Saturday, January 14
Worcester, Mass.
1 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Holy Cross
Lehigh Looks to Get Back on Track at Holy Cross
1/13/2017 5:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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WORCESTER, Mass. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will hit the road on Saturday afternoon with a trip to Holy Cross. Lehigh will seek to be the latest team to get its first Patriot League win of the season, just one game after the Crusaders earned theirs with a 67-61 win at Lafayette on Wednesday.
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Lehigh took a 77-58 home loss on Wednesday against first-place Bucknell. Sophomore Hailey Pascoe tied career-highs with 14 points and a trio of three-pointers, while junior Quinci Mann had a team-high 19 points. Mann and Pascoe also tallied four rebounds apiece. Sophomore Meagan Eripret had a team-high five rebounds and three blocks in 19 minutes of action, all of which set career-highs.
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Holy Cross was also in action in the Lehigh Valley, jumping out to a 26-7 lead after one quarter at Lafayette, before holding on for a 67-61 win despite getting outscored 40-27 in the second half. Leading scorer Infinity Thomas-Waheed had 20 points, nine rebounds and a game-high three blocks. Junior Tricia Byrne had 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting with seven rebounds and four assists. Freshman Lauren Manis also hit double figures with 12 points.
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IF LEHIGH BEATS HOLY CROSS
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would snap its eight game losing streak, its longest in 22 years.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would win for the sixth time in its last seven games against Holy Cross.
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ALL-TIME VS. HOLY CROSS
Despite winning six of the last seven games against Holy Cross, Lehigh enters Saturday holding a 22-41 record all-time against the Crusaders.
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Lehigh took two of three from Holy Cross last year with wins of 61-58 and 64-48 at Stabler Arena. The Crusaders won in overtime on their home court, 77-71 on Feb. 13. In 2014-15, the Mountain Hawks swept the season series by winning all three matchups, which included a pair of 13-point decisions.
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The Crusaders have had their season ended in the Patriot League Tournament each of the last two seasons by Lehigh. Last year's PL Quarterfinal matchup at Stabler saw four Lehigh players scored in double-figures, led by senior Kerry Kinek with 18 points and seven rebounds. Junior Lexi Martins tallied her 24th double-double of the season with 14 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Sophomore Quinci Mann chipped in 11 points and four assists, while senior Amina Affini tallied 10 points.
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Mann led Lehigh's returners in last year's three games, scoring in double figures in all three: 16 pts on Jan. 16, 15 pts on Feb. 13, and 11 points in the PLT on Mar. 7.
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SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS
Holy Cross is coming off of its first win of the year in Patriot League play following their 67-61 road win over Lafayette on Wednesday. The Crusaders sit at 3-13 overall, with wins over Marist, UMass-Lowell and Lafayette.
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Both teams are 0-2 against common opponents this season: Boston U. defeated Holy Cross 66-49 and Bucknell dropped HC 77-48. The two teams have also faced a ranked opponent this year out of the Pac-12 Conference- the Crusaders came out on the short end of a 63-33 decision at #21 Arizona State, while Lehigh lost at Cal.
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Holy Cross ranks in the bottom three of the Patriot League in several categories, including scoring offense (9th/55.6), scoring margin (9th/-9.0), field goal pct (9th/34.3), and 3pt FG pct (8th/28.8).
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However, Holy Cross does lead the Patriot League with 4.5 blocks per game. On the boards, HC is fifth in rebounding offense (37.1) and ranks eighth by allowing 41.6 boards per game. That combines for a rebounding margin of -4.4, putting them in a tie for eighth.
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Individually, junior Infiniti Thomas-Waheed leads HC with 13.1 points, and adds 5.7 rebounds per game. Freshman forward Lauren Manis has asserted herself as one of the top freshman in the league this season, scoring 11.6 points and a team-high 7.8 rebounds per game. She was named the PL Rookie of the Week after scoring 22 points in the team's win over UMass-Lowell on Dec. 11. Thomas-Waheed and Manis are joined by Katie Doherty (7.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg) as the only three players to have started all 16 games this season.
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HOLY CROSS PROJECTED STARTERS
Pos. No.    Name                                        PPG        RPG
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tricia Byrne (Jr., 5-7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.1
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Infiniti Thomas-Waheed (Jr., 5-10)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13.1Â Â Â Â Â Â 5.7
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Katie Doherty (Jr., 5-10)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7.0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.1
G/FÂ Â 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madelyn Ganser (Sr., 5-11)Â Â 2.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4.8
FÂ Â Â Â Â Â 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lauren Manis (Fr., 6-1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11.6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7.8
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HOLY CROSS key reserves
Pos. No.    Name                                        PPG        RPG
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Megan Swords (Fr., 6-3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2.1
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madalyn Smith (Fr., 5-8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.6
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Springfield (Fr., 5-11)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.5
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nicole Morris (Fr., 5-8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.6
FÂ Â Â Â Â Â 41Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amy Hasenauer (Jr., 6-2)Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.2
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 55Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miranda Nixon (So., 6-3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.9
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SLIDE HITS EIGHT
Lehigh is in the midst of its longest losing streak since the team was on an eight game skid to end the 1994-95 season. The last time Lehigh lost nine games in a row was in the 1992-93 season. Lehigh's longest losing streak last season was three games.
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!
Lehigh has scored 1,033 points this season, which is ironically the exact same amount of points Holy Crossed has allowed. In 16 games, this amounts to 64.6 points per game.
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AFTERNOON BLUES
Lehigh enters Saturday with a 1-6 record in afternoon games this year and is 1-5 on the road. The team's victory in each category came in an afternoon road win at Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 22.
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FRESHMAN STEPPING UP
Gena Grundhoffer has scored in double-digits in seven of her 16 games so far this season. She has scored 15 points on five occasions, including a trio of 17-point performances. She ranks second on the team with 9.8 ppg, leads the team (among active players) with 4.7 rebounds per game and holds a free throw pct. of .836.
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ERIPRET EXCELS
Sophomore Meagan Eripret is coming off a career game against Bucknell on Wednesday where she set new career-highs in rebounds (5), blocks (3), and assists (1) in a career-best 19 minutes. She also scored six points, one shy of her career-high.
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'OLE RELIABLE
Junior Quinci Mann has scored in double figures in 13 of her 15 games this season, and scored at least 20 points in seven of those games. She has scored a season-high 23 points twice: 11/22 at Mount St. Mary's and 12/11 at California.
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INCHING CLOSER TO THE MILESTONE
Quinci Mann enters Saturday's game with 915 career points, just 85 shy of being the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She is averaging 16.9 points per game this season, good enough for second in the Patriot League.
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EARLY WARNING SIGNS?
Lehigh holds a 1-9 record this year when trailing at halftime. Their lone win when losing at the half came against Delaware State on Nov. 16. Their only defeat when winning at halftime this year came on Jan. 2 vs. Boston U. The Mountain Hawks are 0-1 when tied at the half (Army).
Lehigh is also a mere 1-10 when losing the rebounding battle, with the one win coming over Delaware State.
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TRYING TO END THE SLOW START
Lehigh is off to its first 0-5 start in Patriot League play since the 1992-93 season. Lehigh previously began the 1991-92 league schedule 0-10 and also started 0-5 in the league's first season of 1990-91.
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SERVING THEM UP
Freshman point guard Hannah Hedstrom is currently fifth in the Patriot League by averaging 3.3 assists per game. She is the only freshman ranked in the top 10 and is tied for the most assists in one game this season: nine against Delaware State on Nov. 16.
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ON DECK
Lehigh will return to Stabler Arena on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to take on Navy at 7 p.m. Service Electric 2 sports will air the game live in the Lehigh Valley, and live streaming will be available through the Patriot League Network and Lehighsports.com/watch.
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WORCESTER, Mass. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will hit the road on Saturday afternoon with a trip to Holy Cross. Lehigh will seek to be the latest team to get its first Patriot League win of the season, just one game after the Crusaders earned theirs with a 67-61 win at Lafayette on Wednesday.
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Lehigh took a 77-58 home loss on Wednesday against first-place Bucknell. Sophomore Hailey Pascoe tied career-highs with 14 points and a trio of three-pointers, while junior Quinci Mann had a team-high 19 points. Mann and Pascoe also tallied four rebounds apiece. Sophomore Meagan Eripret had a team-high five rebounds and three blocks in 19 minutes of action, all of which set career-highs.
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Holy Cross was also in action in the Lehigh Valley, jumping out to a 26-7 lead after one quarter at Lafayette, before holding on for a 67-61 win despite getting outscored 40-27 in the second half. Leading scorer Infinity Thomas-Waheed had 20 points, nine rebounds and a game-high three blocks. Junior Tricia Byrne had 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting with seven rebounds and four assists. Freshman Lauren Manis also hit double figures with 12 points.
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IF LEHIGH BEATS HOLY CROSS
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would snap its eight game losing streak, its longest in 22 years.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would win for the sixth time in its last seven games against Holy Cross.
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ALL-TIME VS. HOLY CROSS
Despite winning six of the last seven games against Holy Cross, Lehigh enters Saturday holding a 22-41 record all-time against the Crusaders.
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Lehigh took two of three from Holy Cross last year with wins of 61-58 and 64-48 at Stabler Arena. The Crusaders won in overtime on their home court, 77-71 on Feb. 13. In 2014-15, the Mountain Hawks swept the season series by winning all three matchups, which included a pair of 13-point decisions.
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The Crusaders have had their season ended in the Patriot League Tournament each of the last two seasons by Lehigh. Last year's PL Quarterfinal matchup at Stabler saw four Lehigh players scored in double-figures, led by senior Kerry Kinek with 18 points and seven rebounds. Junior Lexi Martins tallied her 24th double-double of the season with 14 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Sophomore Quinci Mann chipped in 11 points and four assists, while senior Amina Affini tallied 10 points.
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Mann led Lehigh's returners in last year's three games, scoring in double figures in all three: 16 pts on Jan. 16, 15 pts on Feb. 13, and 11 points in the PLT on Mar. 7.
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SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS
Holy Cross is coming off of its first win of the year in Patriot League play following their 67-61 road win over Lafayette on Wednesday. The Crusaders sit at 3-13 overall, with wins over Marist, UMass-Lowell and Lafayette.
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Both teams are 0-2 against common opponents this season: Boston U. defeated Holy Cross 66-49 and Bucknell dropped HC 77-48. The two teams have also faced a ranked opponent this year out of the Pac-12 Conference- the Crusaders came out on the short end of a 63-33 decision at #21 Arizona State, while Lehigh lost at Cal.
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Holy Cross ranks in the bottom three of the Patriot League in several categories, including scoring offense (9th/55.6), scoring margin (9th/-9.0), field goal pct (9th/34.3), and 3pt FG pct (8th/28.8).
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However, Holy Cross does lead the Patriot League with 4.5 blocks per game. On the boards, HC is fifth in rebounding offense (37.1) and ranks eighth by allowing 41.6 boards per game. That combines for a rebounding margin of -4.4, putting them in a tie for eighth.
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Individually, junior Infiniti Thomas-Waheed leads HC with 13.1 points, and adds 5.7 rebounds per game. Freshman forward Lauren Manis has asserted herself as one of the top freshman in the league this season, scoring 11.6 points and a team-high 7.8 rebounds per game. She was named the PL Rookie of the Week after scoring 22 points in the team's win over UMass-Lowell on Dec. 11. Thomas-Waheed and Manis are joined by Katie Doherty (7.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg) as the only three players to have started all 16 games this season.
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HOLY CROSS PROJECTED STARTERS
Pos. No.    Name                                        PPG        RPG
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tricia Byrne (Jr., 5-7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.1
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Infiniti Thomas-Waheed (Jr., 5-10)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13.1Â Â Â Â Â Â 5.7
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Katie Doherty (Jr., 5-10)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7.0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.1
G/FÂ Â 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madelyn Ganser (Sr., 5-11)Â Â 2.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4.8
FÂ Â Â Â Â Â 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lauren Manis (Fr., 6-1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11.6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7.8
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HOLY CROSS key reserves
Pos. No.    Name                                        PPG        RPG
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Megan Swords (Fr., 6-3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2.1
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madalyn Smith (Fr., 5-8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.6
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Springfield (Fr., 5-11)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.5
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nicole Morris (Fr., 5-8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.6
FÂ Â Â Â Â Â 41Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amy Hasenauer (Jr., 6-2)Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.2
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 55Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miranda Nixon (So., 6-3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.9
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SLIDE HITS EIGHT
Lehigh is in the midst of its longest losing streak since the team was on an eight game skid to end the 1994-95 season. The last time Lehigh lost nine games in a row was in the 1992-93 season. Lehigh's longest losing streak last season was three games.
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!
Lehigh has scored 1,033 points this season, which is ironically the exact same amount of points Holy Crossed has allowed. In 16 games, this amounts to 64.6 points per game.
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AFTERNOON BLUES
Lehigh enters Saturday with a 1-6 record in afternoon games this year and is 1-5 on the road. The team's victory in each category came in an afternoon road win at Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 22.
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FRESHMAN STEPPING UP
Gena Grundhoffer has scored in double-digits in seven of her 16 games so far this season. She has scored 15 points on five occasions, including a trio of 17-point performances. She ranks second on the team with 9.8 ppg, leads the team (among active players) with 4.7 rebounds per game and holds a free throw pct. of .836.
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ERIPRET EXCELS
Sophomore Meagan Eripret is coming off a career game against Bucknell on Wednesday where she set new career-highs in rebounds (5), blocks (3), and assists (1) in a career-best 19 minutes. She also scored six points, one shy of her career-high.
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'OLE RELIABLE
Junior Quinci Mann has scored in double figures in 13 of her 15 games this season, and scored at least 20 points in seven of those games. She has scored a season-high 23 points twice: 11/22 at Mount St. Mary's and 12/11 at California.
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INCHING CLOSER TO THE MILESTONE
Quinci Mann enters Saturday's game with 915 career points, just 85 shy of being the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She is averaging 16.9 points per game this season, good enough for second in the Patriot League.
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EARLY WARNING SIGNS?
Lehigh holds a 1-9 record this year when trailing at halftime. Their lone win when losing at the half came against Delaware State on Nov. 16. Their only defeat when winning at halftime this year came on Jan. 2 vs. Boston U. The Mountain Hawks are 0-1 when tied at the half (Army).
Lehigh is also a mere 1-10 when losing the rebounding battle, with the one win coming over Delaware State.
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TRYING TO END THE SLOW START
Lehigh is off to its first 0-5 start in Patriot League play since the 1992-93 season. Lehigh previously began the 1991-92 league schedule 0-10 and also started 0-5 in the league's first season of 1990-91.
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SERVING THEM UP
Freshman point guard Hannah Hedstrom is currently fifth in the Patriot League by averaging 3.3 assists per game. She is the only freshman ranked in the top 10 and is tied for the most assists in one game this season: nine against Delaware State on Nov. 16.
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ON DECK
Lehigh will return to Stabler Arena on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to take on Navy at 7 p.m. Service Electric 2 sports will air the game live in the Lehigh Valley, and live streaming will be available through the Patriot League Network and Lehighsports.com/watch.
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