Lehigh opens home schedule on Sunday afternoon

11/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Following three games at the BCA Invitational in Laramie, Wyoming, Lehigh opens its home schedule versus Princeton at Stabler Arena on Sunday afternoon.  Lehigh, which is 7-5 versus Ivy League teams under head coach Billy Taylor (5-2 at Stabler Arena), is looking to snap a three-game losing streak against the Ivies.  Junior Jose Olivero is the team leader in both points and assists this season, and has averaged 15.1 points in eight career games against the Ancient Eight, including a career-high of 29 last season versus Dartmouth (11/27/04).  The Tigers enter Sunday’s game following a 54-41 setback to Drexel in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off Opening Round on November 14 in New Jersey.  Noah Savage led Princeton with 15 points.

 

Only three times last season did a Lehigh player grab ten or more rebounds in a game, but through three games this year, it has already happened twice.  Sophomore Bryan White ripped down a career-high 11 boards versus Northwestern and junior Kyle Neptune cleared the backboards a career-best ten times in the Mountain Hawks contest versus Butler.

 

Lehigh has been solid on the glass in the early going, which has led to a 30-18 advantage in second-chance points.  The Mountain Hawks outscored Northwestern 14-5 in this category and put up 11 second-chance tallies, to Butler’s four.

 

Sunday’s game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 from Stabler Arena and will be televised live on Service Electric 2 Sports with Mike Zambelli, Nathan Jameson and Rich Baksa providing the commentary.  On Tuesday evening, the game will be re-played on Fox College Sports (FCS), starting at 5:00. 

 

The game will be also be broadcast live on WLVR-FM, as well as lehighsports.com with streaming audio provided by Yahoo! Sports.  Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach ’72 will call the action.

 

Date:

November 20, 2005

Opponent:

Princeton Tigers

Tip-off:

3:30 pm

Arena:

Stabler Arena (5,600)

Location:

Bethlehem, Pa.

Lehigh’s Record:

1-2 overall, 0-0 Patriot League

Princeton’s Record:

0-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy League

Series:

Princeton leads 28-3

Television:

Live on Service Electric 2 Sports with Mike Zambelli, Nathan Jameson and Rich Baksa.  Also replayed on Tuesday evening on Fox College Sports (FCS), starting at 5:00.

Radio:

WLVR-FM with Matt Kerr and Greg Falkenbach ’72 beginning at 3:00 pm

Internet Broadcast:

www.lehighsports.com

Game Notes:

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