LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWO: LEHIGH AT RIDER Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-1) AT RIDER BRONCS (1-0) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 ALUMNI GYM (1,650) • LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. 16 at Rider 7:00 PM NOVEMBER 16, 2009 • 7:00 18 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 PM 23 MONMOUTH 7:00 PM 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) 7:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK 7:00 PM Lehigh hits the road for the second straight game this evening as the Mountain Hawks Dec. 3 at Columbia 7:00 PM head to New Jersey to take on a very tough opponent in the Rider Broncs. Lehigh 5 at Dayton 8:00 PM dropped a closely contested game at Richmond on Friday evening as senior Marquis 17 DARTMOUTH 7:00 PM Hall did all he could for the Mountain Hawks with 14 points, seven rebounds and six 20 at Saint Joseph’s 7:00 PM assists, and freshman C.J. McCollum hit for 12 tallies in his collegiate debut but it was not 22 MARIST 7:00 PM 28 at Longwood 7:00 PM enough as the Brown and White fell 65-53. Rider meanwhile earned one of its biggest 30 at Delaware State 7:30 PM wins in school history on Friday night as the Broncs went to Starkville, Mississippi and Jan. upset the No. 18 Mississippi State Bulldogs 88-74 behind 21 points apiece from Mike 2 NJIT 7:30 PM 5 YALE 7:00 PM Ringgold and Novar Gadson and a sizzling 67% showing from three-point range as a 9 *AMERICAN 7:00 PM team. 13 * at Navy 7:00 PM 17 * at Army 2:00 PM 20 * COLGATE 7:00 PM TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 14.0 6.0 ast. P.L. preseason Player of the Year 30 * at Holy Cross 3:30 PM Feb. 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 4.0 7.0 Led the P.L. in rebounds last year 6 * at American 2:00 PM 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 5.0 1.0 59 career appearances 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 3.0 6.0 Has started 72 career games 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 4.0 6.0 Two-time All-State in H.S. 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM Lehigh Top Reserves 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 12.0 1.0 2008 Ohio Player of the Year Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams N/A N/A 12 pts, 11 rebs in last year’s fi nale 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 0.0 1.0 Led LU in asst/TO ratio last year 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 0.0 0.0 Three-time All-Conference in H.S. * P atriot League Game 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 0.0 0.0 Missed the entire 2008-09 season Home games in CAPS 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 4.0 5.0 42% career shooter from three All times Eastern and subject to change 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 2.0 2.0 Appeared in 23 games last season MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 5.0 3.0 Saw time in 17 games a season ago LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Contact: Mike Stagnitta Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed has totaled the Cell: . (610) 509-6848 second most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. E-mail: . [email protected] He has also won over 65-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 best on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non-league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins Radio and Internet audio: Tonight’s game since 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1230 been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach for the 2006- and 1320 AM as well as Lehighsports.com 07 campaign. with veteran Matt Kerr. Pre-game cover- age begins at 6:30. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will defeat Rider for the fi rst time since 1989. - The Mountain Hawks will win their fi rst road game since February 11, 2009 when they downed Navy in Annapolis. - Head coach Brett Reed will earn his 30th victory at Lehigh. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWO: LEHIGH AT RIDER • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME GLASS EATERS Zahir Carrington pulled down 8.6 boards per game last season, which led the Patriot League. It marked the fourth consecutive season a Mountain Hawk has ranked in the Lehigh meets Rider for the 51st time top-three in rebounding in the league after former captain Bryan White ’08 ranked fi rst in in school history tonight, but only the ’07-08, second in ’06-07 and third in ’05-06. second time since 1990. The Broncs lead the series 30-20, including a 69-68 vic- tory last season at Stabler Arena. CLAMPING DOWN The Mountain Hawks defense returned to form last season as they led the Patriot League and ranked 13th nationally in fi eld goal percentage defense at 39%. Lehigh held 14 op- THE LAST MEETING ponents below the 40% mark from the fi eld a season ago and limited Richmond to 38.6% BETHLEHEM, Pa. (11/20/08) - Sopho- in the opener. more Rob Keefer unleashed a shot as time expired that hit the rim, bounced in the air and fell through the net. SIGHTS SET ON THE TOP SPOT Unfortunately for Lehigh it left the Senior captain Marquis Hall has dished out 385 assists during his three-plus seasons in Mountain Hawks one point short as the Brown and White, good for an average of 4.3 per game. Hall, who has totaled 118 the Brown and White suffered its fi rst or more assists in each of his three years at Lehigh, needs 68 helpers to break the school loss of the season 69-68 versus the Rider record of 452 set by Scott Layer from 1986-90. Broncs at Stabler Arena. Lehigh held a 12-point halftime lead but was unable MOUNTAIN HAWKS SET MARK FOR NON-LEAGUE WINS to hold on as the Mountain Hawks Lehigh won a school record ten non-league games a season ago, including its fi rst victory saw their fi ve-game win streak versus over a Big East member (Rutgers). The Mountain Hawks fi ve non-league road victories non-league foes at home came to an were the most since the inception of Patriot League play in 1990. end. Zahir Carrington led Lehigh with 15 points, while Rider’s Lamar Johnson netted a game-high 20. HALL UP FOR LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD Marquis Hall was recently named a candidate for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, presented annually to an NCAA Division I student-athlete in nine sports. Hall LAST TIME OUT is one of 60 basketball players from around the country who was chosen (30 male and 30 RICHMOND, Va. - Lehigh hung with female). Based on criteria focusing on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community a tough Richmond squad for nearly 39 and competition, the award winners will be selected by national balloting of head basket- minutes in its season opener but in the ball coaches, national media and college basketball fans. end the Spiders outlasted the Moun- tainHawks 66-53 at the Robins Center. Senior captain Marquis Hall led the WHAT ARE WE WORKING WITH HERE? Brown and White with 14 points, while Here’s a look at what Lehigh has coming back in several statistical categories as well as freshman C.J. McCollum hit for 12 the returning leader in that specifi c category. points in his collegiate debut. Rich- mond placed four players in double Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals fi g ures led by Kevin Anderson with 87.2% 82.7% 88.5% 64.2% 87.4% 16 tallies. Lehigh shot just 34% for the (Carrington, 14.0) (Carrington, 8.6) (M. Hall, 4.1) (Carrington, .69) (M. Hall, 1.6) game and committed 26 turnovers. The Mountain Hawks did out-rebound the SCOUTING THE BRONCS... Atlantic-10 school though, grabbing Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey is in his fourth season at the New Jersey school ... 40 caroms to Richmond’s 36. Hall and the Broncs will take on Virginia and Kentucky following tonight’s game ... Rider won classmate Zahir Carrington led the 19 games a season ago and reached the semifi nals of the MAAC Tournament ... Ryan Mountain Hawks with seven rebounds Thompson was named the MAAC preseason Player of the Year while Mike Ringgold apiece with Hall also adding six assists.