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SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME ONE: LEHIGH AT RICHMOND

Date Opponent Time/Result (0-0) AT RICHMOND SPIDERS (0-0) Nov. 13 at Richmond 7:00 PM ROBINS CENTER (9,071) • RICHMOND, VA 16 at Rider 7:00 PM NOVEMBER 13, 2009 • 7:00 18 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 PM 23 MONMOUTH 7:00 PM 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) 7:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK 7:00 PM Lehigh opens a new season tonight as the Mountain Hawks head to Virginia to face a Dec. 3 at Columbia 7:00 PM stiff test versus the Richmond Spiders out of the Atlantic-10. Lehigh returns four starters, 5 at Dayton 8:00 PM including a pair of All-Patriot League selections in Marquis Hall and Zahir Carrington, 17 DARTMOUTH 7:00 PM from a season ago in which the Mountain Hawks won 15 games, including the most non- 20 at Saint Joseph’s 7:00 PM league contests in school annals. The Spiders meanwhile, bring back a potent backcourt 22 MARIST 7:00 PM 28 at Longwood 7:00 PM of Kevin Anderson and David Gonzalvez which averaged over 30 points between them a 30 at Delaware State 7:30 PM season ago for a team that won 20 games and advanced to the semifi nal round of the CBI Jan. (College Basketball Invitational). Tonight’s game is only the second meeting all-time be- 2 NJIT 7:30 PM 5 YALE 7:00 PM tween these schools and it marks the seventh time in the last nine seasons the Mountain 9 *AMERICAN 7:00 PM Hawks have started a season away from home. 13 * at Navy 7:00 PM 17 * at Army 2:00 PM 20 * COLGATE 7:00 PM TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS (2008-09 STATS) 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 13.9 4.1 ast. P.L. preseason Player of the Year 30 * at Holy Cross 3:30 PM Feb. 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 14.0 8.6 Led the P.L. in rebounds last year 6 * at American 2:00 PM 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 8.8 3.2 58 career appearances 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 7.1 3.8 Has started 71 career games 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson N/A N/A Two-time All-State selection 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM Lehigh Top Reserves (2008-09 Statistics) 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum N/A N/A 2009 Ohio Player of the Year Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams 2.5 3.0 12 pts, 11 rebs in last year’s fi nale 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 5.5 3.2 ast. Led LU in asst/TO ratio last year 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner N/A N/A Three-time All-Conference in H.S. * P atriot League Game 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis N/A N/A Missed the entire 2008-09 season Home games in CAPS 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 3.8 2.1 42% career shooter from three All times Eastern and subject to change 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 1.0 1.3 Appeared in 23 games last season MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 1.2 0.8 Saw time in 17 games a season ago LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Contact: Mike Stagnitta Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Offi ce ...... (610) 758-6631 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed has totaled the Cell: ...... (610) 509-6848 second most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. E-mail: ...... [email protected] He has also won over 65-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third Press Row ...... 610-758-4903/4933 best on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non-league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins Radio and Internet audio: Tonight’s game since 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1230 been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach for the 2006- and 1320 AM as well as Lehighsports.com 07 campaign. with ESPN Radio’s Matt Markus. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will defeat a team from the Atlantic-10 for the fi rst time since the inception of the league in 1976. - The Mountain Hawks will improve to 2-1 in season openers under Brett Reed. - Lehigh will improve to 6-2 in non-league road games since the start of last season.

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TONIGHT’S GAME GLASS EATERS Zahir Carrington pulled down 8.6 boards per game last season, which led the Patriot League. It marked the fourth consecutive season a Mountain Hawk has ranked in the Lehigh and Richmond meet for the sec- top-three in rebounding in the league after former captain Bryan White ’08 ranked fi rst in ond time in the teams’ history tonight. ’07-08, second in ’06-07 and third in ’05-06. Lehigh lost vs. the Spiders in the fi rst- ever meeting between the two teams. CLAMPING DOWN The Mountain Hawks defense returned to form last season as they led the Patriot League THE LAST MEETING and ranked 13th nationally in fi eld goal percentage defense at 39%. Lehigh held 14 op- Lehigh lost to the Richmond Spiders in ponents below the 40% mark from the fi eld a season ago. a close match-up 40-38 in the only meet- ing, which took place in 1940. SIGHTS SET ON THE TOP SPOT Senior captain Marquis Hall has dished out 379 assists during his fi rst three seasons in the Brown and White, good for an average of 4.3 per game. Hall, who has totaled 118 LAST TIME OUT or more assists in each of his three years at Lehigh, needs 74 helpers to break the school WEST POINT, N.Y. - (3/4/2009) The record of 452 set by Scott Layer from 1986-90. Mountain Hawks comeback attempt fell short in a 53-50 loss at Army. For the third straight year a Lehigh-Army MOUNTAIN HAWKS SET MARK FOR NON-LEAGUE WINS Patriot League tournament game went Lehigh won a school record ten non-league games a season ago, including its fi rst victory down to the fi nal seconds, but a 12- over a Big East member (Rutgers). The Mountain Hawks fi ve non-league road victories point second half defi cit for the Moun- were the most since the inception of Patriot League play in 1990. tain Hawks was too much to overcome, as the host Black Knights held onto the HALL UP FOR LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD lead for the victory and advancment in Marquis Hall was recently named a candidate for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS post season play. The Mountain Hawks Award, presented annually to an NCAA Division I student-athlete in nine sports. Hall crept within a point on two separate is one of 60 basketball players from around the country who was chosen (30 male and 30 occasions and had the basketball down female). Based on criteria focusing on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community by three with 25 seconds remaining, but and competition, the award winners will be selected by national balloting of head basket- junior Marquis Hall misfi red on a pair ball coaches, national media and college basketball fans. of three point attempts, and sophomore Rob Keefer’s attempt at a buzzer-beat- ing, game-tying three hit the front of the WHAT ARE WE WORKING WITH HERE? rim. With the victory Army improved Here’s a look at what Lehigh has coming back in several statistical categories as well as to 11-18 on the season and moved into the returning leader in that specifi c category. the semifi nal round, while Lehigh’s season came to an end at 15-14. In the Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals second half, Army’s lead ballooned as 87.2% 82.7% 88.5% 64.2% 87.4% high as 12 points before Lehigh began (Carrington, 14.0) (Carrington, 8.6) (M. Hall, 4.1) (Carrington, .69) (M. Hall, 1.6) its comeback. A Rob Keefer lay up and jumper from John Adams put the SCOUTING THE SPIDERS... Mountain Hawks within fi ve, while a Richmond head coach Chris Mooney (Princeton ‘94) is in his fi fth season at the helm. He Hall free throw left LU down four with has enjoyed previous coaching stops at Beaver College and Air Force ... Richmond set the just under eight minutes to go. Ad- school record for points in a season with 2,518 during the 2008-09 season ... the Spiders ams scored two straight buckets to get were selected to fi nish third in the Atlantic-10 this season; it is their highest preseason Lehigh within a point, but the Mountain pick since joining the league for the 2001-02 season ... three Spiders, including Kevin An- Hawks would get no closer as their derson (1st), David Gonzalvez (2nd) and Dan Geriot (3rd) were selected as members of season came to an end. the preseason All-Atlantic-10 squad ... Lehigh and Richmond will take on four common opponents this season, including Longwood, Bucknell, Saint Joseph’s and Dayton BY THE NUMBERS 2008-09 Statistics PROBABLE STARTERS: LU UR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. PPG RPG Points 63.9 69.9 5 David Gonzalvez G Sr. 6-4 16.0 4.8 FG% .385 .456 12 Kevin Smith F Jr. 6-5 4.7 3.4 Rebounds 39.6 31.1 14 Kevin Anderson G Jr. 6-0 16.6 2.9 Assists 11.8 12.1 41 Dan Geriot* C Sr. 6-9 14.3 5.5 FT% .688 .677 44 Ryan Butler F Sr. 6-7 8.0 3.9 Blocks 2.4 3.4 *statistics are from the 2007-08 season; Geriot missed last season due to injury Steals 6.0 7.3 3FG% .320 .343 TO’s 13.4 12.0 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME ONE: LEHIGH AT RICHMOND • PAGE 3

RAISE THE CURTAIN WHEN LEHIGH... Lehigh is 61-47 all-time in season openers. Plays at home: ...... 0-0 AROUND THE Last season the Mountain Hawks went to Plays on the road: ...... 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE Saint Peter’s and downed the Peacocks 79- Plays at neutral sites: ...... 0-0 62 behind a combined 41 points from Zahir Carrington and Marquis Hall. Lehigh has Leads at the half: ...... 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS not won back-to-back openers since the Trails at the half: ...... 0-0 League Overall 1998-99 and 1999-00 seasons. Is tied at the half: ...... 0-0 W L W L Goes to overtime: ...... 0-0 American 0 0 0 0 CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Army 0 0 0 0 Scores 90 or more points: ...... 0-0 Bucknell 0 0 0 0 Head Coach Brett Reed has announced se- Scores 80-89 points: ...... 0-0 Colgate 0 0 0 0 niors Dave Buchberger, Zahir Carrington, Scores 70-79 points: ...... 0-0 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 Marquis Hall and Matt Shamis will be Scores 60-69 points: ...... 0-0 Lafayette 0 0 0 0 captains for the 2009-10 season. Scores 50-59 points: ...... 0-0 Lehigh 0 0 0 0 Scores 40-49 points: ...... 0-0 Navy 0 0 0 0 RETURNING LEADERS Scores fewer than 40 points: ...... 0-0 Several returning Mountain Hawks ranked Upcoming Schedule among the Patriot League statistical lead- Allows 90 or more points: ...... 0-0 Tonight ers a season ago. Included on that list Allows 80-89 points: ...... 0-0 Bucknell vs. Mercer ...... 5:00 is Zahir Carrington who ranked fi rst in Allows 70-79 points: ...... 0-0 Wagner at Lafayette ...... 6:00 rebounding, fourth in scoring, and ninth in Allows 60-69 points: ...... 0-0 American at St. Francis (Pa.) ...... 7:00 blocked shots, Marquis Hall who fi nished Allows 50-59 points: ...... 0-0 Army at VMI ...... 7:00 third in assists, and fi fth in scoring, made Allows 40-49 points: ...... 0-0 Harvard at Holy Cross ...... 7:00 three-pointers, assist/turnover ratio and Allows fewer than 40 points: ...... 0-0 LEHIGH at Richmond ...... 7:00 steals, Prentice Small who checked in at Navy at Radford ...... 7:00 number two in assist/turnover ratio and Shoots over 50%: ...... 0-0 eight in assists, and Dave Buchberger who Shoots 40-50%: ...... 0-0 Tomorrow fi n ished second in free throw shooting. Shoots 30-39%: ...... 0-0 Bucknell at Providence ...... 6:30 Shoots under 30%: ...... 0-0 UP NEXT... November 15 Allows over 50%: ...... 0-0 The Mountain Hawks remain on the road Bucknell vs. Bryant ...... 12:00 Allows 40-50%: ...... 0-0 as they travel to New Jersey on Monday Lafayette at Sacred Heart ...... 4:00 Allows 30-39%: ...... 0-0 evening for a tough showdown with the Navy at Longwood ...... 4:00 Allows under 30%: ...... 0-0 Rider Broncs. Rider defeated Lehigh last November 16 season at Stabler Arena. Tip-off is set for Shoots over 50% 3FG: ...... 0-0 7:00 on Monday night. LEHIGH at Rider ...... 7:00 Shoots 40-50% 3FG: ...... 0-0 Albany at American ...... 7:30 Shoots 30-39% 3FG: ...... 0-0 Colgate at Connecticut ...... 9:00 VS. THE CONFERENCES IN ‘09-10 Shoots under 30% 3FG: ...... 0-0 Patriot League ...... 0-0 Outrebounds opponents: ...... 0-0 2009-10 Patriot League America East ...... 0-0 Is outrebounded: ...... 0-0 Preseason Poll Atlantic-10 ...... 0-0 Ties opponent in rebounding: ...... 0-0 Independent ...... 0-0 Team (# fi rst place votes) ...... Pts) ...... 0-0 Commits fewer than 20 turnovers: . . 0-0 1. Holy Cross (13) ...... 95 MAAC ...... 0-0 Commits 20 or more turnovers: ...... 0-0 2. LEHIGH (3) ...... 78 MEAC ...... 0-0 Forces 20 or more turnovers: ...... 0-0 3. Bucknell ...... 63 Northeast ...... 0-0 Forces fewer than 20 turnovers: ...... 0-0 4. Army ...... 59 Commits more turnovers: ...... 0-0 5. Colgate ...... 51 Commits fewer turnovers: ...... 0-0 6. American ...... 45 Ties in turnovers ...... 0-0 7. Navy ...... 43 8. Lafayette ...... 14

2009-10 Patriot League Preseason All-League Team

Marquis Hall, Sr., G, Lehigh (POY) Zahir Carrington, Sr., F, Lehigh R.J. Evans, So., G, Holy Cross Andrew Keister, Jr., F, Holy Cross Cleveland Richard, Sr., G, Army

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FOLLOW LEHIGH BASKETBALL STARTING BLOCK The Lehigh Sports Magazine CAREER TOTALS: The Lehigh Sports Magzine airs nationally on Fox College Player No. of Starts No. of Games Sports Atlantic each Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM. The show John Adams 1 26 can be seen regionally and locally on Mondays on WFMZ- Dave Buchberger 31 71 TV at 8:30 PM. This half-hour show feaures head coach Brett Zahir Carrington 56 88 Reed, student-athlete guests, highlights and much more. Holden Greiner 0 0 WFMZ’s Jim Vaughn anchors the weekly broadcast. The show Marquis Hall 88 89 can also be seen on the Lehigh web site each Monday at 8:30 Jordan Hamilton 0 17 PM and is available on-demand for no charge as part of the Rob Keefer 50 60 Lehigh Yahoo! Sports broadcast package. Gabe Knutson 0 0 Justin Maneri 0 23 Podcasts C.J. McCollum 0 0 Now in its third year, Lehigh radio broadcaster Matt Kerr Michael Ojo 1 31 chats with head coach Brett Reed throughout the season to Ryan Peters 0 0 discuss the latest hapennings with the Lehigh men’s basketball David Safstrom 0 19 program. Matt Shamis 2 56 Prentice Small 1 56 Lehigh Basketball on the TV, Radio and Internet Lehigh Athletics is in its second decade of basketball coverage Lehigh... on commercial television. Locally, Lehigh basketball can be By Month seen on Service Electric Cable’s 2 Sports. This season, Lehigh is November ...... 0-0 slated to make ten appearances on television, including games December ...... 0-0 on local and national TV. Over the air waves, Lehgh basketball January ...... 0-0 can be heard on the exclusive home of Lehigh Athletics, ESPN February ...... 0-0 Radio of the (1230 and 1320 AM). Once again March ...... 0-0 this year, Lehigh will broadcast the LIVE audio of every men’s By Day game and LIVE video for select home games on the web at: Sunday ...... 0-0 Lehighsports.com. Monday ...... 0-0 Tuesday ...... 0-0 BASKETBALL AT LEHIGH Wednesday ...... 0-0 This season marks the 109th year of basketball at Lehigh. The Thursday ...... 0-0 Mountain Hawks won their fi rst ever Patriot League regular Friday ...... 0-0 season and tournament championships in 2004, and also ad- Saturday ...... 0-0 vanced to the NCAA Tournament. HITTING THE BOOKS DID YOU KNOW? During the 2009 spring semester, four Mountain Hawks achieved - Dave Buchberger was a member of Athletes in Action inter- a grade point average of 3.2 or better. The list included Dave national touring team during the summer of 2008 and 2009. Buchberger (3.58), Marquis Hall (3.23), Rob Keefer (3.21) and Matt The team traveled to Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and New Szalachowski ’09 (3.50). Hall was also named the 2009 Patriot Zealand over the course of the past two summers. League Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year - the fi rst time a Lehigh men’s basketball student-athlete earned this award. - Zahir Carrington, who mentors middle to high school-aged COAST TO COAST boys in Allentown’s “Boys to Manhood” Program, was an All- State performer in high school. This year’s Mountain Hawk roster is comprised of student-ath- letes that hail from ten different states. There is one player each - Beginning in fourth grade, Gabe Knutson lived in Brisbane, from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Or- Australia for three years. Knutson’s favorite sport upon re- egon, two players from Washington and Ohio, and three players turning to the United States was water polo - he later took up from California and Pennsylvania. basketball. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE BUILDING? - Michael Ojo played at the same high school, Crossroads Lehigh head coach Brett Reed is one of only three Division I School (Calif.), that produced current NBA players Baron Da- men’s basketball head coaches in the country to have earned their vis and Austin Croshere. doctorate degree.

- Ryan Peters has not had a sip of soda in the last four years.

- David Safstrom is terrifi ed of bees.

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LEHIGH TEAM GAME HIGHS (2008-09) 2009-10 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS Points: 80 at Monmouth 12/21/08 FG Made: 29 vs. Delaware State 11/17/08 #1 Senior Marquis Hall ... 2009 First-Team All-Patriot League FG Att: 68 at Rutgers 11/26/08 selection ... 2009 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Scholar-Ath- lete of the Year ... scored 1,000th career point in win at Lafayette FG%: 57 at Saint Peter’s 11/15/08 (1/24/09) ... 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Points in a half: 48 at Monmouth (1st) 12/21/08 selection ... 2008 Second-Team All-Patriot League ... 2007 Patriot 3PT FG Made: 10, 2x vs. Army 1/17/09 League Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team selection 3PT FG Att: 26 at Monmouth 12/21/08 #3 Freshman C.J. McCollum ... two-time First-Team All-Fed- 3PT FG%: 50, 2x vs. Delaware State 11/17/08 eral League, All-District IV and All-County selection … Federal FT Made: 28 at Monmouth 12/21/08 League, District IV and Stark County Player of the Year … First- FT Att: 41 at Princeton 1/7/09 Team All-Ohio selection … Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year … FT%: 85 at Dartmouth 11/29/08 leading scorer in school history with 1,405 career points … holds Rebounds: 54 vs. Longwood 12/28/08 the school and county record for most points in a game with 54 #4 Sophomore John Adams ... appeared in 26 games last season Assists: 21 vs. Delaware State 11/17/08 ... made fi rst start against Army (3/4/09), scoring a career high Steals: 13 at Saint Peter’s 11/15/08 of 12 points … averaged 2.5 points and 3 rebounds per game … Blocks: 6, 2x at Dartmouth 11/29/08 grabbed career high of 11 rebounds against Army (3/4/09) Largest Win: 28 at NJIT 12/31/08 #5 Junior Prentice Small ... saw time in 28 games a season Turnovers: 28 at Army 2/14/09 ago, making his fi rst career start against Bucknell (2/25/09) … Fouls 30 at American 1/10/09 grabbed career high of six rebounds in a victory over Dartmouth (11/29/08) … led Lehigh in assists 11 times … netted a season- LEHIGH TEAM GAME LOWS (2008-09) best 12 tallies versus St. Joseph’s. #10 Senior Zahir Carrington ... 2009 Second-Team All-Patriot Points: 45 at Colgate 1/21/09 League and Second-Team All-District selection (Lehigh’s fi rst FG Made: 15 at Holy Cross 2/28/09 selection since 1988) … scored season high of 21 points on three FG Att: 44 vs. St. Francis (Pa.) 11/24/08 separate occasions … led the team and Patriot League in total FG%: 28.6 at Army 3/4/09 number of rebounds … posted ten double-doubles and 13 games Points in a half: 15 at Bucknell (1st) 2/25/09 of double digit boards 3PT FG Made: 1 at Colgate 1/21/09 #11 Freshman Ryan Peters ... Academic All-American Classic 3PT FG Att: 10 at Holy Cross 2/28/09 participant … Double Pump West Coast All-Star camp 2: Top-20 3PT FG%: 5.9 at Army 3/4/09 Junior Team … helped lead Northfi eld Mount Hermon Prep to an 18-10 record and top-ten ranking in the country both years of FT Made: 6 at Stony Brook 12/5/08 attendance FTAtt: 11 vs. Delaware State 11/17/08 #15 Junior Rob Keefer ... saw time in all 29 games, starting in 28 FT%: 42 vs. Colgate 2/18/09 … scored a career high of 20 points against Columbia (1/2/09) Rebounds: 27 vs. St. Francis (Pa.) 11/24/08 … tied career best of seven rebounds twice against Stony Brook Assists: 2 at Lafayette 1/24/09 (12/5/08) and Holy Cross (1/31/09) ... 2008 P.L. Rookie of the Steals: 1 vs. Albany 12/8/08 Year Blocks: 0, 2x at Colgate 1/21/09 #20 Freshman Holden Grenier ... two-time First-Team All-State Turnovers: 6 at Monmouth 12/21/08 … All-Region Dream Team … three-time All-Conference selection Fouls 11 vs. Longwood 12/28/08 … Team MVP as voted on my teammates #21 Senior Matt Shamis ... missed all of last season with a knee Largest Loss 21 at Stony Brook 12/5/08 injury ... appeared in 57 games during fi rst two seasons #23 Junior Michael Ojo ... saw time in 25 games making his fi rst LEHIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS - MOST RECENT collegiate start against American (2/7/09) ... scored a career high Points: 28, Hall at Rutgers (11/26/08) 14 points against NJIT (12/31/08) Rebounds: 15, Carrington vs. Longwood (12/28/08) #31 Sophomore Justin Maneri ... appeared in 23 games as a fresh- man … scored a career high four points in victory over Colgate Assists: 9, Hall at NJIT (12/31/08) (2/18/09) … grabbed a career high fi ve rebounds in victory over Steals: 4, Hall vs. Colgate (2/18/09) NJIT (12/31/08) Blocks: 4, Anderson at Dartmouth (11/29/08) #32 Senior Dave Buchberger ... appeared in 27 games a season FG Attempts: 21, Hall at Rutgers (11/26/08) ago … averaged 7.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game … career FG Made: 9, Hall at Rutgers (11/26/08) high 11 rebounds against Army (2/14/09) … ranked fi rst on team FG%: 77.8 (7-9), Hall at Saint Peter’s (11/15/08) in free throw percentage, shooting 87.5 percent 3-Point Attempts: 9, Hall at Army (3/4/09) #40 Junior David Safstrom ... has appeared in 19 career games 3-Pointers Made: 5, Hall vs. Army (1/17/09) #42 Freshman Gabe Knutson ... two-time Elite All-CIML Team 3-Point%: 100.0, Keefer vs. Columbia (1/2/09) selection … two-time All-State selection … 19U Iowa State AAU MVP … Iowa Senior All-Star Tournament Team member FT Attempts: 13, Hall at Rutgers (11/26/08) #44 Sophomore Jordan Hamilton ... saw time in 17 games last FT Made: 10, Hall at Monmouth (12/21/08) year … scored career high eight points against Army (2/14/09) FT%: 100.0, Carrington at Army (2/14/09)

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME ONE: LEHIGH AT RICHMOND• PAGE 6 THE LAST TIME... A LEHIGH TEAM... A LEHIGH PLAYER... Scored 100+ points Recorded a double-double in points and rebounds at Lafayette (1/23/04) 14 points, 13 rebounds - Zahir Carrington Lehigh lost 111-104 OT 12 points, 11 rebounds - John Adams at Army (3/4/09), Lehigh lost 53-50 Scored 90+ points vs. Swarthmore (11/29/06) Recorded a double-double in points and assists Lehigh won 96-33 14 points, 10 assists - Jose Olivero vs. Monmouth (12/12/05) Scored 80+ points Lehigh won 71-57 at Monmouth (12/21/08) Lehigh won 80-71 Scored 25+ points in a game 25 - Marquis Hall Allowed 90+ points at Rutgers (2/14/09) vs. Quinnipiac (11/28/07) Lehigh lost 82-75 3 OT Lehigh lost 92-88 2 OT Scored 35+ points in a game Had fi ve players in double fi gures 45 - Joe Knight Olivero - 17, Carrington - 12, Page - 12, Szalachowski - 11, Mge- vs. Colgate (3/4/05 - Patriot League Tournament) broff - 10 Lehigh won 77-60 vs. Swarthmore (11/29/06) Lehigh won 96-33 Recorded 5 or more steals in a game 5 - Bryan White Had two players score 15+ points vs. Colgate (1/23/08) Hall - 25, Carrington - 17, Buchberger - 15 Lehigh won 63-60 at Army (2/14/09) Lehigh lost 82-75, 3 OT Handed out 10 or more assists in a game 10 - Marquis Hall Had two players score 20+ points vs. Stony Brook (12/5/07) Carrington - 21, Keefer - 20 Lehigh won 76-61 vs. Columbia (1/2/09) Lehigh won 73-59 Handed out 5 or more assists in a game 1 - Marquis Hall Shot 50% or better from the fl oor vs. Army (3/4/09) 53.3 (24-45) - at Navy (2/11/09) Lehigh lost 53-50 Lehigh won 70-59 Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in a game Shot 50% or better from three-point range Zahir Carrington - 13, John Adams - 11 50.0 (10-20) - vs. Army (1/17/09) at Army (3/4/09) Lehigh won 77-57 Lehigh lost 53-50

Did not hit a three-point shot Blocked 5 or more shots in a game 0-for-9, at Bucknell (1/30/08) 5 - Zahir Carrington Lehigh won 56-54 at Army (1/13/07) Lehigh lost 64-59 Played an overtime game at Army (2/14/09) Made 10+ three pointers in a game Lehigh lost 82-75 3 OT 10 - Joe Knight vs. Colgate (3/4/05) Played a double overtime game Lehigh won 77-60 at Army (2/14/09) Lehigh lost 82-75 3 OT Made 5+ three-pointers in a game 5 - Marquis Hall Recorded ten steals vs. Army (1/17/09) 10 - at Bucknell (2/25/09) Lehigh won 77-57 Lehigh lost 72-51 Hit a game-winning shot Forced 20 turnovers Marquis Hall - off-balance jumper with 1.0 second remaining 26 vs. Haverford (12/11/06) vs. Bucknell (1/28/09) Lehigh won 83-39 Lehigh won 61-59

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1 MARQUIS HALL 21 MATT SHAMIS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... POINTS ...... 29 (2/20/08) N/A ...... POINTS ...... 8 (11/29/06) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 15 (11/26/08) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 3, 3x (2/20/08) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 10 (12/5/07) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 4 (1/20/07) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 4, 7x (2/18/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 4 (11/29/06)

3 C.J. MCCOLLUM 23 MICHAEL OJO SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... POINTS ...... N/A N/A ...... POINTS ...... 14 (12/31/08) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... N/A N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 7 (11/15/08) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... N/A N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 2 (1/2/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... N/A N/A ...... STEALS ...... 3 (12/31/08)

4 JOHN ADAMS 31 JUSTIN MANERI SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... POINTS ...... 12 (3/4/09) N/A ...... POINTS ...... 4 (2/18/09) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 11 (3/4/09) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 5 (12/31/08) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 2, 4x (2/7/09) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 1 (2/25/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 3 (3/4/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 1, 2x (2/25/09)

32 DAVE BUCHBERGER 5 PRENTICE SMALL SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... POINTS ...... 21 (12/5/07) N/A ...... POINTS ...... 19 (1/23/08) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 11 (2/12/09) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 6 (11/29/08) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 3 (2/22/09) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 9 (11/29/08) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 3 (2/25/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 3, 4x (12/5/08) 40 DAVID SAFSTROM SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 10 ZAHIR CARRINGTON N/A ...... POINTS ...... N/A SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 2 (2/20/08) N/A ...... POINTS ...... 27 (1/6/08) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... N/A N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 15 (12/28/08) N/A ...... BLOCKS ...... 1 (12/5/07) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 4, 2x (3/4/09) N/A ...... BLOCKS ...... 5 (1/13/07) 42 GABE KNUTSON SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 11 RYAN PETERS N/A ...... POINTS ...... N/A SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... N/A N/A ...... POINTS ...... N/A N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... N/A N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... N/A N/A ...... STEALS ...... N/A N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... N/A N/A ...... STEALS ...... N/A 44 JORDAN HAMILTON SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH 15 ROB KEEFER N/A ...... POINTS ...... 8 (2/14/09) SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 4, 2x (2/18/09) N/A ...... POINTS ...... 20 (1/2/09) N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 1 (2/22/09) N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... 7, 3x (1/31/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... N/A N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... 3, 3x (1/28/09) N/A ...... STEALS ...... 2, 3x (2/7/09)

20 HOLDEN GRENIER SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH N/A ...... POINTS ...... N/A N/A ...... REBOUNDS ...... N/A N/A ...... ASSISTS ...... N/A N/A ...... STEALS ...... N/A

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2009-10 ROSTERS NUMERICAL No. Name Class Pos Ht Wt Hometown/High School Major 1 Marquis Hall* Sr. G 6’0” 190 Portland, Ore./Jefferson Finance 3 C.J. McCollum Fr. G 6’3” 165 Canton, Ohio/Glen Oak High School Business 4 John Adams So. F 6’6” 220 Cupertino, Calif./Archbishop Mitty Business 5 Prentice Small Jr. G 5’9” 190 North Babylon, N.Y./St John the Baptist Journalism 10 Zahir Carrington* Sr. F 6’7” 220 Philadelphia, Pa./Masterman Sociology/Anthropology 11 Ryan Peters Fr. G 6’4” 200 Santa Clarita, Calif./N’fi eld Mt Hermon Pre-Med 15 Rob Keefer Jr. G 6’3” 180 North Wales, Pa./Abington Friends Finance 20 Holden Greiner Fr. F 6’7” 210 Traverse City, Mich./Saint Francis Business 21 Matt Shamis* Sr. G 6’0” 170 Northbrook , Ill./Glenbrook North Finance 23 Michael Ojo Jr. G 6’5” 195 Los Angeles, Calif./Crossroads School Journalism 31 Justin Maneri So. C/F 6’8” 240 Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook High Arts and Sciences 32 Dave Buchberger* Sr. G 6’4” 195 Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore Biology 40 David Safstrom Jr. C 7’1” 250 Everett, Wash./Everett Mechanical Engineering 42 Gabe Knutson Fr. F 6’9” 215 Urbandale, Iowa/Waukee High Business 44 Jordan Hamilton So. F 6’6” 200 Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep. Arts and Sciences *Captain

ALPHABETICAL No. Name Class Pos Ht Wt Hometown/High School Major 4 John Adams So. F 6’6” 220 Cupertino, Calif./Archbishop Mitty Business 32 Dave Buchberger* Sr. G 6’4” 195 Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore Biology 10 Zahir Carrington* Sr. F 6’7” 220 Philadelphia, Pa./Masterman Sociology/Anthropology 20 Holden Greiner Fr. F 6’7” 210 Traverse City, Mich./Saint Francis Business 1 Marquis Hall* Sr. G 6’0” 190 Portland, Ore./Jefferson Finance 44 Jordan Hamilton So. F 6’6” 195 Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep. Arts and Sciences 15 Rob Keefer Jr. G 6’3” 180 North Wales, Pa./Abington Friends Finance 42 Gabe Knutson Fr. F 6’9” 215 Urbandale, Iowa/Waukee High Business 31 Justin Maneri So. C/F 6’8” 240 Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook High Arts and Sciences 3 C.J. McCollum Fr. G 6’3” 165 Canton, Ohio/Glen Oak High Business 23 Michael Ojo Jr. G 6’5” 195 Santa Monica, Calif./Crossroads Journalism 11 Ryan Peters Fr. G 6’4” 200 Santa Clarita, Calif./N’fi eld Mt Hermon Pre-Med 40 David Safstrom Jr. C 7’1” 250 Everett, Wash. /Everett Mechanical Engineering 21 Matt Shamis* Sr. G 6’0” 170 Northbrook , Ill./Glenbrook North Finance 5 Prentice Small Jr. G 5’9” 190 North Babylon, N.Y./St John the Baptist Jounalism *Captain

Head Coach: Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95), third season Associate Head Coach: Matt Logie (Lehigh ‘03) Assistant Coach: Antoni Wyche (Notre Dame ‘99) Manager of Basketball Operations: David Anderson (Concordia University ‘06) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Dave Buchberger (BUCK-burger) Zahir Carrington (zy-EAR) Holden Greiner (GRINE-err) Marquis Hall (mar-KEES) Logie (LOW-gee) Michael Ojo (OH-joe) David Safstrom (SAFF-strum) Matt Shamis (SHAY-miss) Prentice Small (PREN-tiss)

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 15-14 8-6 7-8 0-0 CONFERENCE 5-9 3-4 2-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-5 5-2 5-3 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 10 Carrington, Zahir 29-28 882 30.4 142-323 . 4 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 123-188 . 6 5 4 91 157 248 8.6 92 6 29 77 20 23 407 14.0 01 Hall, Marquis 29-29 953 32.9 129-359 . 3 5 9 54-163 . 3 3 1 92-134 . 6 8 7 20 127 147 5.1 56 1 118 85 2 48 404 13.9 15 Keefer, Rob 29-28 766 26.4 98-241 . 4 0 7 20-65 . 3 0 8 40-49 . 8 1 6 24 68 92 3.2 39 1 23 41 4 11 256 8.8 42 Anderson, Phil 27-26 690 25.6 67-164 . 4 0 9 28-74 . 3 7 8 30-46 . 6 5 2 58 94 152 5.6 92 3 19 33 21 13 192 7.1 32 Buchberger, Dave 27-26 673 24.9 58-166 . 3 4 9 19-74 . 2 5 7 56-64 . 8 7 5 38 64 102 3.8 35 1 23 25 5 19 191 7.1 05 Small, Prentice 28-1 573 20.5 47-155 . 3 0 3 8-36 . 2 2 2 53-76 . 6 9 7 15 41 56 2.0 39 0 89 45 1 28 155 5.5 23 Ojo, Michael 25-1 326 13.0 27-82 . 3 2 9 20-58 . 3 4 5 22-32 . 6 8 8 9 43 52 2.1 35 0 6 12 5 13 96 3.8 04 Adams, John 26-1 394 15.2 29-73 . 3 9 7 0-3 . 0 0 0 8-16 . 5 0 0 17 61 78 3.0 56 1 13 24 5 9 66 2.5 35 Szalachowski, Matt 23-2 259 11.3 11-23 . 4 7 8 7-15 . 4 6 7 3-5 . 6 0 0 4 15 19 0.8 18 0 17 16 1 8 32 1.4 44 Hamilton, Jordan 17-0 88 5.2 7-16 . 4 3 8 3-8 . 3 7 5 4-8 . 5 0 0 5 8 13 0.8 13 1 1 7 2 0 21 1.2 31 Maneri, Justin 23-0 141 6.1 8-18 . 4 4 4 0-1 . 0 0 0 6-17 . 3 5 3 14 16 30 1.3 24 1 1 8 1 2 22 1.0 33 Gourlay, John 21-3 130 6.2 6-12 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 6 20 26 1.2 26 0 3 5 3 1 12 0.6 40 Safstrom, David 9-0 21 2.3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 20 Pelullo, Luke 4-0 4 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 Team 52 76 128 1 9 Total...... 29 5900 629-1632 . 3 8 5 159-497 . 3 2 0 437-635 . 6 8 8 353 794 1147 39.6 529 15 342 390 70 175 1854 63.9 Opponents...... 29 5900 632-1622 . 3 9 0 189-583 . 3 2 4 374-558 . 6 7 0 302 759 1061 36.6 549 - 386 387 88 178 1827 63.0

TEAM STATISTICS LEHIGH OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1854 1827 11/15/08 at Saint Peter's College W 79-62 1163 Points per game 63.9 63.0 11/17/08 DELAWARE STATE W 76-58 930 Scoring margin +0.9 - 11/20/08 RIDER L 68-69 982 FIELD GOALS-ATT 629-1632 632-1622 11/24/08 ST. FRANCIS (PA.) W 61-56 814 Field goal pct . 3 8 5 . 3 9 0 11/26/08 at Rutgers W 76-71 4399 3 POINT FG-ATT 159-497 189-583 11/29/08 at Dartmouth W 73-60 629 3-point FG pct . 3 2 0 . 3 2 4 12/02/08 ST. JOSEPH'S L 64-77 2449 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 6.5 12/5/08 at Stony Brook L 50-71 1011 FREE THROWS-ATT 437-635 374-558 12/08/08 ALBANY W 65-64 638 Free throw pct . 6 8 8 . 6 7 0 12/21/08 at Monmouth W 80-71 749 F-Throws made per game 15.1 12.9 12/28/08 LONGWOOD W 72-57 695 REBOUNDS 1147 1061 12/31/08 at NJIT W 66-38 215 Rebounds per game 39.6 36.6 01/02/09 COLUMBIA W 73-59 948 Rebounding margin +3.0 - 01/07/09 at Princeton L 64-73 665 ASSISTS 342 386 * 1/10/09 at American L o t 66-76 2565 Assists per game 11.8 13.3 * 1/14/09 NAVY L 58-63 1102 TURNOVERS 390 387 * 01/17/09 ARMY W 77-57 1534 Turnovers per game 13.4 13.3 * 1/21/09 at Colgate L 45-58 450 Turnover margin -0.1 - * 01/24/09 at Lafayette W 60-57 3107 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.0 * 01/28/09 BUCKNELL W 61-59 819 STEALS 175 178 * 1/31/09 HOLY CROSS L 52-67 1290 Steals per game 6.0 6.1 * 2/07/09 AMERICAN L 58-66 1874 BLOCKS 70 88 * 02-11-09 at Navy W 70-59 1750 Blocks per game 2.4 3.0 * 2/14/09 at Army L o 3 75-82 1052 ATTENDANCE 17292 22435 * 2/18/09 COLGATE W 49-40 1030 Home games-Avg/Game 14-1235 15-1496 * 02/22/09 LAFAYETTE L 66-68 2187 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 * 2/25/09 at Bucknell L 51-72 1948 * 02/28/09 at Holy Cross L 49-64 2287 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Totals ! 3/4/09 at Army L 50-53 445 Lehigh 825 1005 12 10 2 1854 Opponents 786 1000 22 10 9 1827 * = Conference game