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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Down by as many as 13 in the first half, the Boston University men's basketball team rallied to tie the game five times in the second but ultimately came up short at Lehigh, 81-73, on Saturday afternoon.

With their second consecutive defeat, the Terriers drop to 7-8 (0-2 PL), while the Mountain Hawks (3-10, 1-1 PL) improve to 3-3 at Stabler Arena.

Sophomore Nick Havener helped lead the rally by recording 11 of 13 points and nine of his game-high 11 rebounds in the final 20 minutes of action for his third career double-double. Senior Nathan Dieudonne posted a team-high 17 points and four assists while adding seven rebounds. Classmate John Papale was the third Terrier to reach double figures with 13 points, as BU finished 26-of-61 (.426) from the field and 9-of-28 (.321) in 3-point territory.

Coming off a 28-point performance against Army West Point, reigning Patriot League Player of the Year Tim Kempton earned a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Kyle Leufroy drained four of Lehigh's 10 3-pointers en route to 20 points. Austin Price added 16 points, and Kahron Ross nearly had a double-double with nine points and seven assists.

Kempton had previously missed three games due to injury and continued to show little rust, as he quickly scored 10 points from the paint in the first six minutes of action. Price added a pair of 3-pointers to put Lehigh ahead, 16-5, with 14:22 left in the half. 

Leufroy's 3-pointer at 10:46 gave the Mountain Hawks their largest lead of the game, 26-13. He added a short jumper three minutes later to keep the advantage at 13 points (30-17).

Papale came out of the timeout by curling around a defender and draining a 3-pointer from the corner off junior Dylan Haines' inbounds pass. He added a short jumper and a second 3-pointer to cut the deficit to five (30-25) at 6:07.

Leufroy finished with 16 points in the first half and scored five straight to push the lead back to eight (38-30), but Dieudonne converted on a 3-point play and freshman Kyle Foreman drained a trey to cut the deficit to 38-36 entering the locker room.

The Terriers used a pair of free throws by sophomore Cheddi Mosely to quickly tie the game for the first time in the second half, but Lehigh managed to never fall behind, as the Mountain Hawks went back ahead by eight (53-45) at 12:02 on a jumper by Devon Carter.

Havener scored nine points in the following four minutes and junior Eric Fanning added a 3-pointer to tie the game two more times at 8:44 (55-55) and 7:56 (57-57), respectively. BU almost had the opportunity to break the deadlock, but Kempton grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the putback to take the lead for good.

Owning a slight 63-62 advantage at 4:29, Ross hit a 3-pointer. Price converted on a 3-point play one minute later, and Lehigh never saw its lead cut below four the rest of the game by hitting 11 straight free throw attempts.

Lehigh shot 48.3 percent from the field in the second half to finish 28-of-62 (.452) while hitting 10-of-17 (.588) from behind the arc and 15-of-16 (.938) at the line. The Mountain Hawks had two more turnovers but posted a 12-6 advantage in second-chance points to hold on and even the series at 3-3.

Following the two-game road trip, the Terriers will begin a two-game homestand against Navy on Wednesday (Jan. 6) at 7 p.m.