Saturday, November 25
Bethlehem, Pa.
2 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Fairfield
Photo by: Ricky Bassman
Lehigh Set to Host Annual Christmas City Classic this Weekend
11/24/2017 7:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Sat. - Fairfield (1-3) at Lehigh (3-2) Sun. - UNH/La Salle at Lehigh |
| Date/Time | Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 – 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 – 2 or 4:30 p.m. |
| Location | Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa. |
| TV | N/A |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network |
| Internet Audio | N/A |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh Game Notes |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will host the 20th Christmas City Classic, presented by Best Western, this weekend at Stabler Arena. This year's tournament will feature Fairfield, New Hampshire and La Salle, all of whom will be making their second-ever appearance in the tournament.
Lehigh and Fairfield will play at 2 p.m. on Saturday, followed by UNH and La Salle at 4:30 p.m. The winners will meet on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. for the championship, which will follow the 2 p.m. consolation game.
Lehigh enters the weekend riding a two-game winning streak after picking up victories earlier this week against Cornell and Mansfield. Fairfield is coming off a win over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday and is 1-3 this season. La Salle also sits a 1-3 with results that include two Patriot League games: a 74-47 win over Lafayette and a 66-44 setback to American. UNH is off to a 3-1 start to the season after making an appearance in the WNIT last season (26-8). The Wildcats earned a 72-57 win on Nov. 15 against league foe Boston U., with their only loss coming in a five-point setback at Xavier.
Lehigh is coming off a 77-47 win against Mansfield on Wednesday night at home, where three Mountain Hawks scored in double figures, led by senior Quinci Mann with 18 points and sophomore Camryn Buhr who picked up her first career double-double. Sophomore Cameryn Benz added 10 points and classmate Hannah Hedstrom issued 12 assists, three shy of a school record.
ALL-TIME VS. FAIRFIELD
Lehigh and Fairfield will meet for the fifth time in school history. Lehigh holds a 3-1 record against the Stags and has won each of the last three meetings.
Lehigh won the most recent matchup 73-67 on Nov. 21, 2013 in Fairfield. Lehigh also beat the Stags 47-42 on Dec. 6, 2012 at Stabler Arena.
Lehigh beat Fairfield in their only previous trip to the Christmas City Classic with a 70-42 victory on Dec. 29, 2005. The Stags only victory in the series came in the first-ever matchup on Dec. 9, 1995 in Fairfield (64-62).
SCOUTING THE STAGS
Fairfield is off to a 1-3 start on the season and is coming off an 11-point victory over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday. Sophomore Sam Kramer scored a career-high 27 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the win and tied the program record with seven three-pointers. In all, the team hit 11 three-pointers (in 27 attempts) and committed just nine turnovers while dishing out 23 assists.
Redshirt senior Samantha Cooper moved into the top-10 on the school's career rebounding list. She is tied for the team lead with Kramer in points per game (14.8 ppg) and also leads the team with 11.3 rebounds per game. She also has three double-doubles on the season.
Kramer leads the team from beyond the arc with a 48.3 3FG percentage, and is second on the team by shooting 46.8 percent from the field. Khadidiatou Diouf leads the team in shooting at 48.1 percent (25-for-52).
Much like the Mountain Hawks, the Stags also have two players from the state of Minnesota with Eden Nibbelink and Erika Schlosser. Fairfield was predicted to finish fourth in the MAAC Preseason Poll.
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