Women's Basketball Lehigh Combined Team Statistics (As of Nov 16, 2015) All Games
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LEHIGH CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 3: LEHIGH AT NJIT (2-0, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (2-0, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) at Date Opponent Time/Result NJIT HIGHLANDERS (0-1, 0-0 ATLANTIC SUN) Nov. FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER 13 MONMOUTH W, 95-88 (OT) 15 KUTZTOWN W, 81-51 NEWARK, N.J.• NOVEMBER 19, 2015•5:00 PM 19 at NJIT 5 p.m. 23 at Delaware State 7 p.m. 25 SAINT PETER’S 5 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE 28 MONTANA (1) 4 p.m. The Lehigh women’s basketball team looks to continue its strong start to the season Thursday when 29 DREXEL/VILLANOVA (1) 2 p.m. the Mountain Hawks head to NJIT for their first road game of the 2015-16 campaign. Dec. 2 SAINT JOSEPH’S 11 a.m. Lehigh kicked off the season with a 95-88 overtime victory over Monmouth Friday in Stabler Arena before 6 at Illinois 3 p.m. cruising to an 81-51 over Kutztown Sunday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks trailed Monmouth by as 17 at Rider 7 p.m. many as ten points in the third quarter, but Lehigh rallied to take a four point lead before the Hawks 20 at Hampton 3 p.m. forced overtime. The Mountain Hawks outscored Monmouth 14-7 in the extra period to come away with 30 at Army West Point* 7 p.m. the victory. Senior Kerry Kinek, junior Lexi Martins and sophomore Quinci Mann all scored 21 points Jan. 2 at Boston University* 2 p.m. to lead the Mountain Hawks. 6 LOYOLA* 7 p.m. 9 AMERICAN* 2 p.m. Lehigh held onto a slim four-point lead over Kutztown heading into halftime Sunday before outscoring 13 at Bucknell* 7 p.m. the Golden Bears 45-19 in the second half to earn an 81-51 victory in Stabler Arena. Kinek scored a game- 17 HOLY CROSS* 3 p.m. high 21 points, while Martins tallied her second-straight double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds. 20 at Navy* 7 p.m. Senior Amina Affini scored a career-high 15 points. 23 LAFAYETTE* 7 p.m. 30 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 2 p.m. Both Kinek and Martins average a double-double so far this season with Kinek holding marks of 21.0 Feb. points and 10.0 rebounds per game and Martins averaging 20.5 points and 17.0 rebounds per game. Junior 3 at Loyola* 7 p.m. 6 at American* 2 p.m. Kayla Burton leads the team with nine assists. 10 BUCKNELL* 7 p.m. 13 at Holy Cross* 1 p.m. The Mountain Hawks have outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points per game in the 17 NAVY* 7 p.m. two opening contests and have shot 49.2 percent (61-for-124) from the field. Lehigh also holds a +11.5 20 at Lafayette* 2 p.m. rebound advantage. 24 COLGATE* 7 p.m. 27 ARMY WEST POINT* 7:30 p.m. Mar. LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 2 at Colgate* 7 p.m. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 5-12 Patriot League Tournament TBD F 12 Lexi Martins (Jr., 6-0) 20.5 17.0 Preseason All-Patriot League G 20 Quinci Mann (So., 5-10) 13.5 1.5 2015 Patriot League All-Rookie Team Tonight’s game in bold G 33 Hailey Pascoe (Fr., 5-9) 3.5 2.5 HS’s all-time leading scorer (1,840 pnts.) Home games in CAPS F 34 Kerry Kinek (Sr., 6-3) 21.0 10.0 2015 Third Team All-Patriot League *Patriot League Game G 35 Amina Affini Sr., 6-0) 12.0 3.0 Career-high 15 points against Kutztown (1) Christmas City Classic (Bethlehem, Pa.) All times Eastern LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable G 5 Elizabeth Jordan (Sr., 5-10) 5.0 1.5 Career-high 12 points vs. EIU last season G 11 Taylor Campbell (So., 5-9) 4.0 1.0 Career-high 11 minutes vs. Kutztown G 15 Bernadette Devaney (So., 5-8) 2.5 0.0 Saw action in 20 games as a freshman MEDIA INFORMATION F 22 Elizabeth Sharlow (Sr., 6-2) 5.0 6.5 Team-best 53.5 percent FG% in 2015 G 23 Kari Moffat (Jr., 5-6) 0.0 0.0 29 career appearances Contact . Chelsea Vielhauer G 25 Kayla Burton (Jr., 5-8) 3.0 3.0 Leads the team with 9 assists Office: ......................(610) 758-5101 Cell: .......................(610) 937-4035 IF LEHIGH BEATS NJIT E-mail: [email protected] Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 Lehigh would start the season 3-0 for the second-straight season and just the second time since the 1995-96 season. Broadcast Info: The Mountain Hawks would remain undefeated against the Highlanders and improve to Radio: WLVR 91.3 with Matt Markus. Pregame 10-0 all-time. coverage begins at 4:45 P.M. LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Lehigh Online: Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 21st season at the helm, carrying a career record of 320-272 Website - Lehighsports.com into tonight’s game and has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League power. Facebook - facebook.com/LehighWBB1 Twitter - @LehighWBB A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 19 wins and a Patriot Instagram - Lehigh_sports League Championship appearance last season. In the previous six years, Troyan led Lehigh to a combined 120-69 (55-33 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships and NCAA Tournament berths. Lehigh Athletic MediaExperience Relations • 641 TaylorLehigh Street, Bethlehem, Football Pa. • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 2015-16 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 3: LEHIGH AT NJIT • PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. NJIT SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS The Mountain Hawks aim to stay undefeated against NJIT Thursday The Highlanders opened the 2015-16 season Monday evening at Bing- when Lehigh heads to New Jersey. Lehigh has won all nine meetings hamton, dropping a tight 54-50 battle to the Bearcats. Binghamton held with the Highlanders, including a 74-54 win on the road a season ago. a four-point lead at halftime and the two teams played even in the sec- ond half. A pair of double-doubles from Kerry Kinek and Lexi Martins helped Lehigh to the wire-to-wire win. Martins tallied 19 points and 13 re- Olivia Dudley scored a team-best 15 points for NJIT, followed by Cam- bounds, while Kinek finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Eliz- erin Spahn with 14 points. Maria Ruban pulled down a squad-high 12 abeth Sharlow also finished in double-figures with 12 points. Quinci rebounds in addition to her eight points. Sisters Alana and Olivia Dud- Mann finished the game with five assists, no turnovers, two steals and ley each dished four assists. a block. The Highlanders shot 43.8 percent (7-for-16) from three point range NJIT was led by Alana Dudley with 12 points. and five of those three-pointers were from Olivia Dudley. NJIT finished the game with a 35.1 percent (20-for-57) clip from the field. The High- The Mountain Hawks finished the game shooting 46.3 percent (25-for- landers held a 43-39 rebound advantage and held Binghamton to a 32.2 54) from the field and 29.4 percent (5-for-17) from three-point range. percent (19-for-59) from the field. The Highlanders, led by Dudley with 12 points, shot 37.7 percent (20- for-53) from the field. Lehigh held a dominant 45-20 rebound advan- NJIT turned the ball over 16 times which translated into 14 Binghamton tage. points. NJIT PROJECTED STARTERS SERIES HISTORY Pos. No. Name PPG RPG NJIT G 1 Alana Dudley (Jr., 5-9) 15.0 3.0 G/F 10 Ronni Grandison (Sr., 5-10) 8.0 3.0 Overall: Lehigh, 9-0 G 13 Kelly Guarino (Fr., 5-7) 3.0 3.0 Last Meeting: Nov. 21, 2014 Last Result: Lehigh, 74-54 G 24 Camerin Spahn (Jr., 6-0) 14.0 8.0 Current Streak: Lehigh 9 F 34 Leah Horton (Jr., 6-1) 0.0 6.0 Largest Lehigh Win: 26 points 70-44 (12/9/2006) and 64-38 (12/18/2009) NJIT KEY RESERVES Previous Five Meetings: Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Nov. 21, 2014 (Away) Lehigh, 74-54 G 00 Kayla Diaz (Fr., 5-5) 0.0 0.0 Nov. 11, 2013 (Home) Lehigh, 77-72 Jan. 5, 2013 (Away) Lehigh, 46-45 G 12 Olivia Dudley (Jr., 5-9) 15.0 3.0 Dec. 7, 2011 (Home) Lehigh, 61-37 G 14 Ruta Vetra (Jr., 6-0) 2.0 0.0 Dec. 9, 2010 (Away) Lehigh, 53-45 C 21 Maria Ruban (So., 6-5) 8.0 12.0 G 25 Bianca Picard (So., 5-6) 0.0 2.0 2015-16 BY THE NUMBERS Lehigh NJIT Scoring Offense 88.0 50.0 NJIT HEAD COACH STEVE LANPHER Scoring Defense 69.5 54.0 Named to lead the NJIT women’s basketball program in July of 2012, Steve Lanpher led the team to its first conference championship when Scoring Margin +18.5 -4.0 the Highlanders captured the Great West Conference Tournament title Field Goal Pct. 49.2 35.1 on March 16, 2013 in Chicago. Field Goal Pct. Defense 32.5 32.2 Free Throw Pct. 88.2 33.3 In guiding his first Highlander team in 2012-13, Lanpher got NJIT to 3FG Made Per Game 4.5 7.0 peak at precisely the right time, as the squad won its last 5 games and 3FG Pct.