Monday, January 8
Bethlehem, Pa.
6 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Boston University
Photo by: Rebecca Gillard
Lehigh Starts Two-Game Homestand Monday against Boston University
1/7/2018 7:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Boston University (7-6, 2-1 PL) at Lehigh (8-6, 2-1 PL) |
| Date/Time | Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 – 6 p.m. |
| Location | Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa. |
| TV | Service Electric 2 Sports |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) |
| Audio Stream | Lehighsports.com/watch |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh | Boston University |
| @LehighWBB | |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will return home to start a two-game homestand on Monday night when they host Boston University. Stabler Arena has been friendly to the Mountain Hawks this season, where Lehigh is off to a 6-1 start, their best home start since 2010-11. Lehigh will be looking to get back on track after a five-point setback on Friday at Holy Cross. Camryn Buhr picked up her second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Gena Grundhoffer added 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
Through the first three games of Patriot League play, Lehigh leads the league in three-point percentage (.441), is second in scoring margin (+7.7) and is third by allowing just 54 points per game. The Mountain Hawks will be challenged Monday by a Boston team that is also off to a 2-1 league start, which includes a 60-59 road win at preseason league co-favorite Army West Point, a five-point home loss to the other co-favorite Bucknell and a 19-point home win Friday vs. Loyola. Both Lehigh and BU rank in the top three in the league in three-point percentage, and the Terriers are second in the league in field goal percentage (41.2) and are shooting a league-best 45 percent from the field in their three league games.
Following Monday's matchup, Lehigh will host in-state foe Bucknell on Thursday evening.
ALL-TIME VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The Mountain Hawks enter Monday 5-6 all-time against Boston U. Lehigh has won five of the last eight meetings between the two schools dating back to when BU joined the Patriot League in 2013.
After the Terriers won the first four matchups in the series, Lehigh won five straight from February 2014 to January 2016 before BU won both matchups last season.
The last time the teams met at Stabler Arena on Jan. 2, 2016, BU overcame a 16-point deficit with just over five minutes remaining to stun Lehigh 69-64, outscoring LU 37-17 in the fourth quarter, including a 17-1 run over the final 3:38.
BU is Lehigh's least frequent league opponent, with the next closest being Loyola (15 games). Lehigh's highest scoring output came on Jan. 3, 2015 when the Mountain Hawks put up 85. The largest margin of victory for either side came in Lehigh's 28-point, 72-44 win on Dec. 30, 2012.
Lehigh holds a 3-3 record against BU at Stabler Arena and is 2-3 on the road.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
Boston University enters Monday's matchup having won two of their last three games and coming off a 75-56 win over Loyola on Friday. BU previously defeated Army 60-59 on the road on Dec. 29 and fell 63-58 at home to Bucknell on Jan. 2.
The Terriers held Loyola to just 27.3 percent shooting from the floor in Friday's win as BU shot a season-best 56.1 percent from the floor, including an 8-for-11 clip in the third quarter. Sophomore Nia Irving led BU in scoring (11) and rebounding (7), freshman Katie Nelson registered 16 points and senior Sophie Beaudry added 11.
Irving leads the team with 11.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game this season, and ranks fifth in the league with a .492 field goal percentage. She has four double-doubles on the season and was named the Patriot League Player of the Week after scoring 22 points and 14 rebounds in BU's win at Army on Dec 29.
Nelson has been a force in her first season, leading the league with 4.5 assists per game, including 5.7 assists per game in league play. She is second in the PL with 2.4 triples per game and is third with a .449 3FG percentage.
As a team, BU leads the league in 3FG pct. (.345) and blocks per game (5.77), and ranks second in field goal pct. (.412). BU has registered at least five blocks per game in each of their last five games, led by Beaudry, who is tops in the PL with 2.2 blocks per game.
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