Wednesday, January 24
Baltimore, Md.
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Loyola
Photo by: Ricky Bassman
Mountain Hawks to Kick off Four-Game Road Trip on Wednesday at Loyola
1/23/2018 4:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Lehigh (12-7, 6-2 PL) at Loyola (5-14, 3-5 PL) |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 – 7 p.m. |
| Location | Reitz Arena – Baltimore, Md. |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) |
| Audio Stream | Lehighsports.com/watch |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh | Loyola |
| @LehighWBB | |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team is set to embark on a four-game road trip beginning on Wednesday evening with a showdown at Loyola (Md.). The game will wrap up the first half of the Patriot League schedule and comes in the midst of a stretch of six out of seven games away from Stabler Arena.
Both teams enter the matchup having each won their last two games. Lehigh delivered a pair of single-digit wins last week, including their first road league win of the season at Colgate. LU followed up on Saturday with a 59-55 win over Army West Point, behind 21 points from Gena Grundhoffer and a second half that saw the Mountain Hawks shoot over 63 percent. Loyola its first two-game winning streak of the season after picking up a big three-point road win last Wednesday at Bucknell and followed that up with a 70-55 home win Saturday over Colgate. Sophomore Stephanie Karcz tallied a triple-double against Colgate, and along with teammate Izzy Therien, helped Loyola sweep this week's Patriot League awards.
Lehigh and Loyola rank fourth and fifth, respectively, during Patriot League play in scoring offense, and Lehigh sits fourth in the PL by allowing 58.8 points per ballgame.
ALL-TIME VS. LOYOLA (MD.)
The Mountain Hawks hold a 9-6 record all-time against the Greyhounds, including a 5-4 mark since Loyola joined the Patriot League
in 2013-14.
Lehigh is 3-5 all-time on the road at Loyola and holds a 6-1 record against the Greyhounds at Stabler Arena. Loyola won both matchups at Reitz Arena last season, stopping Lehigh's second half rally for a 62-58 win on Jan. 5, and then dominating Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament's opening round 78-50. Lehigh captured the middle game at Stabler Arena 86-69 on Feb. 1, going 34-for-40 from the free throw line.
Since Loyola joined the league, the two teams have split the regular season series in three of the four years, with Lehigh sweeping in 2015-16.
In last year's three games, Quinci Mann averaged 16 ppg, shot 41 percent from three-point range, while Gena Grundhofer (8.0), Hannah Hedstrom (7.3) and Bernadette Devaney (7.0) all averaged at least seven ppg. Loyola outscored Lehigh by an average of 69.7-64.7 while Lehigh shot 37.3 percent overall and had a turnover margin of -4.3.
SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS
Fresh off back-to-back wins, Loyola moved up to eighth place in the Patriot League standings after their win on Saturday over Colgate. The win capped a 2-0 week that also saw the Greyhounds take down Bucknell on the road on Wednesday, ending the Bison's 25-game home court winning streak in league games.
Sophomore Stephanie Karcz picked up the program's first-ever triple-double on Saturday against Colgate, scoring 14 points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists. She previously collected 16 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists at Bucknell en route to being named the Patriot League Player of the Week for the first time this season. Freshman Izzy Therien scored 16 points in both games and was named the league's Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week.
As a team, Loyola is averaging 59.3 points per game this season, but is fifth in league play at 61.2 ppg. Through their first eight league games, they have allowed 66.6 points per game, equating to a -5.4 scoring margin, which ranks seventh. Overall this season, they rank last in the Patriot League by shooting just 36 percent from the field and allowing opponents to shoot 44.3 percent. They are also last in both three-point percentage (.248) and allowing opponents to shoot 36.5 percent. On the boards, they rank seventh in rebounding margin (-2.4) and fifth in turnover margin (-0.6).
Karcz ranks fourth in the league this season with 15.3 ppg and is second in rebounding at 10.8 rpg. In league play, she picks up a league-leading 14.8 rpg and ranks second 15.8 in scoring. Therien is sixth in scoring in the league at 14.1 ppg, and sophomore Alexis Gray also averages double figures (10.6 ppg).
UP NEXT
Lehigh will remain in Maryland for their next game, as they begin the second half of the league schedule at Navy on Saturday night.
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