points to lead Lehigh to an 82-67 victory over Fairfield on Monday night.
The senior guard made 12 of 21 shots, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range, coming up one point shy of the 36 he scored in a season-opening loss to Baylor for the Mountain Hawks (2-2).
McCollum scored 21 of his points in the first half, including three consecutive 3-pointers that enabled Lehigh to turn an early 10-7 lead by the Stags (2-2) into a 16-10 Mountain Hawks advantage.
Lehigh led 40-30 at the half and never by fewer than nine after that.
Gabe Knutson added 17 points and Holden Greiner 11 rebounds for Lehigh, which is hosting a consolation bracket of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Mackey McKnight added seven assists.
Keith Matthews scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to pace Fairfield.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fairfield (2-2) | 30 | 37 | 67 |
| Lehigh (2-2) « | 40 | 42 | 82 |
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| Fairfield Stags | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Matthews, F | 36 | 6-11 | 4-7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| M. Barrow, F | 15 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Mikulic, F | 15 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Needham, G | 32 | 3-12 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| D. Wade, G | 32 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Nickerson | 27 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Sidibe | 22 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| M. Gilbert | 14 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Jenkins | 7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-58 | 14-21 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 67 | |
| 41.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Lehigh Mountain Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Greiner, F | 32 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| G. Knutson, F | 30 | 4-8 | 8-10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| C. McCollum, G | 34 | 12-21 | 6-8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| M. McKnight, G | 30 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| A. D'Orazio, G | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Schaefer | 21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Baltimore | 19 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| S. Cvrkalj | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Carter | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Goldsborough | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Goodman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 22-27 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 82 | |
| 49% | 81.5% | ||||||
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