LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TEN: LEHIGH AT SAINT JOSEPH’S Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-5) AT SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS (3-6) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 MICHAEL J. HAGAN ‘85 ARENA (4,200) • PHILADELPHIA, PA 16 at Rider L, 86-71 DECEMBER 20, 2009 • 7:00 PM 18 QUINNIPIAC W, 79-71 23 MONMOUTH W, 86-74 25 at St. Francis (Pa.) W, 76-67 SETTING THE SCENE 30 STONY BROOK L, 71-52 Lehigh completes its Atlantic-10 tour this evening as the Mountain Hawks head to Dec. 3 at Columbia L, 75-70 Philadelphia to take on the Saint Joseph’s Hawks. Lehigh returned from its annual fi nal 5 at Dayton L, 89-71 exams break on Thursday and snapped its three game losing skid with a 66-58 victory 17 DARTMOUTH W, 66-58 over Dartmouth at Stabler Arena. Senior captain Marquis Hall netted a game-high 17 20 at Saint Joseph’s 7:00 PM points, while junior Michael Ojo came off the bench and tied his career-high with 14 22 MARIST 7:00 PM 28 at Longwood 7:00 PM tallies, including a perfect six-of-six showing at the foul line. Saint Joseph’s has been off 30 at Delaware State 7:30 PM since falling 97-74 at Big Ten member Minnesota on December 12 in Minneapolis. Three Jan. Hawks, including Darrin Govens (15), Garrett Williamson (15) and Chris Prescott (14) 2 NJIT 7:30 PM 5 YALE 7:00 PM netted double fi gures. Tonight’s contest is only the third for Saint Joseph’s inside the 9 *AMERICAN 7:00 PM new Michael J. Hagan ‘85 Arena. 13 * at Navy 7:00 PM 17 * at Army 2:00 PM 20 * COLGATE 7:00 PM TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 10.7 6.0 ast. Needs 20 assists to set LU record 30 * at Holy Cross 3:30 PM Feb. 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 12.2 2.0 Two-time P.L. Rookie of the Week 6 * at American 2:00 PM 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 6.5 4.2 31 points shy of 1,000 for his career 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 4.2 2.0 Shooting 52% from the fi eld 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 6.6 6.6 Season best 10 boards on Thurs. 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM Lehigh Top Reserves 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM 4 F So. John Adams 4.6 2.1 Career-best 13 points vs. St. Brook Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 2.9 2.1 ast. 19 assists, only 6 TOs this year 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 6.4 1.2 4-8 FGs, 11 points at Dayton 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 7.0 3.1 Averaging 9.4 pts in last fi ve * P atriot League Game 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 0.3 0.3 Missed the entire 2008-09 season Home games in CAPS 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 7.4 3.6 Tied career-high on Thurs. (14 pts) All times Eastern and subject to change 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 6.0 4.6 Avg 7 pts, 5 rebs in his last three MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 5.3 2.7 Has not played since 11/18 LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Contact: Mike Stagnitta Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed has totaled the Cell: . (610) 509-6848 second most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. E-mail: . [email protected] He has also won over 65-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 best on the Lehigh leaderboard. His 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non-league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins Radio/Internet Audio: Live on 91.3 WLVR- since 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has FM with veteran Matt Kerr and Lehigh been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach for the 2006- Hall of Famer Greg Falkenbach ‘72 begin- 07 campaign. ning at 6:45. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will defeat a team from the Atlantic-10 for the fi rst time since the inception of the league in 1976. - The Mountain Hawks will defeat Saint Joseph’s for the fi rst time in school history. - Lehigh will improve to 22-16 versus non-league foes under head coach Brett Reed. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TEN: LEHIGH AT SAINT JOSEPH’S • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S GAME DEFENSE PAVES THE WAY In their win on Thursday the Mountain Hawks held Dartmouth to only 58 points - the fewest by a Lehigh opponent this season. In its four wins Lehigh is holding teams to an Lehigh meets Saint Joseph’s for the 14th average of 67.5 points on 41% shooting, but in their fi ve losses the Mountain Hawks have time this evening, but just the second allowed an average of 77.2 points on 47% shooting. Four of the teams that have beaten time since 1982. The Hawks lead the Lehigh scored at least 71 points. series 13-0, including a 77-64 victory last season in Bethlehem. The teams fi r st met in 1959, an 85-63 win by Saint OUT-BATTLED ON THE BOARDS Joseph’s. Lehigh led the Patriot League in rebounding a season ago, pulling down 39.6 boards per game and the Mountain Hawks’ +3.0 rebound margin ranked second in the league. This THE LAST TIME THEY MET year Lehigh is averaging 34.6 rebounds per game and sporting a -4.0 rebound margin. BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lehigh hung tough The Brown and White has already been out-rebounded in seven of its nine games after with Saint Joseph’s at Stabler Arena, being out-rebounded just nine times all of last season. but in the end the Hawks outlasted the Brown and White 77-64. Ahmad GROWING UP FAST Nivins scored a game-high 20 points Freshman Gabe Knutson has started every game for Lehigh during the early going of his and ripped down 17 rebounds for the career. The Iowa native has led Lehigh in rebounds in fi ve games, including a season Hawks as they improved to 3-3. Juniors best 10 vs. Dartmouth, and he currently leads the team with a 6.6 per game average. In Marquis Hall and Zahir Carrington his last three games Knutson’s offense has come to life as he has averaged 10.7 points on combined for 31 points for Lehigh, 11-of-21 shooting (52%), to go with a 10-11 showing at the foul line. but it wasn’t enough as the Mountain Hawks three-game win streak came to an end. Saint Joseph’s began the game INSTANT OFFENSE on an 11-4 run and took a 35-24 lead into Juniors Rob Keefer and Michael Ojo have given Lehigh an instant lift off the bench this halftime. Lehigh got to within four in season as the pair is averaging 13.8 points between them with a combined seven double the fi nal minutes, but would not get any digit scoring games. Keefer netted 11 points in 15 minutes at Dayton on December 5 closer. while Ojo tied his career high with 14 points in the win over Dartmouth on Thursday. LAST TIME OUT HANDLING WITH CARE BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Senior Marquis Lehigh committed a season low seven turnovers vs. Dartmouth, dropping the Mountain Hall netted a game-high 17 points, while Hawks season average to only 13.7 per game. Lehigh has posted three games of single junior Michael Ojo equaled his career- digit TOs this season and has won all three (Monmouth, St. Francis, Dartmouth). high with 14 points as Lehigh returned to action on Thursday evening by snap- FINDING HIS GROOVE ping its three game losing streak with a Senior captain Marquis Hall is beginning to fi nd his offensive game. After averaging 66-58 victory over Dartmouth at Stabler 9.0 points on 36% shooting in the fi rst six games of the season the Oregon native has hit Arena. The Mountain Hawks showed for 14.0 points on 47% shooting in his last three, including a season best 19 at Columbia. signs of having been off for 12 days for Earlier this week Hall was named a nominee for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award, given annu- fi n al exams but were able to come out ally to the top collegiate male point guard. This marks the second consecutive season in with the victory - their fi fth straight over which Hall has been up for the award.