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L E H I G H WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-5, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-5, 0-0 PL) AT NJIT HIGHLANDERS (1-6, 0-0 GREAT WEST) ESTELLE & ZOOM FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER (1,500) Date Nov. 12 14 21 23 26 27 28 Dec. 1<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Opponent </li><li style="flex:1">Time/Result </li></ul>NEWARK, N.J. • DEC. 9, 2010 • 7:00 PM <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">at Duquesne </li><li style="flex:1">L, 70-65 </li></ul>W, 72-64 L, 69-52 at Robert Morris PRINCETON at Villanova vs. LSU (1) at Connecticut (1) vs. Howard (1) SETTING THE SCENE Riding a four-game winning streak, the Lehigh women’s basketball team looks to continue its December success when it wraps up a mini two-game road swing at NJIT on Thursday at 7 p.m.. The Mountain Hawks (5-5), who are coming off an 83-62 win at Saint Peter’s, look to win their 10th straight December game dating back to last season. L, 69-68 (OT) L, 74-63 L, 81-38 W, 56-29 SAINT JOSEPH’S BINGHAMTON at Saint Peter’s at NJIT WAGNER RIDER (2) W, 46-40 W, 72-60 W, 83-62 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Lehigh’s last December loss came on Dec. 2, 2009 against Princeton. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won 13 of their last 14 December games over the last 2+ seasons. Lehigh’s most recent win came over Saint Peter’s on Tuesday as a strong 34-12 run to begin the second half put the Mountain Hawks up by as much as 30 (72-42), before the Peahens cut into the lead before the final horn. All 15 healthy Lehigh players saw action in the game with a total of four establishing new career-highs in scoring. Senior Erica Prosser racked up four assists in that game to surpass the 400 milestone for her career; she currently has 401 helpers. Junior Alexa Williams also crossed a 400 plateau, scoring nine points to give her 406 career points entering Thursday. 47911 29 30 Jan. 2 BUFFALO/MISS. STATE (2) TBD LA SALLE AMERICAN* at Navy* 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 812 16 19 22 26 29 Feb. 5at ARMY* The Mountain Hawks have bounced back from a 1-5 start to the season to even their record at .500. After Thursday, they play one final game before an 18-day layoff, returning to Stabler Arena to host Wagner on Saturday. Meanwhile, NJIT enters with a 1-6 record with its lone win coming against Penn. The Highlanders did lose a pair of tight affairs, including Rhode Island (57-51) and Delaware State (82-74 in overtime). Thursday will already mark the Highlanders’ fifth home game of the young season. COLGATE* LAFAYETTE* at Bucknell* at Holy Cross* at American* NAVY* ARMY* at Colgate* at Lafayette* BUCKNELL* HOLY CROSS* 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 9LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 12 16 19 23 26 Mar. 5<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Pos. No. Name </li><li style="flex:1">PPG RPG Notable </li></ul>GGF<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">5</li><li style="flex:1">Aly Byorick (Jr., 6-0) </li><li style="flex:1">4.7 1.3 </li><li style="flex:1">Xavier transfer </li></ul>21 22 30 33 Erica Prosser (Sr., 5-7) Emily Gratch (Jr., 6-1) Courtney Dentler (Sr., 6-0) Becky Guman (So., 5-8) 11.6 4.7 ast. Two-time first team All-PL 11.2 5.2 12.7 5.6 2.5 3.0 2nd in PL in FG% (.500) Career-high 21 pts at SP Appeared in 30 games as frosh FPatriot League Quarterfinal Patriot League Semifinal TBA TBA G9<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">13 </li><li style="flex:1">Patriot League Championship TBA </li></ul>KEY RESERVES <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Pos. No. Name </li><li style="flex:1">PPG RPG Notable </li></ul>Home games in CAPS *Patriot League Game (1) World Vision Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) (2) Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh) <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">G/F 10 </li><li style="flex:1">Kelly Peterson (So., 6-0) </li><li style="flex:1">3.7 0.9 </li></ul>3.4 0.6 2.5 2.0 5.1 3.9 3.4 4.0 15 pts in only 12 minutes at Duq Career-high 10 pts at Saint Peter’s All-Ohio pick as a HS senior Lone fifth-year senior on team LU’s leading returing rebounder <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">G</li><li style="flex:1">13 </li><li style="flex:1">Hilary Weaver (Fr., 5-5) </li></ul>Lindsay Hoskins (Fr., 6-0) Kristen Dalton (Sr., 5-10) Alexa Williams (Jr., 6-3) G/F 15 GC25 34 MEDIA INFORMATION Contact. Justin Lafleur Office:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (610) 758-6631 Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (610) 657-5222 E-mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Press Row:. . . . . . . . . . . . . (610) 758-4903/4933 IF LEHIGH BEATS NJIT  Lehigh would improve to a perfect 5-0 all-time against the Highlanders.  Lehigh would win its fifth straight game and 10th straight in the month of December. LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 16th season at the helm, carrying a career record of 239-208. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot League contests as Troyan. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to a school-record 29 wins last season including a record 13 Patriot League victories. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly turning that program Broadcast Info: The game can be heard on 91.3 WLVR (FM) and Lehighsports.com. Matt Markus will handle the commentary. CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 into a perennial Patriot League power. Experience Lehigh Football 2003 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2010-11 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT • DECEMBER 9, 2010 • PAGE 2 DECEMBER DOMINANCE LEHIGH CAREER LEADERS SCORING Tuesday’s win over Saint Peter’s upped Lehigh’s December winning streak to nine games dating back to last season. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won 13 of 14 December contests and are 14-3 over the last three seasons in this month. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1. Anne Tierney (99-03) </li><li style="flex:1">1,807 </li></ul>2. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 1,699 December, 2010 December, 2009 December, 2008 3-0 6-1 5-2 3. Shawn Steward (82-86) 4. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) Alex Ross (06-10) 1,638 1,466 1,357 1,357 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1,339 </li><li style="flex:1">Erica Prosser (07-pr) </li></ul>SAINT PETER’S GAME NOTABLES 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Four Mountain Hawks all finished with career-highs in points - including the first- career point from local product Marissa Repasch out of Liberty High School. Setting career-highs were senior Courtney Dentler (21), freshman Hilary Weaver, junior Kelela Blake (6) and Repasch (1). 1. Alex Ross (06-10) 2. Sara Ellis (04-07) 3. Carli Toliver (00-05) 4. Cat Nicholson (99-03) 5. Mary Beth Bedics (94-97) Erica Prosser (07-pr) 286 238 158 147 144 130 Lehigh’s 83 points marked its highest scoring outburst of the season and most points since two seasons ago during a 90-54 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 19, 2008. Jynae Judson’s 34 points marks the most scored against the Lehigh defense all season. Incredibly, she scored more points than the Mountain Hawks allowed to the entire Howard team on Nov. 28. ASSISTS 1. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 581 2. Jessica Mudry (92-96) 3. Claire Sullivan (04-09) 4. Shawn Steward (82-86) 5. Erica Prosser (07-pr) 6. Hope Pellicane (89-93) 497 474 471 401 393 FORWARDS MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES Senior Courtney Dentler and junior Emily Gratch, who have each enjoyed stellar seasons, currently stand 1-2 in the Patriot League in field goal percentage. In fact, they’re the only two players in the league shooting better than 50 percent. Dentler has enjoyed a well-rounded game, hitting 52.5 percent (42-of-80) of her shots, including an incredible 60 percent (15-of-25) from three-point range, which is tied for first in the league. Gratch has drained 50 percent (42-of-84), which includes only one made three-pointer (on three attempts). Dentler’s career-high 21-point outburst at Saint Peter’s has propelled her to first on the team and fifth in the league in scoring (12.7); Gratch is third (11.2). REBOUNDS 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 2. Jen Siemaszko (87-91) 3. Karen Lelinski (76-80) 4. Tricia Smith (05-10) 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) Alexa Williams (08-pr) 1,129 788 760 679 647 355 LEHIGH SINGLE GAME RECORDS POINTS Liz Feeley (3/5/86) ALL-TIME VERSUS NJIT Lehigh and NJIT have met four times, with the Mountain Hawks owning a perfect 4-0 mark. The teams first met in 2006 and have played every season since while alternating venues. Lehigh won the first game, 70-44, while going on to win the next three - 73-58, 63-54 and 64-38. The slimmest margin of victory was nine while the largest was 26, ac- complished in the first and most recent meetings. 37 REBOUNDS Anne Tierney (1/31/01) Jenny Callan (12/11/05) 21 21 SCOUTING NJIT NJIT has struggled in posting a 1-6 record thus far, but has shown some strong spurts, including a win over Penn and near wins against Delaware State and Rhode Island (out of the Atlantic 10). Jessica Gerald leads the offense, averaging 13.1 points per game off the bench, while Rayven Johnson comes in at 12.9 and Melanie Griffin at 11.1. Johnson is the top rebounder with 5.7 boards per game while Ivana Seric is right behind her with 5.5 per contest. Seric also leads the way with a team-high 25 assists through seven games. ASSISTS Patty Garnish (2/3/76) Hope Pellicane (2/17/93) 15 15 STEALS Jessica Mudry (11/28/95) Helga Schlape (3/5/86) 10 10 LEHIGH VS. THE GREAT WEST BLOCKS Ellen Silver (1/31/84) The Highlanders mark the one and only Great West opponent the Mountain Hawks have ever faced. 10 16 29 FG MADE Liz Feeley (3/5/86) LEHIGH VS. GREAT WEST <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Cal Poly </li><li style="flex:1">0-0 </li></ul>0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 Chicago State Houston Baptist NJIT FG ATT. Jessica DePalo (3/5/05) FG% North Dakota South Dakota Southern Utah Texas Pan-American UC Davis Adrienne Blount (11/20/05) .875 FT MADE Kelly Madden (2/8/95) Alexa Williams 13 13 Utah Valley <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Overall: </li><li style="flex:1">FT ATT. </li></ul>Mary Beth Collins (12/10/94) 18 Notes continued on page 4. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2010-11 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT • DECEMBER 9, 2010 • PAGE 3 THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH PLAYER... Recorded a double-double (Pts., Reb.) Alexa Williams (12 pts., 11 rebs.) 1/30/10 vs. Holy Cross THE LAST TIME A LEHIGH TEAM... Scored 90+ points 11/19/08 at FDU 2010-11 PRESEASON POLL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. American Lehigh 93 (9) 91 (7) 70 Lehigh.wins,.90-54 Navy Army Holy Cross Colgate Lafayette Bucknell 59 42 40 40 Recorded a double-double (Pts., Asst.) Erica Prosser (13 pts., 10 asst.) 1/9/10 vs. Army Allowed 90+ points 11/15/09 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt.wins,.90-54 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">8. </li><li style="flex:1">31 </li></ul>Scored 30+ points in a game Jenny Callan (31) Shot 50% or better from the floor 2/27/10.at.Holy.Cross 2/15/06 vs. Colgate Lehigh.wins,.65-55 PRESEASON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAM Michelle Kirk, American (Sr., G/F) Erin Anthony, Army (Sr., F) Angela Myers, Navy (Sr., G) Erica Prosser, Lehigh (Sr., G) Liz Leer, American (Sr., F) Scored 25-29 points in a game Erica Prosser (27) 11/13/09 at Lipscomb Had two 20+-point scorers in a game 2/17/07 at Lafayette (Adrienne Blount 27, Sara Ellis 20) Lafayette.wins,.67-62 Blocked 5 or more shots in a game Jessica DePalo (5) 1/25/04 at Army Had two players with 10+ rebounds 1/9/10 at American (Emily Gratch 12, Tricia Smith 11) Lehigh.loses,.69-65.(OT) PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR Michelle Kirk, American (Sr., G/F) Made 5+ three pointers in a game Kelly Peterson (5) 11/12/10 at Duquesne CREAM OF THE CROP Played an overtime game 11/23/10 at Villanova Lehigh.loses,.69-68(OT) Three Mountain Hawks were honored at the end of the 2009-10 campaign by being named to the All-Patriot League teams. Erica Prosser and Emily Gratch earned first team honors, while Alex Ross was named to the Second Team. Made 10+ field goals in a game Emily Gratch (11) <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1/27/10 vs. Bucknell </li><li style="flex:1">Played a double overtime game </li></ul>12/21/07 at Binghamton Lehigh.wins,.68-67 Recorded 10+ rebounds in a game Courtney Dentler (11) 12/1/10 vs. Saint Joseph’s Had four players in double-figures 3/7/10 vs. Holy Cross (Gratch,.20;.Ross,.13;.Williams,.12;.Prosser,12) Lehigh.wins,.73-57 TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN The Mountain Hawks ranked at the top of the Patriot League in several categories during the 2009-10 season. Recorded 5 or more steals in a game Emily Gratch (5) 2/20/10 vs. Lafayette Allowed a team to shoot 50% or better 11/27/10 at #1 UConn (53.3%) Lehigh.loses,.81-39 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Category </li><li style="flex:1">Stat </li></ul>65.1 9.8 Recorded 6 or more assists in a game Erica Prosser (6) 12/4/10 vs. Binghamton Scoring offense Scoring margin <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Field Goal Pct. </li><li style="flex:1">.408 </li></ul>Allowed a 20+ point scorer 12/7/10 Jynae Judson Field Goal Pct. Def. .369 Recorded 10 or more assists in a game Erica Prosser (10) 1/9/10 at American 3-pt FG Defense Assists per game Steals per game Turnover margin .284 14.3 9.5 Lehigh.wins,.83-62 3.8 PATRIOT LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (AS OF 12/8) SCORING 1. Romine (BUCK) 2. Lynch (CU) 3. Myers (NAVY) 4. Wejnert (CU) FIELD GOAL PCT 1. Dentler (LEHIGH) .525 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FREE THROW PCT </li><li style="flex:1">3FG PCT </li></ul>1. Dentler (LEHIGH) .600 Strack (AU) 3. Romine (BUCK) 4. Manning (LC) 15.7 14.3 14.1 13.0 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1. Ward (HC) </li><li style="flex:1">.960 </li></ul>.955 .840 .800 .792 2. Gratch (LEHIGH) 3. Strack (AU) 4. Leer (AU) .500 .477 .476 .457 2. Jackson (LC) 3. Wejnert (CU) 4. Strack (AU) 5. Malone (HC) .600 .516 .469 5. Dentler (LEHIGH) 12.7 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">5. Anthony (ARMY) </li><li style="flex:1">5. Consedine (NAVY) .415 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">REBOUNDING </li><li style="flex:1">ASSISTS </li></ul>1. Myers (NAVY) 2. Prosser (LEHIGH) 3. Lepley (HC) 4. Downey (LC) 5. Fremeau (HC) STEALS 1. Lynch (CU) Myers (NAVY) 3. Edwards (AU) 4. Lepley (HC) 3FG MADE 1. Smith (HC) 2. Consedine (NAVY) 2.8 3. Romine (BUCK) 4. Manning (LC) 5. Dobbs (AU) 1. Anthony (ARMY) 2. Novacek (BUCK) 3. Moser (CU) 4. Leer (AU) 5. Geif (NAVY) 12.0 9.3 8.0 7.7 7.6 5.4 4.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.7 3.0 2.3 1.9 1.6 5. Gratch (LEHIGH) Experience Lehigh Football 2003 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2010-11 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT • DECEMBER 9, 2010 • PAGE 4 THREE-POINT SHOT LEADS TO VICTORY OVER BOBCATS LAST TIME OUT FOR LEHIGH The Mountain Hawks used their three-point shooting on Saturday to jump out to an early lead, before again utilizing it to overtake Binghamton on their way to the 72-60 victory. Lehigh finished LEHIGH 83, SAINT PETER’S 62 13-for-27 (48 percent) from long range, its most made three-point- JERSEY CITY, N.J. (12/7/10) – Leading by six points at halftime, ers since Dec. 20, 2008, when it made 15 in a win, also against Lehigh began the second half on a 34-12 run to break away from Binghamton. Lehigh was led by senior Courtney Dentler, who Saint Peter’s as the Mountain Hawks evened their season record hit 4-of-5 three-pointers, while senior Kristen Dalton hit 2-of-3, with an 83-62 win over the Peahens Tuesday at Yanitelli Center. junior Aly Byorick and sophomore Kelly Peterson each hit 2-of-4, Senior Courtney Dentler scored a career-high 21 points as the and senior Erica Prosser drained 2-of-5. Mountain Hawks shot 59 percent from the field in the second half and 49 percent for the game. Lehigh has now won its last four games to move to 5-5 on the season. Jynae Judson poured in a SHUTDOWN DEFENSE The Mountain Hawk defense enjoyed a historic effort over a game-high 34 points for Saint Peter’s which falls to 0-7 with the recent two-game stretch. Lehigh allowed only 40 points to Saint setback. All 15 healthy Mountain Hawks saw action with a total of Joseph’s on Dec. 1, one game after giving up only 29 to Howard, four Lehigh players establishing new career-highs for scoring. the fewest allowed by a Lehigh squad since defeating Franklin & Marshall during the 1980-81 season. Ironically, that victory came by the same 27-point margin (55-28). Lehigh’s 69 points allowed over the two-game stretch is fewest since the 1976-77 campaign when it only gave up 62 total points in consecutive wins over Cedar Crest and Moravian. The 46 points scored against Saint Joseph’s also marked the fewest in a win since a 46-33 victory over Fordham on Nov. 17, 2007. Scoring Leaders: Lehigh: Courtney.Dentler.(21) Emily.Gratch.(13) Hilary.Weaver.(10) Rebounding Leaders: Lehigh: Gratch/Guman/Williams.(5) Saint Peter’s: Charlene.Riddick.(8) Assist Leaders: Lehigh: Erica.Prosser.(4) Saint Peter’s: Saint Peter’s: The Mountain Hawks held Howard to only 24 percent shooting, 21 percent from behind the three-point arc while Saint Joseph’s shot only 28 percent and 11 percent from long range. Over those two games, Lehigh forced its opponents to hit only 26-of-106 field goal attempts (26 percent) and 5-of-32 (16 percent) from three. Jynae.Judson.(34) Lauren.Morris.(11) <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Khadijah.Young.(9) </li><li style="flex:1">Aziza.May.(4) </li></ul>BY THE NUMBERS MILESTONE WATCH Lehigh 61.5 61.8 -0.3 .719 .391 .391 73 .372 .323 35.2 37.5 -2.3 3.3 NJIT 59.3 70.3 -11.0 .632 .389 .449 31 .388 .383 29.9 40.3 -10.4 3.3 A number of Lehigh players have significant career milestones within possible reach, either this season or next. Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Pct. Field Goal Pct. Field Goal Pct. Defense 3FG Made 3G Pct. 3FG Pct. Defense Rebounding Rebounding Allowed Rebounding Margin Blocked Shots Assists Steals Turnovers <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Player </li><li style="flex:1">Milestone </li><li style="flex:1">Currently # Away </li></ul>.<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Courtney Dentler 1,000 points </li><li style="flex:1">676 </li></ul>628 1,339 401 324 372 161 99 Emily Gratch Erica Prosser 1,000 points 1,500 points 500 assists <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Alexa Williams </li><li style="flex:1">500 points </li></ul>500 rebounds 406 355 94 145 Senior Erica Prosser is also closing in on Lehigh’s top five in all-

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