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CINCINNATI -- Playing with the highest preseason ranking in its history, Xavier got a win that was too close for comfort.Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 25 points and led a second-half surge that carried No. 7 Xavier to an 84-81 victory over Lehigh on Friday night.Edmond Sumner also set a career high with 24 points as Xavier (1-0) rallied after letting a double-digit lead slip away. Lehigh (0-1) got the ball back with 17.7 seconds left on Sumners offensive foul and missed a pair of 3-point shots.Really disappointed with our last 3 or 4 minutes of the game, Xavier coach Chris Mack said . Some of the mistakes we made were inexcusable down the stretch and we have to correct those very, very quickly.Sumner opened the game with a three-point play and had 11 of Xaviers first 20 points, showing more patience in his second season running the offense. The Musketeers led by as many as 12 points in the half, with Sumner scoring 15.We couldnt guard anybody, Lehigh coach Brett Reed said. Edmond Sumner was playing like an All-American. He was living at the rim. Our defense got shredded and thats what I was most disappointed in.Tim Kempton , the Patriot Leagues two-time player of the year, scored 25 points and steadied the Mountain Hawks, who took advantage of Xaviers defensive breakdowns. Kyle Leufroys 3 gave them their only lead at 58-57 with 11:39 left.Bluiett then asserted himself, scoring 10 points during a 16-5 run that put Xavier ahead to stay. Xavier had three turnovers -- two by Sumner -- in the final 61 seconds, giving Lehigh a chance to close in after trailing by eight.Very sloppy, said Sumner , who had six assists and six turnovers. We work on that at practice, so no excuse. We were just a little careless.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier held its ground. The Musketeers were ranked as high as No. 5 last season, a school record.BIG PICTURELehigh: The Mountain Hawks got started on another challenging November. Last season, they lost their opener at Syracuse 57-47 and dropped their first seven games overall.My message was that Im disappointed and I thought this is one we could have gotten, Reed said.Xavier: The Musketeers missed the defense and outside shooting of senior guard Myles Davis, suspended indefinitely while the courts handle a misdemeanor case involving his former girlfriends property.OPENERSXavier has won 27 straight season openers, including 17 at the Cintas Center. Lehigh hasnt won a season opener since 2008.PLAY `EM ALLMack quickly had to go deep into his bench. With 13 minutes left in the first half, Sumner was the only holdover from last season on the floor. Bluiett picked up his second foul with 14:25 left and took a seat.TRY IT ALLLehigh used a press, a half-court trap and a zone defense in the first half to slow Xavier after its fast start.OUCHXavier senior guard Malcolm Bernard went down awkwardly and grabbed his right ankle and foot late in the first half. He limped off and went to the locker room but returned for the second half and finished with five points.UP NEXTLehigh: Plays at Yale on Thursday.Xavier: Hosts Buffalo on Monday. The Musketeers improved to 217-31 at the Cintas Center.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay Puma Womens Shoes Gold . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Puma Womens Shoes Pink . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. http://www.cheappumawomensshoes.com/ . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Puma Womens Shoes White . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Puma Womens Shoes Yellow . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. CHENEY, Wash. -- Bogdan Bliznyuk scored a career-high 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting, made all eight of his free throws and had four assists to help Eastern Washington beat Bryant 81-77 on Monday night in a subregional round of the Legends Classic.Jacob Wiley scored 18 points and made 10 of 12 free throws, Cody Benzel scored 12 points on 4 of 7 3-pointers and the Eagles (2-2) shot 30 of 34 from the free throw line (88 percent).Trailing by nine at halftime, Bryant closed to within 73-70 after a 10-1 run capped Marcel Pettways laayup with 1:07 left.dddddddddddd The Bulldogs began fouling and Wiley, Bliznyuk and Sir Washington combined for eight free throws in the final 48 seconds.Benzels 3-pointer with 5:25 left in the first half gave Eastern a go-ahead 28-26 lead and Bliznyuks consecutive layups put the Eagles up 44-35 at halftime.Nisre Zouzoua led Bryant (1-3) with 22 points, Adam Grant scored 22 and Ikenna Ndugba added 11. 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