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LEHIGH CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 8: NJIT AT LEHIGH 2016-17 Schedule LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-3) NOVEMBER 11 EAST STROUDSBURG W, 78-72 VS. 13 at Duquesne L, 49-63 NJIT HIGHLANDERS (3-3) 16 DELAWARE STATE W, 91-80 19 SACRED HEART W, 68-62 BETHLEHEM, PA. • NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 7 P.M. 22 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 74-57 26 NORFOLK STATE& L, 57-81 STABLER ARENA (5,600) 27 MONMOUTH& L, 62-73 30 NJIT 7:00 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE The Lehigh women’s basketball team will welcome NJIT to Stabler Arena on Wednesday evening, DECEMBER looking to snap a two-game losing skid. The Mountain Hawks dropped both games over the weekend 5 at Villanova 7:00 p.m. at the Christmas City Classic, including an 81-57 loss to Norfolk State and a 73-62 setback against 8 RIDER 7:00 p.m. 11 at California 5:00 p.m. Monmouth. Lehigh shot just 30.5 percent (39-for-128) from the field over the two games, including 28.6 30 ARMY WEST POINT 7:00 p.m. percent (10-for-35) from three-point range and just 20 percent in the fourth quarters of both games. JANUARY The bulk of Lehigh’s points came from junior Quinci Mann and freshman Gena Grundhoffer, with 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2:00 p.m. 5 at Loyola 7:00 p.m. Mann scoring 21 against Monmouth, while Grundhoffer added 17 points and nine rebounds. Mann 7 at American 4:00 p.m. also accounted for five of the team’s 10 three-pointers in the two games, moving her up to fourth in 11 BUCKNELL 7:00 p.m. the Patriot League in 3FG% at 32.6 percent. Mae Williams tied her season/career-high with seven 14 at Holy Cross 1:00 p.m. rebounds in 19 minutes against Monmouth. 18 NAVY 7:00 p.m. 21 at Lafayette 2:00 p.m. 28 at Boston University 2:00 p.m. In the Norfolk State game, the Spartans shot 53.3 percent and outscored the Mountain Hawks 16-0 in transition. Bryce Menendez scored a career-high six points off the bench and pulled in a pair of FEBRUARY rebounds. Cameryn Benz tallied seven points and five rebounds, and Hailey Pascoe scored eight 1 LOYOLA 7:00 p.m. 4 AMERICAN 2:00 p.m. points off the bench. 8 at Bucknell 6:00 p.m. 11 HOLY CROSS 2:00 p.m. For her efforts, Mann was one of six players named to the Christmas City Classic All-Tournament 15 at Navy 7:00 p.m. team, averaging 17 points, three assists and two steals on the weekend. 18 LAFAYETTE 2:00 p.m. 22 at Colgate 7:00 p.m. 25 at Army West Point 3:00 p.m. LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable MARCH F 12 Gena Grundhoffer (Fr., 6-1) 12.1 7.0 PL Rookie of the Week (11/21) 1 COLGATE 7:00 p.m. G 15 Camryn Buhr (Fr., 6-1) 5.7 3.0 Career-high 7 pts vs. Norfolk State 4 Patriot League First Round TBA G 20 Quinci Mann (Jr., 5-10) 18.7 2.0 Scored 21+ pts in 5 of 7 games this season 6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA G 22 Hannah Hedstrom (Fr., 5-9) 4.0 4.4 Seventh in PL with 1.2 assist/turnover ratio 10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA F 44 Mae Williams (Jr., 6-0) 1.0 4.3 Career-high 7 rebounds in 2 of last 3 games 12 Patriot League Championship TBA All times Eastern and subject to change LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES Home games in BOLD CAPS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable Neutral site games in Italics G 5 Bernadette Devaney (Jr., 5-8) 5.6 1.0 Team-high 17.4 minutes off the bench *-Patriot League Game G/F 10 Kiernan McCloskey (Sr., 6-1) 3.6 6.1 Team’s 2nd leading rebounder in 14.6 min. off bench (&) Christmas City Classic at Lehigh G 11 Taylor Campbell (Jr., 5-9) 1.6 1.3 18 pts., 2 rbs, 3 assists at Colgate last year, made 5 starts G 25 Kayla Burton (Sr., 5-8) 1.1 1.7 Averaging 0.7 assists in 9.9 minutes per game F 30 Cameryn Benz (Fr., 6-3) 6.9 4.4 Second on the team with 40.9 FG% MEDIA INFORMATION G 33 Hailey Pascoe (So., 5-9) 6.4 2.0 Career-high 14 points against Delaware State Contact . .. Tim Geer Office: ........................(610) 758-5043 Cell: .........................(203) 906-8899 IF LEHIGH BEATS NJIT E-mail: [email protected] Lehigh would move to 11-0 all-time against NJIT. The current 10-0 mark is the most wins Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 against any opponent without a defeat in program history. Lehigh would improve to 3-0 in night games this season. Broadcast Info: TV: N/A Video: Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Radio: N/A Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 22nd season at the helm, carrying a career record of 3340-288 Internet Audio: N/A into Wednesday’s contest and has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League power. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 19 wins and a Lehigh Online: Patriot League Championship appearance in 2014-15. In the previous six years, Troyan led Lehigh Website - Lehighsports.com to a combined 120-69 (55-33 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships Facebook - facebook.com/LehighWBB1 Twitter - @LehighWBB and NCAA Tournament berths. Instagram - @LehighWBB Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2016-17 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 8: NJIT• PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. NJIT SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS The Mountain Hawks and Highlanders will meet up for the 11th time NJIT enters Wednesday’s contest with 3-3 record and on the third leg of in program history dating back to their first matchup on December 9, a four-game road trip. The Highlanders are coming off a 50-48 victory 2006 in Newark, N.J., which the Mountain Hawks won by a score of against LIU Brooklyn in the TD Bank Classic hosted by the University 70-44. Lehigh has gone on to win every meeting sicnce the inaugural of Vermont on freshman Tracey Brereton’s career-best 10 points in 11 matchup. minutes of action off the bench. Brereton put the Highlanders ahead for good with a bucket with 1:01 remaining in the game and scored the Out of the 10 meetings between the two teams, Lehigh has faced NJIT final eight points of the game for NJIT. four times at Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks have averaged 68.7 points per game at home agaisnt the Highlanders, while NJIT has The Highlanders are led by two players averaging double-figure totals averaged 52.3 points per game at Stabler Arena. in seniors Alana Dudley (12.3 ppg) and Leah Horton (11.7 ppg). Dud- Lehigh’s largest margin of victory over NJIT at home was a 26-point ley has scored in double-digits in five of the Highlanders six games, win (64-38) on December 18, 2009. The 77-72 victory over the High- with a high of 20 in the season-opener against Wagner. She has at least landers on November 11, 2013 is the slimmest margin of victory for one assist the first six games. Horton, who ranks second on the team in Lehigh at home in the series and is the last meeting between the two scoring, has recorded double-digit scoring totals in four of NJIT’s six teams at Stabler Arena. The 77 points scored is the most points scored contests and is shooting 50 percent from the field (30-60). by either team in the all-time series. Freshman forward Danielle Tunstall, who started off the season with Lehigh has faced NJIT six times in the month of December with an back-to-back double-doubles, paces the Highlanders with 42 total re- even 3-3 split in home and away contests. The last meeting in the bounds (7.0 rpg) while averaging 7.0 ppg, which ranks the freshman month of December was a 61-37 Lehigh victory in 2011 at home. third on the team. SERIES HISTORY Redshirt freshman Jillian Libby is second on the team averaging 6.7 rpg. Libby has recorded at least five rebounds in each of the first six NJIT games, with a career-best eight in the home opener vs. Wagner. Overall: Lehigh 10-0 Last Meeting: Nov. 19, 2015 - Newark, N.J. Sophomore Jordan Ireland paces the Highlanders from behind the arc Last Result: Lehigh 75-47 with nine total treys. Ireland is coming off a personal-best nine points Current Streak: Lehigh W10 vs. LIU. NJIT PROJECTED STARTERS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Last Five Meetings: G 0 Amber Morgan (Fr., 5-5) 2.8 1.0 Nov. 19, 2015 (Away) Lehigh 75-47 G 1 Alana Dudley (Sr., 5-9) 12.3 3.2 Nov. 21, 2014 (Away) Lehigh 74-54 G 13 Kelly Guarino (R-So., 5-7) 6.3 2.7 Nov. 11, 2013 (Home) Lehigh 77-72 G 20 Danielle Tunstall (Fr., 5-11) 7.2 7.0 Jan. 5, 2013 (Away) Lehigh 46-45 F 34 Leah Horton (Sr., 6-1) 11.7 5.0 Dec.