Women's Basketball Lehigh Combined Team Statistics (As of Feb 18, 2016) All Games
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LEHIGH CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 26: LEHIGH AT LAFAYETTE (15-10, 8-6 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (15-10, 8-6 PATRIOT LEAGUE) at Date Opponent Time/Result LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (6-18, 4-10 PATRIOT LEAGUE) Nov. KIRBY SPORTS CENTER (2,600) 13 MONMOUTH W, 95-88 (OT) 15 KUTZTOWN W, 81-51 EASTON, PA.• FEBRUARY 20, 2016•2 PM 19 at NJIT W, 75-47 23 at Delaware State W, 83-49 25 SAINT PETER’S W, 74-42 SETTING THE SCENE 28 MONTANA (1) W, 80-53 The Lehigh women’s basketball team looks to get back in the win column Saturday when the Mountain 29 VILLANOVA (1) L, 65-44 Dec. Hawks head across town to take on archrival Lafayette at 2 p.m. 2 SAINT JOSEPH’S L, 63-62 6 at Illinois L, 76-67 Lehigh aims to snap a three-game losing streak after dropping games to Bucknell (67-54), Holy Cross 17 at Rider L, 61-60 (OT) (77-71 OT) and Navy (62-54). The Mountain Hawks are 15-10 overall and 8-6 in league play. Lehigh 20 at Hampton W, 63-56 is tied for third place in the Patriot League standings with Holy Cross and Navy. Army and Bucknell 30 at Army West Point* L, 63-39 hold down the top two spots in the standings as both teams are 13-1 in league action. Jan. 2 at Boston University* W, 73-66 6 LOYOLA* W, 66-48 The Mountain Hawks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to pull within one, but couldn’t compete 9 AMERICAN* L, 59-55 the comeback as Navy earned a 62-54 win Wednesday evening at Stabler Arena. Junior Lexi Martins 13 at Bucknell* L, 80-77 (OT) led Lehigh with her 19th double-double of the season and set a new Lehigh single-season rebound 17 HOLY CROSS* W, 61-58 record in the process. Martins finished the game with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Her fifth rebound 20 at Navy* W, 51-48 23 LAFAYETTE* POSTPONED of the game gave her 345 for the season, besting her own school record of 344 that was set last season. 27 LAFAYETTE* W, 82-74 Senior Kerry Kinek and sophomore Quinci Mann both chipped in ten points. 30 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* W, 72-48 Feb. For the season, Martins leads the team in points (14.6 per game), rebounds (14.2 per game) and as- 3 at Loyola* W, 76-68 sists (63). Her rebounding average leads all of Division I, while her 19 double-doubles rank third in 6 at American* W, 61-52 10 BUCKNELL* L, 67-54 the nation. Mann follows with 13.1 points per game, while Kinek has chipped in 11.6 points and 8.5 13 at Holy Cross* L, 77-71 (OT) boards per contest. 17 NAVY* L, 62-54 20 at Lafayette* 2 p.m. LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 24 COLGATE* 7 p.m. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 27 ARMY WEST POINT* 7:30 p.m. F 12 Lexi Martins (Jr., 6-0) 14.6 14.2 Leads the country in rebounds per game Mar. G 20 Quinci Mann (So., 5-10) 13.1 1.7 Scored double-figures in 14 of last 17 games 2 at Colgate* 7 p.m. G 33 Hailey Pascoe (Fr., 5-9) 4.0 2.5 Career-high 9 points vs. Navy and BU 5-12 Patriot League Tournament TBD F 34 Kerry Kinek (Sr., 6-3) 11.6 8.5 Three-time All-Patriot League G 35 Amina Affini Sr., 6-0) 6.4 2.7 Career-high 15 pts. vs. Kutz. and Del. St. Today’s game in bold Home games in CAPS *Patriot League Game LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES (1) Christmas City Classic (Bethlehem, Pa.) Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable All times Eastern G 5 Elizabeth Jordan (Sr., 5-10) 4.2 0.9 Career-high 17 points at Boston Univ. G 11 Taylor Campbell (So., 5-9) 1.4 0.7 Career-high 15 mins. vs. Loyola G 15 Bernadette Devaney (So., 5-8) 3.4 0.8 Career-high 11 pts. three times this season F 22 Elizabeth Sharlow (Sr., 6-2) 5.8 3.8 Team-best 47.5 FG% G 23 Kari Moffat (Jr., 5-6) 0.0 0.1 39 career appearances MEDIA INFORMATION G 25 Kayla Burton (Jr., 5-8) 2.9 1.4 Ranks third on the team with 47 assists F 44 Mae Williams (So., 6-0) 0.6 0.6 Career-high 12 minutes at Bucknell Contact . Chelsea Vielhauer Office: ......................(610) 758-5101 Cell: .......................(610) 937-4035 IF LEHIGH BEATS LAFAYETTE E-mail: [email protected] Lehigh would complete the season sweep of Lafayette for the first time since the 2011-12 season Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 after claiming an 82-74 win in the season’s first meeting on Jan. 27. Lehigh would take a 45-44 lead in the all-time series against the Leopards. Broadcast Info: The Mountain Hawks would snap a three-game losing streak. Online Video: Patriot League Network Lehigh would move to 16-10 overall and 9-6 in Patriot League play. Radio: ESPN Radio of the Lehigh Valley with Matt Markus. Pregame coverage begins at 1:45 p.m. LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Lehigh Online: Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 21st season at the helm, carrying a career record of 333-282 Website - Lehighsports.com into today’s game and has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League power. Facebook - facebook.com/LehighWBB1 A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 19 wins and a Patriot Twitter - @LehighWBB League Championship appearance last season. In the previous six years, Troyan led Lehigh to a Instagram - Lehigh_sports combined 120-69 (55-33 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships and NCAA Tournament berths. Lehigh Athletic MediaExperience Relations • 641 TaylorLehigh Street, Bethlehem, Football Pa. • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 2015-16 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 26: LEHIGH AT LAFAYETTE• PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. LAFAYETTE SCOUTING THE LEOPARDS Lehigh and Lafayette will be meeting for the 89th time in program his- Lafayette carries a 6-18 overall record into Saturday’s contest. The tory Saturday with the all-time series tied at 44-44. The two teams have Leopards are 4-10 in league play and tied for seventh place in the Pa- split the regular-season series in each of the last three seasons. triot League standings. Lehigh held off a late Lafayette rally on Jan. 27 in Stabler Arena as the Lafayette completed the season sweep of American with a 63-59 win Mountain Hawks captured an 82-74 victory over the rival Leopards in over the Eagles Wednesday night in the Leopards’ most recent action. the season’s first meeting. Lafayette erased a large Lehigh lead to pull Maia Hood scored 17 points off the bench and led three double-digit even at 65 with under seven minutes to play, but a three-pointer from scorers. Jamie O’Hare (16 points) and Sammy Stipa (14 points) were junior Kayla Burton broke the tie and put the Mountain Hawks ahead part of the well-balanced second-half scoring output as the Leopards for good. shot 48 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes, including 53 per- cent in the fourth quarter. Junior Lexi Martins led Lehigh with a career-high 27 points behind a 9-for-17 showing from the field and 8-for-10 clip from the free throw In addition to the two league wins over American this season, Lafayette line. Martins also contributed 15 rebounds to record her 15th dou- also swept Boston University to account for the Leopards’ four league ble-double of the season. Senior Amina Affini followed with 14 points wins. thanks to a 4-for-4 effort from three-point range, while classmate Eliz- abeth Sharlow followed with 10 points. Burton dished a team-best six O’Hare leads the Leopards for the season with 14.8 points per game, assists. while Ashley Lutz (8.5), Stipa (8.4) and Hood (8.4) follow behind. Five Leopards scored in double-figures, led by Ashley Lutz with 16 LAFAYETTE PROJECTED STARTERS points. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG SERIES HISTORY G 11 Alex Cantwell (Fr., 5-10) 3.2 3.9 LAFAYETTE G 13 Jamie O’Hare (Sr., 5-6) 14.8 3.1 C 15 Angela Ribarich (Fr., 6-5) 5.3 3.0 Overall: Tied 44-44 Last Meeting: Jan. 27, 2016 - Lehigh 82-74 G 22 Sammy Stipa (So., 5-5) 8.4 3.2 Current Streak: Lehigh 1 F 43 Ashley Lutz (Jr., 6-1) 8.5 8.4 Largest Lehigh Win: 33 points, 68-35, 1/30/02 Largest Lafayette Win: 29 points, 77-41, 2/26/92 LAFAYETTE KEY RESERVES Pos. No. Name PPG RPG G 05 Anna Ptasinski (So., 5-10) 5.5 2.1 Last Five Meetings: F 14 Harriet Ottewill-Soulsby (Jr., 6-3) 6.7 5.1 Jan. 27, 2016 (Home) Lehigh 82-74 Feb. 21, 2015 (Away) Lafayette 59-51 G 23 Maia Hood (Jr., 5-9) 8.4 4.8 Jan. 25, 2015 (Home) Lehigh 65-60 G 33 Annette Snow (Sr., 5-11) 1.2 1.6 Feb. 22, 2014 (Home) Lehigh 73-59 C 42 Ellen Graham (So., 6-2) 0.3 1.4 Jan.