2019-20 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL Brian Ludrof: Director of Creative Media, MBB Contact • Office: (610) 330-5003 • Cell: (610) 844-3893 E-mail: [email protected] • @LafayetteMBB • facebook.com/LafayetteMBB • www.GoLeopards.com • #RollPards GAME INFORMATION GAME SEVEN PHILADELPHIA, PA. / 7 P.M. Arena: Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena Facebook: Facebook.com/LafayetteMBB Twitter: @LafayetteMBB Lafayette Leopards (4-2) Instagram: @lafayettembb Head Coach: Fran O’Hanlon (Villanova, 1970) Live Stream: ESPN+ Career Record: 327-397 (25th Season) Record at LC: Same Live Audio: TuneIn Series: Saint Joseph’s leads, 34-8 AT First Meeting: 12/6/30 - L, 25-23 - Easton Last Meeting: Saint Joseph’s Hawks (2-6) 12/22/16 - L, 92-63 - Philadelphia Head Coach: Billy Lange (Rowan, 1994) Last LC Win: Career Record: 133-140 (10th Season) Record at SJ: 2-6 (1st) 12/3/75 - W, 95-88 - Easton Current Series Streak: Saint Joseph’s, +11 OPENING TIP c The Leopards look to continue their hot start at Atlantic-10 foe Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night. The Leopards’ 4-2 mark is the best six-game start since the 2014-15 season, a year in which Lafayette won seven of its first SCHEDULE / RESULTS nine on the way to its most recent Patriot League championship. NOVEMBER 5 COLUMBIA W, 65-63 c The offense for the Maroon and White has been outstanding lately as the Leopards sit atop the Patriot League 9 at St. Francis Brooklyn L, 73-72 13 at Princeton W, 72-65 in scoring offense (74.7 ppg), field-goal percentage (50.8%) and three-point field-goal percentage (41.6%). 16 DELAWARE L, 81-73 Junior Justin Jaworski has been the catalyst, sitting second in the Patriot League at 19.5 points per night. 19 PENN W, 86-75 24 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 80-75 c Head coach Fran O’Hanlon makes yet another return to the Philadelphia area, celebrating his 25th year DECEMBER at the helm of the Maroon and White. O’Hanlon is a 1970 graduate of Villanova and made coaching stops at 3 at Saint Joseph’s 7 p.m. Temple and Penn prior to taking over on College Hill. 7 at Cornell 1 p.m. 19 WIDENER 7 p.m. c O’Hanlon is one of five head coaches to direct the same Division I program since the 1995-96 season. 22 at Rutgers 1 p.m. 29 at Sacred Heart 1 p.m. PROBABLE STARTErs JANUARY No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG APG RPG 2 at Boston U. * 7 p.m. 3 Tyrone Perry So. G 6-1 165 8.3 1.5 2.7 5 BUCKNELL * 2 p.m. 8 HOLY CROSS * 7 p.m. 11 Justin Jaworski Jr. G 6-2 194 19.5 2.8 2.2 11 at Loyola * 5 p.m. 13 Sean Good So. F 6-10 200 0.3 0.7 3.0 15 COLGATE * 11 a.m. 23 Lukas Jarrett Sr. F 6-8 207 7.2 2.2 3.3 18 at Navy * 4 p.m. 24 Kyle Stout Sr. G 6-6 205 4.8 1.5 1.5 22 ARMY * 7 p.m. 25 at Lehigh * 12 p.m. 29 at Colgate * 7 p.m. BENCH RETURNErs No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG APG RPG FEBRUARY 1 AMERICAN * 2 p.m. 4 Jay Vaughan So. G 5-11 166 - - - 3 at Bucknell * 7 p.m. 5 Isaac Suffren So. G 6-4 190 7.5 0.7 1.5 8 LEHIGH * 2 p.m. 14 Cal Reichwein Sr. G 6-3 217 - - - 12 at Army * 7 p.m. 20 E.J. Stephens Jr. G 6-1 173 12.0 2.3 2.7 15 at Holy Cross * 2 p.m. 19 BOSTON U. * 7 p.m. 21 Alex Petrie Jr. G 6-2 185 - - - 23 LOYOLA * 2 p.m. 32 Michael Anekwe So. F 6-6 222 - - - 26 at American * 7 p.m. 44 Dylan Hastings Jr. F 6-8 227 0.8 0.3 2.5 29 NAVY * 2 p.m. 54 Myles Cherry Sr. F 6-8 247 12.8 3.2 7.7 MARCH 3 PLT First Round TBA NEWCOMErs 5 PLT Quarterfinals TBA No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG APG RPG 8 PLT Semifinals TBA 33 Leo O’Boyle Fr. F 6-7 203 1.3 0.5 1.0 11 PLT Championship TBA 45 Neal Quinn Fr. F 7-0 265 0.0 0.2 0.2 All Times Eastern * Patriot League Game BOLD CAPS = home contests 2019-20 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL • PAGE 1 2019-20 LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL • PAGE 1 #O25 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Throughout the 2019-20 Lafayette men’s basketball season, Lafayette athletics is honoring head coach Fran O’Hanlon for his 25-year tenure on College Hill. LAFAYETTE STATISTICS SAINT JOSEPH’S O’Hanlon is the longest-tenured coach in the Patriot League, has won four 5/0 Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 conference titles and owns three NCAA Tournament appearances, including 74.7 72.1 both feats most recently in 2014-15. The native of Philadelphia holds the overall Scoring Average Patriot League record for games coached with 724 and currently sits at 327 72.0 Scoring Defense 78.9 career victories. +2.7 Scoring Margin -6.8 50.8 FG% 38.1 LAST TIME OUT 45.9 FG% Defense 42.9 Fairleigh Dickinson wouldn’t go away against the Leopards on Nov. 24 at Kirby Sports Center, but 41.6 3PT% 30.6 the Leopards made the plays necessary down the stretch to outlast the comeback and pick up an 80-75 victory. 33.1 3PT% Defense 40.3 76.8 FT% 68.6 The win marks the second straight for the Maroon and White, taking 2-of-3 on the three-game 32.5 Rebound Average 39.5 homestand, with a victory over Penn on Nov. 19 (86-75) and a loss to unbeaten Delaware on Nov. 16 29.3 Rebound Against Average 42.9 (81-73). The Leopards closed November with a 4-2 record overall, their best start since a 4-2 November in the 2014-15 campaign. That year, Lafayette won seven of its first nine and finished with a Patriot +3.2 Rebounding Margin -3.4 League title, the most recent for the program. 14.5 Turnover Average 14.0 10.5 Forced Turnovers Avg. 12.3 Junior Justin Jaworski was a big part of the victory on Sunday, finishing one shy of his career-high -4.0 -1.1 with 27 points on 7-of-12 from the field. Jaworski went 11-for-11 from the foul line, one of just seven Turnover Margin players in Kirby Sports Center history to knock down all of their free-throws in a single-game with 1.1 (95/87) Ast./Turn. Ratio 1.0 (112/112) at least 11 attempts. Senior Myles Cherry proved his worth on the block once again with his third double-double of the season, coupling 10 rebounds with 15 points. Sophomore Tyrone Perry knocked down a career-high three triples en route to tying a career-best in back-to-back games with another 12-point effort. Junior E.J. Stephens rounded out the double-figure scorers with 11, going 5-for-6 from the field, including a long jumper out of an inbounds play with less than a minute remaining to keep the Knights at bay. The 80-point performance was the second straight for the Patriot League’s top offense, now averaging 74.7 points per outing. The Leopards also showed off their league-leading field-goal percentage on Sunday, going 29-of-57 from the floor, a 50.9 percent clip. THE SKINNY ON THE KNIGHTS Following a 2-1 start to the season that included impressive victories over Bradley and UConn, Saint Joseph’s has struggled to keep that momentum going, dropping each of its last five games to sit at 2-6 this season. The Hawks began the first of three straight at home on Saturday in a 79-63 loss to St. Francis (Pa.) and dropped all three contests in the Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C. to LAST MEETING Florida (70-62), Missouri State (71-69) and Towson (76-64). The Hawks are led by Billy Lange in his first season, following a six-year run as an assistant coach with the Saint Joseph’s 92, Lafayette 63 Philadelphia 76ers. Lange is no stranger to the Patriot League as he led the Navy men’s December 22, 2016 | Philadelphia, Pa. basketball program from 2004-11 and was the 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Lafayette vs Saint Joseph's 12/22/16 7:20 p.m. at Hagan Arena, Philadelphia, Pa. University of Delaware transfer Ryan Daly has stepped in as one of the more impactful Lafayette 63 • 4-7 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds scorers in the country for the Hawks this season, leading the team and third in the ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 Klinewski, Matt f 4-9 0-0 2-4 2 5 7 4 10 0 5 0 1 20 Atlantic-10 at 20.4 points per game. Rahmir Moore is the only other Hawk averaging 33 Zalys, Paulius f 3-11 2-8 1-1 0 4 4 2 9 2 4 0 0 20 04 Stafford, Eric g 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 20 double-figure scoring, putting up 10.4 points per outing.