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LEHIGH WOMENS BASKETBALL PATrIOT LEAGuE CHAMPIONS 1997,2009,2010 Hunter Julius - Sports Information Assistant Director - Office: 610-758-5101 - Cell: 978-806-5173 - Press Row: 610-758-4903 - Email: [email protected] - Twitter: @LehighSports | @LehighWBB - Facebook: Facebook.com/LehighWBB| Instagram: @LehighWBB GAME # 11: LEHIGH AT NOTrE DAME SCHEDuLE/rESuLTS 8-2, 0-0 Patriot League November 6-2 6 KUTZTOWN W 73-39 10 Central Connecticut State W 88-62 13 MONMOUTH W 63-48 16 VILLANOVA L 70-48 LEHIGH NOTrE DAME 21 Binghamton W 65-55 MOuNTAIN HAWKS FIGHTING IrISH 24 NORFOLK STATE & W 62-41 25 CHARLOTTE & L 62-60 2018-19 Record: 8-2 2018-19 Record: 11-1 29 CORNELL W 67-54 2018-19 Patriot Record: 0-0 2018-19 ACC Record: 0-0 Head Coach: Sue Troyan Head Coach: Muffet McGraw December 2-0 2018-19 Statistical Leaders 2018-19 Statistical Leaders 8 SACRED HEART W 70-66 20 LIU BROOKLYN W 72-38 PPG: Camryn Buhr (13.5) PPG: Arike Ogunbowale (23.1) 30 Notre Dame 1 p.m. APG: Hannah Hedstrom (3.1) Assists: Jackie Young (62) RPG: Camryn Buhr (6.8) RPG: Jessica Shepard (9.8) January SPG: Hannah Hedstrom (1.9) Steals: Arike Ogunbowale (20) 3 Lafayette* 7 p.m. Blocks: Megan Eripret (1.0) Blocks: Brianna Turner (25) MPG: Hannah Hedstrom (29.7) 6 Navy* 3:30 p.m. MPG: Two Tied (33.1) 9 HOLY CROSS* 6:00 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE 12 Boston U.* 4 p.m. 16 Bucknell * 6 p.m. Lehigh will play its final non-league game of the year on the road as they battle with the Notre Dame 19 AMERICAN* 4:30 p.m. Fighting Irish on December 30. The Mountain Hawks are coming off a 72-38 victory over the LIU Brooklyn Blackhawks on December 20 that saw Lehigh allow a season-low in points allowed with 38 and the least 23 COLGATE* 6 p.m. allowed since February 20, 2013, when Lehigh bested Bucknell 49-37. 26 Army West Point * 1 p.m. 30 LOYOLA* 6 p.m. This is the first-ever meeting between the Mountain Hawks and the Irish and features a familiar face to those following the program. Former head coach of Lehigh and now head coach of Notre Dame, Muffet February McGraw will have a chance of securing her 900th career win as a head coach this Saturday. McGraw com- 2 NAVY* 2 p.m. piled 88 of her current 899 wins leading Lehigh from 1982-1987. 9 BOSTON U.* 2 p.m. 13 BUCKNELL* 6 p.m. Only playing two road games during the non-league portion of their schedule, the Mountain Hawks will 16 American* 12 p.m. play the first two league games on the road as they battle Lafayette on January 3 and Navy on January 6. On the year, Lehigh is 2-0 on the road, defeating Central Connecticut State 88-62 and Binghamton 65-55. 20 Colgate* 7 p.m. 23 ARMY WEST POINT* 7:30 p.m. The Irish come in at 11-1 and are ranked the No. 2 team in both the AP and USA Today coaches polls, their 27 Loyola* 6 p.m. only loss came to No. 1 UConn. March Arike Ogunbowale leads Notre Dame with 23.1 points per game along with 6.2 rebounds per game. In 2 LAFAYETTE* 6 p.m. total, the Irish have five players currently averaging double figures in scoring. Jessica Shepard is the team’s 6 Holy Cross* 6 p.m. leader in rebounds with 98 per game. Brianna Turner currently has 21 blocks for the Irish and is the only 9 Patriot League First Round ^ TBA player in double figures in blocks on the season. 11 Patriot league Quarterfinals ^ TBA 14 Patriot League Semifinals ^ TBA 17 Patriot league Finals ^ TBA PrOJECTED STArTEr All times Eastern and subject to chang Home games in BOLD CAPS * Patriot League Games & Christmas City Classic Games ^ Patriot League Tournament 12 30 33 22 15 MEDIA INFOrMATION GENA CAMEryN HAILEy HANNAH CAMryN GruNDHOFFEr BENz PASCOE HEDSTOM BuHr Broadcast Info: Patriotleague.tv F | 6-1 | Jr. F | 6-3 | Jr. G | 5-9 | Sr. G | 5-9| Jr. G | 6-1 | Jr. Audio: None PPG 8.3 PPG 7.7 PPG 7.2 PPG 4.4 PPG 13.5 Livestats: Lehighsports.com RPG 4.0 RPG 5.0 RPG 1.8 RPG 5.0 RPG 6.8 APG 1.1 APG 1.3 APG 0.7 APG 3.1 APG 2.3 Follow: @LehighWBB SPG 0.0 SPG 0.5 SPG 0.8 SPG 1.9 SPG 1.1 MPG 25.6 MPG 22.2 MPG 20.6 MPG 30.2 MPG 28.3 2018-19 Lehigh Women’s BasketBaLL game # 11 | Lehigh @ notre Dame | Dec 30 | PurceLL PaviLion LehighsPorts.com | @LehighsPorts | @LehighWBB NOTrE DAME SErIES SCOuTING THE FIGHTING IrISH Overall: Lehigh 0-0 One of the top programs in the country and defending national cham- Last Meeting: First Meeting pions, Notre Dame comes in as the No. 2 in the most recent AP-top 25 Last Result: First Meeting poll. The Irish are 11-1 coming in, with the only blemish being a loss to Current Streak: First Meeting UConn. Arike Ogunbowale leads Notre Dame with 23.1 points per game along Last Five Meetings: with 6.2 rebounds per game. In total, the Irish have five players cur- First Meeting rently averaging double figures in scoring. Jessica Shepard is the team’s leader in rebounds with 9.8 per game. Brianna Turner currently has 25 blocks for the Irish and is the only player in double figures in blocks on the season. Notre Dame has had no problem scoring against its opponents this 2018-19 By THE NuMBErS season in non-league play, outscoring opponents by an average of 23.3 Lehigh Notre Dame points. Along with their scoring, the Irish have held opponents below 60 Scoring Offense 66.8 88.9 points five times this season. Scoring Defense 53.5 65.6 Scoring Margin +13.3 +23.3 Field Goal Pct. 39.9 51.1 Field Goal Pct. Defense 34.7 37.4 Free Throw Pct. 71.9 73.6 3FG Made Per Game 6.6 3.8 3FG Pct. 30.4 32.6 3FG Pct. Defense 28.6 28.5 Rebounding 41.2 44.8 Rebounding Allowed 34.3 33.6 Rebounding Margin +6.9 +11.2 NOTrE DAME FIGHTING IrISH HEAD COACH - MuFFET MCGrAW Assists 13.0 17.8 Steals 6.8 8.4 • Two national championships. The first came in 2001, when the Irish defeated Turnovers 16.2 14.3 Purdue, 68-66. The second came exactly 17 years later to the date (both on Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 1.2 Easter Sundays), when the Irish emerged with the 61-58 victory on Arike Ogun- bowale’s buzzer beater over Mississippi State. SCOrE By PErIOD • Coach McGraw became the sixth different coach with multiple NCAA titles, 1 2 3 4 OT Total joining Geno Auriemma, Pat Summitt, Linda Sharp, Tara VanDerveer and Kim LEHIGH 180 171 149 168 0 668 Mulkey. OPPONENTS 115 119 152 149 0 535 • A Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer (2017). Was also inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2014) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of 1 2 3 4 OT Total Fame (2011). NOTRE DAME 240 266 277 195 0 978 OPPONENTS 207 165 171 179 0 722 • Six trips to the NCAA Division I national championship game, including five times in the past eight years (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018). McGraw is one of just two active Division I coaches (and four all-time) with at least six LAST TIME WE PLAyED THEM appearances in the NCAA national championship game. In addition, Notre Dame is the only ACC school ever to reach back-to-back national championship games. • Eight trips to the NCAA Women’s Final Four (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018), which ranks third behind Auriemma and Summitt. • One of five coaches (men’s or women’s basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 875 wins, eight Final Fours and multiple NCAA championships -- others are Summitt, Auriemma, Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski and the late North Carolina men’s coach Dean Smith. • Her 62 NCAA Tournament wins rank third all-time. • Three-time consensus National Coach of the Year, sweeping the four major coaching honors (Associated Press, WBCA, Naismith Award and USBWA) in 2001, 2013 and 2014. McGraw is one-of-two NCAA Division I coaches to sweep the “Big Four” awards three times in her career. 2018-19 Lehigh Women’s BasketBaLL game # 11 | Lehigh @ notre Dame | Dec 30 | PurceLL PaviLion LehighsPorts.com | @LehighsPorts | @LehighWBB LAST TIME OuT FOr LEHIGH BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Playing their last non-league home game of the season; the Mountain Hawks were firing on all cylinders, as they dismantled the Blackbirds of LIU Brooklyn 72-38 at Stabler Arena. Lehigh advances to 8-2 on the season with the win, a mark they’ve hit just four times in program history and three under head coach Sue Troyan. LIU Brooklyn drops to 0-10 on the season. The Mountain Hawks also halt a two-game winning streak against the Blackbirds in the all-time series, with the Mountain Hawks moving to 6-4 all-time. This is also the first time since 1993 that Lehigh has defeated the LIU Brooklyn at Stabler Arena. “This is always a challenging game with kids coming off of finals and expending their energy in non-basketball ways,” said Troyan after the game.