Tuesday, November 13
Bethlehem, Pa.
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Marist
Mountain Hawks set to host Marist in home opener Tuesday
11/12/2018 3:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After a pair of road games to begin the season, the Lehigh men's basketball team heads home for two in a row, beginning on Tuesday when it hosts Marist in its home opener. Opening tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on the Patriot League Network. Tuesday is Educator Appreciation Night as educators can use the promo code 'teach' to get $3 tickets to the game. The Mountain Hawks are coming off an 83-62 defeat at Miami on Friday in a game which saw them go down by 18 in the first half, only to come back within six in the second half, before the Hurricanes pulled away.
Tickets for Tuesday's game are FREE with a Lehigh ID and as low as $5 for the general public. Lehigh students can take the Campus Connector bus to the game, with buses set to leave at 6:30 p.m. from Packer Ave. and 6:35 from Alpha Phi. Buses will continually run back from the Goodman Campus at approximately 8:33, 8:53, 9:13, 9:33, etc. For the complete campus connector bus schedule, please click here. Goodman Campus stops are GC - Soccer Pavilion and GC - Traffic Circle.
After Miami went up 37-19, the Mountain Hawks clawed their way back into the game by holding a 7-1 edge over the final five minutes. The run began with a three-pointer from Kyle Leufroy, who tallied eight points and seven rebounds in the first half, finishing with 12 points and nine boards for the game. Leufroy has been a strong rebounder early this season, posting nine rebounds in each of the first two contests. He also dished an assist on Friday to reach 200 career assists, one game after eclipsing 1,000 career points. Miami opened a 19-point, 48-29 advantage early in the second half, but the Mountain Hawks responded with 18 of the next 23 points as a 12-2 run, with nine of the points coming from senior Lance Tejada, pulled Lehigh within 53-47 with 12:24 still remaining. The Hurricanes came out of a timeout with a 7-0 run to go back up 13 and the Mountain Hawks couldn't pull any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
Tejada finished his homecoming game with 19 points, 16 coming in the second half. The Miramar, Fla. native was 6-of-12 from the field in the second half, 2-of-6 from long distance. Junior Pat Andree tallied 10 points and seven rebounds. Through two games, he now has 15 boards and is shooting 8-of-15 from three-point range (53 percent). Freshman and Patriot League Rookie of the Week Nic Lynch was also a bright spot, posting 10 points and 10 rebounds for his first-career double-double. It marked the second straight season a Lehigh freshman center had his first-carer double-double against an ACC opponent; last year, James Karnik recorded 14 points and 10 boards at Pitt.
Friday actually snapped Lehigh's nine-game regular season winning streak. It marked the Mountain Hawks' first regular-season defeat since last Jan. 27 against Navy (286 days between regular-season losses). Lehigh also went 293 days without a loss on the road (regular season or postseason).
Lehigh has won nine of its last 12 home openers overall, last season falling to Monmouth. All three of its losses in that span have come over the last five years. Head coach Brett Reed heads into Tuesday's game with 199 career wins. Meanwhile, the Mountain Hawks will look to improve to 6-0 all-time vs. Marist, who is led by first-year head coach John Dunne. In total, Lehigh faces three teams with new head coaches during its nonleague slate (also Siena and Mount St. Mary's). The Mountain Hawks also face two MAAC teams in their first three games and three in their first five (also Monmouth and Siena).
Lehigh has won all five all-time meetings against Marist, with three coming since the turn of the century. Last season, the Mountain Hawks picked up a thrilling 84-76 overtime win at Marist. Lehigh also won in 2010 (91-78) and 2009 (66-55). The other matchups saw Lehigh win in 1990 (76-73) and 1982 (70-68).
Under new head coach John Dunne, Marist is 1-1 early in the season, falling at Army West Point 73-69 behind a Black Knights' three-pointer with four seconds remaining, before winning at Columbia on Saturday 82-76. Through two games, Brian Parker is leading the offense averaging 23.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Ryan Funk is averaging 11.5 points off the bench while David Knudsen is averaging 8.5 points and 3.5 boards. Parker and Knudsen are two-of-three seniors in Marist's starting lineup (along with Isaiah Lamb). The starters through two games have included four upperclassmen in total, along with freshman Darius Hines.
After Tuesday's game, Lehigh remains home on Friday to host Princeton at 8:30 p.m. in the second game of a doubleheader with the women. The women square off vs. Villanova at 6 p.m.
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Tickets for Tuesday's game are FREE with a Lehigh ID and as low as $5 for the general public. Lehigh students can take the Campus Connector bus to the game, with buses set to leave at 6:30 p.m. from Packer Ave. and 6:35 from Alpha Phi. Buses will continually run back from the Goodman Campus at approximately 8:33, 8:53, 9:13, 9:33, etc. For the complete campus connector bus schedule, please click here. Goodman Campus stops are GC - Soccer Pavilion and GC - Traffic Circle.
After Miami went up 37-19, the Mountain Hawks clawed their way back into the game by holding a 7-1 edge over the final five minutes. The run began with a three-pointer from Kyle Leufroy, who tallied eight points and seven rebounds in the first half, finishing with 12 points and nine boards for the game. Leufroy has been a strong rebounder early this season, posting nine rebounds in each of the first two contests. He also dished an assist on Friday to reach 200 career assists, one game after eclipsing 1,000 career points. Miami opened a 19-point, 48-29 advantage early in the second half, but the Mountain Hawks responded with 18 of the next 23 points as a 12-2 run, with nine of the points coming from senior Lance Tejada, pulled Lehigh within 53-47 with 12:24 still remaining. The Hurricanes came out of a timeout with a 7-0 run to go back up 13 and the Mountain Hawks couldn't pull any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
Tejada finished his homecoming game with 19 points, 16 coming in the second half. The Miramar, Fla. native was 6-of-12 from the field in the second half, 2-of-6 from long distance. Junior Pat Andree tallied 10 points and seven rebounds. Through two games, he now has 15 boards and is shooting 8-of-15 from three-point range (53 percent). Freshman and Patriot League Rookie of the Week Nic Lynch was also a bright spot, posting 10 points and 10 rebounds for his first-career double-double. It marked the second straight season a Lehigh freshman center had his first-carer double-double against an ACC opponent; last year, James Karnik recorded 14 points and 10 boards at Pitt.
Friday actually snapped Lehigh's nine-game regular season winning streak. It marked the Mountain Hawks' first regular-season defeat since last Jan. 27 against Navy (286 days between regular-season losses). Lehigh also went 293 days without a loss on the road (regular season or postseason).
Lehigh has won nine of its last 12 home openers overall, last season falling to Monmouth. All three of its losses in that span have come over the last five years. Head coach Brett Reed heads into Tuesday's game with 199 career wins. Meanwhile, the Mountain Hawks will look to improve to 6-0 all-time vs. Marist, who is led by first-year head coach John Dunne. In total, Lehigh faces three teams with new head coaches during its nonleague slate (also Siena and Mount St. Mary's). The Mountain Hawks also face two MAAC teams in their first three games and three in their first five (also Monmouth and Siena).
Lehigh has won all five all-time meetings against Marist, with three coming since the turn of the century. Last season, the Mountain Hawks picked up a thrilling 84-76 overtime win at Marist. Lehigh also won in 2010 (91-78) and 2009 (66-55). The other matchups saw Lehigh win in 1990 (76-73) and 1982 (70-68).
Under new head coach John Dunne, Marist is 1-1 early in the season, falling at Army West Point 73-69 behind a Black Knights' three-pointer with four seconds remaining, before winning at Columbia on Saturday 82-76. Through two games, Brian Parker is leading the offense averaging 23.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Ryan Funk is averaging 11.5 points off the bench while David Knudsen is averaging 8.5 points and 3.5 boards. Parker and Knudsen are two-of-three seniors in Marist's starting lineup (along with Isaiah Lamb). The starters through two games have included four upperclassmen in total, along with freshman Darius Hines.
After Tuesday's game, Lehigh remains home on Friday to host Princeton at 8:30 p.m. in the second game of a doubleheader with the women. The women square off vs. Villanova at 6 p.m.
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| Date: | November 13, 2018 |
| Opponent: | Marist Red Foxes |
| Tip-off: | 7:00 PM |
| Arena/Capacity: | Stabler Arena/5,600 |
| Location: | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| Lehigh's Record: | 1-1, 0-0 Patriot League |
| Marist's Record: | 1-1, 0-0 MAAC |
| Series: | Lehigh leads, 5-0 |
| Radio: | Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and Lehighsports.com with Tom Fallon and Greg Falkenbach '72. Pregame coverage gets underway at 6:30 p.m. |
| Television: | Patriot League Network |
| Internet Video: | Patriot League Network |
| Behind Enemy Lines: | Marist Official Website |
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