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5 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-1, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH Nov. 14 vs. Villanova (1) (Fox Sports 2) L, 77-66 18 CANISIUS 7:00 21 at Rider 7:00 MEN’S BASKETBALL 23 COLUMBIA 2:00 26 at DePaul (Fox Sports 1) 8:00 30 PENN STATE MONT ALTO 2:00 Sophomore Tim Kempton 2014 Patriot League Rookie of the Year Dec. 3 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) 7:00 6 at LIU Brooklyn 2:00 GAME 2: CANISIUS AT LEHIGH 18 at Quinnipiac 7:00 20 at Arizona State (Pac-12 Network) 10:00 CANISIUS GOLDEN GRIFFINS (1-0, 0-0 MAAC) 28 at UMBC 2:00 31 COLGATE* 2:00 at LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-1, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014 • 7:00 PM Jan. 3 at Boston University 1:00 7 at Army* 7:00 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, Pa. 10 LOYOLA* 2:00 PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK 14 at American* 7:30 17 HOLY CROSS* 2:00 SETTING THE SCENE 21 NAVY* 7:00 24 at Lafayette* 2:00 Coming off a back-and-forth season opener against #12 Villanova, the Lehigh men’s basketball 28 at Bucknell* 8:00 team returns to Stabler Arena to host Canisius in its home opener on Tuesday evening. Open- 31 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 2:00 ing tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Hawks gave the Wildcats a scare on Friday, holding as Feb. much as a five-point lead in the second half, then pulling within four with just over four minutes 4 ARMY* 7:00 remaining. Sophomore Austin Price led the offense with a career-high 24 points on 10-of-17 7 at Loyola* 7:00 shooting and 4-of-7 from three-point range while classmate Tim Kempton had 15 points and 10 12 AMERICAN* (CBS SN) 7:00 14 at Holy Cross* 3:00 rebounds for his seventh-career double-double. 18 at Navy* 7:00 22 LAFAYETTE* 12:00 Lehigh played neck-and-neck with the #12 team in the country, actually holding the lead for 25 BUCKNELL* 7:00 almost half the game (19:33) while Villanova led for 15:52 and the game was tied for 4:35. Trail- 28 at Colgate* 12:00 ing by two at the half, the Mountain Hawks came out of the locker room on fire, scoring 12 of Mar. the first 18 second-half points as a transition three from senior Corey Schaefer made it 43-38 3 PL Opening Round TBA with 16:22 left in the second half. The Wildcats ended up closing the game on a 17-8 run to pull 5 PL Quarterfinals TBA 8 PL Semifinals (CBS SN) 2:00/4:00 away for the 77-66 victory. 11 PL Championship Game (CBS SN) 7:30 Seventeen of Price’s game-high 24 points came in the second half as he showed a strong balance All dates and times Eastern and subject to change Home games in Bold CAPS between outside shooting and drives to the basket. Despite early foul trouble, freshman point *Patriot League opponent guard Kahron Ross made his impact in 18 minutes, posting six points and seven assists to just one turnover. The Mountain Hawks outscored the Wildcats by eight in his time on the floor. Ross (1) PPL Center; Allentown, Pa. is looking to become Lehigh’s third straight four-year starter at the point guard position. Canisius marks Lehigh’s second straight opponent that won 20 games last season. Villanova was 29-5 in 2013-14 while Canisius was 21-13. The Golden Griffins opened their season on Saturday with a 64-60 home win over Vermont. Lehigh has won eight straight home openers with its last MEDIA INFORMATION loss coming to Princeton on Nov. 20, 2005 by a 64-54 final. Last season, the Mountain Hawks Men’s Basketball Contact . Justin Lafleur dominated Rider 92-78 to open their home slate. Office. (610) 758-6631 Cell. (610) 577-5222 Fax . (610) 758-4407 TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS No. Pos. Ht. Cl. Name PPG RPG Notes E-mail. [email protected] 1 G 5-11 Fr. Kahron Ross 6.0 7.0 assts. Could become Lehigh’s 3rd straight 4-year starter at PG Mailing Address 5 G 6-4 So. Austin Price 24.0 1.0 Career-high 24 points in season opener vs. #12 Villanova . 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 15 G 6-1 Sr. Corey Schaefer 5.0 4.0 Team’s lone captain in 2014-15 Press Row Phone. .(610) 758-4903/4933 31 F 6-8 Jr. Jesse Chuku 7.0 5.0 3rd on team in scoring as sophomore Website. .Lehighsports.com 32 F/C 6-10 So. Tim Kempton 15.0 10.0 7th career double-double vs. Nova, PL Rookie of Year Son of former NBA player Tim Kempton Game Coverage RESERVES 4 G 6-4 Jr. Devon Carter 0.0 1.0 First-career points (5) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (12/1/12) Radio/Internet: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 AM and Lehigh- 10 G 6-0 So. Miles Simelton 5.0 2.0 assts. Finalist for Chicago Tribune Mr. Basketball 2013 sports.com with Tom Fallon. Pregame coverage begins at 11 G 6-1 Fr. Tyler Jenkins -- -- One of two Mountain Hawks from Indiana 6:30 p.m. 13 G 6-3 So. Cole Renninger 2.0 0.0 Walk-on. First-career points on first shot vs. #12 Nova TV: Patriot League Network 20 G/F 6-4 So. John Ross Glover -- -- Sat out last season as a transfer from D1 Lipscomb Patriot League Champions: 2004, 2010, 2012 21 G 6-6 Sr. Stefan Cvrkalj 2.0 0.0 14 second-half points at Navy and vs. Bucknell last season NCAA Tournament: 1985, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2012 23 G 6-2 So. Georgios Pilitsis -- -- Walk-on from Greece 40 F 6-8 Jr. Justin Goldsborough 0.0 4.0 Double-figure pts six times last season, all league games 42 G 6-5 Fr. Brandon Alston 0.0 0.0 Game MVP of Capital Classic All-Star Game Follow Lehigh Men’s Basketball 44 F 6-6 Sr. Conroy Baltimore -- -- Career highs in PPG and RPG last season on Facebook 55 G/F 6-7 Jr. Khalid McCaskill -- -- Transfer from UCLA www facebook. com/LehighMensBasketball. and Twitter www twitter. com/LehighMBB. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2014-15 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 2: CANISIUS AT LEHIGH• NOVEMBER 18, 2014 • PAGE 2 IF LEHIGH BEATS CANISIUS CANISIUS SERIES HISTORY TONIGHT’S GAME - The Mountain Hawks would win their home opener for a ninth straight season, including a Overall: Canisius leads, 1-0 Lehigh and Canisius have met just once before as second straight year against a MAAC opponent. Last Meeting: Dec. 7, 1990 Canisius won 78-71 on Dec. 7, 1990. Dozie Mbonu led Last Result: Canisius, 78-71 Lehigh defeated Rider 91-78 in last season’s home the way for Lehigh with 23 points and 11 rebounds Current Streak: Canisius - 1 win opener. while Bob Krizansky had 13 points and 11 boards. Last 10: Canisius leads, 1-0 - Lehigh would beat Canisius for the first time in program history. Last 10 meetings: LAST MEETING - The Mountain Hawks would win at home for the Dec. 7, 1990 vs. Canisius Canisius, 78-71 POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (12/7/90) - The Engineers 12th time in the last 17 tries. shot 36 percent from the field as they lost the opening All-time against current MAAC Members game of the Pepsi-Marist Classic. Dozie Mbonu led all scorers with 23 points and also added 15 rebounds. HOME OPENING NOTES Canisius: 0-1 Canisius got 18 points and 10 rebounds from Harry - Lehigh has won its last eight home openers. From Fairfield: 3-7 Seymour. most recent going back: Rider (92-78), Penn (73-66), Iona: 0-1 Quinnipiac (86-75), Wagner (73-57), Quinnipiac LAST TIME OUT Manhattan: 3-5 (79-71), Delaware State (76-58), NJIT (67-58) and ALLENTOWN, Pa. (11/14/14) - Lehigh gave No. 12 Marist: 4-0 Cornell (90-73). Villanova all it could handle Friday night in the season- Monmouth: 4-2 opener for both teams at the new PPL Center, but the - The Mountain Hawks’ last home opening loss came Niagara: 0-3 Wildcats took advantage of 23 Lehigh turnovers and a to Princeton on Nov. 20, 2005 by a 64-54 final. Quinnipiac: 4-3 19-4 edge on the offensive glass to down the Mountain - Overall, Lehigh has won nine of its last ten home Hawks 77-66. Sophomore Austin Price scored a career- Rider: 21-30 openers. high 24 points and classmate Tim Kempton notched his Saint Peter’s: 3-1 seventh career double-double with 15 points and ten Siena: 0-2 rebounds, but Villanova took the lead for good with Total: 42-55 just under 11 minutes to play and kept the Mountain ALL-TIME VS. THE MAAC Hawks at bay. - Lehigh is 42-55 against the current members of the MAAC. The Mountain Hawks play three MAAC teams this season in Canisius, Quinnipiac and BY THE NUMBERS Rider. Lehigh Canisius - The Mountain Hawks by far and away have played Rider the most (51 times), holding a 21-30 record. Points 66.0 64.0 Lehigh has played every current member of the MAAC at least once. Points Allowed 77.0 60.0 Scoring Margin -11.0 +4.0 FG% .549 .400 THRILLING SEASON OPENER VS.