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Lehigh Punches Ticket to NCAA Tournament with Patriot League Championship Win over Boston University
Lehigh secured its fourth Patriot League title with four players scoring in double figures, earning its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2012, officials confirmed.
- On Wednesday night in Bethlehem, Lehigh beat Boston University 74-60 to win the Patriot League Tournament and secure a 2026 NCAA Tournament spot.
- Hank Alvey's semifinal outburst carried Lehigh into the final, as his career-high 30 points helped secure the fourth conference tournament title and sixth NCAA Tournament appearance.
- Junior Nasir Whitlock paced the Mountain Hawks with 18 points while Joshua Ingram and Edouard Benoit had 15 each, and Ingram's 3 plus Whitlock's step-back jumper gave Lehigh a lead it kept.
- Lehigh will find out its NCAA opponent on Selection Sunday, with CBS News Philadelphia airing the NCAA Tournament seeding and opponent reveal at 6 p.m.
- The result recalled Lehigh's 2012 upset of Duke, with fans chanting 'We want Duke' as Lehigh clinched its NCAA berth, echoing McCollum's 30 points in that game.
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Whitlock scores 18, Lehigh beats Boston University 74-60, wins Patriot League Tournament
Nasir Whitlock scored 18 points, Joshua Ingram and Edouard Benoit each added 15, and second-seeded Lehigh beat No. 4 seed Boston University 74-60 to win the Patriot League Tournament and clinch its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2012.
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pinalcentral.comLehigh 74, Boston University 60
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