SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH Nov. 9 at St. John’s (1) 7:00 (ESPN2/ESPN3.com) 12 at Iowa State 2:00 PM (ET) MEN’S BASKETBALL 15 at Fairleigh Dickinson 7:00 PM 18 vs. William & Mary (2) 4:30 PM 19 at Liberty (2) 7:00 PM Junior C.J. McCollum 20 vs. Eastern Kentucky (2) 2:30 PM Nation’s Leading Returning Scorer (21.8 PPG) 28 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 PM Dec. GAME 1: LEHIGH AT ST. JOHN’S 1 at Fordham 7:00 PM 3 at Cornell 7:00 PM LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-0, 0-0 PL) at 7 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) 7:30 PM 10 at Wagner 4:00 PM ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) 12 ARCADIA 7:00 PM Record prior to St. John’s game vs. William & Mary Monday 22 at Michigan State 9:00 PM (ESPNU) 28 at Saint Peter’s 7:00 PM 2K SPORTS CLASSIC BENEFITING COACHES VS. CANCER 31 at Bryant 1:00 PM CARNESECCA ARENA (6,080) • QUEENS, N.Y. Jan. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 • 7:00 PM 3 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE 7:00 PM 7 at Holy Cross* 3:30 PM ESPN2/ESPN3.com (BOB WISCHUSEN & LEN ELMORE) 11 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM 14 at Colgate* 2:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE 18 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM The Lehigh men’s basketball team kicks off its much-anticipated 2011-12 season on Wednes- 22 at Lafayette* 2:00 PM (CBS SN) day when it travels to St. John’s as part of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. 26 NAVY* 7:00 PM (CBS SN) Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and will air live nation-wide on ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen and Len 29 ARMY* 2:00 PM Elmore on the call. The game can also be viewed on ESPN3.com. Feb. 4 HOLY CROSS* 2:00 PM The Mountain Hawks enter the year with high hopes following a Patriot League Semifinal 9 at American* 7:00 PM (CBS SN) defeat at Bucknell to end last season. With 76.9 percent of the team’s scoring and 78.4 per- 11 COLGATE* 7:00 PM cent of its rebounding returning, Lehigh enters with a mix of veterans and youngsters who 16 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM (CBS SN) 18 LAFAYETTE* 4:00 PM look to lead the Mountain Hawks to their second Patriot League Championship in the last 22 at Navy* 7:00 PM three seasons. 25 at Army* 4:00 PM 29 PL Quarterfinals TBA Leading the way is junior and Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year C.J. McCollum, Mar. who owns the distinction of being the nation’s leading returning scorer (21.8 points per game). 3 PL Semifinals TBA (CBS SN) His stock continues to rise; McCollum was invited to USA Basketball’s World University 7 PL Championship Game 7:00 PM (CBS SN) Games over the summer and has received numerous mentions from national publications as one of the players to watch in NCAA Division I Basketball. All dates and times subject to change Home games in Bold CAPS *Patriot League opponent Wednesday marks the start of a busy first week for the Mountain Hawks, who will travel CBS SN = CBS Sports Network to Iowa just two days later to prepare for a Saturday afternoon showdown at Iowa State of (1) 2K Sports Classic Regional Round; Queens, N.Y. the Big 12. That marks the second of three nonleague contests against BCS Conference foes (2) 2K Sports Classic Subregional Round; Lynchburg, Va. (also a Dec. 22 tilt at Michigan State of the Big Ten). The game against the Spartans will also air on the ESPN family of networks (ESPNU). St. John’s and Michigan State are two of four MEDIA INFORMATION 2011 NCAA Tournament teams Lehigh will face, in addition to Saint Peter’s and Bucknell. Men’s Basketball Contact . .Justin Lafleur Office. (610) 758-6631 TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS (2010-11 statistics) Cell. (610) 577-5222 No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note Fax . (610) 758-4407 3 G Jr. C.J. McCollum 21.8 7.8 Nation’s leading returning scorer E-mail. [email protected] 11 G So. Mackey McKnight 7.6 3.7 ast. 112 assists as a freshman Mailing Address 20 F Jr. Holden Greiner 6.4 4.3 2 double-doubles in 2010-11 . 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 42 F Jr. Gabe Knutson 12.2 5.7 2011 Academic All-Patriot League Press Row Phone. (610) 758-4903/4933 44 F Sr. Jordan Hamilton 5.0 1.9 Career-high 15 pts vs. Navy (3/2/10) Website. Lehighsports.com RESERVES Game Coverage Radio/Internet: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 and 1 G So. Anthony D’Orazio 2.4 1.1 PL Rookie of the Week (11/15/10) Lehighsports.com with Matt Kerr and Steve 4 F Sr. John Adams 1.4 1.2 Started five games last season Lomangino. 15 G Fr. Corey Schaefer -- -- One of 2 players from Iowa (Knutson) TV: The game will be televised nationally on 21 G Fr. Stefan Cvrkalj -- -- Made last cut for Canadian Jr. National Team ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen and Len Elmore on 23 F Fr. Tyrone Staggers -- -- From Chicago, Illinois the call. 31 F/C Sr. Justin Maneri 1.3 1.7 Can play forward or center 32 G So. B.J. Bailey -- -- Transfer from Boston University Patriot League Champions: 2004, 2010 33 C So. Kevin McCarthy 1.5 0.8 Out 2011-12 season due to injury NCAA Tournament: 1985, 1988, 2004, 2010 40 F Fr. Conroy Baltimore -- -- Bronx, New York native Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2011-12 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 1: LEHIGH AT ST. JOHN’S • NOVEMBER 9, 2011 • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED ST. JOHN’S SERIES HISTORY The 2011-12 season will be Dr. Brett Reed’s Overall: Series Tied, 1-1 Lehigh and St. John’s have only faced fifth as the Murray H. Goodman ’48 Head Last Meeting: 1929-30 Men’s Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. each other twice in their history: during Last Result: St. John’s, 25-38 In five years on the sideline, Reed has the most the 1908-09 and 1929-30 seasons. Lehigh Current Streak: St. John’s - 1 win victories by a Lehigh head coach in his first Last 10: 1-1 won the first-ever meeting, 56-25 before five seasons and has won 72 percent of his St. John’s responded with a 38-25 victory games at Stabler Arena, which is second on the Last 10 meetings: in 1929-30. Lehigh leaderboard. In 2009-10, Reed led Le- 1908-09 Lehigh, 56-25 high to its second Patriot League Tournament 1929-30 St. John’s, 38-25 THE LAST TIME THEY MET Championship, its first outright regular season St. John’s won the last meeting between league title, the most wins in school history and the most-ever wins at Stabler Arena. Reed the two sides, 38-25, 82 years ago. continued the success into 2010-11, leading the Mountain Hawks to their second straight Patriot League Semifinal appearance where they fell just short of advancing to their second LAST TIME OUT straight championship game. BETHLEHEM, Pa. (3/6/11) - Despite a spirited second-half comeback, the top- Year Record (Pct.) PL Home Notables seeded Bucknell Bison proved too much, 2007-08 13-15 (.464) 7-7 11-4 barely holding on to a 66-64 win over the 2008-09 15-14 (.517) 5-10 8-6 2009-10 22-11 (.667) 10-4 15-2 PL Reg Season Championship fourth-seeded Lehigh men’s basketball PL Tourn. Championship team on Sunday evening. The Mountain NCAA Tournament Hawks erased a 10-point second-half defi- 2010-11 16-15 (.516) 6-8 9-5 PL Semifinals cit to pull even on two occasions, but the Total 66-55 ( .545) 28-29 ( .491) 43-17 ( .716) Bison fended off Lehigh’s last-second at- tempt to tie the score and force overtime. IF LEHIGH BEATS ST. JOHN’S - The Mountain Hawks would improve to 2-1 all-time against St. John’s and beat the Red BY THE NUMBERS Storm for the first time since the 1908-09 season. Lehigh St. John’s - Lehigh would defeat a Big East team for the first time since Nov. 26, 2008 when it topped Points 73.6 70.1 Rutgers, 76-71. Points Allowed 72.0 67.0 - The Mountain Hawks would break a two-game season-opening losing streak. After defeat- Scoring Margin +1.6 +3.1 ing Saint Peter’s in the 2008-09 season opener, Lehigh has fallen at Richmond (65-53) and FG% .417 .455 Penn State (70-56) in each of its last two openers. Opp FG% .430 .434 3FG% .328 .335 SEASON OPENING NOTES - This marks the eighth straight season Lehigh has opened its season away from home. Opp 3FG% .361 .372 The last time the Mountain Hawks opened in Stabler Arena was on Nov. 21, 2003 against FT% .755 .710 Long Island. Rebounds 36.7 32.4 - The Nov. 9 tipoff marks the earliest Lehigh will play a regular season game in program Rebound Margin -0.3 -0.6 history. The Mountain Hawks have played twice on Nov. 10: at Oregon in 2006 and at Assists 12.0 12.6 Cornell the following season.