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SCHEDULE/RESULTS (17-8, 10-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH Nov. 6 at Monmouth (ESPN3) W, 85-61 9 at Miami (ACC Network Extra) L, 83-62 MEN’S BASKETBALL 13 MARIST (PLN) W, 78-72 16 PRINCETON (PLN) W, 72-57 21 at Siena W, 80-69 Sophomore James Karnik 24 at Kansas State (Fox Sports KC, ESPN3) L, 77-58 Averaging 11.9 points and 6.9 rebounds in league play Dec. 1 ARKANSAS STATE (PLN) W, 82-70 GAME 26: ARMY WEST POINT AT LEHIGH 5 at Yale (ESPN+) L, 97-87 8 at Mount St. Mary’s (NEC Front Row) W, 85-78 ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (12-15, 7-7 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 22 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) (PLN) W, 88-76 at LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (17-8, 10-4 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 30 at West Virginia (AT&T SportsNet) L, 78-68 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • 7 P.M. Jan. STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA. 2 LAFAYETTE* (SE2/PLN) W, 86-83 6 LOYOLA* (PLN) W, 89-72 SERVICE ELECTRIC 2 SPORTS/PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK 9 at Holy Cross* (PLN) W, 99-94 (OT) 12 at Colgate* (PLN) L, 91-78 SETTING THE SCENE 16 AMERICAN* (SE2/PLN) W, 83-76 Coming off its first-ever regular-season sweep of Boston University, the Lehigh men’s basketball team 19 BUCKNELL* (SE2/PLN) L, 85-83 returns to Stabler Arena for its final two home contests of the regular season, beginning on Wednesday 23 at Navy* (PLN) W, 85-74 night against Army West Point. Wednesday’s game is part of Recylemania and is presented by JFR Sal- 26 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* (SE2/PLN) W, 94-78 vage. Opening tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are currently in second place in the league, 30 at Lafayette* (PLN) W, 93-86 (OT) standing one game ahead of Colgate in third and a game ahead of Bucknell in first, entering Tuesday Feb. night’s Bucknell at Colgate contest. 2 at Army West Point* (PLN) W, 75-70 4 COLGATE* (CBS SN) L, 84-62 Lehigh is coming off its first-ever regular-season win at Boston University’s Case Gymnasium, defeating 9 NAVY* (SE2/PLN) W, 83-57 the Terriers 84-79 on Saturday. In doing so, the Mountain Hawks continued their streak of not losing 11 at Bucknell* (CBS SN) L, 87-75 back-to-back games all season; Lehigh is now 8-0 after defeats. Lehigh jumped out to as much as a 15-point 16 at Boston University* (PLN) W, 84-79 first-half lead, taking a 45-32 edge at the break following a Jordan Cohen trey as the clock expired. The 20 ARMY WEST POINT* (SE2/PLN) 7:00 lead reached as much as 19 in the second, but the Terriers used a late charge to make it a game in the 24 HOLY CROSS* (SE2/PLN) 12:00 final minute. Andrew Petcash took a three with eight seconds remaining, but sophomore James Karnik 27 at American* (PLN) 7:00 grabbed the rebound, was fouled and hit both free throws to seal the victory. Mar. Lehigh again used a balanced attack, as four Mountain Hawks scored between 13 and 18 points, led by 2 at Loyola* (PLN) 7:00 18 from senior Kyle Leufroy. Leufroy moved from 19th to 17th place in school history for career scoring 5 Patriot League First Round (now with 1,333 career points), passing Bill Griffin (1,316) and Mackey McKnight (1,327). Senior Lance 7 Patriot Leeague Quarterfinals Tejada had 17, Karnik scored 14 and Cohen recorded 13. Leufroy, Tejada and Cohen were all 3-of-6 10 Patriot League Semifinals from three, as the Mountain Hawks finished 10-of-22 for the game (with the 45.5 percentage better than 13 Patriot League Championship Game their season average). Junior Pat Andree also made a big impact with nine points and a career-high All dates and times Eastern and subject to change 16 rebounds, the most rebounds by a Mountain Hawk since Tim Kempton had 16 on March 8, 2017 Home games in Bold CAPS *Patriot League opponent at Bucknell. Freshman Jeameril Wilson had six points, four rebounds and two assists while classmate Joe Foley made a significant impact in a career-high 15 minutes, posting five points and a block while PLN = Patriot League Network taking a big charge with less than three minutes remaining. SE2 = Service Electric 2 Sports Defensively, the Mountain Hawks held the Terriers to just 59 points over the game’s first 36:23 before Boston University made its late charge. Lehigh’s defense played well in long stretches despite the Terriers MEDIA INFORMATION shooting 46.2 percent from distance (12-of-26). Men’s Basketball Contact . Justin Lafleur Office ............................. (610) 758-6631 The win was Lehigh’s first regular-season victory at Case Gym in program history. The Mountain Cell ...................................(610) 577-5222 Hawks’ other win came in the 2017 Patriot League Semifinals. Lehigh improved to 3-2 in February and E-mail [email protected] 25-4 in the month of February since 2016. The Mountain Hawks are now 5-2 at home and on the road Mailing Address in Patriot League play. Lehigh has reached double-figure league victories for a fifth straight season and . 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 seventh time in the last eight years. Press Row Phone ..................(610) 758-4903/4933 Website ............................Lehighsports.com The Mountain Hawks and Black Knights will play on Wednesday for the second time in 18 days. Lehigh Game Coverage began the month by coming back from a 19-point deficit at Army, marking the largest comeback win Radio/Internet: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and Le- in Brett Reed’s 12 seasons as Lehigh head coach. highsports.com with Tom Fallon. Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS TV: Service Electric 2 Sports/Patriot League Network No. Pos. Ht. Cl. Name PPG RPG Notes 2 G 6-3 Sr. Kyle Leufroy 13.7 5.4 2X team captain, 1,333 career points Patriot League Champions: 2004, 2010, 2012 5 G 6-2 Sr. Lance Tejada 14.4 2.3 Tied school record 10 threes (on 14 attempts) at Holy Cross NCAA Tournament: 1985, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2012 11 G 6-1 Jr. Jordan Cohen 13.2 3.6 Won Gold medal with USA at 2017 Maccabiah Games 13 C 6-9 So. James Karnik 9.1 6.2 Averaging 11.7 PPG, 7.1 RPG in league games 31 F 6-8 Jr. Pat Andree 13.6 6.3 43.7% from three this season Follow Lehigh Men’s Basketball on Facebook KEY RESERVES 0 G 6-5 So. Caleb Bennett 4.7 1.9 Career-high 23 points vs. Boston U last season (2/3) www .facebook .com/LehighMensBasketball 1 F 6-7 Fr. Jeameril Wilson 4.2 2.4 Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 26) and Twitter 4 G 6-3 Fr. Joe Foley 1.4 0.7 13 points and five assists in two games vs. Colgate www .twitter .com/LehighMBB 25 F 6-7 Jr. Ed Porter 2.3 0.3 Returned from injury 1/16; first action in over a year 44 C 6-11 Fr. Nic Lynch 3.8 3.0 Three-star recruit by ESPN, PL Rookie of Week (Nov. 12) Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2018-19 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 26: ARMY WEST POINT AT LEHIGH • FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • PAGE 2 IF LEHIGH BEATS ARMY WEST POINT ARMY WEST POINT SERIES HISTORY TONIGHT’S GAME - Lehigh would improve to 18-8 overall, marking its best record after 26 games since the 2012-13 season Overall: Army leads, 64-44 Lehigh has won two straight and five of the last Last Meeting: Feb. 2, 2018 when it was also 18-8. seven to pull within 64-44 of Army in the all-time Last Result: Lehigh, 75-70 series. The last time they played at Stabler Arena, the - The Mountain Hawks would wrap up their third Current Streak: Lehigh - 2 wins Mountain Hawks won 84-53 last February, marking regular-season sweep of the year (along with Navy Last 10: Lehigh, 7-3 their largest-ever margin of victory against the Black and Boston University). Knights. That win helped avenge the Mountain - Lehigh would clinch a Patriot League Quarterfinal Last 10 meetings: Hawks’ loss at Army less than a month earlier, which home game and top-four seed for the ninth time in was Lehigh’s only loss vs. the Black Knights since Feb. 2, 2018 at Army Lehigh, 75-70 2016. The first-ever meeting between the two sides the last 10 years. Feb. 17, 2018 at Lehigh Lehigh, 84-53 came in 1906-07, a 26-24 Lehigh victory. Army won - Lehigh would improve to 26-4 in February dating Jan. 20, 2018 at Army Army, 93-81 the next matchup in 1914-15 by a 19-6 final. back to February of 2016. Feb. 25, 2017 at Lehigh Lehigh, 83-69 - The Mountain Hawks would improve to 14-2 over Dec. 30, 2016 at Army Lehigh, 66-59 LAST MEETING their last 16 February games. Feb. 27, 2016 at Army Lehigh, 82-72 WEST POINT, N.Y. (2/2/19) – Trailing by as many - Lehigh would win a regular season game for the Dec. 30, 2015 at Lehigh Army, 88-82 as 19 in the first half and 18 more than six minutes 26th time in its last 34 tries dating back to last season.