LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY-FIVE: LEHIGH VS ARMY Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (15-9, 6-3 PL) VS ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (13-10, 3-6 PL) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 16 at Rider L, 86-71 FEBRUARY 13, 2010 • 7:00 PM 18 QUINNIPIAC W, 79-71 23 MONMOUTH W, 86-74 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) W, 76-67 SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK L, 71-52 Lehigh looks to bounce back from a tough loss its last time out when the Mountain Dec. 3 at Columbia L, 75-70 Hawks play host to the Army Black Knights this evening at Stabler Arena. Lehigh fell 5 at Dayton L, 89-71 to Navy on Wednesday by a score of 85-78 as Chris Harris scored a career-best 40 points 17 DARTMOUTH W, 66-58 for the Midshipmen. Freshman C.J. McCollum (27 points, 10 rebounds) and senior Zahir 20 at Saint Joseph’s L, 77-66 Carrington (15 points, 10 rebounds) did their best to keep the Mountain Hawks in it, but 22 MARIST W, 66-55 28 at Longwood W, 89-78 Navy sank 14 three-pointers and 21-of-27 foul shots to hold on for the road win. The loss 30 at Delaware State W, 73-66 OT snapped Lehigh’s seven-game home win streak that dated back to mid-December. Army Jan. meanwhile has lost four of its last fi ve games, including a 76-50 setback to Holy Cross 2 NJIT W, 86-79 5 YALE W, 75-69 on Wednesday in West Point. Cleveland Richard was the lone Black Knight to score in 9 *AMERICAN W, 78-67 double fi gures with 15 points but Army shot only 37% as a team, while the Crusaders 14 * at Navy L, 94-83 connected on 52% of their attempts and placed four players in double digits. 17 * at Army W, 73-55 20 * COLGATE W, 74-60 23 * LAFAYETTE W, 75-57 TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 27 * at Bucknell L, 81-76 OT No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 31 * at Holy Cross W, 78-60 Feb. 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 10.6 5.8 ast. 18th in nation in assists per game 6 * at American W, 77-65 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 16.8 4.4 Back-to-back double doubles 10 * NAVY L, 85-78 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 11.0 6.2 Avg. 14.4 ppg during league play 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 5.9 2.8 Third in the P.L. in three-point % 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 10.4 6.4 Third in the P.L. in FG% (53%) 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM Lehigh Top Reserves Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams 2.8 2.2 DNP the last three games 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 1.5 1.4 ast. Boasts a 2.6 assist/turnover ratio 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 4.5 1.0 3 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast at Holy Cross * P atriot League Game 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 3.8 2.0 8 pts vs. Navy - most since 12/5 Home games in CAPS 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 1.1 0.3 Shooting 75% in last three games All times Eastern and subject to change 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 5.9 3.5 3-5 FGs, 7 pts, 4 rebs vs. Navy 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 3.1 2.1 Has played in one game since 1/14 MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 2.1 1.2 Has scored three points since Nov. Contact: Mike Stagnitta LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Cell: . (610) 509-6848 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed totaled the sec- E-mail: . [email protected] ond most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. He Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 has also won 70-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third best on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non-league Television: Service Electric 2 Sports with wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins since 1991 and Mike Zambelli and Rich Baksa the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach in 2006-07. Radio: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 with Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach ‘72. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will surpass its win total from all of last season. - The Mountain Hawks will maintain at least a share of fi rst place in the Patriot League. - Lehigh will defeat Army for the eighth straight time at Stabler Arena during the regular season. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWENTY-FIVE: LEHIGH VS ARMY • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME MOUNTAIN HAWKS ESTABLISH NEW SCORING MARK During its last 13 games Lehigh is averaging 78.1 points on 46.7% shooting. It marks the fi rst time in school history that Lehigh has scored 70+ points in 13 straight games. Lehigh meets Army for the 90th time Lehigh, which scored a season-best 89 points in its win at Longwood, currently leads the this evening with the Black Knights Patriot League in scoring offense at 73.8 points per contest. leading the series 59-30. Lehigh has won seven straight regular season meetings versus Army here at Stabler Arena. The HALL LOOKING TO PASS TOP SPOT Mountain Hawks also won last month’s Senior captain Marquis Hall is already Lehigh’s all-time assists leader and now the matchup in West Point. Oregon native has his eyes set on the single season assist record. Hall has dished out 139 helpers this season, which are the third most in one season in school annals. Hall needs 21 more assists to break the record of 160 set by Mike McKee during the 1993-94 season. THE LAST TIME THEY MET With Hall leading the way the Mountain Hawks lead the P.L. in assists averaging 14.8 WEST POINT, N.Y. (1/17/10) - Four per game. Lehigh players scored in double fi gures and the Mountain Hawks held Army to 33% shooting as the Brown and White MIGHTY MCCOLLUM downed the Black Knights 73-55 at C.J. McCollum continues to fi ll it up with 13 straight games of double digit points and a Christl Arena. Senior Zahir Carrington 21.0 per game average during Patriot League play. McCollum, who has been named the led the Mountain Hawks with a season Patriot League Rookie of the Week on six different occassions, is the fi rst Lehigh fresh- best 20 points, while fellow seniors Mar- man to post four games of 25+ points since the school’s all-time leading scorer Daren quis Hall and Dave Buchberger added Queenan ‘88, did it during the 1984-1985 season. McCollum’s 404 points are already the 15 and 12, respectively, and freshman second most by a freshman in school history. C.J. McCollum scored 13. Cleveland Richard was the lone Black Knight in STABLER SETBACKS double fi gures with 11. Army closed to In their two losses at Stabler Arena this season the Mountain Hawks have allowed aver- within ten at 54-44, but Lehigh ripped ages of 78.0 points and 11.5 three-pointers. Lehigh has also been outscored a combined off ten straight points in a matter of 3:03 90-60 in the fi rst half. In their nine wins at the STAR the Mountain Hawks have allowed to go up 64-44 and the Brown and White averages of 65.6 points and 5.7 three-pointers, while outscoring the opposition 306-257 in never looked back from there. the opening half. LAST TIME OUT 80 IS NOT THE MAGIC NUMBER BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Navy’s Chris Har- Lehigh fell to 0-5 this season when allowing 80 or more points with its loss on Wednes- ris exploded for 40 points and the Mid- day. The last time the Mountain Hawks allowed 80 or more points and still won was shipmen snapped Lehigh’s seven-game January 17, 2001. Lehigh defeated Army 89-81 that day. win streak at Stabler Arena with an 85-78 victory over the Mountain Hawks CARRINGTON CAN’T BE STOPPED on Wednesday evening. Freshman C.J. In his last seven games versus Army, senior captain Zahir Carrington has averaged 16.3 McCollum notched his second straight points on 56.7% shooting (42-74) as well as 7.0 rebounds. During that time the Philadel- double-double with 27 points and 10 phia native has posted two double-doubles, one of which came in last year’s victory at rebounds, while senior Zahir Carrington Stabler Arena. also recorded a double-double with 15 points and ten boards but it was not enough as the Brown and White fell SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS..