Lehigh to Host American on Saturday for Alumni Day

Saturday, February 4

Stabler Arena

2 p.m.

Lehigh University

American

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Lehigh to Host American on Saturday for Alumni Day

2/3/2017 7:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GAME INFORMATION
Matchup	American (10-11, 7-3 Patriot) at Lehigh (7-14, 2-8 Patriot)
Location/Time	Stabler Arena - Bethlehem, Pa./Saturday, Feb. 3 - 2 p.m.
Live Video	Patriot League Network
Radio	N/A
Internet Audio	www.lehighsports.com/watch
Live Stats	www.sidearmstats.com/lehigh/wbball/
Game Notes	Lehigh Game Notes

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will play its first weekend home game in over two months on Saturday afternoon when they host American at Stabler Arena. The game will be a part of the program's Alumni Day festivities and serve as a Pride Game, sponsored by Lehigh Athlete Ally and the LU Pride Center.

The Mountain Hawks are coming off one of their best performances of the season in Wednesday's 86-69 win over Loyola. Six different Mountain Hawks set or tied career-highs in the win, including junior Quinci Mann who scored 26 points and set a school record with 16 made free throws. Her 16 free throws are tied for the ninth most in the nation this season. All told, Lehigh scored its last 20 points from the free throw line, finishing 34-for-40 from the charity stripe, the most makes in the Patriot League this season and just four shy of the league record.

Sophomore Hailey Pascoe tied a career-high with four three pointers in as many attempts, Hannah Hedstrom and Mae Williams tied for the team-lead with seven rebounds each, and Bernadette Devaney netted 13 points, tying her career-high. The 86 points scored by Lehigh was the second most of the season. The Brown and White shot 44.4 percent from beyond the arc, their third highest total of the season.

Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won two of their last three games.

IF LEHIGH BEATS AMERICAN
-      Lehigh would beat American at Stabler Arena for the first time since the 2010 Patriot League Championship Game.

ALL-TIME VS. AMERICAN
The Mountain Hawks hold a 13-27 record all-time against American. The Eagles won the first matchup of the season between the two schools back on Jan. 7 in Washington.

Lehigh got the better of the Eagles the last time the two teams faced off on Feb. 6, 2016 in Washington, where Quinci Mann (16 pts) and Bernadette Devaney (11 pts) helped lead Lehigh to a 61-52 victory. Departed senior Kerry Kinek also scored in double figures with 12 points and seven rebounds.

The win last February was the first win in six tries for Lehigh against American, who overall has won 11 of the last 13 matchups dating back to Feb. 2011. This streak includes a 66-50 win for top-ranked American in the Patriot League Championship game in March 2015.

Both of Lehigh's wins versus American over the last 12 games have come at Bender Arena. Lehigh has not beaten American at home at Stabler Arena since the 2010 PL Championship game.

Since the 2012-13 season, American has averaged 65.0 points in their games against Lehigh, to LU's 59.8 points per game.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
American enters Saturday's contest with a 10-11 overall record, and is 7-3 in Patriot League play. The Eagles are two games out of first place in the Patriot League standings, where Navy and Bucknell are tied at the top. American is coming off a big win on Wednesday night at home, becoming the first PL team to top previously unbeaten Bucknell by a score of 59-47. The Eagles previously took Bucknell to overtime on the road back on Jan. 5, where they fell by six.

Emily Kinneston (12.3), Cecily Karl (10.4) and Lauren Crisler (10.2) all score in double figures. Junior Michael Harris is coming off a career-best game against Bucknell where she scored 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

Junior Maria Liddane leads the Patriot League with an even five assists per game. Kinneston also cracks the top five of the league with 3.5 assists per game. Crisler is second in the league by shooting 50.8 percent and Lewis is also second in three-point field goals at 44.6 percent.

As a team, the Eagles lead the league in field goal pct, shooting 43.7 percent overall on the season. Defensively they rank second by holding opponents to 37.9 percent shooting.

FIRST HALF POINTS
Lehigh tied its season-high with 46 points in the first half in Wednesday's win over Loyola. The Mountain Hawks previously scored 46 points in the opening half of their 84-52 win over NJIT on Nov. 30.

OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
Lehigh's 86-point output against Loyola was the second most points scored in a game this season and the most since they scored 71 against Army on Dec. 30. The 17-point margin of victory is tied for the second largest of the season.

RECORD AT THE LINE
Quinci Mann was a perfect 16-for-16 from the free throw line against Loyola, setting a new program record for the most free throws made in a single game. She surpassed the previous Lehigh record of 13, held by Alexa Williams (2009) and Kelly Madden (1995). The mark was 10 shy of the Patriot League record of 26 (in 26 attempts) held by Army's Kelsey Minato (2014).

Her 16 made free throws is the second most in a single game in the Patriot League this season, and tied for ninth most in a single game in the nation this season.

BIG POINTS AT THE CHARITY STRIPE
The 34 made free throws by the Mountain Hawks against Loyola was the most in the Patriot League this season (Army had 29 vs. Lafayette on 1/5/17), and just four shy of the league record of 38, set by Bucknell on Feb. 21, 1998.

QUINCI'S CAREER NIGHT
Thanks in part to her 16-for-16 performance from the line, Quinci Mann set a new career-high with 26 points on 4-of-12 shooting. She is the only Lehigh player to have scored 20 points in a game this season, a feat she has now accomplished seven times.

GETTING HOT AS A TEAM
Lehigh had six different players set or tie career-highs in Wednesday's win over Loyola.

IMPROVING ON THE BOARDS
The Mountain Hawks have now outrebounded their opponents in three of their last four games, with rebounding margins of +6 against Loyola, +8 against Navy and +10 against Boston University. LU had previously been outrebounded in nine straight games.

INCHING CLOSER TO THE MILESTONE
Quinci Mann enters Saturday's game with 974 career points, just 26 shy of becoming the 19th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She is averaging 15.7 points per game this season, good enough for a third place tie in the Patriot League.

BIG POINTS FROM PASCOE
Sophomore Hailey Pascoe has heated up from downtown, shooting 51.4 percent (18-for-35) from three-point range over the last seven games.

NO REASON TO BOO-HER
Freshman Camryn Buhr has been a force for the Mountain Hawks over the last four games. During that span, she leads the team with 11.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per contest. She has scored in double digits in three of her last four games.

Last Saturday at BU, she was the only Mountain Hawk to score in double figures with 12 points and tied her career-high with nine rebounds.

She scored a career-high 15 points against Navy with two steals and her first career-three pointer, while adding eight rebounds. She scored nine points in a row during the third quarter, helping to tie the game and take the lead after being down by 18 points.

HEDSTROM HEATING UP
Freshman point guard Hannah Hedstrom is currently fourth in the Patriot League by averaging 3.6 assists per game. During league play, Hedstrom ranks second in the PL with 4.3 assists per game. She has registered seven assists in two of her last four games. She is the only freshman ranked in the top 10 overall and is tied for the most assists in one game this season: nine against Delaware State on Nov. 16.

BERN BABY BERN!
Junior Bernadette Devaney tied her season and career-high with 13 points on Wednesday night against Loyola. In two prior games against Navy and Lafayette on Jan. 18-21, she shot a sizzling 7-for-9 (77.8%) overall, including 7-for-8 (87.5%) from three point range. She averaged 11.5 points and two rebounds in 24.5 minutes over the two games. She currently ranks fourth in the Patriot League in three-point percentage at 43.9 percent.

SEEING DOUBLE
On January 21 at Lafayette, Lehigh had four players score in double figures for just the second time this season. The other instance was on Nov. 16 against Delaware State. Lehigh was victorious in both matchups.

HALFTIME SIGNS
Lehigh holds a 2-12 record this year when trailing at halftime, with their wins coming against Delaware State on (11/16) and Lafayette (1/21). 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 2-11 when losing the rebounding battle, with the one win coming over Delaware State.

THE BIG QUARTER
Lehigh is the only team in the Patriot League to have allowed 30 points in a single quarter this season. This feat that has happened twice - the first quarter at Duquesne on Nov. 13 (30), and the fourth quarter against Boston University on Jan. 4 (37).
On the flip side, three Patriot League teams have scored 30 in a quarter this season: American (30) vs. UMBC, Army West Point (32) vs. Mercy, and Boston University (37) at Lehigh.

THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 70
Lehigh holds a 5-1 record in games this year where they have scored at least 70 points, with the only setback coming to Army West Point. They are 2-13 when scoring under 70, including a 1-5 mark when scoring in the 60's. Lehigh is averaging 76.7 points in their wins and 57.1 in their losses.

STRUGGLING ON THE BOARDS
Lehigh ranks third in the Patriot League by collecting 39.0 rebounds per game, but comes in 10th/10 by allowing 42.0 boards per game. Overall, Lehigh's rebounding margin of -3.0 has risen for the second straight week to 7th place. Lehigh has been outrebounded in 13 of its 21 games this season and holds a 2-11 record in those games.

LEAGUE RANKS
Team Rankings
Category                                Stat                      PL Rank
Scoring Offense                    63.6 ppg                             5th
Scoring Margin                      -4.9                      6th
3-Pt. FG Made/Game          6.7                        2nd
Free Throw Pct.                    71.0%                  4th
Turnover Margin                  -0.9                      5th
Avg. Home Attendance       931                       3rd

Individual
Category                                Stat                      PL Rank
Quinci Mann                          15.7 ppg                             T-3rd
Bernadette Devaney           43.9 3FG%          4th
Quinci Mann                          87.2 FT%             1st (27th nationally)
Gena Grundhoffer                83.1% FT%          3rd
Hannah Hedstrom                3.6 assists/game              4th
Hannah Hedstrom                4.3 assists/game              2nd (PL games only)

ON DECK
Lehigh will make the drive west on Wednesday evening for an in-state showdown at Bucknell at 6 p.m.

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