2016-17 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL Brian Ludrof, Assistant Sports Information Director / Social Media Manager • Office: (610) 330-5003 • Cell: (610) 844-3893 E-mail: [email protected] • @GoLeopards • @LafayetteHoops • facebook.com/GoLeopards • www.GoLeopards.com GAME INFORMATION GAME 24 EASTON, PA. / 7 P.M. Date / Time: February 8 / 7 p.m. Site: Easton, Pa. Arena: Kirby Sports Center (2,644) Lafayette Leopards (6-17, 2-10 PL) Facebook: Facebook.com/GoLeopards Head Coach: Fran O’Hanlon (Villanova, 1970) Record vs. HC: 25-24 Twitter: @LafayetteHoops, @GoLeopards Career Record: 301-349 (22nd Season) Record at LC: Same Instagram: @GoLeopards, @LafayetteHoops Online: Patriot League Network Television: Lafayette Sports Network VS Radio: WJRH 104.7 FM Series: Holy Cross leads, 37-26 Holy Cross Crusaders (12-13, 6-6 PL) First Meeting: 2/4/1946 - L, 50-40 - Boston Head Coach: Bill Carmody (Union (N.Y.), 1975) Record vs. LC: 4-3 Last Year’s Meetings: Career Record: 311-268 (19th Season) Record at HC: 27-33 (2nd) 1/13/16 - W, 65-52 - Easton 2/10/16 - L, 67-53 - Worcester This Year’s Meeting: 1/11/17 - L, 71-54 - Worcester OPENING TIP c Lafayette returns home for the first of three of its next four at Kirby Sports Center. Holy Cross SCHEDULE / RESULTS enters tonight’s game on just one day of rest, dropping an 82-68 decision to Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa. on Monday evening. NOVEMBER 11 at No. 4 Villanova L, 88-48 14 at Saint Peter’s W, 61-57 c Senior captain Nick Lindner is just the sixth player in Patriot League history to surpass the 500-assist 17 NJIT W, 84-83 (OT) mark for his career, currently sitting at 505. Lindner is also closing in on the top-10 at Lafayette in career 20 CORNELL L, 82-75 points (11th, 1,419) and three-point field goals (13th, 149). 23 PRINCETON L, 71-55 30 DREXEL L, 74-70 c Freshman Kyle Stout has stepped his game up over the last five games, averaging 10.6 ppg during the DECEMBER recent stretch, up from his season average of 7.0 ppg. 5 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 74-72 7 at Penn L, 81-52 11 SACRED HEART L, 85-61 PROBABLE STARTERS 19 MORAVIAN W, 104-67 22 at Saint Joseph’s L, 92-63 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG PPG (PL) APG APG (PL) RPG RPG (PL) 30 COLGATE * L, 85-75 5 Hunter Janacek Fr. G 6-4 190 6.8 6.6 0.8 1.2 2.1 2.7 11 Nick Lindner Sr. G 5-11 172 13.5 14.1 4.5 4.3 2.6 2.3 JANUARY 13 Matt Klinewski Jr. F 6-8 234 15.9 16.6 1.2 1.3 6.0 6.1 2 at Loyola * W, 78-69 5 ARMY * W, 79-74 23 Lukas Jarrett Fr. F 6-7 195 3.2 3.7 0.8 1.1 2.9 3.7 8 BOSTON U. * L, 91-75 24 Kyle Stout Fr. G 6-6 190 7.0 6.6 1.1 0.8 3.7 4.3 11 at Holy Cross * L, 71-54 14 NAVY * L, 88-51 OOKIES 18 at American * L, 71-57 R 21 at Lehigh * L, 75-68 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG PPG (PL) APG APG (PL) RPG RPG (PL) 25 BUCKNELL * L, 78-55 10 Jimmy Panzini Fr. G 6-1 185 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28 LOYOLA * L, 70-62 14 Cal Reichwein Fr. G 6-2 185 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 FEBRUARY 20 Dom Cristiano Fr. F 6-8 195 - - - - - - 1 at Army * L, 80-73 54 Myles Cherry Fr. F 6-8 232 3.3 3.2 0.7 0.2 4.0 2.7 4 at Boston U. * L, 75-58 8 HOLY CROSS * 7 p.m. 11 at Navy * 7 p.m. OTHERS 15 AMERICAN * 7 p.m. No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG PPG (PL) APG APG (PL) RPG RPG (PL) 19 LEHIGH * 12 p.m. 22 at Bucknell * 7 p.m. 4 Eric Stafford Jr. G 6-5 162 6.1 5.0 1.8 1.1 2.6 2.6 25 at Colgate * 2 p.m. 12 Auston Evans So. G 6-6 186 3.0 2.4 0.9 1.0 1.9 1.8 28 Patriot League First Round TBA 32 Monty Boykins Sr. G 6-5 195 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 MARCH 33 Paulius Zalys So. F 6-7 202 8.7 9.0 1.5 1.7 4.0 3.8 2 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA 5 Patriot League Semifinals TBA 8 Patriot League Championship TBA All Times Eastern * Patriot League Game Bold = home contests 2016-17 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL • PAGE 1 2016-17 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL • PAGE 1 LAST TIME OUT STATISTICAL COMPARISON Lafayette played one of its best halves of the season to take a 41-40 lead into the break at Boston U. on Sunday afternoon. However, the Leopards couldn’t finish the job in the second half, falling LAFAYETTE STATISTICS HOLY CROSS by a 75-58 score. 3/2 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 7/6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 12/3 Lafayette managed just 17 points in the second 20 minutes and went almost nine minutes before 6’5’’ Average Height 6’4” scoring its first bucket, digging a 10-point hole at 53-43. The Leopards worked it back to within six, but the Terriers answered with 22 of the final 33 points to close it out. 194 Average Weight 192 66.6 Scoring Average 60.9 The 41-point first half was the best first 20 minutes for the Maroon and White since scoring 47 77.3 Scoring Defense 63.4 in the first against Moravian on Dec. 19, and was also Lafayette’s first halftime lead since a Jan. 5 win over Army. -10.7 Scoring Margin -2.5 42.8 FG% 43.2 Senior captain Nick Lindner led three Leopards in double-figure scoring with 13 points to go along 46.0 FG% Defense 46.7 with three assists and a steal. Sophomore Paulius Zalys added 11 points and eight boards, while 33.5 3PT% 34.8 freshman Kyle Stout also chipped in with 11 points to go along with four rebounds. 38.1 3PT% Defense 35.1 On the other side, the Terriers put forth a balanced effort with six players managing eight points 68.0 FT% 68.3 or more. Eric Johnson and Will Goff combined to go 8-for-14 from beyond the arc for 12 points 32.1 Rebound Average 25.0 apiece and Max Mahoney added 12 of his own on 6-of-7 from the field. Eric Fanning finished one rebound shy of a double-double, registering 11 points and nine boards. 38.7 Rebound Against Average 33.6 -6.6 Rebounding Margin -8.6 THE SKINNY ON THE CRUSADERS 15.0 Turnover Average 11.3 The reining Patriot League champions currently sit in the middle of the Patriot League standings 13.5 Forced Turnovers Avg. 16.2 at 6-6 in conference play entering Wednesday’s contest. Holy Cross went 6-7 through its non- conference slate and started strong in league play, winning four of its first six games. However, the -1.5 Turnover Margin +4.9 Crusaders have dropped three of their last four, including a road loss to league-leader Bucknell 0.9 (299/344) Ast./Turn. Ratio 1.2 (340/283) on Monday evening. Malachi Alexander is one of the more versatile players in the Patriot League, averaging 14.3 points per game to lead Holy Cross offensively. The 6-7, 217-pound forward can score in a variety of different ways, supplementing his play on the block with a 41.3 percent mark from three-point range. Additionally, he paces the Crusaders on the glass, ripping down 5.3 boards per night. Robert Champion and Karl Charles are the others averaging in double-figure scoring for the visitors at 12.3 and 10.0 points per contest, respectively. Last Meeting Look for a defensive game when Holy Cross comes to town as the Crusaders rode their 1-3-1 zone to a Patriot League championship a year ago. Holy Cross averages just 60.9 Holy Cross 71, Lafayette 54 points per night, but forces more than 16 turnovers per game and gives up just over 63 January 11, 2017 | Worcester, Mass. points to its opponents. Lafayette will try to attack on the glass as the Crusaders are getting out-rebounded by just under nine boards per game. LAST MEETING Lafayette began to settle in during the second half, but it was too little, too late in Worcester, Mass. as the Leopards fell to Holy Cross by a 71-54 score on Jan. 11. The Leopards were off for the majority of the night, scoring just 13 points in the first half, their lowest output since putting up 11 at Boston U. on Jan. 9, 2016. The effort was definitely there for Lafayette in the second half as it trimmed what was once a 33-point deficit down to as little as 15 in the final minute, not giving up until the buzzer sounded. The Holy Cross defense was stifling, though, holding the Leopards to 18-of-51 shooting from the field (35.3%) and 6-of-27 from beyond the arc (22.2%) on the night.