LEHIGH CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2009, 2010 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 3: DELAWARE STATE AT LEHIGH 2016-17 Schedule DELAWARE STATE HORNETS (0-2) NOVEMBER 11 EAST STROUDSBURG W, 78-72 AT 13 at Duquesne L, 49-63 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-1) 16 DELAWARE STATE 11:00 a.m. 19 SACRED HEART 7:00 p.m. BETHLEHEM, PA. • NOV. 16, 2016 •11:00 A.M. 22 at Mount St. Mary’s 4:00 p.m. STABLER ARENA (5,600) 26 NORFOLK STATE& 4:00 p.m. 27 HARTFORD/MONMOUTH& 2/4:00 p.m. 30 NJIT 7:00 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE The Lehigh women’s basketball team will host Delaware State for the seventh-annual Education Day DECEMBER at Stabler Arena on Wednesday, November 16. Lehigh will welcome approximately 4,000 students 5 at Villanova 7:00 p.m. from numerous Bethlehem-area schools as part of the day’s festivities. The game will be broadcast live 8 RIDER 7:00 p.m. 11 at California 5:00 p.m. on Service Electric 2 Sports and streamed live online through the Patriot League Network. 30 ARMY WEST POINT 7:00 p.m. Lehigh (1-1) enters the game coming off their first loss of the season, a 63-49 setback at Duquesne on JANUARY Sunday. Duquesne shot 61 percent in the opening quarter to jump out to 30-13 lead, but Lehigh’s defense 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2:00 p.m. held the Dukes to just 15.5 percent shooting the rest of the game. Duquesne out-rebounded the Mountain 5 at Loyola 7:00 p.m. Hawks 69-40 overall, and 35-10 on the offensive glass. Lehigh shot just 28.1 percent for the game, and 14.3 7 at American 4:00 p.m. percent (3-for-21) from three-point range. Lehigh outscored Duquesne 27-19 in the second half as Quinci 11 BUCKNELL 7:00 p.m. 14 at Holy Cross 1:00 p.m. Mann led all scorers with 22 points for the second straight game. Freshman Camryn Buhr tallied six points 18 NAVY 7:00 p.m. and six rebounds, and classmate Cameryn Benz collected seven points, four rebounds and one block. 21 at Lafayette 2:00 p.m. 28 at Boston University 2:00 p.m. Lehigh opened up its season last Friday at Stabler Arena with a 78-72 win over East Stroudsburg. Mann led the way with 22 points and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. Freshman Gena Grund- FEBRUARY hoffer scored 15 points and collected nine rebounds in her collegiate debut and junior Bernadette Devaney 1 LOYOLA 7:00 p.m. 4 AMERICAN 2:00 p.m. added 10 points off the bench for Lehigh. 8 at Bucknell 6:00 p.m. 11 HOLY CROSS 2:00 p.m. 15 at Navy 7:00 p.m. LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 18 LAFAYETTE 2:00 p.m. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 22 at Colgate 7:00 p.m. F 12 Gena Grundhoffer (Fr., 6-1) 7.5 7.5 15 points, nine rebounds vs. E. Stroudsburg 25 at Army West Point 3:00 p.m. G 15 Camryn Buhr (Fr., 6-1) 6.5 4.5 Six points and six rebounds at Duquesne G 20 Quinci Mann (Jr., 5-10) 22.0 0.5 Preseason all-league, 44 points thru two games MARCH G 22 Hannah Hedstrom (Fr., 5-9) 3.5 5.0 Prospect Nation four-star recruit. Averaging two apg 1 COLGATE 7:00 p.m. F 44 Mae Williams (Jr., 6-0) 3.5 0.5 Averaging 12 min/game thru first two career starts 4 Patriot League First Round TBA 6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA 10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA LEHIGH’S KEY RESERVES 12 Patriot League Championship TBA Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable G 5 Bernadette Davaney (Jr., 5-8) 5.0 0.0 Team-leading 85.2 free throw pct. last season All times Eastern and subject to change G/F 10 Kiernan McCloskey (Sr., 6-1) 2.0 6.5 Missed 2015-16 with knee injury Home games in BOLD CAPS G 11 Taylor Campbell (Jr., 5-9) 4.0 3.5 18 pts., 2 rbs, 3 assists at Colgate. 5 starts last season Neutral site games in Italics G 25 Kayla Burton (Sr., 5-8) 0.0 4.0 Played all 31 games in 2015-16 *-Patriot League Game F 30 Cameryn Benz (Fr., 6-3) 6.5 4.0 Averaging a team-high 17 minutes off the bench (&) Christmas City Classic at Lehigh G 33 Hailey Pascoe (So., 5-9) 6.0 0.5 Patriot League All-Rookie selection in 2016 MEDIA INFORMATION IF LEHIGH BEATS DELAWARE STATE Contact . .. Tim Geer Lehigh would improve to 2-0 all-time against Delaware State and 4-0 against the MEAC since Office: ........................(610) 758-5043 the 2010-11 season. Cell: .........................(203) 906-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Broadcast Info: Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 22nd season at the helm, carrying a career record of 337-286 TV: Service Electric 2 Sports into Wednesday’s contest and has turned the Lehigh program into a perennial Patriot League Video: Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) power. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to 19 wins and a Audio: www.LehighSports.com/Watch Patriot League Championship appearance in 2014-15. In the previous six years, Troyan led Lehigh to a combined 120-69 (55-33 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships Lehigh Online: Website - Lehighsports.com and NCAA Tournament berths. Facebook - facebook.com/LehighWBB1 Twitter - @LehighWBB Instagram - @LehighWBB Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 • Twitter: @LehighSports 2016-17 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 3: DELAWARE STATE• PAGE 2 ALL-TIME VS. DELAWARE STATE SCOUTING THE HORNETS The Mountain Hawks and Warriors will be meeting for just the second Delaware State is off to a 0-2 start so far this season following a 90-71 time in program history, with the only other matchup coming in Do- loss at home to Detroit Mercy to open the season, and a 69-44 defeat ver, Del. on Nov 23, 2015. at Drexel this past Sunday. The Lady Hornets have lost four in a row overall dating back to their final two games of last season. Lehigh took the only other matchup between the two schools by a score of 83-49 last season. The dominating win moved Lehigh to 4-0 Delaware State started off last season on a five-game skid and finished for just the third time in program history, and dropped the Hornets to the year with a 9-21 record and a 2-12 mark on the road. DSU was 0-4 on the season. picked to finish 11th in the 2016-17 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s basketball preseason poll. The Lady Hornets fin- Lexi Martins led Lehigh with her fourth double-double in as many ished 10th in the MEAC standings last season with a record of 6-10 in games with 18 points and 15 rebounds, while senior Kerry Kinek also chipped in 18 points. Senior Amina Affini followed with 15 points, conference play and lost to seventh-seeded Florida A&M in the open- while classmate Elizabeth Sharlow chipped in 12. Junior Kayla Burton ing round of the MEAC Tournament. and sophomore Quinci Mann dished three assists apiece. Delaware State returns seven letter winners from last season led by The Mountain Hawks finished the game shooting 46.7 percent (28-for- last year’s MEAC Rookie-of-the-Year and 2016 MEAC Preseason First 60) from the field and 33.3 percent (6-for-18) from three-point range. Team selection, NaJai Pollard. The sophomore forward was fifth in the Lehigh held Delaware State to a 32.3 (21-for-65) shooting percentage MEAC in rebounding (8.3 rpg) and 13th in scoring (11.6 ppg) during and 17.9 (5-for-28) mark from downtown. The Mountain Hawks also the 2015-16 season. She posted a team-high eight double-doubles as held a commanding 53-29 rebound advantage. a freshman. She was second on the team in scoring, while leading the team in rebounding, field goals and blocks last season. She grabbed SERIES HISTORY 10-or-more rebounds in 11 games, including a career-high 15 on two separate occasions. DELAWARE STATE Overall: Lehigh 1-0 The Lady Hornets are averaging 57.5 points per game and hauling in Last Meeting: Nov. 23, 2015 - Dover, Del. an average of 39.0 rebounds per game through two games this season. Last Result: Lehigh 83-49 DSU has a scoring differential of -22.0 points per game and a rebound- Current Streak: Lehigh, W1 ing differential of -4.5 per game through two games this season. Dela- ware State is shooting 34 percent from the floor, including 24 percent from three-point range, and 60 percent from the free-throw line. Last Five Meetings: DELAWARE STATE PROJECTED STARTERS Nov. 23, 2015 (Away) Lehigh 83-49 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG G 1 Ivana Negron (So., 5-8) 3.00 0.5 C 14 Dayanni Cochran (Jr., 6-3) 4.0 3.0 G 15 Mikah Aldridge (Jr., 5-5) 8.5 4.0 F 22 NaJai Pollard (So., 5-11) 17.0 8.0 G 24 Lorna Caesar (So., 5-6) 6.0 2.5 2016-17 BY THE NUMBERS DELAWARE STATE KEY RESERVES Lehigh Delaware State Pos.