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Lehman College Men Men’’s Basketball Team Defeats NYU In ECAC Championship Game The Lehman College men’s basketball team (21-9 Overall, 9-4 CUNYAC) completed its season in successful fashion, winning its first-ever program ECAC Metro NY/NJ Men’s Basketball Tournament crown by defeating the Violets of New York University (17-11) in the event’s championship game by a score of 86-84 Sunday at the Jerome S. Coles Sports Center in New York.
In the first half, the Lightning raced out to a 22-10 lead nine minutes into the game, but the Violets chipped away at Lehman’s lead and eventually tied the game at 37 as the teams headed into the locker room at halftime.
For the Lightning in the victory, Redzic’s 28 points and 11 boards led the way, and Alain De la Cruz finished with 16 points, while Duane Rhoden The victory came not without a added 14 tallies, five boards, four assists dramatic finish. The Lightning led the and three steals for Lehman. The contest 82-74 with 41 seconds left, but Lightning shot 50 percent (33-for-66) NYU pulled to within 86-84 when D.J. from the floor and 36.4 percent (4-forGlavan connected on the first two of 11) from three-point range while going his three free throws with three seconds 16-for-23 at the charity stripe compared left. Glavan purposely missed his final to just 6-for-9 66.7 percent for NYU. try, which Richie Polan collected. The For NYU, John Mish finished with 16 ball was jarred loose and ended up in points, nine rebounds, four assists and Keith Jensen’s hands, whose offbalance try from about eight feet away three steals in his final collegiate contest. Polan contributed 12 points missed the mark. and a career-high 15 rebounds while The Lightning got 28 points and 11 Omar Meziab scored 11 points and rebounds from Tournament Most Glavan (10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds) Outstanding Player Alen Redzic and enabled the Violets to put all five dominated in the paint, out-scoring the starters in double digits. Violets 52-32 down low. Lehman also scored 29 points off turnovers while the For the Lightning, it was a terrific way to finish the 2008-2009 season. The Violets netted seven points off of team’s campaign this year featured Lehman miscues. many exciting moments, as the After both teams traded leads and Lightning won 21 games while also forged ties throughout a good portion of capturing a game in the quarterfinal the second half, NYU seized its final round of the CUNYAC tournament and lead, 74-73, after Jensen, who scored a pushing the No. 1 seeded Bearcats to team-high 23 points, drained a threethe brink of elimination in the semifinal pointer with 3:15 remaining. From round of that same event. The Lightning there, the Lightning scored nine straight made huge improvements this season, points, including four from Xavier and the team will hope to build on its Garvin (16 points), to claim an 82-74 2008-2009 ECAC championship when
In the first half, the Lightning raced out to a 22-10 lead nine minutes into the game, but the Violets chipped away at Lehman’s lead and eventually tied the game at 37 as the teams headed into the locker room at halftime.
For the Lightning in the victory, Redzic’s 28 points and 11 boards led the way, and Alain De la Cruz finished with 16 points, while Duane Rhoden The victory came not without a added 14 tallies, five boards, four assists dramatic finish. The Lightning led the and three steals for Lehman. The contest 82-74 with 41 seconds left, but Lightning shot 50 percent (33-for-66) NYU pulled to within 86-84 when D.J. from the floor and 36.4 percent (4-forGlavan connected on the first two of 11) from three-point range while going his three free throws with three seconds 16-for-23 at the charity stripe compared left. Glavan purposely missed his final to just 6-for-9 66.7 percent for NYU. try, which Richie Polan collected. The For NYU, John Mish finished with 16 ball was jarred loose and ended up in points, nine rebounds, four assists and Keith Jensen’s hands, whose offbalance try from about eight feet away three steals in his final collegiate contest. Polan contributed 12 points missed the mark. and a career-high 15 rebounds while The Lightning got 28 points and 11 Omar Meziab scored 11 points and rebounds from Tournament Most Glavan (10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds) Outstanding Player Alen Redzic and enabled the Violets to put all five dominated in the paint, out-scoring the starters in double digits. Violets 52-32 down low. Lehman also scored 29 points off turnovers while the For the Lightning, it was a terrific way to finish the 2008-2009 season. The Violets netted seven points off of team’s campaign this year featured Lehman miscues. many exciting moments, as the After both teams traded leads and Lightning won 21 games while also forged ties throughout a good portion of capturing a game in the quarterfinal the second half, NYU seized its final round of the CUNYAC tournament and lead, 74-73, after Jensen, who scored a pushing the No. 1 seeded Bearcats to team-high 23 points, drained a threethe brink of elimination in the semifinal pointer with 3:15 remaining. From round of that same event. The Lightning there, the Lightning scored nine straight made huge improvements this season, points, including four from Xavier and the team will hope to build on its Garvin (16 points), to claim an 82-74 2008-2009 ECAC championship when
