LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME EIGHTEEN: LEHIGH AT ARMY Date Opponent Time/Result LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (10-7, 1-1 PL) AT ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (11-5, 1-1 PL) Nov. 13 at Richmond L, 65-53 CHRISTL ARENA (5,043) • WEST POINT, NY 16 at Rider L, 86-71 JANUARY 17, 2010 • 2:00 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 brief two game road trip this afternoon as the Mountain Hawks Dec. 3 at Columbia L, 75-70 head to West Point to take on the Army Black Knights at Christl Arena. Lehigh will look 5 at Dayton L, 89-71 to shake off its 94-83 loss to Navy on Thursday night in Annapolis and snap a fi ve game 17 DARTMOUTH W, 66-58 road losing streak versus Patriot League foes. Freshman C.J. McCollum continues to 20 at Saint Joseph’s L, 77-66 score in bunches after hitting 11-of-18 shots en route to a career-best tying 31 points ver- 22 MARIST W, 66-55 28 at Longwood W, 89-78 sus the Midshipmen. Fellow freshman Gabe Knutson added 16 points for the Brown and 30 at Delaware State W, 73-66 OT White, while senior Marquis Hall and junior Michael Ojo added ten points apiece. Army Jan. has won eight straight games at home, including a postseason victory over Lehigh last 2 NJIT W, 86-79 5 YALE W, 75-69 year, and like the Mountain Hawks is 1-1 in the league. The Black Knights earned their 9 *AMERICAN W, 78-67 fi r st league win of the year with a hard-fought 67-64 victory over Holy Cross in Massa- 14 * at Navy L, 94-83 chusetts on Wednesday. 17 * at Army 2:00 PM 20 * COLGATE 7:00 PM 23 * LAFAYETTE 7:00 PM TODAY’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 27 * at Bucknell 7:00 PM No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 31 * at Holy Cross 12:00 PM Feb. 1 G Sr. Marquis Hall 10.5 5.5 ast. Patriot League leader in assists 6 * at American 2:00 PM 3 G Fr. C.J. McCollum 15.1 3.6 10+ pts in six straight games 10 * NAVY 7:00 PM 10 F Sr. Zahir Carrington 9.2 7.1 14th career double-double vs. AU 13 * ARMY 7:00 PM 17 * at Colgate 7:00 PM 32 G Sr. Dave Buchberger 5.4 2.6 Shooting 61% in road games 20 * at Lafayette 1:00 PM 42 F Fr. Gabe Knutson 9.4 6.7 Fifth in the P.L. in rebounding 24 * BUCKNELL 7:00 PM 27 * HOLY CROSS 7:30 PM Lehigh Top Reserves Mar. 3 at Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 4 F So. John Adams 3.1 1.9 3 pts, 2 rebs in only 4 mins vs. AU 7 at Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 5 G Jr. Prentice Small 2.1 1.6 ast. Avg just 5.0 minutes in last six 12 at Patriot League Championship TBA 15 G Jr. Rob Keefer 5.8 1.1 Career-high 21 pts at Longwood * P atriot League Game 20 F Fr. Holden Greiner 4.4 2.2 Shooting 51% from the fi eld Home games in CAPS 21 G Sr. Matt Shamis 0.9 0.4 1-2 FGs, 1-2 FTs, 3 pts at Navy All times Eastern and subject to change 23 G Jr. Michael Ojo 7.1 3.7 Seven games with 10+ points 31 F/C So. Justin Maneri 3.3 2.2 7 of 29 rebs have been offensive MEDIA INFORMATION 44 F So. Jordan Hamilton 3.4 2.0 AU game - fi rst action since 11/18 Contact: Mike Stagnitta LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED Offi ce . (610) 758-6631 Brett Reed (Eckerd ‘95) is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ‘48 Head Men’s Cell: . (610) 509-6848 Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. In two years on the sideline Reed has totaled the E-mail: . [email protected] second most victories by a Lehigh head coach in their fi rst two seasons in school annals. Press Row . 610-758-4903/4933 He has also won over 65-percent of his games at Stabler Arena, which is good for third 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: 91.3 WLVR and since 1991 and the school’s fi rst-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed has Lehighsports.com with Matt Kerr and Jeff been at Lehigh since the 2002-03 season, serving as the associate head coach for the 2006- Tourial beginning at 1:45 07 campaign. IF LEHIGH WINS... - Lehigh will snap a two game losing streak versus Army inside of Christl Arena. - The Mountain Hawks will improve to 2-1 in league play for the fi rst time since 2007. - Lehigh will avoid its fi rst losing streak since the fi rst week of December Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME EIGHTEEN: LEHIGH AT ARMY • PAGE 2 TODAY’S GAME PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD During its last six games Lehigh is averaging 80.7 points on 47.7% shooting. The last time Lehigh scored 70+ points in six consecutive games was 1994. The Brown and White Lehigh meets Army for the 89th time fi n ished that season with 10 straight games of 70 or more points. Lehigh, which scored this afternoon with the Black Knights a season-best 89 points in its win at Longwood, currently ranks second in the Patriot leading the series 59-29. The Mountain League in scoring offense at 72.9 points per contest. Hawks have won 12 of the last 17 meet- ings, but Army has won two straight, including last year’s matchup in the Pa- LIKE NIGHT AND DAY triot League Tournament quarterfi nals. Lehigh has won seven of eight home games this season and allowed 68.0 points per game on 39% shooting at Stabler Arena. On the road has been a different story for the Moun- tain Hawks however, who are just 3-6 away from home and allowing teams to score 77.4 THE LAST TIME THEY MET points on 45% shooting. WEST POINT, N.Y. (3/4/09) - The Mountain Hawks comeback attempt fell short in a 53-50 loss at Army in the quar- SEE C.J. SCORE terfi nal round of the 2009 Patriot League Freshman C.J. McCollum continues to torch the nets with his scoring ability. The lanky Tournament. For the third straight year 6-3 freshman tied his career-high with his 31-point performance at Navy on Thursday, a Lehigh - Army postseason game went and currently ranks fourth in the Patriot League in scoring at 15.1 ppg. In his last six down to the fi nal seconds, but a 12- games McCollum is averaging 21.2 points and shooting 57% from the fl oor and 52% from point second-half defi cit was too much three. His 31 points are the most by a Lehigh freshman since Daren Queenan poured in to overcome, as the host Black Knights 31 versus Bucknell in the 1985 East Coast Conference Tournament. held onto the lead for the victory. The Mountain Hawks had the ball with 25 TIGHT ENCOUNTERS seconds to go and were down three, but When Lehigh and Army get together, a low-scoring, physical affair usually ensues. In Marquis Hall misfi red on a pair of three- their last 12 games versus one another the average margin of victory has been just 7.7 point attempts and sophomore Rob points, and two of the games have gone to overtime. Lehigh has won seven of those 12 Keefer’s attempt at a buzzer beating, contests, but the Black Knights have emerged victorious in both overtime games. game-tying three hit the front of the rim. Zahir Carrington led Lehigh on offense CLIMBING THE CHARTS with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Marquis Hall and Zahir Carrington continue to climb the all-time leaderboard for Lehigh Cleveland Richard netted a game-high and the Patriot League. Hall is 22 points away from moving into the top-ten on the 15 points for the Black Knights. school’s scoring list, while his 473 assists are sixth best in league annals. Carrington has scored 1,059 career points, which places him 23rd on Lehigh’s list. The Philadelphia na- LAST TIME OUT tive is also 73 rebounds away from moving into tenth place in league history. ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Freshman C.J. McCollum tied his career-high with 31 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HALFTIME? points but it was not enough as Lehigh Lehigh trailed Navy by only three at halftime of its game on Thursday, 36-33. In the saw its six-game win streak come to an second half however the Moutain Hawks defense surrendered 58 points on 55% shooting end with a 94-83 loss to Navy on Thurs- from the fl oor and three-point range. The 58 points were the most Lehigh has allowed day. McCollum sank 11-of-18 shots in a half since Brett Reed’s fi rst game as head coach when Cornell netted 58 second half from the fl oor and six-of-eight at the line tallies in Ithaca in 2007.