Game Twenty: Lehigh at Lafayette
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LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY: LEHIGH AT LAFAYETTE Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LEHIGH (11-8 OVERALL, 4-0 PL) AT LAFAYETTE (8-9 OVERALL, 2-2 PL) 13 vs. Northwestern ^ L, 61-59 14 vs. Coppin State ^ W, 65-64 KIRBY SPORTS CENTER (3,500) • EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15 vs. Butler ^ L, 66-41 20 PRINCETON L, 64-54 JANUARY 21, 2006 • 1:00 22 STONY BROOK W, 58-54 27 at No. 4 Villanova L, 84-47 SETTING THE SCENE 29 EASTERN W, 67-48 Dec. Lehigh and Lafayette get set to meet here this afternoon in the 203rd meeting all-time, 4 at Cornell L, 57-53 as the Mountain Hawks look to extend their winning streak to seven games. Should 7 at Sacred Heart L, 66-55 Lehigh win here today, it would be the Brown and White’s most consecutive victories 10 HARVARD W, 67-56 since 2002-03, and the most road wins in a row (four) since taking five straight away 12 MONMOUTH W, 71-57 23 at No. 7/9 Washington L, 54-37 from home during the 1987-88 season. Lehigh’s six-game winning streak is already the 30 TOWSON L, 69-66 longest of any team in the Patriot League this year. The average score of the last two Jan. games between these rivals in this building has been 96-90 in favor of the Leopards, 2 at Columbia W, 65-57 4 MUHLENBERG W, 80-70 including a 111-104 epic overtime battle in 2004. 7 at American* W, 70-59 11 NAVY* W, 65-58 TODAY’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 14 ARMY* W, 63-60 18 at Colgate* W, 53-45 No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 21 at Lafayette* 1:00 13 G Jr. Jose Olivero 17.2 3.1 Patriot League leading scorer 25 BUCKNELL* 7:05 21 G Sr. Mitch Gilfillan 5.1 2.7 9 ppg, 45% 3FG’s in league play 28 HOLY CROSS* 7:35 Feb. 5 F Jr. Kyle Neptune 11.1 5.6 11 games of double figure points 4 AMERICAN* 7:35 20 F So. Bryan White 7.3 5.4 2.3 blocks/game in last four 8 at Navy* 7:30 44 C Sr. Mike Fischman 4.5 4.9 100th career game today 11 at Army* 1:00 15 COLGATE* 7:35 19 LAFAYETTE* 1:05 Lehigh Top Reserves 22 at Bucknell* 7:00 3 C Jr. Jason Mgebroff 3.9 2.7 48% FG’s in wins, 28% in losses 26 at Holy Cross* 1:00 10 G Sr. Joe Knight 17.0 3.0 14th in school history in points Mar. 3-5 Patriot League Tournament TBA 23 F Fr. Greg Page 2.8 1.2 9 pts, 2 rebs, 1 assist vs. Muhl. 10 Patriot League Championship TBA 32 F Jr. James Anderson 2.4 2.8 .833 FT% in league games *Patriot League Game 33 C Fr. John Gourlay 1.2 1.4 14 mins at UW - most since 11/29 Bold = Today’s Game ^BCA Invitational (Laramie, Wyo.) 35 G Fr. Matt Szalachowski 1.1 0.5 First career start versus Princeton All times eastern 42 F Fr. Philip Anderson 1.8 0.7 5 of 6 FT’s, 1 steal vs. Muhlenberg MEDIA INFORMATION LEHIGH HEAD COACH BILLY TAYLOR Contact: Two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year Billy Taylor (Notre Dame ‘95) is in his Mike Stagnitta fourth season, with an overall record of 61-46. In his rookie campaign, Taylor led the Office . (610) 758-6631 Mountain Hawks to the second largest turnaround in America, with 11 more wins than Cell: . (610) 509-6848 the season before. In 2003-04, the Aurora, Illinois native took Lehigh to its first NCAA E-mail: . [email protected] Tournament since 1988, guiding the Brown and White to its first-ever Patriot League Press Row: . (610) 758-4903/4933 regular season and tournament championships. Radio and Internet: Today’s game can IF LEHIGH WINS... be heard live on ESPN Radio 1230 - It would snap a four-game losing streak here in Easton, dating back to 2001 and 1320 AM as well as on - The Mountain Hawks would improve to 5-0 in Patriot League play, matching their lehighsports.com with veteran Matt best start ever (2002-03) Kerr and Greg Falkenbach ‘72 - Lehigh would at the least remain tied for first place in the Patriot League beginning at 12:30. - Lehigh will have won at least five league games for the fourth straight year, the first time that has ever happened UP NEXT: Lehigh welcomes 2005 Patriot League Champion Bucknell to Stabler Arena for a Wednesday 2004 PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS evening showdown, starting at 7:05. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations Experience• 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 2005-06 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWENTY • LEHIGH AT LAFAYETTE • PAGE 2 THIS SHOULD TURN INTO A WIN The Mountain Hawks currently lead the Patriot League in both turnover margin (+7.25) TODAY’S GAME and assist/turnover ratio (1.09) during league play. Lehigh has had fewer turnovers LEHIGH VS. LAFAYETTE than its opponent in seven straight games, forcing each of those seven teams into at least 15 TO’s. Lafayette leads the all-time series between the two archrivals 133-69, but Lehigh has won two of the last three THEY LOVE PLAYING THE LEOPARDS meetings, both wins coming in In two career games here at the Kirby Sports Center, Lehigh’s junior class of Jason Bethlehem. The last time the Moutain Mgebroff, Kyle Neptune and Jose Olivero have put up some impressive numbers. Hawks won here in Easton was a 90-80 decision on January 10, 2001 behind 16 1/23/04 2/26/05 points and ten rebounds from Matt Mgebroff 5-5 FG’s, 4-4 FT’s, 14 pts. 9-13 FG’s, 18 pts. Crawford. Neptune 2-3 3FG’s, 13 pts., 5 rebs. 5-6 FT’s, 11 pts., 7 rebs. THE LAST MEETING Olivero 9-14 FT’s, 17 pts., 2 assists 2-2 FT’s, 9 pts. Easton, Pa. (2/26/05) - Down ten with one minute to play, Lehigh mounted a ROAD WARRIORS ferocious rally, but came up just short After struggling mightily on the road to start the season, Lehigh has now won three as the Mountain Hawks fell to straight games away from home, including two league games. In their last three road archrival Lafayette 81-78 at the Kirby contests, the Mountain Hawks have held opponents (Columbia, American, Colgate) to Sports Center. Lehigh was down by as a mere 53.7 points, 37 percent shooting on field goals and just 28 percent from beyond many as 15 points in the second half, the arc, while outshooting them 76-36 at the free throw line and outscoring them 101-79 but made it interesting down the in the second half. The Brown and White also owns a +7.0 turnover margin in that stretch, only to fall to the Leopards. time. Joe Knight led the Brown and White with 21 points, while Jason Mgebroff added 18. Lafayette received 16 points HITTING THE BOOKS from both Sean Knitter and Jamaal Four Mountain Hawks acheived a 3.0 grade point average or better during the 2005 fall Douglas. semester, including senior captains Mike Fischman (3.07) and Joe Knight (3.11), as well as junior Adam Hyncik (3.65) and freshman Matt Szalachowski (3.35). 2005-06 LEHIGH LEADERS Jose Olivero 17.2 points/game STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT Kyle Neptune 5.6 rebounds/game Lehigh owns a record of 24-8 in the month of January under Billy Taylor, which is a Jose Olivero 3.5 assists/game winning percentage of .750. It is by far the Mountain Hawks best month under their Mitch Gilfillan 1.4 steals/game headman, when compared to November (9-10, .473), December (13-13, .500), February Bryan White 1.4 blocks/game (11-10, .524) and March (4-4, .500). Under Taylor, Lehigh is 14-1 at home during the first month of the year, having never lost a league game in that time. LAST TIME OUT LEHIGH AT COLGATE THE MAGIC NUMBER Hamilton, N.Y. - Senior Joe Knight Under Billy Taylor, Lehigh is 24-4 when holding opponents to 55 points or below, drained eight consecutive free throws including a mark of 3-1 this season. The Mountain Hawks have held Stony Brook (54), in the final minutes as Lehigh downed Eastern (48), No. 7 Washington (54) and Colgate (45) under that mark this year. Colgate 53-45 on Wednesday, the Mountain Hawks first win in Hamilton SCOUTING LAFAYETTE... since 1994. Jose Olivero added 13 points for the winners, while Mike Head Coach Fran O’Hanlon is in his 11th season at the helm of the Leopards and owns a Fischman pulled down a game-high 15-7 record vs. Lehigh ... Lehigh and Lafayette have faced three common non-league eight boards in the victory. For the opponents this season, including Princeton, Cornell and Columbia ... the Leopards lead Raiders, Alvin Reed scored 14 points. the Patriot League in turnovers during league play at 21.2 per game ... Lafayette swept TALE OF THE TAPE the Patriot League’s weekly awards this week, as Jamaal Hillard and Andrew Brown 2005-06 Statistics were named the Player and Rookie of the Week respectively. LU LC PROBABLE STARTERS: Points 59.8 68.0 FG% .394 .430 No.