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| CWOSSA Alums Johnson (L) and Cvrkalj |
Murphy Burnatowski (ex-SJAM), the redshirt junior forward for Colgate, had a career-high 35 points (along with 8 rebounds and 3 assists) in Colgate's 93-90 overtime victory over Army.
For good measure, Burnatowski hit the game-clinching three-pointer with 0:17 left on the overtime clock.
Burnatowski's 35 points bested his previous career-high, set just last month (31 against New Hampshire). He's also put up some big numbers this year against high-level D1 competition, including 23 at Illinois and 24 at Marquette.
Meanwhile, the Lehigh-Bucknell game certainly lived up to expectations.
The Mountain Hawks jumped out to a 27-12 first-half lead before Bryson Johnson (SDCSS '09) went on a 6-0 run by himself --- an "and-one" from beyond the arc and another jumper that started a 13-2 Bucknell run over the final 5:41 of the first half resulting in a 29-28 halftime lead for Lehigh.
The Bison would take a second-half lead of 7 points, and even led by 5 with about 6:30 to go. However, Lehigh came back and re-took a lead that they would never relinquish shortly thereafter.
Johnson finished with 6 points for Bucknell, including that one three-pointer, meaning he is now 2 back of Bucknell's all-time school record. He added 4 rebounds and 2 assists while playing 38 minutes.
Stefan Cvkralj (Bluevale '11), a sophomore guard for Lehigh, missed his lone shot attempt in 11 minutes of action but did have a key assist on a BJ Bailey three-pointer during the Hawks' early first-half run.
