MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES -GAME 15 2020-21 SCHEDULE LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-10 PL, 1-7 CENTRAL) January VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (6-10 PL, 4-10 NORTH) 2 LAFAYETTE*% W, 90-89 (OT) Mar. 3, 2021 3 at Lafayette*% L, 82-70 Case Gymnasium (1,800) - Boston, Mass. 9 AMERICAN* Postponed TV: ESPN+ 9 NAVY* L, 69-61 Radio: Fox Sports 1230/1320 AM/94.7 FM 10 at American* Postponed 10 at Navy* L, 73-58 16 at Bucknell*% L, 75-70 17 BUCKNELL*% L, 77-61 23 at Holy Cross* W, 75-72 24 at Holy Cross* W, 82-74 30 BUCKNELL*% L, 84-70 31 at Bucknell*% L, 92-68 February 6 at Lafayette*% Postponed 7 LAFAYETTE*% Postponed 13 LOYOLA Postponed 14 at Loyola Postponed LEHIGH SET TO BEGIN POSTSEASON IN BEANTOWN 20 LOYOLA* L, 75-47 Following a pair of close defeats against archrival Lafayette last weekend, the Lehigh men’s basketball team shifts 21 at Loyola* W, 76-72 focus to the Patriot League Tournament as the Mountain Hawks travel to Boston University to face the Terriers. 27 at Lafayette*% L, 75-69 Opening tipoff for the first-round matchup is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+. The winner of Wednesday’s showdown will travel to second-seeded Colgate for Saturday’s quarterfinals. 28 LAFAYETTE*% L, 71-70 Lehigh came ever so close to capturing a home game on Wednesday. The Mountain Hawks dropped a pair of tight March finals to the Leopards, which came down to the final seconds. First on Saturday, Lehigh only led briefly in the first half, but fought back to within two in the final minute of regulation with a chance to tie or take a lead, before ultimately 3 at Boston U. (Patriot League Tournament First Round) 7:00 falling 75-69. Sunday, the Mountain Hawks erased a 12-point first-half deficit to take multiple second-half leads. 6 Patriot League Quarterfinals TBA Ultimately, a Justin Jaworski bank shot with 19 seconds remaining gave Lafayette the lead back. Lehigh had three 10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA shots in the final seconds, two of which were desperation attempts, and none fell as the Mountain Hawks lost, 71-70. 14 Patriot League Championship Game TBA Senior Marques Wilson and junior Nic Lynch each scored 22 points to lead the offense Saturday while a day later, freshman Ben Li scored a team-high 13 points (which tied a career high) in just 13 minutes, knocking down 5-of-7 from the field, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Li has now made six of his last 11 from behind the arc. One day after Home team in BOLD CAPS grabbing a career-high 15 rebounds, sophomore Evan Taylor scored 12 points via a career-high four 3-pointers (on *Patriot League game just five attempts). Taylor knocked down a pair of treys in the final minute of the first half to cut Lehigh’s deficit in half %Mini-conference game (from 12 to six). He is currently tied for fourth in the Patriot League in rebounding (7.6). On his Senior Night, Wilson also chipped in with 11 points. Sophomore Reed Fenton led the team in rebounds, collecting a career-high eight boards. In SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS the end, all four games against Lafayette in the regular season were extremely competitive deep into the second half. The Mountain Hawks now look ahead to the Patriot League Tournament and the quest for a championship and NCAA Contact ..............................................Justin Lafleur Tournament berth. A tough challenge stands in the way in round one. Lehigh was the last team to hand BU a defeat ...............................................(610) 758-6631 last season prior to its run to the tournament title. The Terriers have been up-and-down this season, and currently stand Office 6-10 overall (4-10 against the North). Wednesday will be the first meeting between the two sides in 2021. Cell .................................................(610) 577-5222 E-mail [email protected] Press Row .....................................(610) 758-4903/4933 PROJECTED STARTERS MBB SOCIAL MEDIA Website ..........................................lehighsports.com Facebook ...................Facebook.com/LehighMensBasketball Twitter ...............................................@LehighMBB Instagram ...............................@Lehigh_Mens_Basketball TAYLOR M. WILSON FENTON LI LYNCH 5 So. | G | 6-6 11 Sr. | G | 6-4 15 So. | G | 6-4 21 Fr. | F | 6-6 44 Jr. | C | 6-11 PPG 9.2 PPG 15.1 PPG 6.0 PPG 4.2 PPG 13.0 Champions RPG 7.6 RPG 3.8 RPG 2.4 RPG 2.2 RPG 4.7 FG% 45.0% FG% 44.1% FG% 30.5% FG% 46.2% FG% 51.0% 1997, 2009, 2010 3FG% 40.7% 3FG% 29.2% 3FG% 24.4% 3FG% 46.7% 3FG% 50.0 APG 1.5 APG 2.9 APG 1.5 APG 0.3 APG 0.7 2020-21 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL | GAME 15: BOSTON U. (PLT) | PAGE 2 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Major 0 Jakob Alamudun So. F 6-6 225 Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina High School Arts and Sciences 1 Jeameril Wilson Jr. F 6-7 200 Chicago, Ill./Woodstock Academy (Notre Dame College Prep) Finance 2 Jake Betlow So. G 6-2 185 Mendham, N.J./St. Benedict’s Business 4 Andrei Arion So. G 6-3 180 Bucharest, Romania/American International School of Bucharest Bioengineering 5 Evan Taylor So. G 6-6 200 Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West High School Arts and Sciences 10 Jalin Sinclair Fr. G 5-10 182 Manhattan, N.Y./Suffield Academy Arts and Sciences 11 Marques Wilson Sr. G 6-4 210 Edmond, Okla./Edmond North High School Marketing 13 Luke Traina Fr. G 6-5 185 Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy Business 15 Reed Fenton So. G 6-4 165 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe High School Chemical Engineering 20 Jayshen Saigal Fr. G 6-2 175 Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale High School Business 21 Ben Li Fr. F 6-6 230 Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea Secondary School Business 35 Dominic Parolin Fr. F/C 6-8 230 Coquitlam, B.C./Centennial Secondary School Arts and Sciences 42 JT Tan Fr. C 6-8 280 Redondo Beach, Calif./Rolling Hills Prep Arts and Sciences 44 Nic Lynch Jr. C 6-11 250 Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep Political Science COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Murray H. Goodman ’48 Head Coach: Brett Reed (Eckerd College ’95), 14th Season 0 - Jakob Alamudun AL-ah-MOO (like a cow) - doon (like noon) Harry Morra (DeSales ‘04), Sixth Season 1 - Jeameril Wilson Ja-MEAR-ull Assistant Coach: 2 - Jake Betlow BET-low Assistant Coach: Noel Hightower (Chestnut Hill ‘16), Fifth Season 4 - Andrei Arion AR-E-on Assistant Coach: Quinn McDowell (William & Mary ‘12), Second Season 10 - Jalin Sinclair JAY-lin Director of Basketball Operations: Greg Tarca (Quinnipiac ‘18), Third Season 11 - Marques Wilson MARK-iss Video Coordinator: Michael Calzola (Akron ‘18), First Season 20 - Jayshen Saigal JAY-shen SIGH-gull 21 - Ben Li Ben LEE Student-Athlete Support & Enrichment Coordinator: Billy Dunn (Cairn University ‘93), Fourth Season 35 - Dominic Parolin Pa (like Pad)-ROH-linn TV/RADIO ROSTER Jakob Alamudun Jeameril Wilson Jake Betlow Andrei Arion Evan Taylor Jalin Sinclair So.. - F - 6-6 - 225 Jr.. - F - 6-7 - 200 So. - G - 6-2 - 185 So. - G - 6-3 - 180 So. - G - 6-6 - 200 Fr. - G - 5-10 - 182 0 Huntington Beach, Calif. 1 Chicago, Ill. 2 Mendham, N.J. 4 Bucharest, Romania 5 Glen Ellyn, Ill. 10 Manhattan, N.Y. Marques Wilson Luke Traina Reed Fenton Jayshen Saigal Ben Li Dominic Parolin Sr. - G - 6-4 - 210 Fr. - G - 6-5 - 185 So. - G - 6-4 - 165 Fr. - G - 6-2 - 175 Fr. - F - 6-6 - 230 Fr. - F/C - 6-8 11 Edmond, Okla. 13 Doylestown, Pa. 15 Latrobe, Pa. 20 Scarsdale, N.Y. 21 Toronto, Ontario 35 Coquitlam, B.C. JT Tan Nic Lynch Dr. Brett Reed Harry Morra Noel Hightower Quinn McDowell Fr. - C - 6-8 - 280 Jr. - C - 6-11 - 250 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 42 Redondo Beach, Calif. 44 Seattle, Wash. 14th Season Sixth Season Fifth Season Second Season Lehigh Sports Communications | 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pa. | Phone 610-758-3174 | www.lehighsports.com 2020-21 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL | GAME 15: BOSTON U. (PLT) | PAGE 3 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS (NUMBER OF GAMES) Game Leaders Player 10+ 20+ 30+ 10+ 15+ 20+ 5+ 10+ 5+ 5+ D.D. Pts Reb Ast Pts Pts Pts Rebs Rebs Rebs Ast Ast Steals Blks 0 - Alamudun 1 1 1 1 1 - J. Wilson 4 1 2 2 3 2 - Betlow 4 - Arion 5 - Taylor 6 5 3 1 6 1 10 - Sinclair 1 2 3 11 - M. Wilson 9 4 2 1 6 5 13 - Traina 15 - Fenton 2 1 1 1 1 20 - Saigal 21 - Li 3 1 35 - Parolin 2 1 1 1 1 1 42 - Tan 44 - Lynch 11 3 4 5 WHEN LEHIGH... Allows 50% or more 3FG: .............................0-0 Allows 40-49% 3FG: .......................................0-6 MID-MAJOR TOP 25 Plays at home: .......................................................... 1-5 Allows 30-30% 3FG: ........................................2-4 Plays on the road:.....................................................3-5 Allows under 30% 3FG: ................................. 2-0 *March 1, 2021 Poll Plays at neutral sites: .............................................0-0 Team Record Points Outrebounds opponents: .............................4-4 1. Gonzaga (31) 24-0 775 Leads at the half: .......................................................2-1 Is outrebounded: ............................................0-6 Ties opponent in rebounding: ...................0-0 2. Loyola Chicago 21-4 741 Trails at the half: ........................................................ 2-7 3. Winthrop 20-1 663 Is tied at the half: ..................................................... 0-2 Commits fewer than 15 turnovers: ............2-8 4.