Monday, January 8
Bethlehem, Pa.
6 p.m.
Lehigh University
9-6, 3-1PL
74
vs
58
Boston University
7-7, 2-2PL
1
2
3
4
F
Boston University
19
10
19
10
58
Lehigh
19
26
19
10
74
Five Score in Double Figures as Lehigh Sprints Past Boston University 74-58
1/8/2018 9:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Five Mountain Hawks scored in double figures on Monday night as the Lehigh women's basketball team powered past Boston University 74-58 at Stabler Arena. Senior Quinci Mann has a game-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and sophomore Camryn Buhr had 19 points and six rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting with career-highs of seven assists and five steals. Sophomore Cameryn Benz tallied 11 points and tied her career-high with eight rebounds, senior Bernadette Devaney scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting and Gena Grundhoffer totaled 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
Lehigh (9-6, 3-1 PL) once again shot the ball well on their home court, going 28-for-54 (51.9 percent) from the floor and 10-for-22 (45.5 percent) from three-point range. The LU defense held Boston (7-7, 2-2 PL), who entered the game with the highest three-point percentage and second ranked field goal percentage in the Patriot League, to 37.5 percent from the field and just 3-of-12 from long range. As a team, the Brown and White dished out 20 assists and had a 34-32 edge on the glass. Lehigh used a 12-0 run to end the first half to outscore the Terriers 26-10 in the frame. The two teams tied in each of the other three quarters.
"They played tremendous basketball," said head coach Sue Troyan. "They really shared the basketball and played unselfishly. A lot of people stepped up and played all-around great games for us. I told our kids at the end of the game that we had the chemistry going today with Cam Buhr and Cam Benz – you look at their stat lines – and they were both really impressive. I was really proud of our posts and how they defended their inside game. BU's big kids inside are a big part of their offense and I thought our coaching staff did a great job preparing the posts for what they were going to see and taking away the looks they wanted to get on the offensive end."
Grundhoffer and Mann each connected from downtown in the opening minutes, while Katie Nelson hit two threes for BU to give the Terriers an 11-8 lead at the first media timeout. The back and forth quarter saw the lead change hands 10 times, as BU hit a late bucket to knot it at 19 after one quarter.
Lehigh took the lead for good right out of the gate in the second quarter following a three-pointer from Mann. The lead grew to six on three separate occasions over the first five minutes before Boston cut it to four at 33-29 with 5:13 left until halftime. After two minutes without a basket, Benz sank a three at the 2:52 mark to spark a 12-0 Lehigh run to close the half and open up the game at 45-29. Mann and Meagan Eripret each contributed baskets, Benz added a layup in the final minute, and Devaney capped the run with a steal and unassisted hoop, and tacked on a free throw to complete the and-one with eight seconds left.
Buhr had four steals in the opening half as Lehigh shot 63 percent through the opening 20 minutes.
Boston scored four straight coming out of the break to get within 12 points, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the game. After two Terrier free throws made it a 58-45 ballgame with 3:09 left in the third, Buhr stepped up and drilled a triple to get the lead back to 16, and Benz followed with a layup to make it 63-46. A Buhr bucket gave Lehigh a 64-48 lead in the closing seconds of the third before BU had a long three-pointer at the buzzer waived off following an official review.
After trading points through the first four minutes of the final quarter, Buhr found Benz with a lob underneath to make it 68-52 and Mann followed with her fifth and final three-pointer of the evening to grow the lead to a game-high 19 points with 4:19 to go.
"Across the board, Quinci was very patient waiting for her shots and we did a good job of finding her on the perimeter. Cam Buhr – just how she played on the defensive end and on the offensive end, distributing the ball, steals, rebounds played a really complete game. Hannah did a good job handling the ball and Gena when she had her minutes. She got into some foul trouble but did a nice job scoring the ball."
Next up, the Mountain Hawks will host instate foe Bucknell on Thursday night at 6 p.m. Live coverage will be available on the Service Electric 2 Sports, PatriotLeague.TV and Lehighsports.com/watch.
"Having four of our first five league games at home is important, especially after the year we had last year," Troyan said. "You take it a game at a time. BU is a really strong opponent and one of the best in the league. We'll see the same thing in Bucknell, then we go to American who's one of the preseason top teams in the league. This is one of our toughest weeks on the schedule and having two of those three at home is obviously very favorable."
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Lehigh (9-6, 3-1 PL) once again shot the ball well on their home court, going 28-for-54 (51.9 percent) from the floor and 10-for-22 (45.5 percent) from three-point range. The LU defense held Boston (7-7, 2-2 PL), who entered the game with the highest three-point percentage and second ranked field goal percentage in the Patriot League, to 37.5 percent from the field and just 3-of-12 from long range. As a team, the Brown and White dished out 20 assists and had a 34-32 edge on the glass. Lehigh used a 12-0 run to end the first half to outscore the Terriers 26-10 in the frame. The two teams tied in each of the other three quarters.
"They played tremendous basketball," said head coach Sue Troyan. "They really shared the basketball and played unselfishly. A lot of people stepped up and played all-around great games for us. I told our kids at the end of the game that we had the chemistry going today with Cam Buhr and Cam Benz – you look at their stat lines – and they were both really impressive. I was really proud of our posts and how they defended their inside game. BU's big kids inside are a big part of their offense and I thought our coaching staff did a great job preparing the posts for what they were going to see and taking away the looks they wanted to get on the offensive end."
Grundhoffer and Mann each connected from downtown in the opening minutes, while Katie Nelson hit two threes for BU to give the Terriers an 11-8 lead at the first media timeout. The back and forth quarter saw the lead change hands 10 times, as BU hit a late bucket to knot it at 19 after one quarter.
Lehigh took the lead for good right out of the gate in the second quarter following a three-pointer from Mann. The lead grew to six on three separate occasions over the first five minutes before Boston cut it to four at 33-29 with 5:13 left until halftime. After two minutes without a basket, Benz sank a three at the 2:52 mark to spark a 12-0 Lehigh run to close the half and open up the game at 45-29. Mann and Meagan Eripret each contributed baskets, Benz added a layup in the final minute, and Devaney capped the run with a steal and unassisted hoop, and tacked on a free throw to complete the and-one with eight seconds left.
Buhr had four steals in the opening half as Lehigh shot 63 percent through the opening 20 minutes.
Boston scored four straight coming out of the break to get within 12 points, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the game. After two Terrier free throws made it a 58-45 ballgame with 3:09 left in the third, Buhr stepped up and drilled a triple to get the lead back to 16, and Benz followed with a layup to make it 63-46. A Buhr bucket gave Lehigh a 64-48 lead in the closing seconds of the third before BU had a long three-pointer at the buzzer waived off following an official review.
After trading points through the first four minutes of the final quarter, Buhr found Benz with a lob underneath to make it 68-52 and Mann followed with her fifth and final three-pointer of the evening to grow the lead to a game-high 19 points with 4:19 to go.
"Across the board, Quinci was very patient waiting for her shots and we did a good job of finding her on the perimeter. Cam Buhr – just how she played on the defensive end and on the offensive end, distributing the ball, steals, rebounds played a really complete game. Hannah did a good job handling the ball and Gena when she had her minutes. She got into some foul trouble but did a nice job scoring the ball."
Next up, the Mountain Hawks will host instate foe Bucknell on Thursday night at 6 p.m. Live coverage will be available on the Service Electric 2 Sports, PatriotLeague.TV and Lehighsports.com/watch.
"Having four of our first five league games at home is important, especially after the year we had last year," Troyan said. "You take it a game at a time. BU is a really strong opponent and one of the best in the league. We'll see the same thing in Bucknell, then we go to American who's one of the preseason top teams in the league. This is one of our toughest weeks on the schedule and having two of those three at home is obviously very favorable."
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Team Stats
BU
LEHIGH
FG%
.375
.519
3FG%
.250
.455
FT%
.684
.727
RB
32
34
TO
17
17
STL
6
10
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
7
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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