Lehigh 70, Wagner 69

Lehigh 70, Wagner 69

Published Dec. 10, 2011 6:46 p.m. ET

Anthony D'Orazio's 3-pointer with 8 seconds left gave Lehigh a 70-69 win over Wagner on Saturday.

The Mountain Hawks (8-3) trailed 68-64 before Mackey McKnight's 3-pointer brought them within one. Latif Rivers then made only one of his two free throws with 12 seconds left to put the Seahawks (7-3) up by two.

Lehigh, which trailed 58-47 with 7:17 to go, scored 12 straight to take its first lead, 59-58, on C.J. McCollum's free throw with 4:08 left.

Wagner led 31-27 after shooting 63.6 percent from the field in the first half (14 of 22). Lehigh, which made 36.7 percent (11 of 30) from the field before halftime, was 14 of 15 from the free-throw line in the second half.

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McCollum paced the Mountain Hawks with 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Lehigh has now won eight of its last nine games.

Jonathon Williams led Wagner with 18 points.

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