LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME THREE: LEHIGH VS. QUINNIPIAC Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-2) VS. QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (1-0) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 16 at Rider L, 86-71 NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 7:30 18 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 PM 23 MONMOUTH 7:00 PM 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) 7:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK 7:00 PM Following a pair of very diffi cult road contests to begin the season Lehigh returns home Dec. 3 at Columbia 7:00 PM this evening to open its 2009-10 schedule at Stabler Arena versus the Bobcats of Quinni- 5 at Dayton 8:00 PM piac. Lehigh fell to Rider on Monday night in New Jersey in a game in which the Brown 17 DARTMOUTH 7:00 PM and White trailed 19-3 in the fi rst fi ve minutes before rallying to within fi ve only to fall 20 at Saint Joseph’s 7:00 PM 86-71. Senior captain Marquis Hall continues to do his part as the Oregon native re- 22 MARIST 7:00 PM 28 at Longwood 7:00 PM corded a double-double with 12 points and ten assists, while junior Michael Ojo came off 30 at Delaware State 7:30 PM the bench for a team-high 14 tallies. Quinnipiac has played just once in the early going, Jan. earning an 85-74 victory over Hartford on November 13 behind a 23-point, fi ve-rebound 2 NJIT 7:30 PM 5 YALE 7:00 PM performance from James Feldeine. Tonight’s game is the fi rst of fi ve straight on the road 9 *AMERICAN 7:00 PM for the Bobcats. 13 * at Navy 7:00 PM 17 * at Army 2:00 PM 20 * COLGATE 7:00 PM TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 13.0 8.0 ast. P.L. preseason Player of the Year 30 * at Holy Cross 3:30 PM Feb. 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 4.5 4.5 Led the P.L. in rebounds last year 6 * at American 2:00 PM 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 3.0 0.5 59 career appearances 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 1.5 5.0 Has started 72 career games 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 4.0 7.0 Two-time All-State in H.S. 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM Lehigh Top Reserves 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 12.5 2.0 2008 Ohio Player of the Year Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams 2.0 4.0 12 pts, 11 rebs in last year’s fi nale 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 5.5 3.0 ast. Led LU in asst/TO ratio last year 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 0.0 0.0 Three-time All-Conference in H.S. * P atriot League Game 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 0.0 0.0 Missed the entire 2008-09 season Home games in CAPS 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 9.0 4.5 42% career shooter from three All times Eastern and subject to change 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 2.0 2.0 Appeared in 23 games last season MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 7.0 4.0 Saw time in 17 games a season ago LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Contact: Mike Stagnitta Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed has totaled the Cell: . (610) 509-6848 second most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. E-mail: . [email protected] He has also won over 65-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 best on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most Television/Internet: Live on Service Electric non-league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins 2 Sports and Lehighsports.com with Mike since 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has Zambelli and Rich Baksa been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach for the 2006- Radio: Live on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 07 campaign. AM with veteran Matt Kerr and Hall of Famer Greg Falkenbach ‘72. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will avoid its fi rst 0-3 start since the 2006-07 season. - The Mountain Hawks will improve to 18-13 versus non-league teams under Brett Reed. - Brett Reed will earn his 30th career victory as the head coach at Lehigh. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME THREE: LEHIGH VS. QUINNIPIAC • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME GLASS EATERS Zahir Carrington pulled down 8.6 boards per game last season, which led the Patriot League. It marked the fourth consecutive season a Mountain Hawk has ranked in the Lehigh and Quinnipiac tangle for only top-three in rebounding in the league after former captain Bryan White ’08 ranked fi rst in the third time ever this evening with ’07-08, second in ’06-07 and third in ’05-06. the Bobcats having won the fi rst two games. These teams last met in 2007 with Quinnipiac earning a hard-fought CLAMPING DOWN 92-88 victory here at Stabler Arena in The Mountain Hawks defense returned to form last season as they led the Patriot League double overtime. and ranked 13th nationally in fi eld goal percentage defense at 39%. Lehigh held 14 op- ponents below the 40% mark from the fi eld a season ago and limited Richmond to 38.6% in the opener. THE LAST MEETING BETHLEHEM, Pa. (11/28/07) - Mar- quis Hall and Zahir Carrington both SIGHTS SET ON THE TOP SPOT had career nights, combining for 50 Senior captain Marquis Hall has dished out 395 assists during his three-plus seasons in points, but it wasn’t enough as the the Brown and White, good for an average of 4.3 per game. Hall, who has totaled 118 Mountain Hawks dropped a double- or more assists in each of his three years at Lehigh, needs 58 helpers to break the school overtime affair versus Quinnipiac 92-88. record of 452 set by Scott Layer from 1986-90. He equaled his career-high with ten assists The Mountain Hawks led by three with on Monday at Rider. 17 seconds left but Bryan Geffen drilled a three to tie the score at 66. Hall drove MOUNTAIN HAWKS SET MARK FOR NON-LEAGUE WINS down the fl oor but lost the ball and the Lehigh won a school record ten non-league games a season ago, including its fi rst victory teams headed for OT. The fi rst three- over a Big East member (Rutgers). The Mountain Hawks fi ve non-league road victories pointer of Bryan White’s career pulled were the most since the inception of Patriot League play in 1990. Lehigh out of a three-point hole and sent the teams into a second extra ses- sion. With 28 seconds left and the score HALL UP FOR LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD knotted at 86, Hall was whistled for a Marquis Hall was recently named a candidate for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS foul and Casey Cosgrove sank a pair Award, presented annually to an NCAA Division I student-athlete in nine sports. Hall at the line to give QU a two-point lead. is one of 60 basketball players from around the country who was chosen (30 male and 30 Lehigh then turned the ball over and female). Based on criteria focusing on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community the Bobcats held on to seal the win. and competition, the award winners will be selected by national balloting of head basket- ball coaches, national media and college basketball fans. LAST TIME OUT LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - Lehigh fell BENCH PATROL behind Rider by 16 points in the open- At Rider on Monday Lehigh received 49 of its 71 points from its bench led by junior Mi- ing fi ve minutes of its game at Rider but chael Ojo’s career-best 14 points. The 49 bench points were the Mountain Hawks’ most the Mountain Hawks regrouped and under Brett Reed. Through two games Lehigh’s non-starters are averaging 36.0 points. pulled to within fi ve points before bow- ing to the Broncs 86-71 at Alumni Gym. SCOUTING THE BOBCATS... Michael Ojo led the Brown and White Tom Moore (Boston University ‘87) is in his third season at the helm of the Quinnipiac with 14 points, including three three- program. Moore came to Quinnipiac following a 13-year stint at UConn working under pointers, as Lehigh received 49 points the legendary Jim Calhoun ... Justin Rutty was named to the preseason All-Northeast from its bench but the Mountain Hawks Conference First-Team.