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LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWO: LEHIGH (0-1) AT LONG ISLAND (0-0) Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH (0-1, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) AT LONG ISLAND (0-0, 0-0 NORTHEAST) Nov. 19 at Penn State L, 73-64 SCHWARTZ CENTER (1,000) • BROOKLYN, NY 21 at Long Island 7:00 NOVEMBER 21, 2004 • 7:00 24 Sacred Heart 7:00 27 Dartmouth 7:00 30 Albany 7:00 SETTING THE SCENE Dec. 4 at Stony Brook 1:00 Lehigh returns to action this evening versus the Blackbirds of Long Island University in 6 Columbia 7:00 Brooklyn, New York. The Mountain Hawks fell to Penn State in their opener on Friday 15 Eastern 7:00 evening in Happy Valley by a score of 73-64. Lehigh will be looking to avenge last 18 at Harvard 7:00 season’s opener in which Long Island defeated the Brown and White 67-54 at Stabler 21 at Xavier 7:30 29 at Towson 7:00 Arena. Lehigh head coach Billy Taylor is 2-3 in his young career versus teams out of Jan. the Northeast Conference, including an 0-1 mark against the Blackbirds. 2 at Wagner 2:00 4 Cornell 7:00 8 at American* 2:00 TONIGHTS PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 12 Lafayette* 8:00 No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 15 at Navy* 7:00 21 at Colgate* 7:00 13 G So. Jose Olivero 9.0 3.0 ‘03-04 PL All-Freshmen selection 23 at Bucknell* 1:00 10 G Jr. Joe Knight 23.0 2.0 23 points in Lehigh debut vs. PSU 28 Army* 7:00 3 C So. Jason Mgebroff 10.0 1.0 4-7 FG’s, 2-2 FT’s vs. Penn State 30 Holy Cross* 2:00 34 F Sr. Earl Nurse 4.0 6.0 Leader in rebs. and blks. last yr. Feb. 4 Colgate* 7:00 11 F Sr. Nick Monserez 0.0 2.0 Hit 82% of FT’s in ‘03-04 6 Bucknell* 2:00 Lehigh Top Reserves 11 at Army* 7:00 5 G/F So. Kyle Neptune 13.0 5.0 6-10 FG’s, 13 pts., 5 rebs. vs PSU 13 at Holy Cross* 1:00 19 Navy* 7:00 21 G Jr. Mitch Gilfillan 3.0 2.0. 42% career from three-point 23 American* 7:00 40 F/C Sr. Dayne Mickelson 0.0 4.0 Led team in off. reb. in ‘03-04 26 at Lafayette* 7:00 20 F Fr. Bryan White 2.0 2.0 Broward Cty. POY in high school Mar. 44 C Jr. Mike Fischman 0.0 1.0 18 blks, only 11 TO’s in ‘03-04 4 Patriot League Tournament TBA 11 Patriot League Championship 4:30 35 G Jr. Kevin Tempest 2.8* 1.4* 13 pts in 2003-04 NCAA gm. *Patriot League Game *2003-04 season All times Eastern Bold = Tonight’s Game LEHIGH HEAD COACH BILLY TAYLOR MEDIA INFORMATION Billy Taylor (Notre Dame ‘95) is in his third season and has an overall record of 36-24, earning Patriot League Coach of the Year honors in each of his first two seasons. In his Contact: rookie campaign, Taylor led the Mountain Hawks to an 11-game improvement over Mike Stagnitta the season before, the second largest turnaround in America. Last season the Aurora, Office: . (610) 758-6631 Illinois native led Lehigh to its first ever Patriot League regular season and tournament Cell: . (610) 509-6848 championships, as well as an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the first time E-mail: . [email protected] since 1988. Press Row Phone: . (610) 758-4933 . (610) 758-4903 TAYLOR MADE FOR COACHING On the Radio and Internet: Tonight’s Billy Taylor joined some exclusive company last season when he was named the Patriot game can be heard live joined in League Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, joining Lafayette’s Fran progress on ESPN Radio 1230 and O’Hanlon as the only coaches in league history to accomplish that feat. Taylor also 1320 and on lehighsports.com with became the first coach in America since Gonzaga’s Mark Few to win conference Coach Matt Kerr. of the Year Honors in his first two seasons as a head man. Taylor sits atop the leader board in Lehigh history with an incredible 24-3 record at Stabler Arena, including a school best, 13 consecutive victories. PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2004 Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 GAME TWO: LEHIGH AT LONG ISLAND • PAGE 2 STUDENT-ATHLETES AT LEHIGH TONIGHT’S GAME Once again, Lehigh is ranked in the top-ten nationally in graduation rates. The Mountain Hawks have been ranked in the top-15 nationally in graduation rates for 17 LEHIGH VS LONG ISLAND straight years. These two teams have played only once before and it was the season ACADEMIC AFFAIRS opener last season in which Long Last semester saw five Mountain Hawks acheive a grade point average of 3.00 or better. Island emerged victorious in The list included Dayne Mickelson (Computer Engineering), Nick Monserez (Market- Bethlehem by a score of 67-54. These ing), Jose Olivero (Arts and Sciences), Steve Callahan (Finance/Marketing), and was two teams will play four common topped off by the two-time Scholar Athlete of the Year award winner, Kevin Tempest, opponents in 2004-05. who registered a 3.83 in chemistry. LEHIGH LEADERS IN ‘04-05 THE TAYLOR TRANSFORMATION Joe Knight 23.0 points/game In just two years at the helm of Lehigh, Billy Taylor has taken the Mountain Hawks to Earl Nurse 6.0 rebounds/game new heights, including the 2004 Patriot League Championship: Jose Olivero 4.0 assists/game 3 tied 1.00 steals/game • Two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year (2002-03 and 2003-04) Mgebroff/Nurse 2.00 blocks/game • Most wins in first two seasons in Lehigh history (36) • 24-3 record at Stabler Arena - best in school history THE LAST TIME... • Has coached one Patriot League Player of the Year, three All-Patriot League selec- LONG ISLAND AT LEHIGH tions, two All-Rookie team selections, and one All-American Bethlehem, PA - Lehigh fell in its 2003- • 2002-03: 11-game improvement, 2nd largest turnaround in Division I 04 season opener at home to the • 2003-04: Led Lehigh to first ever Patriot League regular season and tournament Blackbirds by a score of 67-54 in a championships and into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988 game that saw the Mountain Hawks fall behind 8-1 to start the game. Earl HE LIGHTS UP THE KNIGHT Nurse and Dayne Mickelson scored 11 Junior Joe Knight arrives at Lehigh by way of High Point University in North Carolina points apiece for Lehigh, while where he spent two years before heading to Tarrant County College in Arlington, Brandon Thomas hit for a game-high Texas for one year. While at High Point, Knight was named the Big South Rookie of 16 tallies on the evening. the Year as a freshman, and the next season, he was a Second Team All-Conference selection after averaging 16.3 points per contest. Knight also tied the scoring mark by LAST TIME OUT an opponent at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym when he dropped 40 points on the Com- LEHIGH VS PENN STATE modores. University Park, PA - Lehigh opened its 2004-05 season with a tough 73-64 YOUNG GUNS loss to the Nittany Lions on Friday Jose Olivero was named to the Patriot League All-Freshmen Team in 2003-04 after evening. Junior Joe Knight made quite averaging 12 points per game, and scoring the second most points as a freshman in an impression in his first game Lehigh’s history with 348. He also had a flair for the dramatic, hitting the game- donning the Brown and White scoring winning shot in the Patriot League Championship game to send the Brown and White 23 points, including five three-pointers. into the 2004 NCAA Tournament. This marked the fifth consecutive season that a Sophomore Kyle Neptune added 13 Mountain Hawk was selected to the team. points and added five rebounds. Penn State was led in scoring by Aaron Johnson with 25 points on 6 of 12 THIS SHOULD TURN INTO A WIN shooting and 12 rebounds. Lehigh was at its best last season when holding onto the basketball. The Mountain Hawks were 19-8 when commiting less than 20 turnovers in a ballgame and just 1-3 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY when turning it over more than 20 turnovers. This did not hold true in Lehigh’s season opener at Penn State however as the Mountain Hawks turned the ball over just 14 times Location: Bethlehem, PA but fell 73-64 to the Nittany Lions. Founded: 1865 by Asa Packer Enrollment: 4,700 Nickname: Mountain Hawks DID YOU KNOW?... Affiliation: Patriot League The Patriot League, which includes Lehigh, American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Athletics: 25 Division I sports (M & W) Cross, Lafayette and Navy, has ranked atop the graduation rates leaderboard for the Home Court: Stabler Arena (5,600) past five years, including 2004, in which the Patriot League graduated 86 percent of its Colors: Brown and White student-athletes, more than 10 percent higher than any other NCAA Division I confer- ence. Lehigh came in 12th, graduating 86 percent of its student-athletes. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 GAME TWO: LEHIGH AT LONG ISLAND • PAGE 3 OPENING ACT WHEN LEHIGH..