Wednesday, February 10
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Bucknell
Lehigh hosts first-place Bucknell in big Wednesday showdown
2/9/2016 11:42:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Lehigh women's basketball team puts its six-game winning streak on the line Wednesday night inside Stabler Arena when the Mountain Hawks host first-place Bucknell in a key Patriot League showdown at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Lehightickets.com or by calling 610-7LU-GAME. The game will be aired live locally by Service Electric Ch. 50 with free online video also available on the Patriot League Network.
Lehigh will be celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day. NGWSD celebrates the extraordinary achievements of those who have effected change and created opportunities for women and girls in sports over the past three decades. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 100 youth girls in attendance Wednesday night.
The Mountain Hawks currently sit in third place in the Patriot League standings with an 8-3 league record that is part of a 15-7 overall mark. Lehigh has won its last six games, including a 61-52 decision over American Saturday in the Mountain Hawks' most recent action. Lehigh held off a late American rally to capture the wire-to-wire victory which marked the Mountain Hawks' first win over the Eagles since Feb. 13, 2013.
Sophomore Quinci Mann led Lehigh with 16 points, while senior Kerry Kinek followed with 12 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Bernadette Devaney chipped in 11 points. Junior Lexi Martins was held to just five points, but pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
Bucknell enters Wednesday's game in a two-way tie for first place in the Patirot League standings as the Bison hold a 10-1 league record that is part of a 16-6 overall mark. Bucknell is tied atop the league standings with Army, and the teams' only losses came against one another. The Bison have won their last two game, both home contests, over American (60-54, OT) and Holy Cross (74-64). In the team's most recent game against the Crusaders Saturday, the Bison led by as much as 13 early in the fourth quarter, but that margin dwindled all the way down to one, 62-61, after a three-pointer by Holy Cross' Tricia Byrne with 2:21 to play. Bucknell responded on its next possession with a layup by Jacquie Klotz before Sune Swart helped her team start to put the game away with a huge three-pointer to make the score 66-60 with 1:21 left. The Bison made their final eight free throws, including six by Kyi English, to clinch the win.
Bucknell leads the Patriot League in free throw percentage (72.8) and rebounding margin (+9.2). The team is home to the second and third leading scorers in the Patriot League in Claire DeBoer (16.0 ppg) and Klotz (15.2 ppg). Freshman Kate Walker earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after helping lead Bucknell to the victories over American and Holy Cross with 13.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
The Mountain Hawks will be looking to avenge a tough 80-77 overtime loss to the Bison in the season's first meeting on Jan. 13 in Lewisburg, Pa. Lehigh held a 17-point lead at halftime, but the Bison chipped away to force overtime before Kyi English drained a game-winning three-pointer with 1.1 seconds to play to propel the Bison to an 80-77 overtime victory in Sojka Pavillion. Mann led Lehigh with 18 points behind a 7-for-13 showing from the field. Senior Amina Affini followed with 14 points. Martins tallied her 13th double-double of the season with 11 points, all of which came from the free throw line, and 15 rebounds. Devaney scored a career-high 11 points thanks to three treys.
Bucknell was led by DeBoer with 23 points and Klotz with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Mountain Hawks finished the game shooting 40.0 percent (24-for-60) from the field, 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from three-point range and 82.6 percent (19-for-23) from the free throw line. Bucknell went 42.9 percent (29-for-69) from the floor, 31.6 percent (6-for-19) from downtown and 80 percent (8-for-10) from the charity stripe.
Following Wednesday's game, Lehigh will hit the road to take on Holy Cross Saturday at 1 p.m.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Lehigh women's basketball team puts its six-game winning streak on the line Wednesday night inside Stabler Arena when the Mountain Hawks host first-place Bucknell in a key Patriot League showdown at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Lehightickets.com or by calling 610-7LU-GAME. The game will be aired live locally by Service Electric Ch. 50 with free online video also available on the Patriot League Network.
Lehigh will be celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day. NGWSD celebrates the extraordinary achievements of those who have effected change and created opportunities for women and girls in sports over the past three decades. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 100 youth girls in attendance Wednesday night.
The Mountain Hawks currently sit in third place in the Patriot League standings with an 8-3 league record that is part of a 15-7 overall mark. Lehigh has won its last six games, including a 61-52 decision over American Saturday in the Mountain Hawks' most recent action. Lehigh held off a late American rally to capture the wire-to-wire victory which marked the Mountain Hawks' first win over the Eagles since Feb. 13, 2013.
Sophomore Quinci Mann led Lehigh with 16 points, while senior Kerry Kinek followed with 12 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Bernadette Devaney chipped in 11 points. Junior Lexi Martins was held to just five points, but pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
Bucknell enters Wednesday's game in a two-way tie for first place in the Patirot League standings as the Bison hold a 10-1 league record that is part of a 16-6 overall mark. Bucknell is tied atop the league standings with Army, and the teams' only losses came against one another. The Bison have won their last two game, both home contests, over American (60-54, OT) and Holy Cross (74-64). In the team's most recent game against the Crusaders Saturday, the Bison led by as much as 13 early in the fourth quarter, but that margin dwindled all the way down to one, 62-61, after a three-pointer by Holy Cross' Tricia Byrne with 2:21 to play. Bucknell responded on its next possession with a layup by Jacquie Klotz before Sune Swart helped her team start to put the game away with a huge three-pointer to make the score 66-60 with 1:21 left. The Bison made their final eight free throws, including six by Kyi English, to clinch the win.
Bucknell leads the Patriot League in free throw percentage (72.8) and rebounding margin (+9.2). The team is home to the second and third leading scorers in the Patriot League in Claire DeBoer (16.0 ppg) and Klotz (15.2 ppg). Freshman Kate Walker earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after helping lead Bucknell to the victories over American and Holy Cross with 13.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
The Mountain Hawks will be looking to avenge a tough 80-77 overtime loss to the Bison in the season's first meeting on Jan. 13 in Lewisburg, Pa. Lehigh held a 17-point lead at halftime, but the Bison chipped away to force overtime before Kyi English drained a game-winning three-pointer with 1.1 seconds to play to propel the Bison to an 80-77 overtime victory in Sojka Pavillion. Mann led Lehigh with 18 points behind a 7-for-13 showing from the field. Senior Amina Affini followed with 14 points. Martins tallied her 13th double-double of the season with 11 points, all of which came from the free throw line, and 15 rebounds. Devaney scored a career-high 11 points thanks to three treys.
Bucknell was led by DeBoer with 23 points and Klotz with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Mountain Hawks finished the game shooting 40.0 percent (24-for-60) from the field, 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from three-point range and 82.6 percent (19-for-23) from the free throw line. Bucknell went 42.9 percent (29-for-69) from the floor, 31.6 percent (6-for-19) from downtown and 80 percent (8-for-10) from the charity stripe.
Following Wednesday's game, Lehigh will hit the road to take on Holy Cross Saturday at 1 p.m.
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