Leufroy, Cohen rally Lehigh past Army 75-70

Feb 2, 2019, 08:23 pm

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Kyle Leufroy scored 22 points, Jordan Cohen added 18 and Lehigh rallied from 18 points down in the second half on Saturday to defeat Army 75-70, scoring the last seven points of the game.

Cohen hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:28 to play and two free throws at 25 seconds. Leufroy's free throws closed it out with 11 seconds to go. The Mountain Hawks shot 67 percent in the second half with seven 3-pointers and the Black Knights, who led 41-28 at halftime, shot 33 percent.

Lance Tejada added 12 points and James Karnik 10 for Lehigh (15-6, 8-2 Patriot League), which has won four straight. Leufroy had 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals and Cohen had seven rebounds and five assists. Leufroy went 5 of 9 from 3-point range and Cohen 4 of 5.

Alex King led the Black Knights (11-12, 6-4) with 18 points.

Lehigh erased an 18-point deficit with 13:23 to play with a 21-3 run, tying the game at 58 on a Karnik layup at the 7:54 mark. Leufroy had 11 points in the surge as the Mountain Hawks hit 7 of 8 shots, including all four of its 3-pointers, and Army was 1 for 10.