CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 29: LEHIGH AT COLGATE 2019-20 Schedule LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (17-11, 9-8 PL) NOVEMBER (5-2) 6 at Delaware State W, 68-38 AT 9 at Merrimack W, 72-68 (OT) COLGATE RAIDERS (19-9, 11-6 PL) 13 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 59-53 18 CENTRAL CONN. ST. W, 70-51 HAMILTON, N.Y. • MARCH 4, 2020 • 7 P.M. 22 SETON HALL W, 75-68 • COTTERELL COURT (1,750) 28 Ball State^ L, 52-54 30 Fordham^ L, 57-59 SETTING THE SCENE DECEMBER (3-1) In terms of playoff positioning, there are no implications on a win or loss Wednesday night, as the 3 BLOOMSBURG W, 91-43 Lehigh women’s basketball team visits Colgate in the final regular season game of the 2019-20 season. 8 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 66-65 The Mountain Hawks have already wrapped up the sixth seed in the tournament, earning a Quarter- 21 at Minnesota L, 44-79 final bye for the third straight year. 29 at Saint Peter’s W, 80-71 Lehigh played a strong game against Loyola on Sunday with Senior Day surrounding the matchup, JANUARY (5-4) the Mountain Hawks coming out with a 82-64 victory over the Greyhounds. 2 NAVY* W, 70-40 5 at Loyola (Md.)* W, 55-53 8 BOSTON U.* W, 51-34 It was one day to remember for senior guard Paige Galiani, who made her first career start and led the 11 at American* W, 64-63 way with a career-high 18 points on six 3-pointers. Following Galiani was sophomore guard Megan 15 at Navy* W, 60-53 Walker, who scored 13 points off the bench in 17 minutes with three 3-pointers. Junior guard Mary 18 BUCKNELL* L, 50-71 Clougherty added 10 points with two boards in nine bench minutes. 22 HOLY CROSS* L, 57-74 25 at Lafayette* L, 53-61 Senior Camryn Buhr grabbed 10 rebounds with seven points, while senior Hannah Hedstrom had a 29 AMERICAN* L, 56-64 season-high nine rebounds with seven assists. FEBRUARY (3-4) 1 at Army West Point* W, 94-65 The Mountain Hawks were efficient from the field against Loyola, shooting 40.8 percent (31-for-76) 8 LAFAYETTE* (NGWSD) W, 73-66 while sinking a season-high 14 3-pointers as a team. 12 at Holy Cross* L, 62-65 15 ARMY WEST POINT (PLAY4KAY)* W, 89-72 With a quarterfinal berth already wrapped up, there’s just one storyline surrounding Wednesday’s 19 COLGATE* L, 73-82 game and that is on head coach Sue Troyan, who would become just the second coach in Patriot 22 at Bucknell* L, 56-67 League history to earn her 400th career victory and 200th career Patriot League victory, joining former 26 at Boston U.* L, 47-48 longtime Holy Cross head coach Bill Gibbons. MARCH (1-0) 1 LOYOLA (Md.)* (Senior Day) W, 82-64 After missing Lehigh’s game at BU last week, Buhr returned to the floor against Loyola on Sunday 4 at Colgate* 7:00 p.m. afternoon with a seven-point performance, well below her average of a little more than 12 points per 9 Patriot League Quarterfinal TBA game. Buhr will be an important piece to the Mountain Hawks’ postseason push, currently 12th all- 12 Patriot League Semifinal TBA time in program history for points with 1,311. 15 Patriot League Championship TBA
All times Eastern and subject to change LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS Home games in BOLD CAPS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable Neutral site games in Italics G 10 Megan Walker (So., 5-10) 7.1 1.0 Tallied 13 points, three 3-pointers vs. Loyola *-Patriot League Game G 15 Camryn Buhr (Sr., 6-1) 12.5 7.3 Team-high 10 boards vs. Loyola on Senior Day (^) Bahamas Hoopfest Classic G 22 Hannah Hedstrom (Sr., 5-9) 4.9 4.1 Season-high 9 rebs, 7 ast vs. Loyola F 25 Emma Grothaus (So., 6-3) 9.7 5.9 Career-high 25 points vs. Army MEDIA INFORMATION F 30 Cameryn Benz (Sr., 6-0) 9.3 6.4 Eclipsed 600-rebound milestone vs. Colgate; at 615 Contact...... Josh Liddick LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES Office:...... (610) 758-5043 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable Cell: ...... (610) 554-5375 G 3 Clair Steele (So., 5-5) 3.7 1.3 apg Season-high 11 points vs. Army West Point E-mail:...... [email protected] Press Row:...... (610) 758-4903/4933 G 14 Paige Galiani (Sr., 5-10) 2.2 0.1 First start vs. Loyola; Career-high 18 pts, 6 3PT F/G 20 Frannie Hottinger (Fr., 6-0) 2.2 1.7 Scored eight points at Army Broadcast Info: F 34 Mariah Sexe (Jr., 6-2) 4.8 2.7 8 pts, 7 rebs at BU, making first start since 1/29 TV: N/A G 44 Mary Clougherty (Jr, 6-0) 6.5 1.3 At least two field goals made in last four games Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM, 94.7 FM with Matt Markus. Pre-game coverage begins at 3:45 p.m. LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) enters her 25th season at the helm of the Mountain Hawks, carrying a career record of Internet Video: Patriot League Network 399-344. Since arriving in Bethlehem, she has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League contender. Internet Audio: N/A A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 21 wins in 2018-19, the team’s most since the Lehigh Online: 2010-11 season. Under her leadership, the Mountain Hawks also won 12 Patriot League contests during the season, the Website - Lehighsports.com most since they went 13-1 during the 2009-10 season and winning a second consecutive Patriot League title. Troyan has Facebook - Facebook.com/LehighWBB guided Lehigh to three league titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances during her tenure. Prior to becoming Twitter - @LehighWBB the head basketball coach, Troyan served as an assistant basketball coach and head softball coach at Lehigh, leading Instagram - @LehighWBB the softball team to a 126-90 record in five seasons. Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. COLGATE SCOUTING THE RAIDERS The Lehigh-Colgate matchup dates back to the 1986-87 season with the Colgate has wrapped up it’s bid for a first round bye into the Quarter- first matchup resulting in an 82-65 victory for Lehigh on Jan. 3, 1987 in final round of the Patriot League Tournament and will now play for seeding. Hamilton. The last two games have been a struggle for the Raiders, having lost at Lehigh is 42-28 all-time against the Raiders, including 32-25 in Patriot Army West Point on Saturday, 81-67 and at home against Bucknell on League play. Feb. 26, 76-65. In order for Colgate to punch its ticket for the second seed in the tour- Before falling earlier this season, the Mountain Hawks had taken three ney, the Raiders must beat Lehigh, Army must defeat BU and Bucknell straight games over Colgate and have won five of the last seven match- will need to take down Lafayette. ups. Against the Black Knights the last time out, Rachel Thompson once again led the way with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double. Tegan Graham scored 13 points with four rebounds, while Haley Greer added eight points off the bench. Colgate shot 36.4 percent from the field and 40 percent (6-for-15) from beyond-the-arc in the loss. For the Raiders, Thompson has been excellent this season, especially on the defensive side of the ball where she’s averaged 2.5 steals per game and 8.1 rebounds per game. Against Lehigh in the first matchup between the two teams two weeks ago, Thompson put up a career-high 33 points with 14 rebounds, going 16-for-24 from the field without com- SERIES HISTORY pleting a 3-point attempt. A win for Colgate on Wednesday would secure its first 20-win cam- COLGATE paign since the 2003-04 season and just the second in program history. Overall: 42-28 Last Meeting: Feb. 19, 2020 COLGATE PROJECTED STARTERS Last Result: Colgate won, 82-73 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Current Streak: Colgate W1 G 3 Alexa Brodie (Fr., 5-6) 6.3 2.5 apg G 5 Nia Ahart (Jr., 5-7) 3.0 1.8 G 14 Rachel Thompson (Sr., 5-10) 17.1 8.1 G 21 Ava Williams (So., 5-9) 5.0 4.4 Last Five Meetings: C 22 Abby Schubiger (Sr., 6-1) 10.8 4.4 Feb. 19, 2020 (Home) Colgate, 82-73 Mar. 11, 2019 (Home) - PL Quarterfinals Lehigh, 78-68 COLGATE KEY RESERVES Feb. 20, 2019 (Away) Lehigh, 75-63 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Jan. 23, 2019 (Home) Lehigh, 86-58 G 2 Tegan Graham (Sr., 6-0) 8.8 2.6 Feb. 14, 2018 (Home) Colgate, 54-48 G 11 Haley Greer (Sr., 5-10) 7.5 2.3 G 20 Jenna Paul (Fr., 5-10) 2.5 0.9 2019-20 BY THE NUMBERS G 23 Taylor Langan (So., 5-10) 6.8 3.2 Lehigh Colgate COLGATE HEAD COACH BILL CLEARY Scoring Offense 65.3 69.3 Bill Cleary is putting his blueprint into place for the resurgence of Colgate Women’s Basket- ball. He took over as the 10th head coach in Colgate Women’s Basketball history in March Scoring Defense 60.3 64.5 2016. Scoring Margin +5.0 +4.8 Already twice in his first three seasons, Cleary has guided the Raiders to sixth-place finishes Field Goal Pct. 39.0 44.0 -- despite preseason prognostications of near the bottom of the Patriot League standings. Field Goal Pct. Defense 39.4 40.5 In 2018-19, the Raiders finished 12-17 overall for their best win total since 2004-05. Colgate Free Throw Pct. 66.6 73.8 also jumped to 8-10 in the Patriot League for its highest victory total and best winning 3FG Made Per Game 6.3 5.4 percentage since 2003-04. 3FG Pct. 31.5 32.2 Rachel Thompson was selected to both the 2019 All-Patriot League Second Team and the 3FG Pct. Defense 31.5 31.1 Patriot League All-Defensive Team. The junior guard led the Raiders scoring at 12.9, re- bounding at 7.2, assists at 3.2 and steals at 2.5. She ranked among the Patriot League leaders Rebounding 38.5 34.2 in seven categories, adding field goal percentage (49.7), free throw percentage (71.4) and Rebounding Allowed 37.4 37.3 assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.1) to the other four columns. Rebounding Margin +1.1 -3.1 In Cleary’s first season of 2016-17, the Raiders clinched sixth place in the Patriot League Assists 13.0 17.2 standings for the first time since 2011-12. Steals 7.8 9.2 Cleary built successful programs in both of his previous head coaching stops, arriving at Colgate after eight seasons at Bloomsburg and five at Wilmington (Del.). Turnovers 13.8 13.5 Turnovers Forced 17.1 18.1 During his eight-year tenure at Bloomsburg, Cleary compiled a 164-69 (.704) overall record and a 97-42 (.698) mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. The Huskies won just eight games the year before Cleary’s arrival, but he put together four consecutive NCAA SCORE BY PERIOD tournament appearances from 2012-15, a PSAC title and five straight PSAC East Division crowns.
1 2 3 4 OT Total A native of the Philadelphia suburb of Broomall, Cleary began his career with one season as LEHIGH 433 429 455 505 9 1828 an assistant men’s basketball coach at Towson and two years as a men’s basketball graduate assistant at Georgia Tech under Paul Hewitt. While in Atlanta, Cleary earned his master’s OPPONENTS 403 387 461 433 5 1689 degree in sports administration from Georgia State University in 2002. 1 2 3 4 OT Total Cleary is a 1998 graduate of Villanova University with a degree in political science. He and COLGATE 456 422 536 510 16 1940 his wife, Jackie, are the parents of sons Billy and Chase. OPPONENTS 446 413 455 481 12 1807
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LEHIGH’S 1,000 POINT SCORERS IF LEHIGH BEATS COLGATE... 1. Anne Tierney - 1,807 (1999-03) Head Coach Sue Troyan would win her 400th career victory and 200th career 2. Sherie Androlewicz -1,699 (1986-90) Patriot League victory, all at Lehigh, becoming just the second coach in league 3. Erica Prosser -1,676 (2007-11) history to reach both milestones. 4. Shawn Steward - 1,638 (1982-86) 5. Kerry Kinek - 1,571 (2012-16) 6. Quinci Mann - 1,512 (2014-18) Lehigh would snap a three-game road losing streak. 7. Jessica DePalo - 1,466 (2001-05) 8. Sandy Hume - 1,357 (1986-91) The Mountain Hawks would win their third straight game against Colgate on Alex Ross - 1,357 (2006-10) the road at Cotterell Court, dating back to Jan. 17, 2018. 10. Sara Ellis - 1,342 (2003-07) 11. Danielle Baldwin - 1,339 (1996-00) 12. Camryn Buhr - 1,311 (2016-pres.) THE GALIANI GAME 13. Jeanne Mooney - 1,301 (1986-90) We were living in Paige Galiani’s world on Sunday afternoon, as Lehigh defeated 14. Liz Feeley - 1,275 (1982-86) Loyola on Senior Day. 15. Kelly Madden - 1,136 (1993-97) 16. Emily Gratch - 1,122 (2008-12) 17. Katie O’Reilly - 1,067 (2011-15) Making her first career start in the Brown and White, Galiani knocked down six 18. Lexi Martins - 1,050 (2013-16) 3-point attempts for a career-high 18 points to lift the Mountain Hawks to victory. 19. Jessica Mudry - 1,030 (1992-96) Nine of her 18 points all occurred in the first quarter. 20. Maureen Trigo - 1,024 (1996-00) HONORABLE MENTION LEHIGH’S ALL-TIME REBOUNDING For the third time this season, sophomore guard Megan Walker received an Hon- orable Mention nod from the Patriot League after leading the Mountain Hawks LEADERS with 16 points at Boston University and scoring 13 against Loyola on Sunday 1. Anne Tierney - 1,129 (1999-03) with a trio of 3-pointers. 2. Kerry Kinek - 960 (2012-16) 3. Lexi Martins - 881 (2013-16) ONE FROM 400/200 4. Jen Siemaszko - 788 (1987-91) Head Coach Sue Troyan is finally just one victory away from reaching the 400-ca- 5. Alexa Williams - 779 (2008-12) 6. Karen Lelinski - 760 (1976-80) reer win milestone as well as 200 career Patriot League victories. 7. Camryn Buhr - 735 (2016-pres.) 8. Tricia Smith - 679 (2005-09) A win over Colgate on Wednesday would make Troyan just the second coach in 9. Sandy Hume - 647 (1986-91) league history to reach these milestones, as longtime Holy Cross coach Bill Gib- 10. Jessica DePalo - 639 (2001-05) bons had 511 career wins overall and 173 Patriot League victories. LEHIGH’S IN BUHR ALONE There are four players in program history with at least 1,300 points and at least 1,000 POINT/500 REBOUND CLUB 700 rebounds: Anne Tierney, Kerry Kinek, Lexi Martins and Camryn Buhr. 1. Sandy Hume - 1,357/647 (1986-91) 2. Maureen Trigo - 1,024/504 (1996-00) However, there is only one player in program history with those numbers plus 3. Anne Tierney - 1,807/1,129 (1999-03) 230+ assists: Buhr, who is in a class of her own, while establishing herself as one 4. Jessica DePalo - 1,466/639 (2001-05) of Lehigh’s most accomplished players ever. 5. Emily Gratch - 1,122/510 (2008-12) 6. Kerry Kinek - 1,571/960 (2012-2016) 7. Lexi Martins - 1,050/881 (2013-2016) BACK-TO-BACK 8. Camryn Buhr - 1,311/735 (2016-pres.) Senior Hannah Hedstrom was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 selec- tion for the second consecutive season. CAREER THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS 1. Alex Ross - 286 (2006-10) Hedstrom graduated in three years in May 2019 with a degree in Biology after 2. Sara Ellis - 238 (2003-07) achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.97. She is using her fourth year of athletic eli- 3. Quinci Mann - 199 (2014-18) gibility to get her master’s degree in Healthcare Systems Engineering where she 4. Erica Prosser -166 (2007-11) had a 3.90 GPA during the Fall 2019 semester. 5. Carli Toliver - 158 (2000-05) 6. Cat Nicholson - 147 (1999-03) Hedstrom, along with Delaney Connolly of Loyola, were the Patriot League’s 7. Mary Beth Bedics - 144 (1991-95) pair of selections for 2019-20. 8. Danielle Baldwin - 141 (1996-00) 9. Hailey Pascoe -133 (2015-19) 10. Bernadette Devaney - 99 (2014-18) STABLER IS BUHR’S HOUSE When senior Camryn Buhr scored her 35th and 36th points against Army West Point, she etched her name into the record book in a new way. She broke the re- cord for the most points scored by a member of the women’s basketball team in Stabler Arena’s 41-year history.
Liz Feeley, who holds the program record for points in a game, scored her 37 at
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Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 5 THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH TEAM... THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH PLAYER... Scored 90+ points Recorded a double-double (Pts., Reb.) LEHIGH 2/1/20 at Army West Point (94) 2/15/20 vs. Army West Point SINGLE GAME RECORDS Lehigh won, 94-65 (Camryn Buhr 36 pts, 13 reb.) Allowed 90+ points POINTS 12/30/18 at Notre Dame (95) Recorded a double-double (Pts., Asst.) Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 37 Notre Dame won, 95-68 Erica Prosser (19 pts., 10 asst.) 2/26/11 vs. Holy Cross REBOUNDS Shot 50% or better from the floor Lexi Martins (11/19/15) 23 2/1/20 at Army West Point Scored 30+ points in a game 54.1% Camryn Buhr (36) ASSISTS Lehigh won, 94-65 2/15/20 vs. Army West Point Patty Garnish (2/3/76) 15 Hope Pellicane (2/17/93) 15 Had two 20+-point scorers in a game Scored 25-29 points in a game 2/15/20 vs. Army West Point STEALS Emma Grothaus (25) (Camryn Buhr 36, Emma Grothaus 25) Jessica Mudry (11/28/95) 10 Lehigh won, 89-72 2/15/20 vs. Army West Point Helga Schlape (3/5/86) 10 Had two players with 10+ rebounds Blocked 5 or more shots in a game BLOCKS 2/12/20 at Holy Cross Emma Grothaus (6) (Cameryn Benz 11, Camryn Buhr 10) Ellen Silver (1/31/84) 10 Holy Cross won, 65-62 2/1/20 at Army West Point FG MADE Had two players earn a double-double Made 5+ three pointers in a game Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 16 2/12/20 at Holy Cross Paige Galiani (6) (Cameryn Benz 16 pts, 11 reb., 3/1/20 vs. Loyola FG ATT. Camryn Buhr 13 pts, 10 reb.) Jessica DePalo (3/5/05) 29 Lehigh won, 75-68 Made 10+ field goals in a game Camryn Buhr (13) FG% Played an overtime game Emma Grothaus (10) Katie O’Reilly (11/19/13) .875 (7-for-8) 11/9/19 at Merrimack Adrienne Blount (11/20/05) .875 (7-for-8) Lehigh won, 72-68 2/15/20 vs. Army West Point FT MADE Played a double overtime game Recorded 15+ rebounds in a game Quinci Mann (2/1/17) 16 11/24/12 vs. Monmouth Cameryn Benz (15) Monmouth won, 62-54 1/30/19 at Army West Point FT ATT. Had at least four players in double-figures Mary Beth Collins (12/10/94) 18 2/19/20 vs. Colgate Recorded 5 or more steals in a game Emma Grothaus (21), Hannah Hedstrom (15), Hannah Hedstrom (6) THREE POINT FG MADE Cameryn Benz (11), Mary Clougherty (11) 11/13/18 vs. Monmouth Alex Ross (12/20/08) 9 Colgate won, 82-73 Recorded 6 or more assists in a game Allowed a 20-29 point scorer Hannah Hedstrom (7) 2/22/20 at Bucknell 3/1/20 vs. Loyola Ellie Mack (21) Bucknell won, 67-56 Recorded 10 or more assists in a game Hannah Hedstrom (12) Allowed a 30+ point scorer 11/22/17 vs. Mansfield 2/19/20 vs. Colgate Rachel Thompson (33) Colgate won, 82-73
PATRIOT LEAGUE 2019-20 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SCORING FIELD GOAL PCT FREE THROW PCT 3FG PCT 1. Manis (HC) 18.4 1. Swords (HC) .542 1. LaBarbera (HC) .831 1. Manis (HC) .449 2. Thompson (COL) 17.1 2. Schubiger (COL) .522 2. Gray (LOY) .821 2. Mack (BUCK) .426 3. Mack (BUCK) 15.4 3. Mack (BUCK) .520 3. Marenyi (AMER) .816 3. Bohn (ARMY) .424 4. Edwards (AMER) 14.8 4. Thompson (COL) .516 4. Thompson (COL) .811 4. A. Johnson (BUCK) .400 5. LaBarbera (HC) 13.8 5. Brugler (BUCK) .503 5. Manis (HC) .770 5. Kapp (BUCK) .398
REBOUNDING ASSISTS STEALS 3FG MADE 1. Kucowski (LAF) 12.9 1. Thompson (COL) 4.8 1. Karcz (LOY) 5.1 1. Kapp (BUCK) 2.6 2. Manis (HC) 11.3 1. Smith (HC) 4.8 2. Thompson (COL) 2.5 2. Pina (BU) 2.4 3. Karcz (LOY) 9.3 3. Sanders (AMER) 4.3 3. Sanders (AMER) 1.9 3. Marenyi (AMER) 2.0 4. Scamman (ARMY) 8.4 4. Karcz (LOY) 3.7 4. Taylor (NAVY) 1.7 4. LaBarbera (HC) 2.0 5. Thompson (COL) 8.1 5. Nelson (BU) 3.5 5. Agnello (LAF) 1.5 5. Nelson (BU) 2.0
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LAST TIME OUT FOR LEHIGH AROUND THE PATRIOT LEAGUE MARCH 1, 2020 2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE LEHIGH 82, LOYOLA 64 STANDINGS BETHLEHEM, Pa. — It was a Senior Day to remember, especially for senior guard Paige Galiani, who League Overall lit up the scoreboard in her first career start, scoring a career-high 18 points on six 3-pointers to propel the Mountain Hawks over Loyola, 82-64 Sunday afternoon at Stabler Arena on Senior Day presented W L Pct. W L Pct. by Lehigh Valley Hotel and Conference Center. Bucknell!* 15 2 .882 22 6 .786
The win clinches a spot for Lehigh in the Patriot League Quarterfinals for a third consecutive season Boston U.* 11 6 .647 16 12 .571 with just one regular season game remaining Wednesday at Colgate. The victory also puts head Colgate* 11 6 .647 19 9 .679 coach Sue Troyan at career win No. 399 and Patriot League win No. 199 with just one game left. Lafayette* 11 6 .647 15 12 .556 “I’m just so proud of her [Paige],” said Troyan. “She’s just always a player that puts the team in front Holy Cross* 10 7 .588 17 11 .607 of her, has never questioned me about her role, about her playing time. It’s just the way you’d want to see her go out on Senior Day. She played with a lot of poise, a lot of confidence and it was really LEHIGH* 9 8 .529 17 11 .607 awesome to see her knock down those shots.” American 7 10 .412 11 16 .407 Loyola 5 12 .294 8 20 .286 The first quarter was tight for Lehigh, trailing 14-13 at the first media timeout with 3:51 to play. In that run were three Galiani 3-pointers, as she got off to hot start with nine first quarter points. A Army 4 13 .235 8 20 .286 Cameryn Benz layup had the Mountain Hawks up by a point heading into the second quarter. Navy 2 15 .118 7 21 .250
A jumper for Megan Walker, layup for Hannah Hedstrom and a free throw for Emma Grothaus had -thru 3/3 Lehigh up by six points, 20-14 with 7:08 to play in the second quarter. !Clinched the 2019-20 regular-season title
Lehigh led by as many as 12 points with 2:56 to go after a 3-pointer for Walker, building the lead to *Clinched first-round bye and QF home game 30-18. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Benz drew a foul and sank two free throws to send Lehigh to the locker room with a 10-point, 37-27 lead. Wednesday, March 4 After Loyola cut the Lehigh lead to five points with 8:07 to play in the third quarter, Lehigh went on Army at Boston U...... 6 p.m. a 7-2 run to lead by 10 points heading into the media timeout at the 5:12 mark. The Mountain Hawks Navy at American...... 7 p.m. extended the lead to 15 points after a 3-pointer for Mary Clougherty, a 49-34 lead with 4:07 to play. Lehigh at Colgate...... 7 p.m. The Greyhounds got the deficit down to 10 points after two made foul shots for Laryn Edwards with Bucknell at Lafayette...... 7 p.m. 28 seconds left in the third quarter. Loyola at Holy Cross...... 7 p.m.
Lehigh opened the fourth quarter on a 12-5 run to lead by 18 points, 67-49 with five minutes to play in the final frame. Loyola closed the gap to as little as 15 points with 4:02 remaining, but the Mountain Hawks ended the game on a 13-10 push to come away with the 82-64 victory.
Galiani scored nine of her 18 points in the first quarter including a pair of 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to get her career-high. Walker added 13 points to cap off her impressive week, going 5-for- 8 from the field and 3-for-6 from beyond-the-arc. Clougherty added 10 points off the bench with a couple of 3-pointers.
Buhr registered 10 rebounds with seven points and two assists, while Hannah Hedstrom grabbed nine boards, had four points and seven assists to go along with two steals.
“Give a lot of credit to our guards today, they did a really good job of finding open shooters,” said Troyan. “I thought we worked the ball well against the zone and it always helps when your perime- ter shooters are knocking down three’s.”
Lehigh’s bench out-scored Loyola’s, 42-7 while the Mountain Hawks scored 17 points off 15 Grey- hound turnovers.
Lehigh shot 40.8 percent (31-for-76) from the field, including 43.8 percent (14-for-32) from beyond, and shot 60 percent (6-for-10) from the charity stripe.
AP TOP 25 (WEEK 18) COACHES POLL (WEEK 18) MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (3.3) 1. South Carolina (27) 29-1 747 Not released at time of publication. Not released at time of publication. 2. Baylor (2) 27-1 713 3. Oregon (1) 28-2 700 4. Louisville 27-3 641 5. UConn 25-3 618 6. Maryland 25-4 615 7. Stanford 25-5 550 8. UCLA 25-4 541 9. Mississippi State 25-5 489 10. NC State 25-4 459 11. Northwestern 26-3 450 12. Gonzaga 28-2 447 13. Arizona 23-6 372 14. Oregon State 22-8 331 15. Texas A&M 22-7 293 16. Kentucky 21-7 259 17. South Dakota 27-2 254 18. DePaul 25-5 247 19. Iowa 23-6 232 20. Indiana 23-7 211 21. Princeton 24-1 153 22. Florida State 22-7 142 23. Missouri State 24-4 104 24. Arizona State 20-10 75 25. Arkansas 22-7 44 Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 7 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2019-20 HONORS & AWARDS (NUMBER OF GAMES) Game Leaders PRESEASON AWARDS Player 10+ 20+ 30+ 10+ 15+ 20+ 5+ 10+ 5+ 5+ D.D. Pts Reb Ast 2019-20 Preseason Poll 1. LEHIGH - 140 (9) Pts Pts Pts Rebs Rebs Rebs Ast Ast Steals Blks 2. Holy Cross - 138 (5) 1 - Harvey 1 3. Bucknell - 132 (4) 3 - Steele 2 1 1 4. Boston U. - 113 5 - Rice 5. American - 103 (2) 10 - Walker 8 1 3 1 6. Colgate - 78 11 - Johnson 7. Loyola (Md.) - 74 12 - Grundhoffer 8. Navy - 44 13 - Eripret 2 9. Lafayette - 42 14 - Galiani 2 1 10. Army West Point - 36 15 - Buhr 19 5 1 8 1 6 10 13 12 Preseason All-Patriot League 20 - Hottinger 1 1 1 Ellie Mack, Bucknell, Sr., F 22 - Hedstrom 3 6 1 3 15 Rachel Thompson, Colgate, Sr., G 25 - Grothaus 13 2 1 1 5 3 3 Lauren Manis, Holy Cross, Sr., F MOUNTAIN HAWKS’30 - Benz 12 2 5 5 6 9 2 Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette, Jr., F 34 - Sexe 3 2 Camryn Buhr, Lehigh, Sr., G 2018-19 HONORS &44 AWARDS- Clougherty 8 1 2 2 IN-SEASON AWARDS LAST TIME VS. COLGATE PATRIOT LEAGUE WEEKLY AWARDS Player of the Week FEBRUARY 19, 2020 11.11 - Kolbi Green, Navy COLGATE 82, LEHIGH 73 11.18 - Rachel Thompson, Colgate BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Leading by as many as three points with 7:29 remaining in the third quarter, the Lehigh 11.25 - Avery LaBarbera, Holy Cross women’s basketball team fell down and couldn’t recover, falling to Colgate 82-73 Wednesday evening at Stabler 12.2 - Alisa Fallon, Army Arena. The loss snaps a two-game win streak for the Mountain Hawks at home. 12.9 - Tessa Brugler, Bucknell Coming off a strong career-high 25-point performance against Army West Point over the weekend, sophomore for- 12.16 - Lauren Manis, Holy Cross ward Emma Grothaus got back to work and came through with a 21-point night with seven rebounds, going 7-for- 12.23 - Lauren Manis, Holy Cross 11 from the field and 7-for-8 from the free throw line. Senior point guard Hannah Hedstrom added a career-high 12.30 - Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette 15 points, going 5-for-7 from the field with four assists and two rebounds. 1.6 - Lauren Manis, Holy Cross 1.13 - Rachel Thompson, Colgate “Our turnovers really did us in tonight,” said head coach Sue Troyan. “We’re going to look back at it and not tak- ing care of the basketball on the offensive end and one of the keys to slowing them (Colgate) down is slow down 1.20 - Rachel Thompson, Colgate their transition game.” 1.27 - Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette 2.3 - Riley Childs, Boston U. Colgate had Lehigh’s number in the first quarter, as the game was tied at 6-6 with 6:08 remaining, but the Raiders 2.10 - Jade Edwards, American went on a 15-8 run with 2:20 to play to lead by seven, 21-14. Cameryn Benz scored with 20 seconds left to trim the 2.17 - Lauren Manis, Holy Cross deficit to five points, but Tegan Graham answered back with a layup with a second on the clock to extend the lead to seven heading into the second. 2.24 - Rachel Thompson, Colgate 3.2 - Lauren Manis, Holy Cross The Mountain Hawks opened the second quarter on an 8-0 run to re-take the lead, 24-23 with 7:01 left in the quar- ter. The Raiders got the lead back out to three points with a jumper from Rachel Thompson heading into the media Rookie of the Week timeout at the 4:30 mark. Trailing by four points with 3:39 to play, a Camryn Buhr 3-pointer and a then a layup for the senior gave Lehigh back the lead, 31-30 with 1:50 left. The Raiders ended up closing the quarter with a Taylor 11.11 - Sydney Johnson, Boston U. Langan 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to give Colgate a one-point lead heading into the locker room at the half. 11.18 - Sabria Hunter, Army 11.25 - Kamryn Hall, Army Despite its struggles to hold onto leads as of late, the Mountain Hawks had first half success in staying close to 12.2 - Sabria Hunter, Army Colgate down to the very end. Lehigh shot 43.8 percent (14-for-32) from the field but only 22.2 percent (2-for-9) 12.9 - Hope Brown, Army from the 3-point line. Colgate had its struggles from beyond, shooting 30 percent (3-for-10), but shot 41.2 percent (14-for-34) from the field. 12.16 - Maggie Pina, Boston U. 12.23 - Maggie Pina, Boston U. It was all Colgate in the third quarter, fighting back from down three points with 7:29 left in the third to going on 12.30 - Kamryn Hall, Army a dominant 20-7 run in the next six minutes or so to lead 59-48 heading into the final frame. The Raiders shot the 1.6 - Maggie Pina, Boston U. lights out in the third quarter, going 62.5 percent (10-for-16) from the field, while Lehigh shot 36.4 percent (4-for-11) 1.13 - Emily McAteer, Loyola from the field, but shot 87.5 percent (7-for-8) from the charity stripe.
1.20 - Maren Durant, Boston U. Lehigh trailed by as many as 20 points with 5:42 left in the fourth quarter before Troyan called a 30-second time- 1.27 - Maren Durant, Boston U. out. The Mountain Hawks cut the deficit to as little as eight points after three and-1’s from Grothaus, Hedstrom 2.3 - Maggie Pina, Boston U. and Clougherty. Lehigh continued to hit its free throws, which kept the team in the game in the closing minutes. 2.10 - Maggie Pina, Boston U. Thompson made a free throw with 33 seconds left, as Colgate held on for the 82-73 victory. 2.17 - Nyah Garrison, Navy “This is a game that we can learn a lot from,” said Troyan. “We’re going to have to learn a lot when we go up 2.24 - Hope Brown, Army to Hamilton in a couple weeks and play them again. They’re a talented team and Thompson is one of the best 3.2 - Kamryn Hall, Army players in the league, she showed that today in her ability to score the ball and someone that can capitalize on our mistakes.” SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE LIST Four Lehigh players scored in double-figures with Grothaus (21), Hedstrom (15), Benz (11) and Clougherty (11). (1/17/20) Buhr was so close to her fourth straight double-double, finishing with nine points and nine rebounds to go along Camryn Buhr with four assists. Hannah Hedstrom The Mountain Hawks shot well from the field at 41.9 percent (26-for-62), but struggled from beyond-the-arc at 13.3 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2 percent (2-for-15). Colgate shot 47.1 percent (32-for-68) from the field and 35 percent (7-for-20) from the 3-point line. (2/20/20) Hannah Hedstrom Lehigh has allowed a lot of 20-point scorers through the course of the season and a few 30-point scorers, as Rachel Thompson was another one of those for Colgate. The senior guard finished with 33 points, going 16-for-24 from the field, adding 14 rebounds and six assists.
The Mountain Hawks committed 18 turnovers in the game, turning the ball over more than their opponent for just the third time this season. Colgate had 12 giveaways Wednesday night. The Raiders scored 21 points off those 18 Lehigh turnovers.
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3 CLAIR STEELE - Sophomore 22 HANNAH HEDSTROM - Senior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 11 (vs. Army 2/15/20)...... POINTS...... 14 (twice) 15 (vs. Colgate 2/19/20)...... POINTS...... 15 (vs. Colgate 2/19/20) 7 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)...... REBOUNDS...... 7 (at Merrimack 11/9/19) 9 (twice)...... REBOUNDS...... 11 (twice) 5 (vs. GW 11/13/19)...... ASSISTS ...... 5 (vs. GW 11/13/19) 9 (at Saint Peter’s 12/29/19)..... ASSISTS ..... 12 (vs. Mansfield 11/22/17) 29 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)...... MINUTES ...... 29 (at Merrimack 11/9/19) 38 (twice)...... MINUTES ...... 39 (vs. Army 3/5/18)
5 KATIE RICE - Sophomore 25 EMMA GROTHAUS - Sophomore 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 4 (three times)...... POINTS...... 4 (three times) 25 (vs. Army 2/15/20)...... POINTS...... 25 (vs. Army 2/15/20) 4 (at Delaware St. 11/6/19)...REBOUNDS.... 4 (at Delaware St. 11/6/19) 10 (at American 1/11/20)...... REBOUNDS...... 12 (twice) 1 (six times)...... ASSISTS ...... 2 (vs. LIU-Brooklyn 12/20/19) 4 (twice)...... ASSISTS ...... 4 (twice) 18 (twice)...... MINUTES ...... 18 (twice) 39 (vs. Army 2/15/20)...... MINUTES ...... 39 (vs. Army 2/15/20)
10 MEGAN WALKER - Sophomore 30 CAMERYN BENZ - Senior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 23 (vs. Lafayette 2/8/20)...... POINTS...... 23 (vs. Lafayette 2/8/20) 20 (twice)...... POINTS...... 23 (vs. Cornell 11/29/18) 3 (three times)...... REBOUNDS...... 3 (three times) 11 (twice)...... REBOUNDS...... 15 (at Army 1/26/19) 2 (twice)...... ASSISTS ...... 2 (twice) 4 (vs. Boston U. 1/8/20)...... ASSISTS ...... 5 (vs. LIU Brooklyn 12/20/18) 31 (twice)...... MINUTES ...... 31 (twice) 33 (at Holy Cross 2/12/20)...... MINUTES .... 34 (vs. Sacred Heart 12/8/18)
11 EMILY JOHNSON - Junior 34 MARIAH SEXE - Junior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A...... POINTS...... N/A 14 (twice)...... POINTS...... 14 (twice) 1 (at Army 2/1/20)...... REBOUNDS...... 1 (Five times) 7 (twice)...... REBOUNDS...... 7 (three times) 1 (vs. Loyola 3/1/20)...... ASSISTS ...... 1 (twice) 3 (vs. Navy 1/2/20)...... ASSISTS ...... 3 (vs. Navy 1/2/20) 3 (twice)...... MINUTES ...... 6 (vs. LIU-Brooklyn 12/20/18) 32 (at Mount St. Mary’s 12/8/19)..MINUTES ..32 (at Mount St. Mary’s 12/8/19)
12 GENA GRUNDHOFFER - Senior 44 MARY CLOUGHERTY - Junior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 8 (vs. Seton Hall 11/22/19)...... POINTS...... 26 (at Lafayette 2/24/18) 24 (at Army 2/1/20)...... POINTS...... 24 (at Army 2/1/20) 5 (twice)...... REBOUNDS...... 13 (at Sacred Heart 12/3/17) 4 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)...... REBOUNDS...... 8 (vs. Villanova 11/16/18) 2 (vs. CCSU 11/18/19)...... ASSISTS ...... 7 (vs. Colgate 3/1/17) 4 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)...... ASSISTS ...... 4 (four times) 26 (vs. Seton Hall 11/22/19)....MINUTES ...... 41 (vs. Army 3/5/18) 32 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)...... MINUTES ...... 32 (at Merrimack 11/9/19)
13 MEAGAN ERIPRET - Fifth-Year 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 6 (twice)...... POINTS...... 11 (at Loyola 3/4/17) 6 (twice)...... REBOUNDS...... 8 (at Loyola 3/4/17) 4 (vs. Bloomsburg 12/3/19)...... ASSISTS ...... 4 (vs. Bloomsburg 12/3/19) 17 (vs. Bloomsburg 12/3/19).....MINUTES ...... 19 (vs. Bucknell 1/11/17)
14 PAIGE GALIANI - Senior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 18 (vs. Loyola 3/1/20)...... POINTS...... 18 (vs. Loyola 3/1/20) 2 (at Delaware St. 11/6/19)...REBOUNDS.... 2 (at Delaware St. 11/6/19) 1 (twice)...... ASSISTS ...... 2 (vs. Mansfield 11/22/17) 18 (vs. Bloomsburg 12/3/19).....MINUTES...... 18 (vs. Bloomsburg 12/3/19)
15 CAMRYN BUHR - Senior 2019-20 SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 36 (vs. Army 2/15/20)...... POINTS...... 36 (vs. Army 2/15/20) 13 (vs. Army 2/15/20)...... REBOUNDS...... 13 (vs. Army 2/15/20) 8 (vs. Lafayette 2/8/20)...... ASSISTS ...... 8 (vs. Lafayette 2/8/20) 37 (vs. Seton Hall 11/22/19)....MINUTES ...... 42 (vs. Army 3/5/18)
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Sue Troyan Head Coach • 25th Season Dickinson ‘88
Lehigh head women’s basketball coach Sue Troyan is cer- In the previous two seasons, Troyan led Lehigh to a com- tainly no stranger to winning. Entering her 25th season bined 55-11 (25-3 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot in 2019-20 and has a career record of 399-344, and a 199- League Championships and NCAA Tournament berths. 166 mark in Patriot League play, she has helped lead the Mountain Hawks to three Patriot League Championships The 2009-10 campaign brought Troyan’s third Patriot League and three NCAA Tournament appearances. title, the team’s second in a row, and second-ever Patriot League regular season title with a league record of 13-1, The Mountain Hawks have made it to the Patriot League earning the Mountain Hawks the top seed in the tournament. semifinals in nine of the last 13 seasons, while making Lehigh advanced to their third NCAA Tournament in school four appearances in the finals and capturing two league history, finishing the season with a 29-4 record. For the sec- titles during that stretch. ond season, Lehigh went undefeated at home, breaking the record set the previous year for most wins in a season (29) During the 2018-19 season, the Mountain Hawks made and league wins (13). their way back to the Patriot League semifinals under Troyan’s direction, and at 21-10 overall and 12-6 in Patriot In 2009, Troyan won her second Patriot League title, capping League play, finished with the team’s first 20-win sea- off a historic season in which the Mountain Hawks broke son since 2010-11 and finished in third place, the team’s school records in wins (26), league wins (12) and home wins highest standing since the 2011-12 campaign. (17). Lehigh won its first-ever Patriot League regular season title by rolling through the league with a 12-2 record to The 2017-18 team returned to the Patriot League quar- earn the top seed in the tournament. The Mountain Hawks terfinals, behind a pair of All-Patriot League selections completed their undefeated season at home by winning in third team honoree Camryn Buhr and second team three tournament games at Stabler Arena to advance to selection Quinci Mann, who graduated as the program’s their second NCAA Tournament in school history. Lehigh sixth all-time leading scorer, and third on the school’s finished the season with a 26-7 record, the best in Troyan’s all-time three-point list. tenure with the program, and the Lehigh head coach took home her second Patriot League Coach of the Year award. The 2015-16 team finished 18-13 overall and 10-8 in Patriot League play. Four Mountain Hawks earned All- In the 2004-05 season, Troyan led the team to 18 regular League honors, including standout Lexi Martins who season wins – the second most in her tenure–and became was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year the first Lehigh head coach to be named the Patriot League and finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles and Coach of the Year. The Mountain Hawks have won ten plus ranked third in the country in rebounding. games in all fourteen of Troyan’s seasons at the helm. She has guided her troops to three Patriot League final appearancses, Under Troyan’s guidance in 2014-15, the Mountain as well as two berths in the NCAA Tournament (1997 and Hawks made their first Patriot League Championship 2009). In 2001-02, Troyan passed Muffet McGraw as the all- appearance since 2010. Lehigh finished the season with a time victories leader in Lehigh women’s basketball history 19-11 overall record and a 9-9 league mark. The Mountain and has surpassed 200 career wins. Hawks earned the six seed in the Patriot League Tour- nament and picked up road wins at No. 3 Holy Cross Throughout her coaching career, Troyan has been used to her and No. 2 Army to advance to the championship. Four teams faring well. Her first five years as a coach were with Mountain Hawks garnered All-Patriot League honors, Lehigh’s softball team. As the head softball coach, Troyan while Lehigh was also represented on the Academic All- rebuilt a program that finished 7-30 prior to her appointment. League team and landed a league-best number of players In her five years as head coach, she recorded a 107-87-1 mark, on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. won three consecutive Patriot League titles and a Coach of the Year award. In 1996-97, the women’s basketball team In 2010-11, Troyan led the Mountain Hawks to their laid claim to its first-ever Patriot League title under Troyan’s third-straight Patriot League regular season title and tutelage. Lehigh’s third-straight 20-win season, the most consec- utive 20-win seasons in program history. The Mountain In Troyan, Lehigh has a coach who understands the impor- Hawks went 21-11 which included a WNIT berth for tance of relating to her players, the experience of having their third straight postseason appearance. played collegiate basketball and the knowledge of what it
Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 10 takes to be successful. In the season prior to Troyan’s appointment as basketball Sue Troyan’s All-Time Record coach, Lehigh finished 3-24, and in the four previous years Team Lehigh had a combined 12-97 record. In Troyan’s first Year OVR PL NOTABLE season (1995-96), Lehigh finished 14-13, 5-7 in the Patriot 1995-96 Lehigh 14-13 5-7 League. In 1996-97, Lehigh set a then-school-record with 1996-97 Lehigh 15-15 7-5 Patriot League Champions seven Patriot League wins (7-5) and recorded its first-ever 1997-98 Lehigh 11-17 4-8 Patriot League Tournament victory and championship. 1998-99 Lehigh 15-12 6-6 By 2002-03, the team set a record with nine wins against 1999-00 Lehigh 13-16 league opposition and showcased the Patriot League 6-6 Rookie of the Year. The 2004-05 squad surpassed that 2000-01 Lehigh 16-14 7-5 record of nine wins en route to setting a new record of 2001-02 Lehigh 12-16 8-6 10 games, as Lehigh returned to the league tournament 2002-03 Lehigh 12-15 9-5 semifinals. In 2006-07, Lehigh’s top rebounder Jenny Cal- 2003-04 Lehigh 13-16 9-5 len ranked in the nation’s top ten by bringing down 10.9 2004-05 Lehigh 19-10 rebounds a game. Under Troyan’s guidance, the 2007-08 10-4 Mountain Hawks held opponents to just 52.9 points per 2005-06 Lehigh 19-18 5-9 game, the fifth lowest total in the NCAA. In 2008-09, the 2006-07 Lehigh 11-19 5-9 Patriot League champions led the league in scoring (67.3 2007-08 Lehigh 18-13 9-5 points per game), field goal percentage (.428), 3-point 2008-09 Lehigh 26-7 12-2 Patriot League Champions field goal percentage (.346) and assists per game (14.4). 2009-10 Lehigh 29-4 Patriot League Champions Lehigh also set a school record for 3-pointers made in the 13-1 season, sinking 196 as a team. In 2015-16, Lexi Martins 2010-11 Lehigh 21-11 10-4 finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles (24) and 2011-12 Lehigh 17-13 9-5 ranked third in all of Division I with a 13.6 rebounds per 2012-13 Lehigh 14-16 6-8 game average. 2013-14 Lehigh 13-18 5-13 2014-15 Lehigh 19-12 Troyan has mentored the Patriot League Player of the 9-9 Year three times in her career with the Mountain Hawks. 2015-16 Lehigh 18-13 10-8 Jessica DePalo became the first Lehigh player to ever win 2016-17 Lehigh 10-20 5-13 the award in 2005, and Erica Prosser took home the honor 2017-18 Lehigh 15-15 9-9 after her sophomore season in 2009 and again after her 2018-19 Lehigh 21-10 12-6 senior season last year. Prosser also was named the Patriot 2019-20 Lehigh 17-11 League Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first 9-8 player in League history to earn both awards in the same TOTAL 25 seasons 399-344 199-166 season. Troyan has also coached three PL Scholar Athlete of the Year award recipients including Anne Tierney (2001 and 2002) and Lexi Martins (2016).
Prior to her latest coaching endeavor, Troyan served five years as an assistant basketball coach and two years as the Director of Athletic Program Budgets. In her first two years at Lehigh she served as a graduate assistant, before becoming Lehigh’s first full-time women’s basketball assistant coach.
A 1988 graduate of Dickinson College, Troyan received her B.A. in Economics. She received her M.B.A. from Lehigh in 1991.
At Dickinson, Troyan was a four-year athlete in both basketball and track. On the court, Troyan was voted the team’s most valuable player following the 1988 season. She was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference First Team and Second Team All-ECAC in her senior season. Troyan was a three-time All-American in track.
Sue and her husband Fran – Lehigh’s head softball coach – reside in Saucon Valley, Pa. with their daughter Katie, and sons David and Matthew.
CHAMPIONS APPEARANCES
1997, 2009, 2010 1997, 2009, 2010
Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 11 Glenn Rigney - Associate Head Coach
The 2019-20 season marks Glenn Rigney’s 16th season as the Mountain Hawks’ defensive coach and his 13th season as the associate head coach.
Rigney helped lead the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League Championship game since 2010 during the 2014-15 season and helped mentor Lehigh’s four All-Patriot League honorees.
The Mountain Hawks led the Patriot League in steals per game, averaging 8.3 per contest, during the 2013-14 season.Under Rigney’s guidance in 2012-13, the Mountain Hawks ranked near the top of almost all defensive statistical measures across the Patriot League board. Lehigh ranked second in the league in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 35.4%. In 2010-11 under Rigney, Lehigh ranked first in the league in steals at nine per game. Addie Micir - Associate Head Coach The 2019-20 season is Micir’s first on Lehigh’s coaching staff and as associate head coach.
Last season, Micir served as an assistant on her alma mater Princeton where she helped lead the Tigers to a 22-10 overall, 12-2 Ivy League record en route to its second straight league title. She helped develop Bella Alarie, the 2018-19 Ivy League Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy selection. Prior to her coaching stint at Princeton, Micir was assistant basketball coach at Dartmouth for five seasons. She recruited nationally and internationally, helping bring in players from 14 different states and three foreign countries.
She was a 1,000-point scorer at Princeton, a three-time All-League selection and the pro- gram’s first Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year during the 2010-11 season. Micir led the Tigers to back-to-back Ivy League crowns in 2010 and 2011, including Princeton’s first outright title in 2010 since 1978.
Bernadette Devaney - Assistant Coach
Bernadette “Bernie” Devaney enters her first season as assistant coach at Lehigh after serving last season as the Director of Basketball Operations.
On the Mountain Hawks, she appeared in 111 games over four seasons from 2014-18, aver- aging 4.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. As a senior in 2017-18, she averaged career-highs of 6.5 points, 1.3 assists, and 1.1 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game. She ranked second on the team by shooting 37.8 percent from three-point range and 82.4 percent from the free throw line. She scored a career-high 20 points on two occasions, going 6-of-9 overall and 6-of-8 from three-point range vs. Mount St. Mary’s (11/29/17), and scored 20 again vs. Loyola (2/21/18) with a 7-of-10 shooting performance.
Devaney graduated from Lehigh with a bachelor’s degree in management in May 2018.
Cecily Carl - Director of Basketball Operations Cecily Carl enters her first season at the Director of Women’s Basketball Operations in 2019- 2020. Carl joins the Mountain Hawks’ staff after a standout, four-year career at American from 2015-19.
She averaged a career-best 15.8 points per game, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 33 games in 2018-19 en route to being named Player of the Year in the Patriot League. In four years, Carl is a three-time All-League selection, garnering Third Team honors in 2017, Second Team in 2018 and First Team in 2019. Carl also was named the league’s Scholar Athlete of the Year. In 2018, Carl helped the Eagles win their second Patriot League Championship and was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
She graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2018 and received her Master’s degree in sports analytics and management from AU in 2019.
Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 12 NUMERICAL ROSTER No Name Pos. Class Ht. Hometown/High School Major 1 Anna Harvey G Fr. 5-7 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South Integrated Business & Engineering 3 Clair Steele G So. 5-5 Orinda, Calif./Miramonte Engineering 5 Katie Rice G So. 5-11 Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Catholic Arts and Sciences 10 Megan Walker G So. 5-10 Rogers, Minn./Minnetonka Chemical Engineering 11 Emily Johnson F Jr. 6-1 Franklin Square, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy Arts and Sciences 12 Gena Grundhoffer F Sr. 6-1 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc./Assumption Management 13 Meagan Eripret F 5th 6-3 Allentown, Pa./Salisbury English 14 Paige Galiani G Sr. 5-10 Great Falls, Va./Langley Accounting 15 Camryn Buhr G Sr. 6-1 Mishawaka, Ind./Penn Management 20 Frannie Hottinger G/F Fr. 6-0 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall Arts and Sciences 22 Hannah Hedstrom G Sr. 5-9 Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Biology 25 Emma Grothaus F So. 6-3 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi Engineering 30 Cameryn Benz F Sr. 6-3 Montgomery, N.J./Montgomery Marketing 34 Mariah Sexe F Jr. 6-2 Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge Biology 44 Mary Clougherty G Jr. 6-0 Herndon, Va./Chantilly Accounting ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos. Class Ht. Hometown/High School Major 30 Cameryn Benz F Sr. 6-3 Montgomery, N.J./Montgomery Marketing 15 Camryn Buhr G Sr. 6-1 Mishawaka, Ind./Penn Management 44 Mary Clougherty G Jr. 6-0 Herndon, Va./Chantilly Accounting 13 Meagan Eripret F 5th 6-3 Allentown, Pa./Salisbury English 14 Paige Galiani G Sr. 5-10 Great Falls, Va./Langley Accounting 25 Emma Grothaus F So. 6-3 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi Engineering 12 Gena Grundhoffer F Sr. 6-1 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc./Assumption Management 1 Anna Harvey G Fr. 5-7 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South Integrated Business & Engineering 22 Hannah Hedstrom G Sr. 5-9 Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Biology 20 Frannie Hottinger G/F Fr. 6-0 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall Arts and Sciences 11 Emily Johnson F Jr. 6-1 Franklin Square, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy Arts and Sciences 5 Katie Rice G So. 5-11 Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Catholic Arts and Sciences 34 Mariah Sexe F Jr. 6-2 Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge Biology 3 Clair Steele G So. 5-5 Orinda, Calif./Miramonte Engineering 10 Megan Walker G So. 5-10 Rogers, Minn./Minnetonka Chemical Engineering PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 12 – Gena Grundhoffer JEE-nuh 13 – Meagan Eripret AIR-eh-PRAY Head Coach: Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) - 25th season 15 – Camryn Buhr Boo-err Associate Head Coach: Glenn Rigney (Miami ‘79) - 16th season 20 - Frannie Hottinger Hottin-GRR Addie Micir (Princeton ‘11) - First season 25 – Emma Grothaus GROAT-house Associate Head Coach: 34 – Mariah Sexe Sexy Assistant Coach: Bernadette Devaney (Lehigh ‘18) - Second season 44 – Mary Clougherty CLOCK-erty Director of Operations: Cecily Carl (American ‘19) - First season Coach – Sue Troyan Troy-in Coach – Addie Micir MISS-eer Coach – Bernadette Devaney De-VAIN-ee
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#1 Anna Harvey #3 Clair Steele #5 Katie Rice #10 Megan Walker Fr. - G - 5-7 So. - G - 5-5 So. - G - 5-11 So. - G - 5-10
#11 Emily Johnson #12 Gena Grundhoffer #13 Meagan Eripret #14 Paige Galiani Jr. - F - 6-1 Sr. - F - 6-1 5th - F - 6-3 Sr. - G - 5-10
#15 Camryn Buhr #20 Frannie Hottinger #22 Hannah Hedstrom #25 Emma Grothaus Sr. - G - 6-1 Fr. - G/F - 6-0 Sr. - G - 5-9 So. - F - 6-3
#30 Cameryn Benz #34 Mariah Sexe #44 Mary Clougherty Sue Troyan Sr. - F - 6-3 Jr. - F - 6-2 Jr. - G - 6-0 Head Coach
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Date Opp. G G G F F 11/6 @ Delaware St. Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grundhoffer Benz 11/9 @ Merrimack Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grundhoffer Benz 11/13 vs. GW Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grundhoffer Benz 11/18 vs. CCSU Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grundhoffer Benz 11/22 vs. Seton Hall Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grundhoffer Benz 11/28 Ball State Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 11/30 Fordham Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 12/3 vs. Bloomsburg Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 12/8 @ Mount St. Mary’s Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Grothaus 12/21 @ Minnesota Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Grothaus 12/29 @ Saint Peter’s Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/2 vs. Navy Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/5 @ Loyola Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/8 vs. Boston U. Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/11 @ American Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/15 @ Navy Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/18 vs. Bucknell Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/22 vs. Holy Cross Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/25 @ Lafayette Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 1/29 vs. American Hedstrom Buhr Walker Sexe Benz 2/1 @ Army Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/8 vs. Lafayette Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/12 @ Holy Cross Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/15 vs. Army Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/19 vs. Colgate Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/22 @ Bucknell Hedstrom Buhr Walker Grothaus Benz 2/26 @ Boston U. Hedstrom Sexe Walker Grothaus Benz 3/1 vs. Loyola Hedstrom Buhr Galiani Grundhoffer Benz
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#1 Anna HARVEY
Guard • Freshman • 5-7 Lakeville, Minn. • Lakeville South Major: Integrated Business and Engineering
2019-20 (Freshman Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Played nine minutes of action at Minnesota (12/21) in her homecoming game, tallying three rebounds and two assists...Got 11 key minutes of action against Bloomsburg (12/3), scoring two points, but also getting three steals and two assists...Played her most minutes in her rookie campaign so far with seven against CCSU (11/18)...Played six minutes and scored three points on a layup and a free throw with a rebound, an assist and a steal in her collegiate debut at Delaware State (11/6). BEFORE LEHIGH Harvey was a team captain who was Lakeville South’s all-time assist leader (376), including a school-record 139 her senior season. Also a member of the school’s 1,000-point club (1,191 total)…Three-time 4A All-South Suburban Conference team member…Two-time All-State honorable mention…Four- year member of the varsity team and three-year starter who averaged 13.3 points, 4.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game during her career… Member of the North Tartan AAU program…Lakeville South’s Athena Award winner as Best Female Athlete…Also a four-year letter-winner in tennis and senior captain, who finished with a 78-12 record, won Team MVP her senior season and was an All-South Suburban Conference Team selection…National Honors Society member and a four-year member of the STEM Academy program...Academic-All State selection in both basketball and tennis...Finished in the Top 10 of her class with a 4.35 GPA.
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#3 Clair STEELE
Guard • Sophomore • 5-5 Orinda, Calif. • Miramonte Major: Engineering
2019-20 (Sophomore Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Season-high 11 points with three rebounds, going 3-for-4 from the foul line in a win over Army West Point (2/15) at home...Scored five points with four steals in 19 minutes off the bench against American (1/29)...Notched seven points, went 1-for-3 from beyond, had two assists and two rebounds in 19 minutes in a win over Navy (1/2) to open Patriot League play...Scored nine points in 22 minutes and went 6-of-8 from the free throw ine with two assists and two boards vs. Fordham (11/30) to conclude the Bahamas Hoopfest...Played 17 minutes off the bench and tallied a season-best 10 points against Ball State (11/28) in the Bahamas...Scored seven points in 11 minutes with two rebounds and a steal vs. CCSU (11/18)...Registered a career-high five assists in 19 minutes vs. GW on Education Day (11/13)...Played a career-high 28 minutes, scored seven points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds with three assists and two steals in an OT win over Merrimack (11/9)...Went 4-for-4 from the line and added a bucket, finishing with six points, an assist and a steal in 15 minutes off the bench at Delaware State (11/6) in the season opener.
2018-19 (Freshman Season) Made an appearance in all 31 games, off the bench as the team’s backup point guard...Averaged 4.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and an assist per game while playing 11.1 minutes per game…Shot 38.0 percent (41-for-108) from the field, 33.3 percent (15-for-45) from the 3-point line and was 69.8 percent (37-for-53) on free throws… Scored seven point in 13 minutes against Central Connecticut State (11/10) and went 4-for-4 from the foul line…Played extended minutes against LIU-Brook- lyn (12/20), scoring five points and brought in four rebounds and tallied four assists…Scored in double-digits for the first time against Lafayette (1/3) in the Patriot League opener with 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-4 from the line…Scored a season-high 14 points in 21 minutes against Navy (1/6) with two assists, a rebound, a block and a steal en route to being named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (1/7)…Matched a season-high 14 points against Army (2/23) on 5-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-3 from beyond-the-arc…Scored eight points in 16 minutes with two assists, a rebound and a block in the regular season finale at Holy Cross (3/6)...Tallied three assists and grabbed two boards in 16 minutes against American (3/14) in Patriot League semifinals…Named a Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection. BEFORE LEHIGH CalHiSports Second Team All-State selection in 2017-18…First Team Prep2Prep All-North Coast Section honoree in 2017-18…Four-time All-DAL (Diablo Athlet- ic League) selection, including two First Team honors in 2016-17 and 2017-18… San Francisco Chronicle Second Team All-Metro (2017-18)...All-Bay Area News Group Second Team (2017-18)…Named Third Team All-NorCal by SportsStars Magazine…Played in all 134 games in her high school career, averaged 16.9 ppg, 5.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game as a senior in 2017-18…Served as team captain for two seasons…Helped lead Miramonte to four league championships and an overall record of 120-14 during her career…Tallied a 4.2 GPA as a senior, earning All-DAL Academic Honors in 2017-18… Played for the Cal Stars EYBL AAU program. Steele’s Career Stats
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#5 Katie RICE
Guard • Sophomore • 5-11 Red Bank, N.J. • Red Bank Catholic Major: Arts and Sciences
2019-20 (Sophomore Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Once again tied a season-high four points at Bucknell (2/22) and had a rebound. Went 2-for-2 from the free throw line... Tied a season-high with four points on four free throws with two rebounds and an assist in 16 minutes at American (1/11)...Finished with three steals in 10 minutes with two rebounds against Boston U. (1/8)...Despite failing to regis- ter much of a statline, she played a career-high 18 minutes of action at Minnesota (12/21)...Scored a career-high four points with two rebounds and a block in 12 minute in a win over Bloomsburg (12/3)...Had three borads with an assist and a steal in 14 minutes off the bench vs. Fordham (11/30)...Grabbed a pair of rebounds and a steal against Ball State (11/28) in the Bahamas...Came in off the bench vs. CCSU (11/18) and played 12 minutes getting a basket in the win...Played 13 minutes in victory over Delaware State (11/6), scoring two points and grabbing a career-high four rebounds, going 2-for-4 from the free throw line. 2018-19 (Freshman Season) Saw action in 23 games…Shot 35.7 percent from the field… Grabbed three rebounds and a steal in four minutes at Bing- hamton (11/21)…Had three rebounds, two assists and two steals against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)…Scored two points with two steals against Lafayette (1/3) in the Patriot League opener…Scored a season-high three points on a 3-pointer in four minutes at Army West Point (1/26)…named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE LEHIGH Two-time NJ.com Third Team All-State Non-Public selection in 2017 and 2018… Two-time Second Team All-Shore Conference selection in 2017 and 2018 (Shore Conference Basketball Coaches Association)…2018 First Team All-Shore honoree by HoopGroup…Named to the Shore Sports Zone Team in both 2017 and 2018… Four-year varsity starter and served as team captain in 2017-18…Selected for the 2018 NJ Senior All-Star Game…2015 WOBM Christmas Classic First Team honor - ee…At time of graduation, ranked fourth in Red Bank Catholic history in minutes played (2,479), sixth in blocks (80) and seventh in rebounds (706). Finished with 865 career points and 283 assists, ranking in the top 20 in RBC program history… Helped lead RBC to the New Jersey Non-Public A State title in 2016-17…Shore Conference B North Division champions in 2014-15 and 2015-16…Team compiled a record of 94-23 during her four years…Received an Academic Excellence Award in 2015…Played for the New Jersey Belles AAU program. Rice’s Career Stats Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 18
#10 Megan WALKER
Guard • Sophomore • 5-10 Rogers, Minn. • Minnetonka Major: Chemical Engineering
2019-20 (Sophomore Season) Tallied her second consecutive double-digit scoring game with 13 points, 2019-20 Game-by-Game going 5-for-8 from the field with three 3-pointers in a victory over Loyola (3/1)...Another outstanding performance against Boston U. (2/26), scoring 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, going 4-for-4 from the 3-point line...Scored eight points on two 3-pointers at Holy Cross (2/12)...Named a Patriot League Honorable Mention for the second time this season after notching a career-high 23 points on a career-best seven 3-pointers in 28 minutes vs. Lafayette (2/8)...Scored eight points with two 3-pointers at Army West Point (2/1)...Had another double-digit scoring game with 10 points and three rebounds in 23 minutes at La- fayette (1/25)...Scored 11 points with two 3-pointers in 31 minutes at Navy (1/15), her third straight game scoring in double-figures...Named a Patriot League Honorable Mention after her second consecutive game in double-digit scoring with 10 points at American (1/11), going 2-for- 3 from beyond-the-arc...Had best game of career so far vs. Boston U. (1/8), scoring a career-high 15 points with a career-best five 3-pointers, including four in the third quarter. Shot 50 percent (5-of-10) from the field in the victory...Scored eight points and went 2-for-6 from beyond at Saint Peter’s (12/29)...Finished with a season-high 10 points and went 2-for-4 from beyond-the-arc including a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining to cap a seven-point comeback in 26 seconds in a victory at Mount St. Mary’s (12/8)...Scored three points with an assist in 11 minutes vs. Fordham (11/30)...Had a season-high eight points with two assists and a rebound in 20 minutes against Ball State (11/28) to open the Bahamas Hoopfest... Tallied a season-high seven points in 14 minutes vs. GW on Education Day (11/13)...Scored five points with three rebounds and went 1-for-3 from downtown in an OT win at Merrimack (11/6)...Made first career start in Lehigh’s season opening victory at Delaware State (11/6), scoring three points on a 3-point basket with a rebound in 15 minutes. 2018-19 (Freshman Season) Made an appearance in all 31 games off the bench…Averaged 3.6 points in 11.8 minutes per game on the floor, while shooting 34.0 percent (34-for-100) from the field, 31.4 percent (16-for-51) from beyond and 81.8 percent (27-for-33) from the free throw line…Scored a season-high 13 points, going 3-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line with a rebound and an assist in 17 minutes at Binghamton (11/21)… Scored seven points and picked up two steals and a rebound while going 3-for-3 at the line at Bucknell (1/16)…Tallied nine points, a rebound and went a perfect 4-for-4 at the foul line vs. American (1/19)… Scored 11 points in 14 minutes with two 3-pointers, a rebound and a steal at Army West Point (1/26)… Scored two points with two rebounds and an assist in the Patriot League semifinals at American (3/14)… named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE LEHIGH 2017-18 Preseason Star Tribune Dream Team, Miss Minnesota Basketball nominee, and selected to the Minnesota All-Star Series Game before missing most of her senior season due to injury…As a junior in 2016-17, earned all-state honorable mention and All-Lake Conference honors…Set Minnetonka’s single season scoring record with 516 points as a junior in 2016-17…Helped lead the team to a 2017 sectional championship to qualify for the state tournament…Named the team’s MVP and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior in 2017…Averaged 17.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game as a junior in 2016-17…As a sophomore in 2015-16, helped lead the team to a state championship title while earning All-Lake Conference honorable mention honors…Two-year captain and 1,000-point scorer during her career…2017-18 academic all-state honoree…Made the A Honor Roll each semester…National Honor Society member…IB diploma candidate as a junior and senior…Held a weighted GPA of 4.32…Played for the North Tartan EYBL AAU program. Walker’s Career Stats
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#11 Emily JOHNSON
Forward • Junior • 6-1 Franklin Square, N.Y. • Archbishop Molloy Major: Arts and Sciences
2019-20 (Junior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Tallied an assist off the bench in a win over Loyola (3/1)... Saw three minutes of action at Army West Point (2/1), registering a rebound...Played two minutes off the bench in the season opener vs. Delaware State (11/6).
2018-19 (Sophomore Season) Made 12 appearances off the bench…Tallied a rebound, an assist and a block in six min- utes against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)…Grabbed one board at Lafayette (1/3)…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Freshman Season) Appeared in four games…Collected one rebound at Lafayette on Feb. 24...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH All-New York City Honorable Mention as a junior in 2015-16 while playing for Arch- bishop Molloy High School…She Got Game Classic MVP as a junior…Two-time Rose Classic Super Jam Scholar Athlete Award recipient…USJN U17 All-Star in 2015 as a sophomore…Missed most of her senior year due to injury…Named to the Principal’s List as a sophomore, junior and senior.
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#12 Gena GRUNDHOFFER
Forward • Senior • 6-1 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc.• Assumption Major: Management
2019-20 (Senior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Scored a basket while making the start on Senior Day in a victory over Loyola (3/1)...Returned to the rotation for the first time in a month vs. Navy (1/2), scoring four points, going 2-for-2 from the line in eight minutes...In her third con- secutive game coming off the bench, she played 17 important minutes with six points and five rebounds, going 2-for-2 from the free throw line against Bloomsburg (12/3)...Played 26 strong minutes in a big win over BIG EAST opponent Seton Hall (11/22), scoring eight points with five rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal...Tallied a season-high seven points with two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 17 minutes, also making a 3-pointer against CCSU (11/18)... Scored her first points of the season at Merrimack (11/9), tallying four with two rebounds in 12 minutes...Started the season opener at Delaware State (11/6), playing 14 minutes.
She had just one shot attempt and picked up three rebounds to go along with an assist. 2018-19 (Junior Season) Made 30 starts in 31 appearances…Ranked third on the team with 9.0 points per game and had 3.9 rebounds per game as well…Shot 39.6 percent (103-for-260) from the field and 35.9 percent (14-for-39) from the 3-point stripe…Also shot 78.9 percent (60-for-76) from the foul line…Scored in double figures in 15 of her 31 games played…Scored 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting with five rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes against Central Connecticut State (11/10)…Had 12 points, three boards, an assist and a block, including a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line in 29 minutes against Norfolk State (11/24) in the first round of the Christmas City Classic…Scored 11 points with five rebounds and two assists in 31 minutes against Charlotte (11/25) in the final round of the Christmas City Classic…Registered 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field including three rebounds, two blocks, two steals and an assist in 26 minutes in the Patriot League opener at Lafayette (1/3)…Scored seven points with eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal in 37 minutes against Holy Cross (1/9)…Notched season-high 18 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field including 8-of-10 from the line against Colgate (1/23). Also picked up four boards with an assist and a block…Scored 10 points with six rebounds and two assists on 5-of-8 shooting in 31 minutes against Navy (2/2)…Tallied 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting with three rebounds and four assists against Bucknell (2/13)…Scored 10 points and added seven rebounds, two steals, an assist and a block in 35 minutes against American (2/16)…Scored 11 points with two rebounds, an assist and a block in 26 minutes against Lafayette (3/2)… Got her first double-double of the season vs. Colgate (3/11) in the Patriot League quarterfinals, where she scored 13 points and grabbed 11 boards with two assists and four steals in 36 minutes. She also went 7-for-10 from the free throw line…
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2017-18 (Sophomore Season) Started at center in all 30 games…Ranked third on the team with 11.2 points per game and added 4.2 rebounds per contest… Shot 40 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc…Led the Patriot League in free throw percentage at 84.7 percent…Scored 20+ points on five occasions, including in each of the final four games of the season…Registered a season-high 13 rebounds and scored 18 points for her second career double-double at Sacred Heart (12/3)…Scored 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting and added seven rebounds in a win over Army West Point (1/20)…Voted the Patriot League Player of the Week on Feb. 26 after scoring 20 points and nine rebounds against Loyola and a season-high 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting at Lafayette. For the week, she led the Patriot League at 23.0 points game, and averaged 7.5 rebounds and one steal per game while shooting 56 percent overall (14-for-25) and 50 percent (4-for-8) from three-point range…Registered 24 points and nine rebounds on 8-of-15 shooting and 3-of-4 from three-point range vs. Holy Cross (2/28)…Scored 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting and was 10-for-11 from the free throw line in the Patriot League Quarterfinal vs. Army (3/5)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games, making 29 starts…Ranked second on the team and third in the Patriot League with an 82.8 free throw percentage…Finished second on the team with 9.9 points and led the squad with 4.7 rebounds per game…Ranked among the team’s leaders in field goal percentage at 39.5 percent and was second on the team by shooting 82.8 percent at the free throw line…Ranked second on the team with 23 steals and 45 assists…Third on the team with 26.5 minutes per game… Scored in double figures on 13 occasions…Had 15 points and nine rebounds in her collegiate debut against East Stroudsburg (11/11)…Scored 17 points in a win over Delaware State (11/16), then registered a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, and added three assists and two steals against Sacred Heart (11/19) en route to being named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week…Had 17 points and nine rebounds against Monmouth (11/27)…Scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting at American (1/7)…Tallied 17 points and nine rebounds in a win at Lafayette (1/21)…Scored a season-high 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting with a pair of threes against Holy Cross (2/11)…Totaled 17 points and nine rebounds in the regular season finale against Colgate (3/1)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH Helped lead Assumption High School to two state championships and two second-place finishes throughout her career… Earned state tournament MVP honors in 2016 after guiding her squad to a state championship title…Set new state tournament records for most points scored in a single game and most points scored in the tournament in 2016…Conference Player of the Year honors as both a junior and a senior…Finished her career with 1,815 points while guiding her team to a four-year record of 104-12…Member of the National Honor Society and was named to high honor roll throughout her high school career.
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#13 Meagan ERIPRET
Center • Fifth-Year • 6-3 Allentown, Pa. • Salisbury Major: English
2019-20 (Fifth-Year Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Scored six points, added six boards and had two blocks in a victory over Loyola (1/5)...Played one of her most complete games of the year against Bloomsburg (12/3) with six points, six rebounds and a career-high four assists in 17 minutes off the bench in the victory...She scored two points with two rebounds, an assist and a block against Fordham (11/30) in the Bahamas...Played an important role in a big victory over Seton Hall (11/22), getting to the line on an and-1 late in the game and finished with three points and a rebound in three minutes...Came in and had two steals and a rebound in five minutes off the bench against CCSU (11/18)...Played 10 minutes off the bench against GW (11/13) and had two rebounds and two steals...Played five minutes off the bench against Delaware State (11/6), picking up four points, going 2-for-2 from the field. 2018-19 (Senior Season) Appeared in 12 games, making one start…Averaged 1.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 5.5 minutes per game…Finished with two blocks and two steals…Shot 55.6 percent (5-for-9) from the field…scored three points with two rebounds and two blocks in six minutes in the opener vs. Kutz- town (11/6)…Totaled two points and two rebounds in 10 minutes vs. LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)…Grabbed three rebounds at Boston U. (1/12)…On Senior Night vs. Lafayette (3/2), she had six rebounds with two points, an assist, a block and a steal in 18 minutes during her start…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2017-18 (Junior Season) Appeared in 25 games…Averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in 6.1 minutes per game…Totaled eight blocks… Picked up two blocks against Villanova (11/17)…Collected seven points and five rebounds in 14 minutes vs. Mansfield (11/22)…Grabbed four rebounds at Navy (1/27)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Sophomore Season) Appeared in 23 games and made three starts…Shot 43.9 percent (18-for-41) from the field…Had two steals against Sacred Heart (11/19)…Totaled seven points and four rebounds against NJIT (11/30)…Had six points, five rebounds and three blocks at Bucknell (1/11)…Registered season highs of 11 points and eight rebounds in the First Round of the Patriot League Tournament at Loyola (3/4)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015-16 (Freshman Season) Sidelined for the season due to injury...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH Meagan Eripret, a local product from Allentown, Pa. is the all-time leading scorer at Salisbury High School with 1,788 career points. The 6-3 center was named the team MVP for all four years of her career and was a three-time first team All-Colonial League selection and two-time first team All-Area member. Eripret was also a two-time All-State honoree, including collecting first team honors as a junior. In addition to her strong high school career, Eripret also played four years with the Lehigh Valley Fever and one year with the Philadelphia Comets club teams. Impressive in the classroom as well, Eripret graduated 11th in her class, was a member of the National Honor Society and earned the President’s Award for Educational Excellence. Eripret’s Career Stats Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports
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#14 Paige GALIANI
Guard • Senior • 5-10 Great Falls, Va. • Langley Major: Accounting
2019-20 (Senior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Had the best performance of her four-year career with a career-high 18 points on six 3-pointers in a victory over Loyola (3/1) on Senior Day, all while making her first career start...Went 2-for-2 from the 3-point line and finished with six points in five minutes off the bench at Army West Point (2/1)...Had a key, late 3-pointer finishing with three points and a block in six minutes in a victory at Loyola (1/5)...Scored a career-high 12 points, while going 4-of-6 from the 3-point line in 18 minutes against Bloomsburg (12/3)...Notched her first points of the season on a 3-pointer vs. CCSU (11/18) in nine minutes...Appeared in her first game of the season at Delaware State (11/6), playing four minutes off the bench, getting two rebounds an assist and a block. 2018-19 (Junior Season) Appeared in 22 games off the bench…averaged 1.3 points and shot 43.5 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from the 3-point line in 2.9 minutes per game…Scored six points on two 3-pointers with a rebound and a block in five minutes during the season opener vs. Kutztown (11/6)…Tallied a career-high eight points with two 3-pointers and two steals against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Sophomore Season) Made 13 appearances…Shot 38.5 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point range…Scored three points in the season-opener at Minnesota (11/11)…Scored five points against Villanova (11/17)…Played a season-high nine minutes and scored six points off a pair of three-pointers and added two assists vs. Mansfield (11/22)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll. 2016-17 (Freshman Season) Appeared in 18 games…Shot 41.2 percent (7-for-17) from the field and 38.5 percent (5-for-13) from three-point range… Tallied five points, one assist and one rebound at Boston University (1/28)…Scored a season-high six points at Navy on 2-of-4 shooting (2/15)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE LEHIGH Graduated as the all-time leading scorer at Langley High School in McLean, Va. with 1,443 career points…Named a two-time Virginia 6A All-State and Washington Post All-Met selection…Named the conference player of the year as a senior and finished her career as a three-time all-conference pick…A four-year varsity starter, and three-year team captain…Three-time team MVP who led Langley to its first conference championship since 1988 and its first state championship final in the school’s 50-year history…Finished her junior and senior seasons as one of the top three-point shooters in the DC Metro area…Selected as Langley’s Co-Female Athlete of the Year along with Lehigh volleyball player Jessica Donaldson…Played AAU ball for the PSPA Rams...Graduated with a 3.97 GPA. Galiani’s Career Stats Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports
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#15 Camryn BUHR
Guard • Senior • 6-1 Mishawaka, Ind. • Penn Major: Management
2019-20 (Senior Season) Named a co-captain for the 2019-20 season...A Preseason 2019-20 Game-by-Game All-Patriot League selection...Named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award...Brilliant performance against Army West Point (2/17), earning a Patriot League Honorable Mention nod. She scored a career-high 36 points, one shy of the single-game program record for points, and establishing the program’s single game record for points in a game during the Patriot League era. Shot 13-of-21 from the field and also grabbed 13 boards for her sixth double-double of the season and third straight...Registered her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds, with four assists and a steal at Holy Cross (2/12). Second straight game with a double-double...Had one of the most complete games of her career with 10 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high eight assists, finishing two shy of the first triple-double in program history vs. Lafayette (2/8)... Finished with her highest-scoring performance of Patriot League play this season with 16 points at Army West Point (2/1), also totaling six rebounds and three assists... Scored 10 points and a rebound shy of a double-double with nine boards vs. American (1/29). Also had three assists and a steal in 34 minutes... Finished just two points shy of a double-double at Lafayette (1/25) with 10 rebounds and eight points, a steal and a block in 34 minutes...Had her fourth straight game of 10 points or more with 10 against Holy Cross (1/22)...Scored 10 points with six rebounds vs. Bucknell (1/18)...Scored a team-high 13 points with eight rebounds and four assists, with three steals and a block in 36 minutes at Navy (1/15)...Had 10 points and six rebounds in 29 minutes at American (1/11). Hit the game-winning shot with 2.7 seconds left to lift team to win...Finished wih a team-high 15 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the floor with four rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes in a victory at Loyola (1/5)...Was named a Patriot League Honorable mention after she tallied her fourth 20 or more point game of the season at Saint Peter’s (12/29) with 20, adding six rebounds, dour assists a block and a steal in the victory to close out non-league play...Registered third double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds in a win at Mount St. Mary’s (12/8). Defense was key in win with two steals, including one on the inbounds in the closing seconds to pull off the comeback win...Scored 11 points with six rebounds in just 16 minutes of play in a win over Bloomsburg (12/3)...Named to the Bahamas Hoopfest All-Classic Team after scoring a team-high 12 points with seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in 34 minutes, also going 2-for-4 from downtown vs. Fordham (11/30)...Grabbed seven rebounds with three steals in a loss against Ball State (11/28) to open play in the Bahamas... Voted a Patriot League Honorable mention for her weekly performance (11/25)...For the second consecutive game, scored 20 points and also grabbed 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. She also tallied four assists with two steals and a block in 37 minutes...Scored a season-high 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting with eight rebounds in 25 minutes to beat CCSU (11/18). It was her first 20-point game of the season and her fourth straight game scoring double-figures to open the season...Finished in double-figures for the third straight game, scoring 10 points with six rebounds in 33 minutes vs. GW (11/13)...
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2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 25 Scored a team-high 19 points with eight rebounds, two assists, a key late block and a steal and went 50 percent (7-for-14) from the field in 32 minutes in an OT victory at Merrimack (11/9). Scored her 1,000th career point at the free throw line with 55 seconds remaining in regulation. Named a Patriot League Honorable Mention for her weekly performance...Made the start at guard at Delaware State (11/6), picking up her first double-double of the 2019 season, scoring 13 points and adding 11 rebounds on 44.4 percent shooting and playing a team-high 27 minutes. She also had four assists and went 5-for-6 from the free throw line.
2018-19 (Junior Season) Started in all 30 games she appeared in…Named a First Team All-Patriot League selection at guard...Received team’s Outstanding Athlete Award…Led team in scoring, averaging 12.9 points per game along with a team-high mark of 6.8 rebounds per game…Led all qualified shooters with a 43.8 percent (141-for-322) field goal percentage and a 40.3 percent (29-for-72) 3-point percentage…Was third on the team in blocks (17), second in steals (31) and second in assists (69)…Her 12.9 points per game ranked seventh in the Patriot League as she was 11th in rebounds per game and was third in the league with a 82.6 percent (76-for-92) free throw percentage…Started the season on a double-digit points streak of 12 straight games…Started the season with a 13 point, five rebound, three assist and three steal performance against Kutztown (11/6)…Scored 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting with eight rebounds against Monmouth (11/13) on Education Day… Picked up her first double-double of the season against Norfolk State (11/24) in the first round of the Christmas City Classic where she scored 15 points and grabbed 11 boards with three assists, four steals and a block in 28 minutes…Scored 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting with six rebounds and two assists against Charlotte (11/25) in the final round of the Christmas City Classic…Scored 11 points and had six rebounds with two assists in her homecoming game at No. 2 Notre Dame (12/30)…Had a double-double against archrival Lafayette (1/3) to start Patriot League play with 13 points and 10 rebounds…Scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting with seven rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes against Colgate (1/23)…Tallied 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting including a perfect 4-for-4 from the line to go along with nine rebounds, three assists and a block against Navy (2/2)…Picked up her third double-double of the season against Boston U. (2/9) with 15 points and 10 rebounds and went 3-for-5 from the 3-point line…Scored a season-high 23 points in 38 minutes against American (2/16), where she went 10-for-19 from the field and grabbed 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year…Her fifth double-double came against Loyola (2/27), with 14 points and 11 rebounds and five assists. Went 5-for-10 from the field, 2-for-3 from deep and 2-for-2 from the foul line…Sixth and final double-double was against Holy Cross (3/6) in regular season finale, scoring 20 points on 7-for-15 shooting in 37 minutes to go along with 12 rebounds and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the foul line…Scored 12 points, six from the free throw line with four rebounds and seven blocks against Colgate (3/11) in Patriot League semifinals…Had a team-high 17 points with four rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in 38 minutes against American (3/14) in league semifinals…named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Sophomore Season) Made 29 starts and appeared in all 30 games…Named Third Team All-Patriot League…Led the team in field goal percentage (.433), rebounding (6.8 rpg) and blocks per game (0.8)…Ranked second in steals (0.9 spg)…Finished second on the team with 2.4 assists per game…Led the team with six double-doubles…Led the team and ranked fifth in the Patriot League by averaging 33.5 minutes per game… Tallied 16 points and nine rebounds at Monmouth (11/14)…Recorded her first-career double-double vs. Mansfield with 15 points and 11 rebounds (11/22)...Scored a season-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting vs. Fairfield (11/25)…Scored 18 points at the Barclay’s Center vs. LIU Brooklyn (12/10)…Scored 17 points vs. Lafayette in the Patriot League opener (12/29)…Scored 18 points with a season-high seven assists and season-high five steals vs. Boston U. (1/8)…Registered back-to-back double-doubles with 20 points and 11 rebounds on 8-of- 13 shooting at American (1/14) and added 12 points and 10 rebounds at Colgate (1/17)…Had 14 points and nine rebounds at Bucknell (2/7)…Netted 17 points on 7-of-12 from the field at Lafayette (2/24)…Had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Patriot League Quarterfinal matchup with Army (3/5)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games, making 27 starts…Ranked third on the team with 7.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game…Led the team with 13 blocks and was third with 21 steals…Shot 36.7 percent (79-for-215) from the field…Scored seven points in her collegiate debut against East Stroudsburg (11/11)…Totaled 10 points, nine rebounds and two blocks at American (1/7)…Had 15 points, eight rebounds and two steals against Navy (2/18)…Scored 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting with six rebounds in a win at Lafayette (1/21)…Registered 12 points and nine rebounds at Boston University (1/28)…Totaled 13 points, eight rebounds and one steal and shot 4-for-7 overall in a win at Holy Cross (2/11)…Scored eight points on 3-of-6 shooting and added eight rebounds in a win over Lafayette (2/18)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH Helped lead Penn High School to its first-ever state championship as a senior in 2016…Three-time all-state selection…Finished her senior season averaging 19.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game while shooting 51 percent from the field…Named to the 2016 Indiana All-Star Team…Finished her high school career with 1,479 points and a school-record 702 career rebounds…Helped Penn to a 94-14 record over her four years…Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and landed on Dean’s High Honor Roll for all semesters of her high school career.
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#20 Frannie HOTTINGER
Guard/Forward • Freshman • 6-0 Inver Grove Heights, Minn. • Cretin-Derham Hall Major: Arts and Sciences 2019-20 Game-by-Game 2019-20 (Freshman Season) Second consecutive game with eight points at Army West Point (2/1) on 3-for-4 shooting from the field. Also reg- istered the first 3-pointer of her career in nine minutes... Scored eight points in 16 minutes off the bench vs. American (1/29), adding three rebounds in her highest-scoring game of Patriot League play so far...Scored four points in five minutes in a victory at American (1/11)...Returned home to Minnesota (12/21) and played career-high 20 minutes, tying a career-best mark for rebounds with seven...Best performance of her young career so far against Bloomsburg (12/3), notching a career and game-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting with a career-best seven boards, two assists nad a steal in 18 minutes off the bench...Played 11 minutes vs. CCSU (11/18) and converted on her first basket at home, finishing with three points and two rebounds...Played three minutes in her first career appearance at Stabler Arena vs. GW (11/13)...Played six minutes in first career appearance at Delaware State, scoring two points on single field goal attempt. Also picked up a board in the season-opening victory.
BEFORE LEHIGH Team captain who became Cretin-Durham Hall’s all-time leading scorer with 1,908 points...Four-year letter-winner…2019 All-State team…Three-time All-Conference selection…2019 First Team All-Metro selection…Finished second in Minnesota Class 4A scoring during the 2018-19 season averaging 28 points per game…Member of conference and section championship teams in 2017-18 season…2018 All-State Tournament team…Holds school’s single game scoring record of 51 points…Miss Basketball Finalist…Also a four-year letter-winner and senior captain in soccer… Honor graduate with a 4.20 GPA, finishing with the ninth highest average in her class…2019 Athena Award winner representing her high school…Hugh Derham Senior Award winner for involvement in academics, athletics and service…National Honors Society and People Finding People Senior Member.
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#22 Hannah HEDSTROM
Guard • Senior • 5-9 Minnetonka, Minn. • Minnetonka Major: Biology
2019-20 (Senior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Given co-captain status for the 2019-20 season...Named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award...Named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team selection for the second consecutive year...Grabbed a season-high nine boards with four points and seven assists in a victory over Loyola (3/1) on Senior Day...Scored seven points, added eight rebounds with three assists in a loss at Boston U. (2/26)...Scored in double-digits for the second straight game at Bucknell (2/22), leading the team for the first time this season with 13 points to go along with nine rebounds and five assists. Went 6-for-9 from the field...Career-high 15 points with two rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes in a loss vs. Colgate (2/19)...Despite not scoring a point, she finished with eight rebounds and four assists vs. Lafayette (2/8)...Picked up six assists with six points and five rebounds in 28 minutes at Army West Point (2/1)... Tallied nine points with three assists and a steal in 32 minutes in a victory at Navy (1/15)...Had three points, three assists and three rebounds in 34 minutes in a victory at American (1/11). Became just the second player in program history to collect at least 500 rebounds and 300 assists for a career... Pitched in a season-high 11 points that including a career-high three 3-pointers with three rebounds, two steals and an assist in 28 minutes in a victory over Boston U. (1/8)...Picked up a season-high nine assists with five points, three rebounds and two steals in 27 minutes in a non-league finale victory over Saint Peter’s (12/29)...Registered eight rebounds with seven points and two as- sists, adding two steals in her final game at her native Minnesota (12/21)...Scored eight points with a season-high six assists and five rebounds in a come-from-behind victory at Mount St. Mary’s (12/8)...Had a season-high five rebounds to go along with four assists in 18 minutes vs. Bloomsburg (12/3)...Registered four assists and grabbed four baords in 25 minutes during a home victory over Seton Hall (11/22)...Finally got herself into a rhythm vs. CCSU (11/18), scoring eight points with five assists, three rebounds and two steals while shooting 4-for-6 from the field...Scored two points with two steals, two assists and two rebounds vs. GW (11/13)...Had four rebounds and four assists with two points in 21 minutes in the overtime victory at Merrimack (11/9)...Made the start at point guard in the season opener at Delaware State (11/6), getting two points on a field goal with three rebounds and a steal in 22 minutes. 2018-19 (Junior Season) Named a Patriot League All-Defensive Team selection…Named a Google Cloud Aca- demic All-District selection…Voted Academic All-Patriot League for the second straight season…Averaged 4.1 points per game, led the team with 3.2 assists per game and 1.7 steals per game and ranked third with 5.1 rebounds per game…Shot 40.5 percent (45-for-111) from the field…Finished sixth in the Patriot League in steals and eighth in assists…Finished with the fourth-highest Assist-to-Turnover Ratio in the Patriot League at 1.7…Scored five points with six rebounds, four assists and two steals against Central Connecticut State (11/10)…Tallied six points, eight boards, five assists, six steals and a block in 34 minutes against Monmouth (11/13) on Education Day…Reached dou- ble-figures in scoring for the first time by tallying 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting with six assists, five rebounds and a steal in 33 minutes at Binghamton (11/21)…Grabbed a Hedstrom’s Career Stats Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 28 season-high nine rebounds in addition to five points and four assists against Sacred Heart (12/8)…Scored eight points with a rebound, an assist, a block and three steals against Holy Cross (1/9)…Scored six points and brought in six rebounds with three assists, two steals and a block in 31 minutes against Boston U. (1/12)…Had six points on 3-of-6 shooting with six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block at Bucknell (1/16)…Scored four points to go along with her season-high matching nine boards, two steals, a block and an assist against Colgate (1/23)…Recorded seven rebounds, six assists and a steal against Loyola (1/30)…Matched a season-high 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting against Navy (2/2), also grabbing three rebounds with six assists and a steal in 33 minutes…Had four steals, four re- bounds and three assists to go along with five points against Bucknell (2/13)…Matched a season-high nine rebounds with seven assists, four points and a steal against Colgate (2/20)…Tallied seven boards and seven assists at Loyola (2/27)…Finished with four points on 2-for-5 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists against Lafayette (3/2)…Scored eight points on a perfect 4-for-4 from the foul line with seven rebounds, two assists and a steal against Holy Cross (3/6) in the regular season finale…Grabbed seven rebounds and three assists against Colgate (3/11) in the Patriot League quarterfinals, becoming a member of Lehigh’s 300-assist club, passing Kelly Madden for ninth all-time in program history…named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Sophomore Season) Voted Academic All-Patriot League...Started all 30 games at point guard…Averaged 4.1 points per game and ranked second on the team with 5.7 rebounds per game…Shot 35.6 percent from the field…Ranked fifth in the Patriot League with 3.3 assists per game…Tied for sixth in the Patriot League with 1.6 steals per game…Totaled 12 points and seven rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting at Minnesota (11/11)… Set a season-high with 12 assists and added three steals vs. Mansfield (11/22), marking the first time a Lehigh player had 10+ assists in a game since March 2012…Set a season-high with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting to go with five rebounds, three assists and two steals against La Salle (11/26)…Had 12 points, six rebounds and four steals vs. LIU Brooklyn at the Barclays Center (12/10)…Tallied five steals vs. Lafayette (12/29)…Pulled in 11 rebounds and added five assists against Navy (1/2)…Had nine rebounds at Holy Cross (1/5)…Had eight points and seven rebounds at American (1/14)…Scored three points with 11 rebounds, seven assists and five steals against Colgate (2/14)...Presented with the team’s Scholar Athlete Award at the end of season banquet...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games, making 29 starts…Led Lehigh and ranked tied for third in the Patriot League with 3.5 assists per game…Av- eraged 4.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game…Her 28 minutes per game ranked second on the team…Tallied nine assists in a win over Delaware State on Nov. 16, which was tied for the second most assists in a game in the Patriot League all season…Scored a season-high 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting at Mount St. Mary’s (11/22)…Collected six assists and three steals against Army (12/30)…Totaled eight points, seven assists, six rebounds and two steals against Navy (1/18)…Scored 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting in a win at Lafayette (1/21)… Had six points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a win over Loyola (2/1)…Collected a season-high nine rebounds against American (2/4)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH A Prospect Nation four-star recruit out of Minnetonka (Minn.) High School…Led Minnetonka to a 2016 state championship and earned a spot on the state championship All-Tournament team…Three-time all-conference honoree and two-year team captain…Graduated as the school’s career and single-season record holder for assists…Following the 2016 state championship, Minnetonka finished the season ranked 18th in the country in the ESPN rankings…Named a National AP Scholar, Academic All-State and graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 unweighted GPA through seven semesters.
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#25 Emma GROTHAUS Forward • Sophomore • 6-3 Mahtomedi, Minn. • Mahtomedi Major: Engineering
2019-20 (Sophomore Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Registered her second consecutive 20+ point game with 21 against Colgate (2/19). Added seven rebounds with two assists and a block...Scored a career-high 25 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the field against Army West Point (2/15). Went 5-for-5 from the free throw line and added six rebounds with three assists and three steals...Returning to the starting lineup for the first time in a month, she finished with 14 points and eight rebounds at Army West Point (2/1), going along with her career-high six blocks in 29 minutes...Had another 10 or more point outing with 10 points in 30 minutes off the bench at Lafayette (1/25)... Scored a team-high 13 points with five rebounds in 22 minutes vs. Holy Cross (1/22)...Finished with a team- high 14 points and season-high 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the year at American (1/11). Added two assists and two blocks...Notched her fourth straight game scoring in double-digits with a 10-point, eight rebound performance at Loyola (1/5). Also added a career-high mark in assists with four...Had an efficient outing in the Patriot League opener vs. Navy (1/2), scoring 14 points with four rebounds, a block and an assist in 22 minutes off the bench. Went 6-of-10 from the field...Scored 12 points and added seven boards at Saint Peter’s (12/29)...Led all Lehigh scorers with 16 points and eight rebounds in her homecoming game at Minnesota (12/21), also finishing with a steal in her third start of the season...Had eight points and eight rebounds in a win over Mount St. Mary’s (12/8) in her second start of the season... Tallied eight points and five rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench in a victory over Bloomsburg (12/3)...Scored 10 points with eight boards in 26 minutes off the bench vs. Fordham (11/30) in the finale of the Bahamas Hoopfest...Got her first start of the year against Ball State (11/28) in the Bahamas, grabbing six rebounds and picking up a steal in 27 minutes...Scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds in a win over Seton Hall (11/22)...Eclipsed her season-high points total of 14 with 15 points in a team-high 28 minutes off the bench against CCSU (11/18). She also had five boards with a block and an assist....Scored 14 points with four rebounds in 20 minutes in a win vs. GW (11/13)...Had seven rebounds including three offensive boards with two points, an assist and a steal in 22 minutes off the bench in an OT win at Merrimack (11/9)...Tallied six points and eight rebounds, playing 21 minutes off the bench at Delaware State (11/6). She also finished with a block and a steal. 2018-19 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 31 games...Averaged 6.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game while averaging 17.5 minutes off the bench…Led the team with 21 blocks and finished fourth on the team in total rebounds with 142…Led all freshmen in points per game, rebounds per game, blocks per game and minutes per game. Also led freshmen with 24 steals…Began her rookie campaign with a double-double against Kutztown (11/6), scoring 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting and adding 11 rebounds with two assists. Notched six points with eight rebounds and an assist against Central Grothaus’ Career Stats Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 30 Connecticut State (11/10), named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (11/12) for the first time for her performances…Scored 14 points with six rebounds with a block and a steal in 24 minutes against Monmouth (11/13) on Education Day…Tallied her second double-double against Charlotte (11/25) in the final round of the Christmas City Classic with 10 points and 12 rebounds…Scored nine points with seven rebounds, three assists and went 5-for-7 from the charity stripe against Sacred Heart (12/8)…Had 10 points, six rebounds and two assists against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)…Scored 11 points with three rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench at No. 2 Notre Dame (12/30)…Had eight points and matched a season-best 12 boards in 19 minutes against Navy (1/6)…Tallied 10 points to go along with five rebounds, an assist and two steals against Colgate (1/23), and followed that with a 10-point, two rebound, two block and a steal performance against Army (1/26), subsequently named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (1/28) for the second time…Scored a season-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-for-6 from the line and 2-for-3 from 3-point land in the regular season finale at Holy Cross (3/6). Also brought in nine boards and had three blocks…Tallied nine points and was perfect from the foul line at 4-for-4 with two rebounds against Colgate (3/11) in Patriot League quarterfinals…named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH ESPN Top 100 recruit…2018 McDonald’s All-American Game nominee…2018 AAA all-state selection and 2017 AAA all-state honorable mention…2018 All-USA Minnesota Girl’s Basketball First Team selection…2018 Metro East Conference Player of the Year…2018 First Team Star Tribune All-Metro…Three-time All-Metro East Conference selection…At the time of her graduation, held the Mahtomedi school records for career points (1,890), rebounds (1,061), and blocks (196)…Five year varsity starter and a two-year team captain…2018 academic all-state honoree…Played for the North Tartan EYBL AAU program.
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#30 Cameryn BENZ
Forward • Senior • 6-3 Montgomery, N.J. • Montgomery Major: Arts and Sciences
2019-20 (Senior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a loss vs. Colgate (2/19). Tallied the 600th rebound of her career, good enough for 12th all-time in program history...Picked up her fifth double-double of the year with a team-high 16 points with 11 rebounds at Holy Cross (2/12)...Poured in 14 points with four rebounds at Lafayette (1/25)...Notched her fourth double-double of the season vs. Bucknell (1/18) with 11 points and 10 rebounds...Scored in double digits for the fifth time in six games with 13 points, six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals at Navy (1/15) in 27 minutes. Went 5-for-7 from the field and 2-for-2 from beyond...Had a 13-point, seven rebounds outing at American (1/11), to go along with two blocks, two steals and an assist in 28 minutes. Had a key 3-pointer from the corner with 38 seconds left to bring the Mountain Hawks within one point of the lead...Led the team with seven rebounds in a home win over Boston U. (1/8), also picking up three steals in 27 minutes...Scored the final four points including the game-winner with 1.5 seconds left at Loyola (1/5). Finished with 10 points and nine rebounds on the day...Scored 11 points with four rebounds in a win over Navy (1/2) to open Patriot League play...Picked up her third double-double of the season in her return to the starting lineup at Saint Peter’s (12/29). Had 12 points and a season-high 11 rebounds with four steals and two blocks. Also went 6-of-10 from the field...Tallied her second consecutive double-double by scoring 20 points and adding 10 rebounds in 22 minutes against Ball State (11/28) to begin the Bahamas Hoopfest. Also went 9-of-12 from the field... Picked up her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Seton Hall (11/22), while shooting 6-for-14 from the field and 2-for-4 from beyond-the-arc...Collected eight rebounds with a steal and two points against CCSU (11/18)...Picked up seven points with seven rebounds, four steals and a block in 27 minutes in home opener with GW (11/13)...Scored in double-digits for the second consecutive game with 11 points on 5-of-12 shooting with seven boards in 26 minutes in an OT win over Merrimack (11/9)...Started off her senior campaign with a bang, scoring a game-high 20 points on 52.9 percent (9-for-17) shooting from the field while going 2-for-5 from beyond-the-arc and grabbing five rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes at Delaware State (11/6).
2018-19 (Junior Season) Appeared in 31 games, making 30 starts…Averaged 7.6 points and 6.6 rebounds while averaging 23.3 minutes per game…Finished the year shooting 42.7 percent (99-for-220) from the field…Was second on the team in blocks with 18…Had a career-high 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field with three rebounds, two assists, two blocks and four steals against Cornell (11/29)…Had 12 points Benz’s Career Statistics
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2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 32 and eight rebounds with five assists and two blocks against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20)…Tallied a double-double against Holy Cross (1/9) by registering 12 points and grabbing 12 boards in 24 minutes…Followed up her performance with a 10 point, nine rebound night at Boston U. (1/12) in 31 minutes on the floor…Tallied a career-high 15 rebounds, 14 of which were defensive, to go along with her seven points against Army West Point (1/26)…Had a standout game at Colgate (2/20), where she scored 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting and brought in 13 rebounds for a double-double in 24 minutes…Tallied 11 points with seven rebounds and went 3-for-4 from the free throw line in a Patriot League quarterfinal win over Colgate (3/11)…named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Sophomore Season) Appeared in all 30 games…Averaged 5.9 points and ranked third on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game…Averaged 18.2 min- utes per game off the bench…Shot 39.8 percent (66-for-166) from the field…Finished second on the team in blocks…Had 10 points and four rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting at Minnesota (11/11)…Tallied a season-high 14 points, along with seven rebounds and two assists against Villanova (11/17)…Totaled 10 points, six rebounds, one block and one steal while shooting 5-of-7 from the field against Mansfield (11/22)…Scored eight points and five rebounds vs. La Salle (11/26)…Collected 11 points, eight rebounds, two steals and a season-high four assists against Boston U. (1/8)…Scored 13 points while shooting 60 percent against Bucknell (1/11)… Grabbed a season-high four steals at American (1/14)…Pulled down a season-high nine rebounds at Navy (1/27).
2016-17 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games…Averaged 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game…Ranked second on the team with 11 total blocks…Shot 37.0 percent from the field (47-of-127)…Had five games of scoring in double figures…Had 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals against Delaware State (11/16)…Tallied 10 points and seven rebounds against Sacred Heart (11/19)… Scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and added six rebounds against Rider (12/8)…Collected 11 points and six rebounds against Army (12/30)…Finished with 12 points and six rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting at Navy (2/15).
BEFORE LEHIGH Graduated as Montgomery High School’s all-time leading scorer (1,593) and rebounder (939)…Became the youngest player in school history to reach the 1,000 point milestone…Recorded 40 double-doubles throughout her high school career…Finished her senior season averaging 20.8 points and 11.5 rebounds per game…Earned All-Conference and All-Area honors in all four years of her career…Named the Princeton Packet Player of the Year in 2015…Member of the National Honor Society…Named to the honor roll during every year of high school career…Earned the Montgomery High School’s Good Citizenship Award.
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#34 Mariah SEXE
Forward • Junior • 6-2 Woodbury, Minn. • East Ridge Major: Biology
2019-20 Game-by-Game 2019-20 (Junior Season) Named a co-captain for 2019-20...Made her first start since Jan. 29 at American at Boston University (2/26). Scored eight points and added a season-high seven rebounds in 24 minutes against the Terriers... Had another six rebound performance vs. American (1/29) with four points in 14 minutes...Scored six points with six rebounds in a win at Navy (1/15)...Chipped in eight points with two 3-pointers in 21 minutes, adding four boards vs. Boston U. (1/8)...Tied her season-high 14 points with three rebounds in a victory over Saint Peter’s (12/29) on the road...Continued to play a big role on the team as member of the starting lineup, chipping in 10 points in her homecoming game at Minnesota (12/21)...Season-high seven boards in a victory over Mount St. Mary’s (12/8) in her third straight start...Got her second consecutive start against Bloomsburg (12/3), registering a career-high 14 points in 17 minutes on 6-of-8 shooting from the field...Made her first start of the season against Fordham (11/30) in the finale of the Bahamas Hoopfest with a season-high eight points, all in the first half with two rebounds, two assists and a steal in 20 minutes...Matched her season-high six points with three rebounds in a win over Seton Hall (11/22) at Stabler Arena...Scored six points with four rebounds and a steal in 18 minutes in an overtime win at Merrimack (11/9)...Appeared in 15 minutes of action off the bench at Delaware State (11/6), scoring two points with six rebounds and going 2-for-2 from the free throw line. 2018-19 (Sophomore Season) Made 15 appearances, including one start…Averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in 6.7 minutes per game…Shot 69.2 percent (9-for-13) from the free throw line…Scored four points with four rebounds, an assist and a block in 13 minutes off the bench in the opener against Kutztown (11/6)…Scored seven points, all from the foul line where she went 7-for-8 with four rebounds, an assist and a steal at Central Connecticut State (11/10)…Scored two points and grabbed a season-high five boards with an assist at Loyola (2/27)…Scored three points and brought in three rebounds in the Patriot League semifinals at American (3/14)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2017-18 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games…Averaged 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds in 8.8 minutes per game…Shot 40 percent from the field (20-for-50) and 50 percent from three-point range (5-for-10)…Ranked third on the team with 10 total blocks…Had seven points and three rebounds on 2-of-4 shooting in her collegiate debut at Minnesota (11/11)…Scored a season-high nine points on 4-of-6 shoot- ing against Fairfield (11/25)…Scored seven points vs. NJIT (12/6)...Collected seven points and a season-high seven rebounds against LIU Brooklyn at the Barclays Center (12/10)…Scored six points on 2-of-4 shooting against Bucknell (2/7)…Had a pair of blocks in two separate games against Monmouth (11/14) and Sacred Heart (12/3)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE LEHIGH Helped lead East Ridge High School to is first ever Suburban East Conference championship and sectional championship titles…Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior in 2016-17… Miss Minnesota Basketball nominee as a senior…Selected to participate in the Class 4A Minnesota Girls High School All-Star Series in 2016-17…A three-time All-Suburban East Conference selection after earning honorable mention accolades as a freshman…Graduated as East Ridge’s all-time leading scorer (1,366 points) and rebounder (967)…Presented with East Ridge’s Outstanding Player Award as a senior…Academic All-State selection as a senior and graduated summa cum laude…Four year honor roll student.
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#44 Mary CLOUGHERTY
Guard • Junior • 6-0 Herndon, Va. • Chantilly Major: Accounting
2019-20 (Junior Season) 2019-20 Game-by-Game Scored 11 points and went 5-for-11 from the field in a loss vs. Colgate (2/19), her fourth double-digit scoring game in the last five games...Third straight game scoring in double-figures at Holy Cross (2/12) with 10 points and three rebounds with two 3-pointers...For the second consecutive game, she had an elite performance off the bench vs. Lafayette (2/8), scoring 19 points with three 3-pointers, converting on all four of her foul shots...Career-high 24 points on a career-high six 3-pointers in 20 minutes off the bench at Army West Point (2/1). Scored 16 of her 24 in the first half...Had a team-high 15 points, going 3-for-5 on 3-pointers and 6-for-10 from the field with three rebounds and two assists vs. Navy (1/2) in a Patriot League opening victory...Scored seven points with a 3-pointer in 17 minutes at Minnesota (12/21)...Got back into scoring double-digits with 11 points at Mount St. Mary’s (12/8)...Had five points with two boards and a late 3-pointer against Fordham (11/30) in the con- clusion of the Bahamas Hoopfest...Scored in double-digits for the second consecutive game vs. GW (11/13) with 14 points and three 3-pointers in 19 minutes. Went 5-of-9 shooting from the field...Played the second-most minutes on the team (32), scored a career-high 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting with a career-high four 3-pointers, along with four rebounds and four assists in an OT victory at Merrimack (11/9)...Scored five first half points in 12 minutes with a rebound, a steal and an assist in a season-opening win at Delaware State (11/6). 2018-19 (Sophomore Season) Made an appearance in all 31 games including one start…Averaged 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 14.2 minutes per game…Shot 35.0 percent (50-for-143) from the field and made 28 3-pointers…Scored 11 points with a career-high eight rebounds on 50 percent (4-for-8) shooting in 24 minutes vs. Villanova (11/16)…Tallied 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting with a steal against Cornell (11/29)…Finished with a career-high 14 points along with three rebounds and four assists with three made 3-pointers in 21 minutes at No. 2 Notre Dame (12/30)…Scored 10 points with two re- bounds and two 3-pointers vs. Bucknell (2/13)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2017-18 (Freshman Season) Appeared in all 30 games…Averaged 1.6 points per game...Tallied three points, four rebounds and three assists in her collegiate debut at Minnesota (11/11)…Had five points and two rebounds vs. Mansfield (11/22)…Scored six points on 2-of-3 shooting against Lafayette (12/29)…Had a sea- son-high seven points with two assists at American (1/14)…Grabbed two steals at Navy (1/27)… Totaled five points against Holy Cross (2/28)...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll. BEFORE LEHIGH Four year starter for Chantilly High School…First Team 6A All-State selection as a senior…2017 Regional Player of the Year (6A North)…All-Met Player of the Year in 2017…Two-time First Team All-Met selection…Washington Post All-Met Fourth Team selection as senior…Second Team 6A All-Region pick as a freshman and was also a Honorable Mention All-Conference selection as a freshman …Named the school’s Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2017…Team captain as a junior and senior…Three-time team MVP…Member of the Fairfax Stars AAU team that captured a Nike EYBL National Championship in 2015...Maintained a cumulative 4.0 GPA…Served as a class officer for all four years…Captain of the state championship Forensics Team as a junior and senior…National Honor Society member and officer on the English Honor Society…Three-time Character Award recipient and four-time winner of the Charger Outstanding Achievement Award. Clougherty’s Career Stats
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Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 37 WHEN LEHIGH... LEHIGH... TEAM GAME HIGHS Played at home:...... 9-4 By Month November...... 5-2 Played on the road:...... 8-5 Played at a neutral site:...... 0-2 December...... 3-1 January...... 5-4 Led at the half:...... 14-3 February...... 3-4 Trailed at the half:...... 2-7 March...... 1-0 Was tied at the half:...... 0-1 Went to overtime:...... 1-0 By Day Went to double overtime: ...... 0-0 Sunday...... 4-0 Monday...... 1-0 Scored 90 or more points:...... 2-0 Tuesday...... 1-0 Scored 80-89 points:...... 3-0 Wednesday...... 4-5 Scored 70-79 points:...... 5-1 Thursday...... 1-1 Scored 60-69 points:...... 4-1 Friday...... 1-0 Scored 50-59 points:...... 3-7 Saturday...... 5-5 Scored 40-49 points:...... 0-2 Scored fewer than 40 points:...... 0-0 By Time Morning...... 1-0 Allowed 90 or more points:...... 0-0 Afternoon...... 8-6 Allowed 80-89 points:...... 0-1 Evening...... 8-5 Allowed 70-79 points:...... 2-3 Allowed 60-69 points:...... 7-4 VS. THE CONFERENCES Allowed 50-59 points:...... 4-2 A10...... 1-1 Allowed 40-49 points:...... 2-1 Big East...... 1-0 Allowed fewer than 40 points:...... 2-0 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Big Ten...... 0-1 MAAC...... 1-0 Shot 50% or more:...... 2-0 MAC...... 0-1 Shot 40-49%:...... 6-2 MEAC...... 1-0 Shot 30-39%:...... 8-8 NEC...... 3-0 Shot under 30%:...... 1-1 Non-DI...... 1-0 Patriot...... 9-8 Allowed 50% or more...... 0-2 Allowed 40-49%:...... 8-6 Allowed 30-39%:...... 6-3 Allowed under 30%:...... 3-0 Shot 50% or more 3FG:...... 2-0 Shot 40-49% 3FG:...... 3-0 Shot 30-39% 3FG:...... 7-5 Shot under 30% 3FG:...... 5-6 Outrebounded opponents:...... 11-2 Was outrebounded:...... 5-9 Tied opponent in rebounding:...... 1-0 Committed less than 15 turnovers:.11-4 Committed 15 or more turnovers:....6-7 Forced 15 or more turnovers:...... 14-7 Forced fewer than 15 turnovers:...... 3-4 Committed more turnovers:...... 1-4 Committed fewer turnovers:...... 14-7 Tied in turnovers...... 2-0 Wears White...... 6-5 Wears Brown:...... 8-6 Wears Gold...... 2-0 Wears Pink...... 1-0
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GAME 1: LEHIGH 68, DELAWARE STATE 38 GAME 2: LEHIGH 72, MERRIMACK 68 (OT)
GAME 3: LEHIGH 59, GEORGE WASHINGTON 53 GAME 4: LEHIGH 70, CENTRAL CONN. STATE 51
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GAME 5: LEHIGH 75, SETON HALL 68 GAME 6: BALL STATE 54, LEHIGH 52
GAME 7: FORDHAM 59, LEHIGH 57 GAME 8: LEHIGH 91, BLOOMSBURG 43
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GAME 9: LEHIGH 66, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 65 GAME 10: MINNESOTA 77, LEHIGH 49
GAME 11: LEHIGH 80, SAINT PETER’S 71 GAME 12: LEHIGH 70, NAVY 40
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GAME 13: LEHIGH 55, LOYOLA 53 GAME 14: LEHIGH 51, BOSTON U. 34
GAME 15: LEHIGH 64, AMERICAN 63 GAME 16: LEHIGH 60, NAVY 53
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Lehigh vs Navy 1/15/20 7:05 PM at Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md.
Lehigh 60 • 13-3, 5-0 PL Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 30 Benz,Cameryn f 5-7 2-2 1-2 1 5 6 0 13 3 1 2 2 27 34 Sexe,Mariah f 2-3 0-1 2-2 1 5 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 19 10 Walker,Megan g 4-9 2-6 1-2 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 31 15 Buhr,Camryn g 3-13 3-7 4-4 2 6 8 2 13 4 2 1 3 36 22 Hedstrom,Hannah g 4-6 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 9 3 3 0 1 32 03 Steele,Clair 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 05 Rice,Katie 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 12 Grundhoffer,Gena 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 13 Eripret,Meagan 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 6 20 Hottinger,Frannie 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 25 Grothaus,Emma 0-5 0-2 2-4 2 4 6 1 2 2 2 0 0 24 44 Clougherty,Mary 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Team 0 0 0 Totals 20-52 8-25 12-16 6 22 28 8 60 15 12 3 7 200
1st - FG %: 6-14 42.9% 2nd: 3-11 27.3% 3rd: 7-18 38.9% 4th: 4-9 44.4% Game: 20-52 38.5% Deadball 3FG %: 2-8 25.0% 1-5 20.0% 3-9 33.3% 2-3 66.7% 8-25 32.0% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 10-14 71.4% 12-16 75.0% 2 Navy 53 • 5-11, 0-5 PL Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 21 Bishop, Jasmine f 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 2 3 5 0 1 26 30 Braxton, Montana f 4-9 1-1 0-1 0 3 3 2 9 1 1 0 0 31 00 Taylor, Morgan g 8-13 1-4 2-2 3 2 5 4 19 3 1 0 1 36 13 Gatzounas, Sophie g 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 18 55 Ulasewicz, Mary Kate g 5-10 1-5 0-0 1 5 6 2 11 6 2 0 1 34 04 Schrader, Mimi 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 13 23 Moore, Maggie 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 24 Llewellyn, Lindsay 1-7 1-6 0-0 1 6 7 1 3 0 2 0 0 24 35 Garrison, Nyah 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 42 Hertelendy, Ciera 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 Team 1 5 6 1 Totals 23-53 5-22 2-3 9 28 37 15 53 13 19 0 5 200
1st - FG %: 7-17 41.2% 2nd: 6-13 46.2% 3rd: 6-9 66.7% 4th: 4-14 28.6% Game: 23-53 43.4% Deadball 3FG %: 0-4 0.0% 1-5 20.0% 2-4 50.0% 2-9 22.2% 5-22 22.7% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 2-3 66.7% 2-3 66.7% 0 Officials: Geraldine Smith, Scott Berkins, Cara Seggie Technical fouls: Lehigh-None. Navy-None. Attendance: 204 Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Lehigh 14 9 17 20 60 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench LEHIGH 20 17 5 2 8 Navy 14 13 14 12 53 NAVY 28 8 7 4 10 Last FG - LEHIGH 4th-00:56, NAVY 4th-00:31. Score tied - 8 times. Largest lead - LEHIGH by 7 4th-00:42, NAVY by 5 3rd-01:32. Lead changed - 10 times. LEHIGH led for 22:54. NAVY led for 10:36. Game was tied for 06:30.
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GAME 17: BUCKNELL 71, LEHIGH 50 GAME 18: HOLY CROSS 74, LEHIGH 57
GAME 19: LAFAYETTE 61, LEHIGH 53 GAME 20: AMERICAN 64, LEHIGH 56
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GAME 21: LEHIGH 94, ARMY WEST POINT 65 GAME 22: LEHIGH 73, LAFAYETTE 66
GAME 23: HOLY CROSS 65, LEHIGH 62 GAME 24: LEHIGH 89, ARMY WEST POINT 72
Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2019-20 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 29: COLGATE • PAGE 46
GAME 25: COLGATE 82, LEHIGH 73 GAME 26: BUCKNELL 67, LEHIGH 56
GAME 27: BOSTON U. 48, LEHIGH 47 GAME 28: LEHIGH 82, LOYOLA 64
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