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LEHIGH CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 22: AMERICAN AT LEHIGH 2016-17 Schedule AMERICAN EAGLES (10-11, 7-3 PATRIOT) NOVEMBER 11 EAST STROUDSBURG W, 78-72 AT 13 at Duquesne L, 49-63 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (7-14, 2-8 PATRIOT) 16 DELAWARE STATE W, 91-80 19 SACRED HEART W, 68-62 BETHLEHEM, PA. • FEBRUARY 4, 2017 • 2 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 W, 84-52 SETTING THE SCENE The Lehigh women’s basketball team will play its first weekend home game in over two months DECEMBER on Saturday afternoon when they host American at Stabler Arena. The game will be a part of the 5 at Villanova L, 37-59 program’s Alumni Day festivities and serve as a Pride Game, sponsored by Lehigh Athlete Ally and 8 RIDER L, 68-75 11 at California L, 63-96 the LU Pride Center. 30 ARMY WEST POINT L, 71-75 The Mountain Hawks are coming off one of their best performances of the season in Wednesday’s JANUARY 86-69 win over Loyola. Six different Mountain Hawks set or tied career-highs in the win, including 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 64-69 5 at Loyola L, 58-62 junior Quinci Mann who scored 26 points and set a school record with 16 made free throws. Her 16 7 at American L, 51-68 free throws are tied for the ninth most in the nation this season. All told, Lehigh scored its last 20 11 BUCKNELL L, 58-77 points from the free throw line, finishing 34-for-40 from the charity stripe, the most makes in the 14 at Holy Cross L, 47-65 Patriot League this season and just four shy of the league record. 18 NAVY L, 64-66 21 at Lafayette W, 56-53 28 at Boston University L, 50-64 Sophomore Hailey Pascoe tied a career-high with four three pointers in as many attempts, Hannah Hedstrom and Mae Williams tied for the team-lead with seven rebounds each, and Bernadette Dev- FEBRUARY aney netted 13 points, tying her career-high. The 86 points scored by Lehigh was the second most of 1 LOYOLA W, 86-69 4 AMERICAN 2:00 p.m. the season. The Brown and White shot 44.4 percent from beyond the arc, their third highest total of 8 at Bucknell 6:00 p.m. the season. 11 HOLY CROSS 2:00 p.m. 15 at Navy 7:00 p.m. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won two of their last three games. 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) 9.2 4.8 Averaged 13 pts, 8 rbs vs. Navy and Lafayette 1 COLGATE 7:00 p.m. 4 Patriot League First Round TBA G 15 Camryn Buhr (Fr., 6-1) 6.9 4.2 Team best 11.8 pts, 6.8 rebounds in last 4 games 6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA G 20 Quinci Mann (Jr., 5-10) 15.7 3.4 Career-high 26 pts vs. Loyola. 21+ pts in 8 games 10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA G 22 Hannah Hedstrom (Fr., 5-9) 4.7 3.8 Career-high 7 rebounds vs. Loyola 12 Patriot League Championship TBA F 44 Mae Williams (Jr., 6-0) 1.9 3.5 Tied career-high with 7 rebounds vs. Loyola All times Eastern and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES Neutral site games in Italics Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable *-Patriot League Game G 5 Bernadette Devaney (Jr., 5-8) 6.1 1.0 Sixth in the Patriot League in 3FG% (43.4) (&) Christmas City Classic at Lehigh G/F 10 Kiernan McCloskey (Sr., 6-1) 3.6 6.1 Suffered season-ending ACL injury on 11/27 G 11 Taylor Campbell (Jr., 5-9) 4.1 2.5 Suffered season-ending ACL injury on 1/7 MEDIA INFORMATION F 13 Meagan Eripret (So., 6-3) 1.6 1.6 Career-highs in 8 categories vs. Bucknell Contact . .. Tim Geer G 25 Kayla Burton (Sr., 5-8) 1.7 1.1 Averaging 9.4 minutes per game at point guard Office: ........................(610) 758-5043 F 30 Cameryn Benz (Fr., 6-3) 4.8 4.3 Rebounds per game ranks 2nd on team (active) Cell: .........................(203) 906-8899 G 33 Hailey Pascoe (So., 5-9) 7.0 2.2 Shooting 51.4% from 3pt range in last seven games E-mail: [email protected] Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 IF LEHIGH BEATS AMERICAN Broadcast Info: Lehigh would beat American at Stabler Arena for the first time since the 2010 Patriot League TV: Service Electric 2 Sports Championship Game. Video: Patriot League Network Radio: N/A LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Internet Audio: www.lehighsports.com/watch Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 22nd season at the helm, carrying a career record of 345-300 Lehigh Online: into Saturday’s contest and has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League pow- Website - Lehighsports.com er. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 19 wins and a Patriot Facebook - Facebook.com/LehighWBB1 League Championship appearance in 2014-15. In the previous six years, Troyan led Lehigh to a Twitter - @LehighWBB combined 120-69 (55-33 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships and Instagram - @LehighWBB NCAA Tournament berths. Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2016-17 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 22: AMERICAN• PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. AMERICAN SCOUTING THE EAGLES The Mountain Hawks hold a 13-27 record all-time against American. American enters Saturday’s contest with a 10-11 overall record, and is The Eagles won the first matchup of the season between the two 7-3 in Patriot League play. The Eagles are two games out of first place schools back on Jan. 7 in Washington. in the Patriot League standings, where Navy and Bucknell are tied at Lehigh got the better of the Eagles the last time the two teams faced off the top. American is coming off a big win on Wednesday night at home, on Feb. 6, 2016 in Washington, where Quinci Mann (16 pts) and Berna- becoming the first PL team to top previously unbeaten Bucknell by a dette Devaney (11 pts) helped lead Lehigh to a 61-52 victory. Departed score of 59-47. The Eagles previously took Bucknell to overtime on the senior Kerry Kinek also scored in double figures with 12 points and road back on Jan. 5, where they fell by six. seven rebounds. Emily Kinneston (12.3), Cecily Karl (10.4) and Lauren Crisler (10.2) all The win last February was the first win in six tries for Lehigh against score in double figures. Junior Michael Harris is coming off a career-best American, who overall has won 11 of the last 13 matchups dating back game against Bucknell where she scored 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting. to Feb. 2011. This streak includes a 66-50 win for top-ranked American in the Patriot League Championship game in March 2015. Junior Maria Liddane leads the Patriot League with an even five assists Both of Lehigh’s wins versus American over the last 12 games have per game. Kinneston also cracks the top five of the league with 3.5 assists come at Bender Arena. Lehigh has not beaten American at home at per game. Crisler is second in the league by shooting 50.8 percent and Stabler Arena since the 2010 PL Championship game. Lewis is also second in three-point field goals at 44.6 percent. Since the 2012-13 season, American has averaged 65.0 points in their As a team, the Eagles lead the league in field goal pct, shooting 43.7 games against Lehigh, to LU’s 59.8 points per game. percent overall on the season. Defensively they rank second by holding opponents to 37.9 percent shooting. SERIES HISTORY AMERICAN PROJECTED STARTERS AMERICAN Pos. No. Name PPG RPG G 3 Kaitlyn Lewis (So., 5-7) 8.7 1.7 Overall: American 27-13 G 4 Emily Kinneston (Jr., 5-8) 12.3 5.0 Last Meeting: Jan. 7, 2017 - Washington D.C. F 10 Lauren Crisler (Sr., 6-2) 10.2 5.3 Last Result: American 68-51 G 14 Maria Liddane (Jr., 5-8) 6.9 3.5 Current Streak: American W1 F 44 Cecily Carl (So., 6-3) 10.4 5.9 AMERICAN KEY RESERVES Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Last Five Meetings: F 12 Michaela Nieuwenhuizen (So., 6-3) 1.9 1.3 Jan. 7, 2017 (Away) American, 68-51 Feb. 6, 2016 (Away) Lehigh, 61-52 G 21 Kate Bond (Jr., 5-10) 0.5 0.6 Jan. 9, 2016 (Home) American, 59-55 G 22 Katie Marenyi (Fr., 5-8) 1.5 1.1 Mar. 14, 2015 (Away) American, 66-50 G 23 Elina Koskimies (So., 6-0) 3.4 1.8 Feb. 11, 2015 (Away) American, 74-64 F 33 Michael Harris (Jr., 6-1) 5.6 2.6 AMERICAN HEAD COACH MEGAN GEBBIA 2016-17 BY THE NUMBERS Megan Gebbia is in the midst of her fourth season at the helm of the Lehigh American Eagles.