South Mountaineer Volume 34, Issue 20

              Volume 34, Number 20
February 25, 1992
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
LEHIGH PAIR HONORED —Freshman
center Jean Klepczynski was named ihc
Patriot League's Rookie of the Week for
the second time in three weeks. The McLean.
Va. unlive grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds
to help Lehigh end a 16-gamc losing streak
and gain its first Patriot League win of the
season, an 85-70 win February 15 over
Navy. The 6-0 Klepczynski averaged 7.0
points and 10.0 rebounds in two games
during the week ending February 16. In
addition, teammate Michelle Meako was
named lo the league's honor roll for ihc
same week. The sophomore forward from
Albion. Pa. recorded back lo back double-
doubles, with len points and 11 rebounds
against Colgate and 19 points and 12
rebounds against Navy.
OOING FAST — Lehigh Assistant
Director of Athletics and ticket manager
Craig Anderson says thai chairback seal
tickets for ihc 1992 Patriot League
championship basketball tournament at
Stabler Arena arc quickly selling out.
Anyone wishing lo attend the March 6-10
tournament is advised to contact the Lehigh
ticket office at 7LU-GAME as soon as
possible. Single session (one day) tickets
are now on sale.
HIGHLIGHT FILM AVAILABLE —
"A Season to Remember." ihc 1991 Lehigh
football highlight film, is now available
on a limited quantity basis. The 15-minuic
film recaps the Engineers' 9-2 season with
game footage from all 11 contests. The
cost is $20.00 and can be ordered by filling
out ihc form on page 4 of the South
Mountaineer.
COMING NEXT WEEK — A special
six-page edition of the South Mountaineer
to preview the 1992 Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Association championship
tournament and the 1992 Patriot League
men's and women's basketball
championship tournament at Lehigh's
Stabler Arena.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Track championship preview 2
Swim championship preview 3
No Joy for LU women 4
Blair wins prep title 4
Winter sports results   5
Bison dent Lehigh's home dominance
Last possession
gives Bucknell win
By SCOTT GRAMLING '93
South Mountaineer Writer
It is said that things happen in threes.
Somebody should tell that to the Lehigh
men's basketball team.
As the Engineers tried to win their
third straight Patriot League game, it
was senior Paul Olkowski's layup with
three seconds remaining that gave
Bucknell University a 95-94 victory in a
thriller at Stabler Arena Saturday night.
"This one definitely hurts,", said
Lehigh senior co-captain Bob Krizansky.
"Luckily we have the tournament here,
and we can put three more wins together
here and show the fans that we're not
going to let them down."
The loss was Lehigh's first at home
this year, and it marked the sixth time in
as many tries that the Engineers failed to
put together three consecutive wins.
"it was one of the greatest college
basketball games I've ever been associated
with," said Bucknell head coach Charlie
Wool 1 urn. "It's just too bad that somebody
had to lose."
With Bucknell leading 91-90. junior
guard Chuck Penn hit a running jumper
with 1:00 remaining to give the Engineers
the one-point lead.
But the Bison answered as senior
guard Bill Courtney drove the lane to
draw Krizansky\s fifth foul. Courtney
gave Bucknell a 93-92 lead with :32 left
as he calmly sank both free throws in
front of a screaming crowd of 4.322, the
fifth largest in Stabler Arena history.
Lehigh brought the ball up court,
and Penn brought the crowd to its feet as
he connected on a 15-foot fall-away
baseline jumper with 16 seconds on the
clock.
Bucknell called timeout to set up
the eventual game-winning basket.
Courtney penetrated the lane and drew
three Lehigh defenders before dishing
the ball to a wide-open Olkowski
underneath the basket. Lehich called
REMEMBERING A FABULOUS FOUR YEARS
Prior to last Saturday's doubleheader with Bucknell, Lehigh honored its eight graduating
seniors from the men's and women's basketball teams. Pictured in the game program cover
from left are (seated) Gamil Hall, Stacy Viotto and Lori Lynch; (standing) Stefan Falke,
Stephen Yaniga, Bob Krizansky, Dozie Mbonu and Jay Hipps.      -Photo by joe ryan
timeout, but couldn't get a-shot off in the.
last second of play.
"We were supposed to run a box
play. but.as all great coaching moves go.
it broke down." Woollum said. "It didn't
go. but Bill came up with the greatest
assist of his career."
After being held scoreless by the
relentless defense of Penn in the first half.
Courtney exploded for 19 second half
points.
The final home game for Lehigh
before the Patriot League tournament, it
was "Senior Night" at Stabler, and
rightfully so.
"The seniors came up big for us."
Lehigh head coach Dave Duke said. "I
thought they played extremely well."
Seniors Jay Hipps. Dozie Mbonu
and Krizansky each scored 22 points to
lead the Engineers. Mbonu. Lehigh's fourth
all-time leading scorer, was seven for
nine from the floor and eight of eight
from the free throw line. Krizansky put
on another superb outing, scoing 22 points,
grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing out six
assists before fouling out.
The Bison led by as many as nine
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as of 2-24-92
Single session tickets on sale
for Patriot League tournament
Single session tickets for the 1992
Patriot League championship basketball
tournament are now on sale at the Lehigh
University ticket office. These tickets
admit the bearer to one full day's action.
The tournament runs March 6-10
with women's action beginning Friday,
March 6 and men's play beginning March
7. The men's final, to be televised live
on ESPN, is slated for Tuesday March
10 at 7:30 p.m.
Adult reserved chairback.tickets are-
$ 10 for each, of the first three days- and
$12 for the men's final. Student reserved
chairback seats are $4 for the first three
days and $5 for the final.
Adult bleacher seats are $5 for each
of the first three days and $7 for the men's
final. Student bleacher seats are $3 for the
first three days and $4 for the final.
Full session tickets are still available,
but sales have been brisk and anyone
interested in purchasing any tickets for
the tournament should do so as soon as
-.possible. Eor further information, contact
the ticket office at 7LU-GAME.-	
points in the first half, but a 8-0 Lehigh run,
sparked by three-pointers from senior Steve
Yaniga (I I points) and Krizansky evened the
score at 51 at the half.
The Engineers stormed out to a nine-
point lead five minutes into the second half,
and showed signs of possibly putting the
game out of reach. But Bucknell retaliated,
and regained the lead, 78-76, on a Courtney
12-foot jumper with 7:48 remaining.
Falling behind by four, Lehigh fought
back on four consecutive field goals by Hipps.
"I didn't realize I had eight in a row,"
Hipps said. "I was just in the flow."
But it was the heroics of Courtney and,
maybe more importantly, the foul trouble of
Krizansky, that were too much to overcome.
Courtney scored 12 points in the last seven
minutes, including Bucknell's last eight before
assisting Olkowski's game-winner.
Krizanksy picked up his fourth foul with
10:18 left and Lehigh leading by four points.
Three minutes later, he came back to a two-
point deficit. He would eventually foul out
with :32 remaining, but his game was obviously
limited by the foul trouble.
"I didn't want to leave Stabler like that,
fouling out." Krizansky said. "The worst feeling
a player can have is to be sitting there after
fouling out."
"If we had to lose one here, this is the one
we wanted it to be," Duke said. "Now we've
got another chance in the tournament."
Before the tournament begins, Lehigh
has a chance to gain some momentum. The
Engineers travel to Lafayette tomorrow and
Holy Cross Saturday to complete the regular
season.
All it takes is three wins in March, and
somebody's going to the NCAA tournament
as the Patriot League champion.
"I'd love to play them again," Krizansky
said. "They beat us twice, so we owe them."
If it came down to it, who knows what a
third time would bring?