LEHIGHMENS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY: COLGATE (10-9) AT LEHIGH (12-7) Date Opponent Time/Result COLGATE (10-9, 2-4 PATRIOT) AT LEHIGH (12-7, 5-1 PATRIOT) Nov. 21 Long Island L, 67-54 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 25 Stony Brook W, 64-49 29 at Sacred Heart L, 58-56 FEBRUARY. 1, 2004 • 2:45 Dec. 1 at No. 3 UConn L, 75-55 SETTING THE SCENE 3 Swarthmore W, 82-58 6 Harvard W, 88-79 Lehigh closes out the first half of its Patriot League schedule this afternoon as the 8 at Columbia W, 60-57 Mountain Hawks welcome Colgate to Stabler Arena. Lehigh has won two of the last 17 Delaware Valley W, 99-61 three meetings between these schools in Bethlehem. With a win today,. the Mountain 20 at Dartmouth W, 60-57 22 at Albany L, 63-55 OT Hawks can tie for their best start in Patriot League history at 6-1, which was done 30 at No. 22 Vanderbilt L, 85-59 during the 1990-91 season. Jan. 2 Wagner W, 64-59 6 at Cornell L, 89-76 TODAY’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 10 Navy* W, 80-61 14 Bucknell* W, 75-70 Pos. Cl. No. Name Pts. Rebs. Note 17 at American* W, 63-58 OT G Sr. 1 Austen Rowland 15.7 4.2 5.2 assists/game in last five 23 at Lafayette* L, 111-104 OT G Fr. 13 Jose Olivero 13.6 2.0 Scored at least 20 pts four times 25 at Army* W, 60-45 30 Holy Cross* W, 63-53 C Fr. 3 Jason Mgebroff 3.7 3.0 Averaging 29 mins. in last two Feb. F Jr. 11 Nick Monserez 5.6 3.3 62% field goals in last four 1 Colgate* 2:45 F Jr. 34 Earl Nurse 7.1 5.3 Leads team in rebs. and blks. 7 at Navy* 3:15 10 at Bucknell* 7:00 13 American* 8:00 Lehigh Key Reserves Note 20 Army* 7:30 G Sr. 20 Ra Tiah 7.1 2.4 7 pts vs. HC most since 1/6 (15) 22 Lafayette* 3:15 C Jr. 40 Dayne Mickelson 4.7 4.3 Leads team in off. rebounds (37) 27 at Colgate*$ 8:00 29 at Holy Cross* 3:15 G/F Fr. 5 Kyle Neptune 5.4 3.5 Averaging 8.5 pts in last four Mar. C So. 44 Mike Fischman 3.4 2.8 Shooting .600 from the field 6-7 Patriot League Tournament TBD 14 Patriot League Championship TBD LEHIGH HEAD COACH BILLY TAYLOR *Patriot League Game Billy Taylor (Notre Dame ‘95) is in his second season and has an overall record of 28-19. $ Televised on YES Network Last season, he was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year after leading the All times Eastern Mountain Hawks to the second biggest turnaround in all of Division I, with 11 more MEDIA INFORMATION wins than the previous season. Taylor is 0-2 against the Raiders in his young career. Contact COLGATE HEAD COACH EMMETT DAVIS Mike Stagnitta Emmett Davis (St. Lawrence ‘81) is in his sixth season with Raiders and has an overall Office: . (610) 758-6631 mark of 81-79. Davis is 8-2 all-time versus Lehigh, including a 3-2 mark at Stabler Cell: . (609) 713-6180 Arena. E-mail: . [email protected] Lehigh Press Row . (610) 758-4933 HOME COOKIN’ Lehigh has won eight straight contests at home, winning by an average of 15.6 points On television: in those games. Under Billy Taylor, Lehigh is 19-3 at Stabler Arena, good for a winning Today’s game will be broadcasted live percentage of .863. With its win over Holy Cross on Friday evening, Lehigh improved on Service Electric TV2 Sports. Mike its record to 9-0 all-time at Stabler Arena during the month of January under Taylor. Zambelli and Rich Baksa will provide all of the commentary. DOUBLE TROUBLE It’s a pretty sure thing that Lehigh will have at least two players reach double figures in On the Radio and Internet: scoring. Against Holy Cross, freshman Jose Olivero scored a game-high 21 points, all Today’s game can be heard live on in the second half, and fellow freshman Kyle Neptune added ten off of the bench. The Oldies 1470, WKAP-AM with Matt Mountain Hawks have had only one game this season when only one player reaches Kerr and Greg Falkenbach and on double figures and that was versus Albany when Austen Rowland netted 17. Lehigh’s web site at lehighsports.com. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations Experience• 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 GAME TWENTY: COLGATE AT LEHIGH • PAGE 2 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TODAY’S GAME The Mountain Hawks put plenty of time into their studies and it shows, as four members of this year’s team earned a GPA of over 3.0 in the fall semester. The list includes senior COLGATE AT LEHIGH Steve Callahan (3.64), junior Dayne Mickelson (3.61), sophomore Kevin Tempest (3.87) Colgate leads the all-time series 37-18, and fresman Jose Olivero (3.16). The ease at which Olivero has adapted to Lehigh’s strict and has won the last three meetings. academics should come as no surprise, considering he posted a 3.6 GPA in high school The Mountain Hawks have not won and scored over 1300 on his SAT’s. since January 12, 2002. The score that day was 79-74, as Matt Logie hit for 23 DID YOU KNOW? points, knocking down three shots Lehigh is once again nationally ranked in the top-ten in graduation rates. The Mountain from beyond the arc. Hawks have been ranked in the top-15 nationally in graduation rates for 16 straight LEHIGH LEADERS IN 03-04 years. Austen Rowland 15.7 points/game Earl Nurse 5.3 rebounds/game GETTING HIS FEET WET Austen Rowland 4.5 assists/game Freshman Jose Olivero has led the Mountain Hawks in scoring on eight different Austen Rowland 2.1 steals/game Earl Nurse 1.05 blocks/game occassions thus far this season, and has scored in double figures 12 times, including a 24-point outburst against Harvard (12/6/03), which were the most points scored by a COLGATE LEADERS IN 03-04 Lehigh freshman since Scott Taylor dropped 25 against Hobart on December 19,1998. Howard Blue 15.0 points/game Olivero has also had a flair for the dramatic, which started when he hit the game-winning Andrew Zidar 6.2 rebounds/game three pointer against Columbia (12/8/03) with four seconds remaining. In the Mountain Alvin Reed 3.42 assists/game Hawks game at American (1/17/04) Olivero drilled a jumper with one minute to go in Alvin Reed 1.37 steals/game overtime to put Lehigh up by four and seal the Patriot League win. Olivero has twice Kendall Chones 0.47 blocks/game been named Patriot League Freshman of the Week. LAST TIME OUT PILING UP POINTS HOLY CROSS AT LEHIGH Senior Austen Rowland had a career day in the Mountain Hawks game with Lafayette (1/ Bethlehem, PA - Behind 21 points from freshman Jose Olivero, Lehigh defeated 23/04). The Hyattsville, MD native connected on 13 of 23 shots from the field, including the Crusaders for the first time since four three pointers and he hit five of nine from the free throw line. Rowland finished with 2000. Senior Austen Rowland was held a career high 35 points, which were the most scored by a Lehigh player since Brett to just eight points, but grabbed four Eppehimer netted 41 points against UMBC on February 9, 1998 in a 90-87 overtime win. rebounds, handed out four assists and He then followed that up with a 23-point effort against Army. For his efforts, Rowland stole the ball twice. Freshman Kyle was named the Patriot League’s Player of the Week. Neptune came off of the bench and contributed 10 points and ripped down five boards. WORKING OVERTIME Lehigh has had to put in some extra work this season, having played three overtime COLGATE AT BUCKNELL games, two of them back to back. The last time Lehigh played multiple overtime games in Lewisburg, PA - Colgate dropped a 61- a season was the 2000-01 season, when the Mountain Hawks played three consecutive 53 decision to the Bison on Friday extra session games. evening. Kendall Chones netted a career high 19 points on the afternoon, while Mark Linebaugh added 12. THE “WINNINGEST” Colgate struggled with its shooting, Billy Taylor (Notre Dame ’95) is in his second season at the helm at Lehigh. In his hitting only 35 percent from the floor. inaugural campaign, Taylor became the all-time victories leader among first year head TALE OF THE TAPE coaches in Lehigh’s history with 16 victories. This season Taylor has led the Mountain 2003-04 Statistics Hawks to their second consecutive 10-win season for the first time since the 1994 and LU CU 1995 seasons. Taylor’s overall winning percentage is .595. Points 69.3 71.9 FG% .424 .450 Coach, Year Wins Win Pct. Rebounds 36.7 33.3 Billy Taylor, 2002-03 16 .571 Assists 13.4 14.3 Roy Geary, 1916-17 15 .789 FT% .723 .731 Charles Lingle, 1925-26 13 .928 Blocks 3.63 1.8 Fran McCaffery, 1985-86 13 .536 Steals 7.32 6.47 Tom Keady, 1912-13 12 .857 3FG% .352 .366 S.E.