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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.