BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - B.J. Bailey scored 18 points, Mackey McKnight had 17 points and eight rebounds, and Lehigh held off Bucknell 65-62 to remain unbeaten in the Patriot League on Wednesday.
Holden Greiner had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Mountain Hawks (14-4, 4-0). Lehigh is 4-0 in conference play for the first time since 2005-06.
Mike Muscala had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Bison (16-4, 3-1), Joe Willman chipped in 15 points and nine rebounds, and Dom Hoffman scored 10 points.
Lehigh shot 10 of 18 on 3-pointers, while Bucknell was 2 of 14.
Ryan Hill's layup gave Bucknell a 55-50 lead with 7:16 remaining, but Lehigh's McKnight hit a 3-pointer at the 4:41 mark for a 59-58 advantage.
Lehigh led 27-12 on Corey Schaefer's 3-pointer with 6:03 left in the first half, but Bucknell scored 12 straight points and closed to 29-28 at halftime.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lehigh (14-4) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Bucknell (16-4) | 28 | 34 | 62 |
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| Lehigh Mountain Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Greiner, F | 34 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| G. Knutson, F | 34 | 3-12 | 0-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| M. McKnight, G | 37 | 5-15 | 4-4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| B. Bailey, G | 33 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| A. D'Orazio, G | 15 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Goldsborough | 21 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Schaefer | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Cvrkalj | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-59 | 13-21 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 65 | |
| 35.6% | 61.9% | ||||||
| Bucknell Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Willman, F | 31 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Muscala, C | 32 | 7-15 | 2-3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| B. Johnson, G | 38 | 2-9 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| C. Ayers, G | 35 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Hill, G | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Frazier | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Hoffman | 14 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| S. Kaspar | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Fitzpatrick | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-58 | 8-13 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 62 | |
| 44.8% | 61.5% | ||||||
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