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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. 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LAKE CHARLES, La. -- James Tabary threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns as McNeese State spotted Tarleton State, a Division II school, three points and then rolled to a 33-3 win on Saturday.Kent Shelby grabbed five passes for 71 yards and Darious Crawley pulled in three for 58 yards and two touchdowns. The three Cowboy quarterbacks threw to 14 different receivers for a total of 358 yards.The Cowboys, who gave first-year coach Lance Guidry a win to start his tenure, were thwarted in the first quarter. Trent Manuel kicked a 222-yard field goal with 12:36 left in the second period for McNeese States first score.dddddddddddd. Dylan Long ran in from the 1 with 10:07 remaining in the second and the Cowboys rolled to a 20-3 halftime advantage.McNeese State, celebrating Military Appreciation Night, totaled 568 yards while limiting Tarleton to just 134. The Texans managed only six first downs while allowing McNeese State 32. 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