LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME TWENTY: LEHIGH VS LAFAYETTE Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (8-11, 2-2) at LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (14-5, 3-1) 14 PENN W, 83-52 16 at St. Joseph’s L, 63-71 STABLER ARENA (5,600) • BETHLEHEM, PA 19 at Fairleigh Dickinson W, 90-54 JANUARY 24, 2009 • 7:05 PM 22 at St. Francis (Pa.) W, 82-62 25 at Sacred Heart W, 77-75 SETTING THE SCENE 30 PRINCETON W, 63-43 The Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry continues on the hardwood tonight when the Leopards Dec. make their way to Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks dropped two games to Lafayette 2 at Syracuse L, 60-69 5 BRYANT W, 68-55 last season, but exacted the ultimate revenge in March, by ending the Leopards’ season 7 at Villanova L, 52-58 in the Patriot League Tournament. Lehigh will be looking to record back-to-back wins 18 at NJIT W, 65-54 after knocking off Colgate on Wednesday at Stabler Arena. The home court has been a 20 BINGHAMTON W, 78-45 signifi cant advantage for the Brown and White, as the Mountain Hawks have won their 29 NORTH FLORIDA^ W, 67-47 fi r st nine games at Stabler Arena this season. 30 LA SALLE^ W, 53-49 Jan. LEHIGH PROJECTED STARTERS 2 FORDHAM W, 69-55 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 4 at Akron L, 59-67 G 21 Erica Prosser (So., 5-7) 14.8 3.1 20+ points in 3-straight games 10 AMERICAN* W, 77-69 14 at Navy* W, 66-63 OT G 45 Alex Ross (Jr., 5-10) 12.3 1.8 46 3-pointers made this year 18 at Army* L, 54-52 G 44 Tricia Smith (Sr., 5-9) 7.1 6.6 Nine rebounds vs. Colgate 21 COLGATE* W, 61-43 F 23 Haly Crites (Sr., 6-1) 6.4 5.0 Season-high three blocks Weds. 24 LAFAYETTE* 7:05 PM F 30 Courtney Dentler (So., 6-0) 6.9 3.7 9.1 PPG, 4.4 RPG in 10 starts 28 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM 31 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM LEHIGH KEY RESERVES Feb. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 7 at American* 4:00 PM G 25 Kristen Dalton (Jr., 5-10) 7.4 2.5 19.3 MPG off the bench 11 NAVY* 7:05 PM G 5 Claire Sullivan (Sr., 5-8) 1.6 2.6 2.16 assist to turnover ratio 14 ARMY* 7:05 PM 18 at Colgate* 7:00 PM C 34 Alexa Williams (Fr., 6-3) 5.4 4.7 1.0 steals per game this year 21 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM C 32 Melissa Rich (Sr., 6-2) 3.6 3.1 19-26 from FT line (.731) 25 BUCKNELL* 7:05 PM F 3 Courtney Molinaro (Jr., 6-0) 2.5 1.9 9.7 mins. per game in January 28 HOLY CROSS* 1:05 PM Mar. LEHIGH-LAFAYETTE SERIES 7-8 Patriot League Tournament The women’s basketball edition of the Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry has been no less intense at Stabler Arena+ TBA than in any other sport. The schools have met 71 times in history, with Lehigh trailing 31- 11 Patriot League Championships 40 overall. Since Patriot League play began in 1990-91, the tide has begun to turn back in at Highest Seed+ TBA favor of the Mountain Hawks, with Lehigh winning 19 of the 36 regular season meetings Home games in CAPS *Patriot League Game in league play. Lehigh and Lafayette have met fi ve times in the Patriot League Tourna- ^ Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh) ment, and the Brown and White walked away victorious in three of those meetings, in- +Patriot League tournament cluding last season’s 62-51 win in West Point, N.Y. In the last 10 seasons, Lehigh owns a 15-9 edge, including a stretch where the Mountain Hawks won 10 of 11 games (2001-05). MEDIA INFORMATION LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Contact . Brian Tahmosh Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 14th season at the helm, carrying a career record of Offi ce: . (610) 758-5101 Cell: . (617) 797 4735 193-199. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot E-mail: . [email protected] League contests as Troyan. She received her fi rst Patriot League Coach of the Year honor Press Row: . (610) 758-4903/4933 in 2005 after she guided the team to 19 overall wins and a Lehigh-record 10 wins against league opponents. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly On Television: Tonight’s game can be seen on turning that program into a perennial Patriot League power. Service Electric 2 Sports with Mike Zambelli and Jim Wills calling the action starting at 7 p.m. IF LEHIGH WINS... On the Radio and Internet: Tonight’s game can v The Mountain hawks will win 15 games in back-to-back seasons for the fi rst time since be heard on ESPN Radio 1230/1320 and Lehighs- the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons ports.com with Jeff Tourial and Steve Lomangino on the call. It can also be seen online with video v Lehigh will improve to 10-0 at home for the fi rst time since 1989-90 (14-0) streaming provided by Yahoo! Sports. v It would break a streak of three-straight losses to Lafayette in the regular season Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Football • Phone 610-758-31 200374 • Fax 610-758-4407 2008-09 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME TWENTY: LEHIGH VS LAFAYETTE • PAGE TWO LEHIGH IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE The Mountain Hawks carry a 104-138 record since Patriot League LAST MEETING play began in 1990-91 (including an 0-10 record against Fordham when the Rams were a Patriot League team). The school earned its LEHIGH 62 LAFAYETTE 51 fi r st Patriot League Championship in the 1996-97 season, en route to its only NCAA Tournament appearance. The Brown and White WEST POINT, N.Y. (March 8, 2008) –After dropping two games has had the most success against Colgate, earning 24 wins in 45 to Lafayette during the regular season, Lehigh got its chance to games against the Raiders. The Mountain Hawks have earned the avenge those losses, and it made the most of it, coming away with most wins against Bucknell and Lafayette (31). a 62-51 win over the Leopards in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y. LEHIGH VS. CURRENT PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS Erica Prosser and Alex Ross each scored a game high 16 points for Team Record (PL) the Mountain Hawks. Tricia Smith ended just short of a double- American 8-13 (7-8) double, with 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds. She also Army 22-21 (20-17) added a game-high four steals and three assists. Bucknell 31-30 (15-21) Colgate 24-21 (19-18) Holy Cross 6-37 (6-30) Scoring Leaders: Rebounding Leaders: Lafayette 31-40 (19-17) Lehigh: Lehigh: Navy 20-20 (18-17) Erica Prosser (16) Tricia Smith (9) TOTAL 142-182 (104-128) Alex Ross (16) Lafayette: Tricia Smith (14) Vanessa Van De Venter (6) SCOUTING THE LEOPARDS Lafayette: Assist Leaders: The Leopards scored 21 of their 41 fi rst-half points from long Vanessa Van De Venter (15) Lehigh: range as they rolled to a 17-point victory over Bucknell Wednes- Jessica Spicer (10) Three players (3) day. Lafayette improved to 8-11 and 2-2 in Patriot League play Cristin Zavocki (7) Lafayette: with the win. The Leopards have alternated wins and losses over Vanessa Van De Venter (3) the last six games, failing to put together any sort of streak. LaKei- sha Wright leads the team in scoring with 11.4 points per game and adds 4.6 rebounds per game. TALE OF THE TAPE LAFAYETTE HEAD COACH TAMMY SMITH Smith is in the midst of her eighth season with the Leopards, car- Lehigh Category Lafayette Edge rying a 49-170 record with the school. Smith has earned 161 wins 67.6 Scoring Offense 56.2 LEHIGH in her 15 seasons as a head coach overall, with a stint as head 57.1 Scoring Defense 61.0 LEHIGH coach at Muhlenberg. Lafayette posted a 14-16 record and 6-8 +10.5 Scoring Margin -4.8 LEHIGH mark in Patriot League play under Smith last season. She is 5-10 .718 Free Throw Pct .661 LEHIGH against Lehigh in her career with the Leopards. .429 Field Goal Pct .406 LEHIGH .352 Field Goal Pct Defense .381 LEHIGH LAFAYETTE PROJECTED STARTERS 5.9 3FG Made (per game) 3.8 LEHIGH Pos. No. Name PPG RPG .331 3FG Pct .308 LEHIGH G 14 Cristin Zavocki (Sr., 5-7) 10.6 2.2 .306 3FG Pct Defense .313 LEHIGH G 15 Jessica Spicer (Sr., 5-6) 7.1 4.2 40.8 Rebounding 34.4 LEHIGH G 21 LaKeisha Wright (So., 5-11) 11.4 4.6 34.1 Rebounding Allowed 35.9 LEHIGH F 12 Emily Garner (Sr., 5-11) 6.9 6.7 +6.8 Rebounding Margin -1.5 LEHIGH F 3 Elizabeth Virgin (So., 6-0) 8.8 4.6 3.3 Blocked Shots 2.4 LEHIGH LAFAYETTE KEY RESERVES 15.1 Assists 11.0 LEHIGH 8.9 Steals 5.7 LEHIGH Pos. No. Name PPG RPG 18.5 Turnovers 19.9 LEHIGH G 24 Lauren Jackson (So., 5-8) 2.2 1.0 F 43 Sarah McGorry (Fr., 6-0) 2.8 1.6 C 22 Amanda Smith (Jr., 6-3) 3.7 3.0 TOP PLAYERS LEHIGH LEADERS LAFAYETTE LEADERS Points per game Erica Prosser (14.8) Points per game LaKeisha Wright (11.4) Rebounds per game Tricia Smith (6.6) Rebounds per game Emily Garner (6.7) Assists per game Erica Prosser (4.5) Assists per game Jessica Spicer (3.1) FG pct.