LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY-THREE: LEHIGH VS. NAVY Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (11-11, 4-4) VS. NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (11-12, 4-4) 10 at Cornell L, 87-83 14 ST. PETER’S W, 60-56 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 17 at St. Francis (Pa.) W, 71-66 FEBRUARY 13, 2008 • 7:05 20 at Albany L, 78-66 23 at Maryland L, 72-51 26 NJIT W, 67-58 SETTING THE SCENE 28 QUINNIPIAC L, 92-88 2 OT Lehigh looks to stop a two-game slide as the Mountain Hawks return to Stabler Arena Dec. to host the Navy Midshipmen. Last time out, Marquis Hall led four Lehigh players in 1 at Central Connecticut St. L, 65-55 5 STONY BROOK W, 76-61 double fi gures but it wasn’t enough as American held off the visitors for an eight-point 8 HARVARD W, 70-61 win at Bender Arena - giving the Eagles their fi rst regular season sweep over Lehigh 28 MONMOUTH W, 56-39 since 2002. More importantly, the win lifted American into sole possession of fi rst place. 31 at Penn State L, 81-68 Jan. Meanwhile, Navy enters tonight’s contest fresh off a 78-72 home win over Bucknell on 2 at Columbia L, 74-64 Saturday. It was the Mids’ fi rst win over the Bison in eight tries. Kaleo Kina scored a 6 PRINCETON W, 68-49 career-best 27 points in the win, and Greg Sprink added 22 for Navy. 12 AMERICAN* L, 71-54 16 at Navy* L, 79-69 20 at Army* W, 57-52 TODAY’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 23 COLGATE* W, 63-60 No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 26 LAFAYETTE* W, 60-55 30 at Bucknell* W, 56-54 1 G So. Marquis Hall 12.7 4.7 ast. 20 pts., 6 assists, 3 steals fi rst mtg. Feb. 15 G Fr. Rob Keefer 7.9 2.8 Five-time PL Rookie of the Week 2 at Holy Cross* L, 60-42 35 G Jr. Matt Szalachowski 5.5 1.9 Scored 4 pts. in 15 min. at AU Sun. 10 at American* L, 82-74 13 NAVY* 7:05 10 F So. Zahir Carrington 12.8 3.8 Averaging 14.5 ppg in P.L. play 16 ARMY* 7:05 20 F Sr. Bryan White 10.2 8.3 P.L.’s leading rebounder 20 at Colgate* 7:00 23 at Lafayette* 1:00 Lehigh Top Reserves 27 BUCKNELL* 7:05 29 HOLY CROSS* 9:05 5 G Fr. Prentice Small 3.9 1.3 Shooting 37% vs. P.L. opponents Mar. 21 G So. Matt Shamis 2.3 0.9 4 pts., 2 assists, 2 steals at AU Sun. 5 Patriot League Tournament TBA 23 G Fr. Michael Ojo 1.7 0.5 Career-high two rebounds at Navy 9 Patriot League Tournament TBA 14 Patriot League Championship 4:45 32 G So. Dave Buchberger 3.8 3.0 7 pts., 5 reb. in 20 min. Sun. at AU 33 C Jr. John Gourlay 2.5 2.3 Avg. career best 13. 3 min/game * P atriot League Game 42 F Jr. Phil Anderson 2.8 2.8 2-3 FGs, 5 pts, 3 rebounds at Army Home games in CAPS BOLD = Today’s game All times Eastern and subject to change LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his fi rst season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Baketball Coach at Lehigh University. Reed had been an assistant at Lehigh for the past MEDIA INFORMATION fi v e years, serving as associate head coach for the 2006-07 season. He played an instru- Contact: Mike Stagnitta mental role in the 2004 Patriot League Championship as well as two of the winningest Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 seasons in school history (2003-04, 2005-06). Prior to his time at Lehigh, Reed served as Cell: . (610) 509-6848 the top assistant at High Point University (N.C.) for two seasons. He has also enjoyed E-mail: . [email protected] coaching stints at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro and Oakland (Mich.) Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 Community College. Radio/Internet: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 IF LEHIGH WINS... with Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach ‘72 - Lehigh will improve its record to 3-1 in Patriot League games at Stabler Arena in 2008. beginning at 6:30. A live feed of the audio - The Mountain Hawks will defeat Navy for just the fourth time (in seven tries) at Stabler broadcast can be heard at Lehighsports. Arena, dating back to 2002. com, with streaming provided by Yahoo! - Lehigh will avoid being swept by the Patriot League schools in the Mid-Atlantic region Sports. (American, Navy) for the fi rst time since 2002. Television: Service Electric 2 Sports with Mike Zambelli and Rich Baksa. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2007-08 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWENTY-THREE: LEHIGH VS. NAVY • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME NO. 15 TAKES THE FIFTH Lehigh freshman guard Rob Keefer (North Wales, Pa.) was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the fi fth time this season on Monday, after scoring 16 points on Tonight marks the 57th all-time meeting 6-of-11 shooting while dishing out three assists at American on Sunday. Keefer’s fi fth between Lehigh and Navy. The Mids honor this season marks the most Rookie of the Week awards handed down to a Lehigh lead the series, 40 to 16 in on-court player since ... Marquis Hall ‘10 (Portland, Ore.) garnered Rookie of the Week recogni- results. Navy has won two in a row in tion nine times in 2007. Hall later became Lehigh’s fi rst ever Patriot League Rookie of the the series after snapping the Brown and Year. White’s three-game win streak. FOUR CAN SCORE LAST TIME OUT Paced by 20 points from Marquis Hall, four Lehigh players hit for double fi gures in the WASHINGTON, D.C. – After being game at American (Feb. 9). Sunday’s output marked just the second time this season that down 18 points with 4:15 remaining, Le- Lehigh has placed four players in double fi gures in the scoring column (at Cornell, Nov. high staged a furious comeback and got 10). Lehigh is 0-2 this season when four Mountain Hawks fi nish in double fi gures. to within six in the closing minutes, but the Mountain Hawks ultimately fell to HOLDING ONTO THE BALL...BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE “W” American 82-74 on Sunday afternoon at Lehigh committed just eight turnovers against American (Feb. 9), matching their season- Bender Arena. Four Mountain Hawks low (at Columbia, Jan. 2). The Mountain Hawks are 1-3 this season in games in which hit for double fi gures, led by Marquis they commit fewer than ten turnovers. Hall’s 20, while Brian Gilmore scored a career- and game-high 26 for the Eagles, AN INAUSPICIOUS RE-START who moved into sole possession of Sunday’s loss at American marked the fi r st time since 2002 that Lehigh dropped the fi rst fi r st place in the league standings. The game of the second half of the Patriot League season. That season, Lehigh dropped the Mountain Hawks jumped out to an fi r st six contests in the league second half en route to a 2-12 Patriot League mark. early 8-2 lead, but from there Garrison Carr took over, hitting his fi rst seven shots, all which were heavily contested ORDER HIM A DOUBLE by Lehigh defenders. He fi nished with With yet another double-double at Bucknell on Jan. 30 (13 points, 11 rebounds), senior 22 points in the AU win. captain Bryan White raised his season total to fi ve, and his career total to seven. White, who leads the Patriot League in rebounding (8.4 pg), is averaging 9.8 points, 9.3 re- THE LAST TIME THEY MET bounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.5 steals per game during league play. He has four games of ten or more rebounds in that time and three double-doubles. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 16) – In a game that featured 11 lead changes and seven ties, Lehigh came up on the short end SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN... of a 79-69 score versus Navy at Alumni Head coach Billy Lange (Rowan ‘94) is in his fourth season at the helm of the Navy Hall. Sophomore Marquis Hall scored program. He is 2-1 at Stabler Arena, with wins in 2005 and 2007 ... Greg Sprink currently 20 points but it wasn’t enough as three leads the Patriot League in scoring (21.2 points per game) and ranks second in rebound- Mids hit for double fi gures led by senior ing behind Lehigh’s Bryan White with 6.0 boards per game ... Lehigh and Navy took on Greg Sprink’s 26 points. Joining Hall just one common opponent throughout the non-league portion of their schedules (NJIT) in double digits for Lehigh was class- ... the Mids are averaging almost 17 turnovers per contest, but are forcing over 19 per mate Zahir Carrington with 14 points, game from their opponents ... Navy has scored 70 or more points 18 times this season in freshman Rob Keefer with 11 and senior 23 games played ... Navy has won two of three here at Stabler Arena, including a 70-65 Bryan White with 10.