Wednesday, January 18
Stabler Arena
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Navy
Lehigh Looks to Right the Ship Wednesday Night against Navy
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will look to right the ship this Wednesday evening at Stabler Arena when they host Navy at 7 p.m. Both teams are riding extended streaks into the matchup with Navy coming off their fifth straight win over the weekend against Lafayette, while the Mountain Hawks dropped their ninth in a row at Holy Cross on Saturday.
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The Midshipmen (12-5, 5-1 PL) are coming off a 76-41 win at home against Lafayette on Saturday, where they shot 8-for-11 from three-point range. This has been a common theme for Navy, who leads the league in scoring offense (71.1 ppg), 3-point FG percentage (37.6) and 3-point FG/game (8.8).
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At Holy Cross, Lehigh (5-12, 0-6 PL) was led by sophomore Hailey Pascoe, who set new career-highs with 16 points and four three-pointers on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc, while adding four rebounds. Junior Quinci Mann scored 15 points, 11 of which came in the second half, and freshman Cameryn Benz had five points and six rebounds off the bench.
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Navy enters the contest with the top scoring offense in the Patriot League at 71.1 points per game. The Mids are allowing 56.8 points per game in league play, which is also tops in the PL. Their +12.5 scoring margin in league games ranks second. Both teams have struggled to rebounds the ball though, ranking as the two bottom rebounding teams in the Patriot League.
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IF LEHIGH BEATS NAVY
-Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would snap its nine game losing streak, its longest in 22 years.
-Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would defeat Navy at Stabler Arena for the first time since 2012.
ALL-TIME VS. NAVY
Entering Wednesday, Lehigh comes in with an all-time record of 27-30 against the Midshipmen. Last season, the two teams split the season series for the first time since 2010-11. Lehigh won both matchups in 2011-12, before Navy won the next eight games in a row. Overall, the Mids have won nine of the last 10 games between the two schools.
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Since the 2012-13 season, Lehigh and Navy have met nine times, including four times at Stabler, with Navy winning all four matchups. Lehigh is 1-4 at Navy during that stretch.
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Each team has had an eight game winning streak during the course of the 57 matchups in the series, with Lehigh's coming from 2001-2004, and Navy's from 2012-2015. Lehigh also had a six game win streak from 2008-2010, and Navy has had a pair of five-game streaks.
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Navy went 2-1 against Lehigh in the 1980s, with their first matchup coming in the 1981-82 season. Navy held a 12-6 advantage in the 1990s, and Lehigh dominated in the 2000s by winning 14 of the 20 games. Since 2010, Navy holds a 10-6 record.
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SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN
Riding a five-game winning streak, Navy enters Wednesday ranked second in the Patriot League with a 5-1 record in the PL and 12-5 overall. The Mids are coming off a 76-41 win at home against Lafayette on Saturday, where they shot 8-for-11 from three-point range. This has been a common theme for Navy, who leads the league in scoring offense (71.1 ppg), 3-point FG percentage (37.6) and 3-point FG/game (8.8).
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Navy also ranks at the top of the PL in assists (17.1), asst/turnover ratio (1.3), and is second in both steals (11.2) and turnover margin (+5.9). On the flip side, Navy ranks ninth in rebounding margin at -4.5, just ahead of Lehigh (10th/-4.9).
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Navy holds a 3-1 record against common opponents with Lehigh this season (all PL opponents), with each team losing to Bucknell. Navy holds a +12.5 scoring margin through its first six league games, which ranks second behind only Bucknell. The Mids do sport the best scoring defense in PL contests, tying for first by allowing 56.8 points per game.
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Navy has played three Power Five conference schools as part of their non-league schedule this season, keeping it close with Wake Forest (L, 65-75) and Arkansas (L, 67-70), and falling at No. 13 Tennessee (65-85).
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Navy is led by Sarita Condie and Taylor Dunham, who are tied for second in three-pointers per game with 2.2. Justice Swett is the league's leader in steals (2.9) and assists/turnover ratio (3.1). Hannah Fenske has been the best three-point shooter in the league so far this season with an even 50 percent from long range, and a league-best 61.5 percent in six league matchups.
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SLIDE HITS NINE
Lehigh is in the midst of its longest losing streak since the team was on a 15-game skid that spanned the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. The current nine game streak is tied for the third longest losing streak in school history. Lehigh's longest losing streak last season was three games.
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SERIES OF SWEEPS
Over the past 15 seasons, either Navy or Lehigh has swept the series 11 times. Lehigh has swept on six different occasions, to Navy's five. Three of Navy's sweeps of the Mountain Hawks have occurred since the 2012-13 season, while LU last swept in 2009-10. Lehigh took the season series 2-1 in 2011-12, and there have been three splits.
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POINTS FROM PASCOE
At Holy Cross on Saturday, sophomore Hailey Pascoe had 16 points and four three-pointers in 28 minutes of action, all career-highs. Pascoe previously scored 14 points (tying her previous career-best) on 4-of-14 shooting against Bucknell on January 11. Over the last two games, she is averaging 15 points and 3.5 three-pointers.
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TOP WO'MANN' AT THE LINE
After going 5-for-5 at the free throw line on Saturday, junior Quinci Mann now holds the highest free throw percentage in the Patriot League at 87.5 percent (56-for-64). The percentage also ranks her 25th in the entire country in that category.Â
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ERIPRET EXCELS
In her last appearance on Jan. 11 vs. Bucknell, sophomore Meagan Eripret 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 remained consistent even through the team's current losing streak, averaging 18.7 ppg and 2.0 rebounds per game through the first eight games of the season, and 15.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in the nine games since.
Mann has scored in double figures in 14 of her 16 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 Wednesday's game with 930 career points, just 70 shy of being the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She is averaging 16.8 points per game this season, good enough for second in the Patriot League.
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EARLY WARNING SIGNS?
Lehigh holds a 1-10 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 1-11 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 0-6 start in Patriot League play since they began the 1991-92 league schedule 0-10.
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SERVING THEM UP
Freshman point guard Hannah Hedstrom is currently sixth in the Patriot League by averaging 3.2 assists per game. During league play, Hedstrom ranks fourth in the PL with 3.8 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 make the short trip on Saturday afternoon to Easton to take on rival Lafayette at the Kirby Sports Center. Tip off is scheduled for 2 pm.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will look to right the ship this Wednesday evening at Stabler Arena when they host Navy at 7 p.m. Both teams are riding extended streaks into the matchup with Navy coming off their fifth straight win over the weekend against Lafayette, while the Mountain Hawks dropped their ninth in a row at Holy Cross on Saturday.
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The Midshipmen (12-5, 5-1 PL) are coming off a 76-41 win at home against Lafayette on Saturday, where they shot 8-for-11 from three-point range. This has been a common theme for Navy, who leads the league in scoring offense (71.1 ppg), 3-point FG percentage (37.6) and 3-point FG/game (8.8).
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At Holy Cross, Lehigh (5-12, 0-6 PL) was led by sophomore Hailey Pascoe, who set new career-highs with 16 points and four three-pointers on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc, while adding four rebounds. Junior Quinci Mann scored 15 points, 11 of which came in the second half, and freshman Cameryn Benz had five points and six rebounds off the bench.
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Navy enters the contest with the top scoring offense in the Patriot League at 71.1 points per game. The Mids are allowing 56.8 points per game in league play, which is also tops in the PL. Their +12.5 scoring margin in league games ranks second. Both teams have struggled to rebounds the ball though, ranking as the two bottom rebounding teams in the Patriot League.
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IF LEHIGH BEATS NAVY
-Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would snap its nine game losing streak, its longest in 22 years.
-Â Â Â Â Â Lehigh would defeat Navy at Stabler Arena for the first time since 2012.
ALL-TIME VS. NAVY
Entering Wednesday, Lehigh comes in with an all-time record of 27-30 against the Midshipmen. Last season, the two teams split the season series for the first time since 2010-11. Lehigh won both matchups in 2011-12, before Navy won the next eight games in a row. Overall, the Mids have won nine of the last 10 games between the two schools.
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Since the 2012-13 season, Lehigh and Navy have met nine times, including four times at Stabler, with Navy winning all four matchups. Lehigh is 1-4 at Navy during that stretch.
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Each team has had an eight game winning streak during the course of the 57 matchups in the series, with Lehigh's coming from 2001-2004, and Navy's from 2012-2015. Lehigh also had a six game win streak from 2008-2010, and Navy has had a pair of five-game streaks.
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Navy went 2-1 against Lehigh in the 1980s, with their first matchup coming in the 1981-82 season. Navy held a 12-6 advantage in the 1990s, and Lehigh dominated in the 2000s by winning 14 of the 20 games. Since 2010, Navy holds a 10-6 record.
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SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN
Riding a five-game winning streak, Navy enters Wednesday ranked second in the Patriot League with a 5-1 record in the PL and 12-5 overall. The Mids are coming off a 76-41 win at home against Lafayette on Saturday, where they shot 8-for-11 from three-point range. This has been a common theme for Navy, who leads the league in scoring offense (71.1 ppg), 3-point FG percentage (37.6) and 3-point FG/game (8.8).
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Navy also ranks at the top of the PL in assists (17.1), asst/turnover ratio (1.3), and is second in both steals (11.2) and turnover margin (+5.9). On the flip side, Navy ranks ninth in rebounding margin at -4.5, just ahead of Lehigh (10th/-4.9).
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Navy holds a 3-1 record against common opponents with Lehigh this season (all PL opponents), with each team losing to Bucknell. Navy holds a +12.5 scoring margin through its first six league games, which ranks second behind only Bucknell. The Mids do sport the best scoring defense in PL contests, tying for first by allowing 56.8 points per game.
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Navy has played three Power Five conference schools as part of their non-league schedule this season, keeping it close with Wake Forest (L, 65-75) and Arkansas (L, 67-70), and falling at No. 13 Tennessee (65-85).
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Navy is led by Sarita Condie and Taylor Dunham, who are tied for second in three-pointers per game with 2.2. Justice Swett is the league's leader in steals (2.9) and assists/turnover ratio (3.1). Hannah Fenske has been the best three-point shooter in the league so far this season with an even 50 percent from long range, and a league-best 61.5 percent in six league matchups.
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SLIDE HITS NINE
Lehigh is in the midst of its longest losing streak since the team was on a 15-game skid that spanned the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. The current nine game streak is tied for the third longest losing streak in school history. Lehigh's longest losing streak last season was three games.
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SERIES OF SWEEPS
Over the past 15 seasons, either Navy or Lehigh has swept the series 11 times. Lehigh has swept on six different occasions, to Navy's five. Three of Navy's sweeps of the Mountain Hawks have occurred since the 2012-13 season, while LU last swept in 2009-10. Lehigh took the season series 2-1 in 2011-12, and there have been three splits.
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POINTS FROM PASCOE
At Holy Cross on Saturday, sophomore Hailey Pascoe had 16 points and four three-pointers in 28 minutes of action, all career-highs. Pascoe previously scored 14 points (tying her previous career-best) on 4-of-14 shooting against Bucknell on January 11. Over the last two games, she is averaging 15 points and 3.5 three-pointers.
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TOP WO'MANN' AT THE LINE
After going 5-for-5 at the free throw line on Saturday, junior Quinci Mann now holds the highest free throw percentage in the Patriot League at 87.5 percent (56-for-64). The percentage also ranks her 25th in the entire country in that category.Â
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ERIPRET EXCELS
In her last appearance on Jan. 11 vs. Bucknell, sophomore Meagan Eripret 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 remained consistent even through the team's current losing streak, averaging 18.7 ppg and 2.0 rebounds per game through the first eight games of the season, and 15.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in the nine games since.
Mann has scored in double figures in 14 of her 16 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 Wednesday's game with 930 career points, just 70 shy of being the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She is averaging 16.8 points per game this season, good enough for second in the Patriot League.
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EARLY WARNING SIGNS?
Lehigh holds a 1-10 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 1-11 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 0-6 start in Patriot League play since they began the 1991-92 league schedule 0-10.
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SERVING THEM UP
Freshman point guard Hannah Hedstrom is currently sixth in the Patriot League by averaging 3.2 assists per game. During league play, Hedstrom ranks fourth in the PL with 3.8 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 make the short trip on Saturday afternoon to Easton to take on rival Lafayette at the Kirby Sports Center. Tip off is scheduled for 2 pm.
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