LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY: LEHIGH VS LAFAYETTE Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (12-7, 3-1 PL) VS LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (13-6, 4-0 PL) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 16 at Rider L, 86-71 JANUARY 23, 2010 • 7:00 PM 18 QUINNIPIAC W, 79-71 23 MONMOUTH W, 86-74 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) W, 76-67 SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK L, 71-52 The two hottest teams in the Patriot League, who also happen to be archrivals, meet this Dec. 3 at Columbia L, 75-70 evening at Stabler Arena as Lehigh welcomes Lafayette to town in a highly anticipated 5 at Dayton L, 89-71 early season showdown. The Mountain Hawks won their sixth straight home game 17 DARTMOUTH W, 66-58 on Wednesday evening by downing Colgate 74-60 as freshman standout C.J. McCol- 20 at Saint Joseph’s L, 77-66 lum led four Lehigh players in double fi gures with 29 points. Lehigh scored 44 second 22 MARIST W, 66-55 28 at Longwood W, 89-78 half points and limited the Raiders to 35% overall shooting in the win as the Brown and 30 at Delaware State W, 73-66 OT White remained one game behind Lafayette in the league standings. The Leopards enter Jan. tonight’s game on a roll, having won their last six, including a hard-fought 61-57 victory 2 NJIT W, 86-79 5 YALE W, 75-69 over Bucknell on Wednesday in Easton. Jared Mintz continues to be a force for Lafayette 9 *AMERICAN W, 78-67 as he ranks among the league leaders in scoring, rebounding, fi eld goal percentage and 14 * at Navy L, 94-83 free throw percentage. The last time these teams got together and both had one or fewer 17 * at Army W, 73-55 league losses was January 12, 2005 - Lehigh won the game 63-55 at Stabler Arena. 20 * COLGATE W, 74-60 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 31 * at Holy Cross 12:00 PM Feb. No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 6 * at American 2:00 PM 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 10.6 5.7 ast. 13 assists away from 500 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 15.7 3.8 Four-time PL Rookie of the Week 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 10.0 6.8 Season best 20 points at Army 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 6.0 2.6 Avg. 11.0 ppg in last two 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 9.2 6.4 Fifth in the P.L. in rebounding 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA Lehigh Top Reserves 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams 2.9 1.9 3 pts, 2 rebs in only 4 mins vs. AU 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 1.9 1.5 ast. Avg just 4.3 minutes in last eight * P atriot League Game 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 5.5 1.2 Career-high 21 pts at Longwood Home games in CAPS 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 4.3 2.2 3-5 FGs, 6 pts, 2 rebs at Army All times Eastern and subject to change 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 0.8 0.4 1-2 FGs, 1-2 FTs, 3 pts at Navy 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 6.4 3.6 Seven games with 10+ points MEDIA INFORMATION 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 3.3 2.2 Shooting 80% at Stabler Arena 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 2.4 1.4 Has scored one point since Nov. Contact: Mike Stagnitta Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Cell: . (610) 509-6848 Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s E-mail: . [email protected] Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed totaled the sec- Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 ond most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. He has also won over 70-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third best TV/Internet: Service Electric 2 Sports and on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non- Lehighsports.com with Mike Zambelli and league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins since Rich Baksa 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has been at Radio: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 with Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach in 2006-07. Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will improve to 9-1 at Stabler Arena for the fi rst time since 2004. - The Mountain Hawks will improve to 4-1 in league play for the fi rst time since 2007. - Lehigh will defeat Lafayette at home for the seventh time in the last eight meetings. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWENTY: LEHIGH VS LAFAYETTE • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME OFFENSE CONTINUES TO ROLL During its last eight games Lehigh is averaging 78.9 points on 47.5% shooting. The last time Lehigh scored 70+ points in eight consecutive games was 1994. The Brown and Lehigh and Lafayette meet for the 211th White fi nished that season with 10 straight games of 70 or more points. Lehigh, which time this evening with the Leopards scored a season-best 89 points in its win at Longwood, currently ranks second in the holding 136-74 advantage. Lehigh had Patriot League in scoring offense at 73.0 points per contest. defeated its archrival six straight times at Stabler Arena prior to the Leopards’ win last season. The teams split their OFF AND RUNNING FROM THE STAR two games a season ago with each win- At 8-1, Lehigh is off to its best start at Stabler Arena since the 2003-04 season when it ning on the opponents fl oor. Lehigh went a school best 13-1 at the STAR. During their nine games at home this season the has not lost two straight to Lafayette at Mountain Hawks have averaged 73.6 points on 44% shooting and are sporting a +2.2 home since the ‘98-99 /‘99-00 seasons. turnover margin. Three players, including C.J. McCollum (16.0), Zahir Carrington (11.0) and Marquis Hall (10.4), are averaging double fi gures in points. THE LAST TIME THEY MET BETHLEHEM, Pa. (2/22/09) - Lehigh HEATING UP and Lafayette engaged in a classic Following a season low 1-of-6 showing (17%) from three-point range in its game versus rivalry matchup with the Leopards American on January 9, Lehigh has hit 20-of-48 shots from beyond the arc in its last three outlasting the Mountain Hawks 68-66 games, good for 42%. During that time C.J. McCollum and Dave Buchberger are shoot- at Stabler Arena. Lehigh had one fi nal ing 50% from three-point range. attempt to tie or win the game, but the in-bounds pass was knocked away and MIGHTY MCCOLLUM time expired as the Brown and White Freshman C.J. McCollum continued his stellar season on Wednesday as he scored a fell to 15-11 overall. Four Mountain game-high 29 points in the win over Colgate. A four-time Patriot League Rookie of the Hawks scored in double fi gures with Week, McCollum is the fi rst Lehigh freshman to post three games of 25+ points since the Zahir Carrington leading the way with school’s all-time leading scorer Daren Queenan ‘88, did it during the 1984-1985 season. 15 points, while Marquis Hall added 12 McCollum currently ranks 13th nationally in scoring among freshmen. and Prentice Small and Dave Buchberg- er both scored ten. Lafayette was led by BACK TO BASICS Andrew Brown’s game-high 26 points, Lehigh has held its last two opponents to an average of 57.5 points on just 34% shooting. while Jared Mintz recorded a double- The 55 points Army scored on January 17 were the fewest the Mountain Hawks have double with 21 points and 12 rebounds. surrendered since last year’s Patriot League Tournament when Army scored 53 points. Lehigh is currently second in the Patriot League in fi eld goal percentage defense (.418%). LAST TIME OUT BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Freshman C.J. CLOSING IT OUT McCollum continued his torrid scor- In the last two games Lehigh has done a nice job of closing out its opponents, outscoring ing streak as he poured in 29 points on them a combined 84 to 65 in the second half. The Mountain Hawks have shot 50% from 9-of-13 shooting to help lead Lehigh to a the fl oor during that time (21-42) and held the opposition to a 22-of-66 showing (33%). 74-60 victory over Colgate on Wednes- Lehigh has also sunk 36-of-43 shots at the foul line, good for 83.4%.