LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME NINETEEN: LEHIGH VS. COLGATE Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (15-3, 2-1) vs. COLGATE RAIDERS (6-11, 1-2) 13 at Lipscomb W, 77-60 COTTERELL COURT (3,100) • HAMILTON, N.Y. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 54-90 18 FDU W, 75-45 JAN. 20, 2010 • 7:00 PM 20 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) W, 75-63 24 at Binghamton W, 76-62 29 at La Salle W, 58-47 SETTING THE SCENE Dec. Lehigh hits the road as it looks to pick up its ninth straight victory over Colgate when 2 at Princeton L, 68-86 it takes on the Raiders Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. in Hamilton, N.Y. The Mountain 5 VILLANOVA W, 80-65 Hawks are coming off a strong defensive effort against Army where they held the Black 7 DUQUESNE W, 62-52 Knights to a season-low 40 points in their 30-point victory. With the win Lehigh became 18 NJIT W, 64-38 the fastest Patriot League team to win 15 games in a season. Colgate is coming off an 80-58 20 at Bryant W, 78-61 loss to American, who remains the only unbeaten team in league play. The Raiders earned 29 WAGNER^ W, 69-43 30 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 68-66 OT their only league win when they defeated Lafayette 71-63 in Easton on January 13. Jan. 2 AKRON W, 59-57 5 at Penn W, 66-51 LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 9 at American* L, 69-65 OT Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 13 NAVY* W, 64-56 G 21 Erica Prosser (Jr., 5-7) 15.8 2.2 Had 1st career dbl-dbl at AU 16 ARMY* W, 70-40 G 45 Alex Ross (Sr., 5-10) 12.4 2.0 All-time leader in 3fg’s (261) 20 at Colgate* 7:00 PM G 44 Tricia Smith (Sr., 5-9) 4.9 6.8 5th in PL in rebounding 23 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM F 22 Emily Gratch (So., 6-1) 10.9 4.7 3rd dbl-dbl vs. AU (13,12) 27 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM C 34 Alexa Williams (So., 6-3) 6.6 6.1 Tied season-high 13 pts. vs Army 30 HOLY CROSS* 3:30 PM Feb. 6 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM LEHIGH KEY RESERVES 10 at Navy* 7:00 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 13 at Army* 1:00 PM 17 COLGATE* 7:00 PM F 30 Courtney Dentler (Jr., 6-1) 9.2 5.1 Had fi rst dbl-dbl vs. Wagner 20 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 PM G 25 Kristen Dalton (Sr/Jr., 5-10) 4.4 2.6 Had season-high 13 pts. vs Army 24 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM F 20 Ryan Ingalls (Sr., 6-2) 2.9 1.8 Avg. 9.2 mins this season 27 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM G 33 Becky Guman (Fr., 5-8) 0.5 1.6 Avg. 9.9 mins this season Mar. 6-7 Patriot League Tournament LEHIGH-COLGATE SERIES at Holy Cross+ TBA Lehigh and Colgate have met 47 times on the basketball court, with Lehigh holding a 13 Patriot League Championships 26-21 all-time advantage. Each school has gone through stretches of dominance in the at Highest Seed+ TBA series history, with the Mountain Hawks holding the recent edge. Colgate controlled the Home games in CAPS early portion of the matchups, winning 10 of the fi rst 14 through 1995, but the Mountain *Patriot League Game Hawks won 12 of the next 15 from 1996 through 2001. From 2002-2006, the Raiders won ^ Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh) eight of the next 10, but they have not won since. Lehigh claimed victory in the last eight +Patriot League tournament meetings, including three victories last season. MEDIA INFORMATION Contact . Garrett Falk LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Offi ce: . (610) 758-5101 Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 15th season at the helm, carrying a career record of Cell: . (716) 597-6806 222-202. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot E-mail: . [email protected] League contests as Troyan. She received her second Patriot League Coach of the Year Press Row: . (610) 758-4903/4933 honor in 2009 after she guided the team to 26 overall wins, and a Lehigh-record 12 wins Broadcast Info: Tonight’s game can be heard against league opponents. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly live on WLVR-FM (91.3) and Lehighsports.com turning that program into a perennial Patriot League power. with Jeff Tourial on the call. IF LEHIGH WINS TONIGHT... v It would be four straight wins at Cotterell Court for the Mountain Hawks. v It would be nine straight over the Raiders for Lehigh. v It would be fi ve wins in six games during the month of January. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NINETEEN: LEHIGH VS COLGATE • PAGE TWO LEHIGH VERSUS THE PATRIOT LEAGUE The Mountain Hawks carry a 115-140 record since Patriot League LAST TIME OUT FOR LEHIGH play began in 1990-91 (including an 0-10 record against Fordham when the Rams were a Patriot League team). The school earned LEHIGH 70, ARMY 40 its second Patriot League Championship last season en route to its second NCAA Tournament appearance. The Brown and White BETHLEHEM, Pa. - (January 16, 2010) – Defense was the key has had the most success against Colgate, earning 26 wins in 47 as Lehigh held Army to a season-low 40 points to pick up the games against the Raiders (.543). The Mountain Hawks have victory on Saturday at Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks held earned the most wins against Lafayette (34). the Black Knights without a field goal for 14:03 in the first half en route to building an 18-point lead at the half. Lehigh had four LEHIGH VS. CURRENT PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS players finish in double figures offensively and was able to close Team Record (PL) out the game with a strong second half. Everyone healthy saw American 8-15 (7-10) action in the game for the Brown and White. Army 25-21 (23-17) Scoring Leaders: Rebounding Leaders: Bucknell 33-30 (17-21) Lehigh: Lehigh: Colgate 26-21 (20-18) Erica Prosser (13) Alexa Williams (7) Holy Cross 8-37 (7-30) Kristen Dalton (13) Army: Lafayette 34-40 (21-17) Alexa Williams (13) Erin Anthony (9) Navy 22-20 (20-17) Alex Ross (12) Assist Leaders: TOTAL 156-184 (115-130) Army: Lehigh: Erin Anthony (12) Erica Prosser (4) SCOUTING THE RAIDERS Jessie Coifford (9) Army: Nalini Hawkins (2) Colgate started 2009-10 off strong winning its fi rst fi ve games before losing 10 in a row. The Raiders have a 1-2 league record after knocking off Lafayette 71-63 in Easton. Colgate brings in a young team that is led by 2008-09 PL All-Rookie Team selection Tricia Oakes who is second on the team in scoring (10.6). BY THE NUMBERS COLGATE HEAD COACH PAM BASS Lehigh Colgate Pam Bass is in her third season at the helm of the Raiders, where Stat Category Stat she has compiled a 12-65 record. Bass is enjoying an improved 68.2 Scoring Offense 57.6 third season as the Raiders have already matched their win total 58.4 Scoring Defense 63.8 from the previous two seasons. With a young team at Colgate, +9.8 Scoring Margin -6.2 Bass should enjoy continued success in the future. .680 Free Throw Pct .674 .409 Field Goal Pct .362 .357 Field Goal Pct Defense .393 COLGATE PROJECTED STARTERS 122 3FG Made 87 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG .332 3FG Pct .314 G 3 Candice Green (So., 5-6) 7.2 2.5 (asst.) .285 3FG Pct Defense .347 G 21 Sami Kozlowski (Jr., 5-8) 10.7 4.1 38.8 Rebounding 38.5 G 42 Katie Garman (Sr., 5-9) 3.4 2.9 38.7 Rebounding Allowed 38.9 F 44 Holy Havenstein (So., 6-3) 2.8 2.4 +0.2 Rebounding Margin -0.4 C 43 Tricia Oakes (So., 6-4) 10.6 5.4 3.1 Blocked Shots 2.4 14.4 Assists 11.6 COLGATE KEY RESERVES 9.8 Steals 5.4 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG 16.1 Turnovers 16.3 G 2 Jhazmine Lynch (Fr., 5-4) 9.3 2.6 G 4 Taylor Wejnert (Jr., 5-11) 6.3 3.8 F 50 Krista Moser (Jr., 6-0) 5.0 5.3 TOP PLAYERS LEHIGH LEADERS COLGATE LEADERS Erica Prosser (15.8) Sami Kozlowski (10.7) Points per game Tricia Smith (6.8) Rebounds per game Tricia Oakes (5.4) Erica Prosser (4.6) Assists per game Candice Green (2.5) Emily Gratch (.513) Field goal pct. Tricia Oakes (.567) Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NINETEEN: LEHIGH VS COLGATE • PAGE THREE TROYAN VERSUS COLGATE NO PLACE LIKE HOME Troyan’s teams have won 67 percent of their games Lehigh is off to a 10-0 home start and will look to keep the streak against the Raiders in her time with Lehigh. The going January 27 against Bucknell. In 2008-09 Lehigh went a Mountain Hawks and Raiders have faced off 28 times perfect 17-0 at home, a winning streak that was the seventh in the regular season under Troyan, with Lehigh longest in Division I.