L E H I G H
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
(5-5, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-5, 0-0 PL) AT NJIT HIGHLANDERS (1-6, 0-0 GREAT WEST)
ESTELLE & ZOOM FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER (1,500)
Date Nov.
12 14 21 23 26 27 28
Dec.
1
- Opponent
- Time/Result
NEWARK, N.J. • DEC. 9, 2010 • 7:00 PM
- at Duquesne
- L, 70-65
W, 72-64 L, 69-52 at Robert Morris PRINCETON at Villanova vs. LSU (1) at Connecticut (1) vs. Howard (1)
SETTING THE SCENE
Riding a four-game winning streak, the Lehigh women’s basketball team looks to continue its December success when it wraps up a mini two-game road swing at NJIT on Thursday at 7 p.m.. The Mountain Hawks (5-5), who are coming off an 83-62 win at Saint Peter’s, look to win their 10th straight December game dating back to last season.
L, 69-68 (OT)
L, 74-63 L, 81-38 W, 56-29
SAINT JOSEPH’S BINGHAMTON at Saint Peter’s
at NJIT
WAGNER RIDER (2)
W, 46-40 W, 72-60 W, 83-62
7:00 PM
7:00 PM 7:30 PM
Lehigh’s last December loss came on Dec. 2, 2009 against Princeton. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won 13 of their last 14 December games over the last 2+ seasons. Lehigh’s most recent win came over Saint Peter’s on Tuesday as a strong 34-12 run to begin the second half put the Mountain Hawks up by as much as 30 (72-42), before the
Peahens cut into the lead before the final horn. All 15 healthy Lehigh players saw action
in the game with a total of four establishing new career-highs in scoring. Senior Erica Prosser racked up four assists in that game to surpass the 400 milestone for her career; she currently has 401 helpers. Junior Alexa Williams also crossed a 400 plateau, scoring nine points to give her 406 career points entering Thursday.
47
9
11 29 30
Jan.
2
BUFFALO/MISS. STATE (2) TBD LA SALLE AMERICAN* at Navy*
2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:00 PM
812 16 19 22 26 29
Feb.
5at ARMY*
The Mountain Hawks have bounced back from a 1-5 start to the season to even their re-
cord at .500. After Thursday, they play one final game before an 18-day layoff, returning
to Stabler Arena to host Wagner on Saturday. Meanwhile, NJIT enters with a 1-6 record with its lone win coming against Penn. The Highlanders did lose a pair of tight affairs, including Rhode Island (57-51) and Delaware State (82-74 in overtime). Thursday will
already mark the Highlanders’ fifth home game of the young season.
COLGATE* LAFAYETTE* at Bucknell* at Holy Cross*
at American* NAVY* ARMY* at Colgate* at Lafayette* BUCKNELL* HOLY CROSS*
2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM
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LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS
12 16 19 23 26
Mar.
5
- Pos. No. Name
- PPG RPG Notable
G
G
F
- 5
- Aly Byorick (Jr., 6-0)
- 4.7 1.3
- Xavier transfer
21
22 30 33
Erica Prosser (Sr., 5-7)
Emily Gratch (Jr., 6-1) Courtney Dentler (Sr., 6-0) Becky Guman (So., 5-8)
11.6 4.7 ast. Two-time first team All-PL
11.2 5.2 12.7 5.6 2.5 3.0
2nd in PL in FG% (.500) Career-high 21 pts at SP Appeared in 30 games as frosh
F
Patriot League Quarterfinal Patriot League Semifinal
TBA TBA
G
9
- 13
- Patriot League Championship TBA
KEY RESERVES
- Pos. No. Name
- PPG RPG Notable
Home games in CAPS *Patriot League Game (1) World Vision Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) (2) Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh)
- G/F 10
- Kelly Peterson (So., 6-0)
- 3.7 0.9
3.4 0.6 2.5 2.0
5.1 3.9
3.4 4.0
15 pts in only 12 minutes at Duq Career-high 10 pts at Saint Peter’s All-Ohio pick as a HS senior
Lone fifth-year senior on team
LU’s leading returing rebounder
- G
- 13
- Hilary Weaver (Fr., 5-5)
Lindsay Hoskins (Fr., 6-0)
Kristen Dalton (Sr., 5-10)
Alexa Williams (Jr., 6-3)
G/F 15
G
C
25
34
MEDIA INFORMATION
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IF LEHIGH BEATS NJIT
Lehigh would improve to a perfect 5-0 all-time against the Highlanders.
Lehigh would win its fifth straight game and 10th straight in the month of December.
LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN
Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 16th season at the helm, carrying a career record of 239-208. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot League contests as Troyan. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to a school-record 29 wins last season including a record 13 Patriot League victories. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly turning that program
Broadcast Info: The game can be heard on
91.3 WLVR (FM) and Lehighsports.com. Matt
Markus will handle the commentary.
CHAMPIONS:
1997, 2009, 2010
into a perennial Patriot League power.
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DECEMBER DOMINANCE
LEHIGH
CAREER LEADERS
SCORING
Tuesday’s win over Saint Peter’s upped Lehigh’s December winning streak to nine games dating back to last season. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won 13 of 14 December contests and are 14-3 over the last three seasons in this month.
- 1. Anne Tierney (99-03)
- 1,807
2. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 1,699
December, 2010 December, 2009 December, 2008
3-0 6-1 5-2
3. Shawn Steward (82-86) 4. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 5. Sandy Hume (86-91)
Alex Ross (06-10)
1,638 1,466 1,357 1,357
- 1,339
- Erica Prosser (07-pr)
SAINT PETER’S GAME NOTABLES
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
Four Mountain Hawks all finished with career-highs in points - including the first-
career point from local product Marissa Repasch out of Liberty High School. Setting
career-highs were senior Courtney Dentler (21), freshman Hilary Weaver, junior Kelela Blake (6) and Repasch (1).
1. Alex Ross (06-10) 2. Sara Ellis (04-07) 3. Carli Toliver (00-05) 4. Cat Nicholson (99-03) 5. Mary Beth Bedics (94-97)
Erica Prosser (07-pr)
286 238 158 147 144
130
Lehigh’s 83 points marked its highest scoring outburst of the season and most points
since two seasons ago during a 90-54 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 19, 2008.
Jynae Judson’s 34 points marks the most scored against the Lehigh defense all season. Incredibly, she scored more points than the Mountain Hawks allowed to the entire Howard team on Nov. 28.
ASSISTS
1. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 581 2. Jessica Mudry (92-96) 3. Claire Sullivan (04-09) 4. Shawn Steward (82-86)
5. Erica Prosser (07-pr)
6. Hope Pellicane (89-93)
497 474 471
401
393
FORWARDS MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES
Senior Courtney Dentler and junior Emily Gratch, who have each enjoyed stellar sea-
sons, currently stand 1-2 in the Patriot League in field goal percentage. In fact, they’re
the only two players in the league shooting better than 50 percent. Dentler has enjoyed a well-rounded game, hitting 52.5 percent (42-of-80) of her shots, including an incredible
60 percent (15-of-25) from three-point range, which is tied for first in the league. Gratch
has drained 50 percent (42-of-84), which includes only one made three-pointer (on three attempts). Dentler’s career-high 21-point outburst at Saint Peter’s has propelled her to
first on the team and fifth in the league in scoring (12.7); Gratch is third (11.2).
REBOUNDS
1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 2. Jen Siemaszko (87-91) 3. Karen Lelinski (76-80) 4. Tricia Smith (05-10) 5. Sandy Hume (86-91)
Alexa Williams (08-pr)
1,129 788 760 679 647
355
LEHIGH
SINGLE GAME RECORDS
POINTS
Liz Feeley (3/5/86)
ALL-TIME VERSUS NJIT
Lehigh and NJIT have met four times, with the Mountain Hawks owning a perfect 4-0
mark. The teams first met in 2006 and have played every season since while alternating venues. Lehigh won the first game, 70-44, while going on to win the next three - 73-58,
63-54 and 64-38. The slimmest margin of victory was nine while the largest was 26, ac-
complished in the first and most recent meetings.
37
REBOUNDS
Anne Tierney (1/31/01) Jenny Callan (12/11/05)
21 21
SCOUTING NJIT
NJIT has struggled in posting a 1-6 record thus far, but has shown some strong spurts, including a win over Penn and near wins against Delaware State and Rhode Island (out of the Atlantic 10). Jessica Gerald leads the offense, averaging 13.1 points per game off
the bench, while Rayven Johnson comes in at 12.9 and Melanie Griffin at 11.1. Johnson is
the top rebounder with 5.7 boards per game while Ivana Seric is right behind her with 5.5 per contest. Seric also leads the way with a team-high 25 assists through seven games.
ASSISTS
Patty Garnish (2/3/76) Hope Pellicane (2/17/93)
15 15
STEALS
Jessica Mudry (11/28/95) Helga Schlape (3/5/86)
10 10
LEHIGH VS. THE GREAT WEST
BLOCKS
Ellen Silver (1/31/84)
The Highlanders mark the one and only Great West opponent the Mountain Hawks have ever faced.
10 16 29
FG MADE
Liz Feeley (3/5/86)
LEHIGH VS. GREAT WEST
- Cal Poly
- 0-0
0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
4-0
Chicago State Houston Baptist NJIT
FG ATT.
Jessica DePalo (3/5/05)
FG%
North Dakota South Dakota Southern Utah Texas Pan-American UC Davis
Adrienne Blount (11/20/05) .875
FT MADE
Kelly Madden (2/8/95) Alexa Williams
13 13
Utah Valley
- Overall:
- FT ATT.
Mary Beth Collins (12/10/94) 18
Notes continued on page 4.
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THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH PLAYER...
Recorded a double-double (Pts., Reb.) Alexa Williams (12 pts., 11 rebs.) 1/30/10 vs. Holy Cross
THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH TEAM...
Scored 90+ points 11/19/08 at FDU
2010-11 PRESEASON POLL
1.
2.
3. 4. 5. 6.
American
Lehigh
93 (9)
91 (7)
70
Lehigh.wins,.90-54
Navy Army Holy Cross Colgate Lafayette Bucknell
59 42 40 40
Recorded a double-double (Pts., Asst.) Erica Prosser (13 pts., 10 asst.) 1/9/10 vs. Army
Allowed 90+ points 11/15/09 at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt.wins,.90-54
- 8.
- 31
Scored 30+ points in a game Jenny Callan (31)
Shot 50% or better from the floor
2/27/10.at.Holy.Cross
2/15/06 vs. Colgate
Lehigh.wins,.65-55
PRESEASON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAM
Michelle Kirk, American (Sr., G/F) Erin Anthony, Army (Sr., F) Angela Myers, Navy (Sr., G)
Erica Prosser, Lehigh (Sr., G)
Liz Leer, American (Sr., F)
Scored 25-29 points in a game Erica Prosser (27) 11/13/09 at Lipscomb
Had two 20+-point scorers in a game 2/17/07 at Lafayette (Adrienne Blount 27, Sara Ellis 20)
Lafayette.wins,.67-62
Blocked 5 or more shots in a game Jessica DePalo (5) 1/25/04 at Army
Had two players with 10+ rebounds 1/9/10 at American (Emily Gratch 12, Tricia Smith 11)
Lehigh.loses,.69-65.(OT)
PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Michelle Kirk, American (Sr., G/F)
Made 5+ three pointers in a game Kelly Peterson (5) 11/12/10 at Duquesne
CREAM OF THE CROP
Played an overtime game 11/23/10 at Villanova
Lehigh.loses,.69-68(OT)
Three Mountain Hawks were honored at the end of the 2009-10 campaign by being named to the All-Patriot League teams.
Erica Prosser and Emily Gratch earned
first team honors, while Alex Ross was
named to the Second Team.
Made 10+ field goals in a game
Emily Gratch (11)
- 1/27/10 vs. Bucknell
- Played a double overtime game
12/21/07 at Binghamton
Lehigh.wins,.68-67
Recorded 10+ rebounds in a game Courtney Dentler (11) 12/1/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s
Had four players in double-figures
3/7/10 vs. Holy Cross
(Gratch,.20;.Ross,.13;.Williams,.12;.Prosser,12) Lehigh.wins,.73-57
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
The Mountain Hawks ranked at the top of the Patriot League in several categories during the 2009-10 season.
Recorded 5 or more steals in a game Emily Gratch (5) 2/20/10 vs. Lafayette
Allowed a team to shoot 50% or better 11/27/10 at #1 UConn (53.3%)
Lehigh.loses,.81-39
- Category
- Stat
65.1 9.8
Recorded 6 or more assists in a game Erica Prosser (6) 12/4/10 vs. Binghamton
Scoring offense Scoring margin
- Field Goal Pct.
- .408
Allowed a 20+ point scorer 12/7/10 Jynae Judson
Field Goal Pct. Def. .369
Recorded 10 or more assists in a game Erica Prosser (10) 1/9/10 at American
3-pt FG Defense Assists per game Steals per game Turnover margin
.284 14.3 9.5
Lehigh.wins,.83-62
3.8
PATRIOT LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (AS OF 12/8)
SCORING
1. Romine (BUCK) 2. Lynch (CU) 3. Myers (NAVY) 4. Wejnert (CU)
FIELD GOAL PCT
1. Dentler (LEHIGH) .525
- FREE THROW PCT
- 3FG PCT
1. Dentler (LEHIGH) .600
Strack (AU)
3. Romine (BUCK) 4. Manning (LC)
15.7 14.3 14.1 13.0
- 1. Ward (HC)
- .960
.955 .840 .800 .792
2. Gratch (LEHIGH)
3. Strack (AU) 4. Leer (AU)
.500
.477 .476 .457
2. Jackson (LC) 3. Wejnert (CU) 4. Strack (AU) 5. Malone (HC)
.600 .516 .469
5. Dentler (LEHIGH) 12.7
- 5. Anthony (ARMY)
- 5. Consedine (NAVY) .415
- REBOUNDING
- ASSISTS
1. Myers (NAVY)
2. Prosser (LEHIGH)
3. Lepley (HC) 4. Downey (LC) 5. Fremeau (HC)
STEALS
1. Lynch (CU)
Myers (NAVY)
3. Edwards (AU) 4. Lepley (HC)
3FG MADE
1. Smith (HC) 2. Consedine (NAVY) 2.8 3. Romine (BUCK) 4. Manning (LC) 5. Dobbs (AU)
1. Anthony (ARMY) 2. Novacek (BUCK) 3. Moser (CU) 4. Leer (AU) 5. Geif (NAVY)
12.0 9.3 8.0 7.7 7.6
5.4
4.7
3.6 3.5 3.4
2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0
1.7
3.0 2.3 1.9 1.6
5. Gratch (LEHIGH)
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THREE-POINT SHOT LEADS TO VICTORY OVER BOBCATS
LAST TIME OUT FOR LEHIGH
The Mountain Hawks used their three-point shooting on Saturday to jump out to an early lead, before again utilizing it to overtake
Binghamton on their way to the 72-60 victory. Lehigh finished
LEHIGH 83, SAINT PETER’S 62
13-for-27 (48 percent) from long range, its most made three-point-
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (12/7/10) – Leading by six points at halftime,
ers since Dec. 20, 2008, when it made 15 in a win, also against
Lehigh began the second half on a 34-12 run to break away from
Binghamton. Lehigh was led by senior Courtney Dentler, who
Saint Peter’s as the Mountain Hawks evened their season record
hit 4-of-5 three-pointers, while senior Kristen Dalton hit 2-of-3,
with an 83-62 win over the Peahens Tuesday at Yanitelli Center.
junior Aly Byorick and sophomore Kelly Peterson each hit 2-of-4,
Senior Courtney Dentler scored a career-high 21 points as the
and senior Erica Prosser drained 2-of-5.
Mountain Hawks shot 59 percent from the field in the second half and 49 percent for the game. Lehigh has now won its last four games to move to 5-5 on the season. Jynae Judson poured in a
SHUTDOWN DEFENSE
The Mountain Hawk defense enjoyed a historic effort over a
game-high 34 points for Saint Peter’s which falls to 0-7 with the
recent two-game stretch. Lehigh allowed only 40 points to Saint
setback. All 15 healthy Mountain Hawks saw action with a total of
Joseph’s on Dec. 1, one game after giving up only 29 to Howard,
four Lehigh players establishing new career-highs for scoring.
the fewest allowed by a Lehigh squad since defeating Franklin & Marshall during the 1980-81 season. Ironically, that victory came by the same 27-point margin (55-28). Lehigh’s 69 points allowed over the two-game stretch is fewest since the 1976-77 campaign when it only gave up 62 total points in consecutive wins over Cedar Crest and Moravian. The 46 points scored against Saint Joseph’s also marked the fewest in a win since a 46-33 victory over Fordham on Nov. 17, 2007.
Scoring Leaders:
Lehigh:
Courtney.Dentler.(21) Emily.Gratch.(13) Hilary.Weaver.(10)
Rebounding Leaders:
Lehigh:
Gratch/Guman/Williams.(5)
Saint Peter’s:
Charlene.Riddick.(8)
Assist Leaders:
Lehigh:
Erica.Prosser.(4)
Saint Peter’s:
Saint Peter’s:
The Mountain Hawks held Howard to only 24 percent shooting, 21 percent from behind the three-point arc while Saint Joseph’s shot only 28 percent and 11 percent from long range. Over those two games, Lehigh forced its opponents to hit only 26-of-106 field goal attempts (26 percent) and 5-of-32 (16 percent) from three.
Jynae.Judson.(34) Lauren.Morris.(11)
- Khadijah.Young.(9)
- Aziza.May.(4)
BY THE NUMBERS
MILESTONE WATCH
Lehigh
61.5 61.8 -0.3 .719 .391 .391
73
.372 .323 35.2 37.5 -2.3 3.3
NJIT
59.3 70.3 -11.0 .632 .389 .449
31
.388 .383 29.9 40.3 -10.4
3.3
A number of Lehigh players have significant career milestones
within possible reach, either this season or next.
Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Pct. Field Goal Pct. Field Goal Pct. Defense 3FG Made 3G Pct. 3FG Pct. Defense Rebounding Rebounding Allowed Rebounding Margin Blocked Shots Assists Steals Turnovers
- Player
- Milestone
- Currently # Away
.
- Courtney Dentler 1,000 points
- 676
628
1,339
401
324 372 161 99
Emily Gratch Erica Prosser
1,000 points 1,500 points
500 assists
- Alexa Williams
- 500 points
500 rebounds
406 355
94 145
Senior Erica Prosser is also closing in on Lehigh’s top five in all-