Saturday, February 17
West Point, N.Y.
1 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Army West Point
Lehigh Looks Regroup Saturday Afternoon at Army West Point
2/16/2018 5:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Lehigh (13-12, 7-7 PL) at Army West Point (13-12, 6-8 PL) |
| Date/Time | Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 – 1 p.m. |
| Location | Christl Arena – West Point, N.Y. |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) |
| Radio | ESPN Radio LV 1160/1230/1320 AM |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh | Army West Point |
| @LehighWBB | |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will travel to Army West Point this Saturday afternoon in a battle for fourth place in the Patriot League standings. The Mountain Hawks will look to end their first three-game losing skid of the season, while Army enters having won four of its last six games since losing by four to Lehigh at Stabler Arena on Jan 20.
Over their last five road games, Lehigh has allowed just 57.2 points per game, well below the season average of 65.0. The Mountain Hawks have also gathered 7.8 steals and a +1.4 turnover margin in those games.
Lehigh will look to get back on track, having lost five of their last six games since the last matchup against Army. Over that stretch, Lehigh holds a scoring margin of -4.3 while scoring 53.8 points per game. LU is shooting 35.2 percent overall and 26.4 percent from three-point range, and has not shot over 38 percent from the floor in five straight games.
During the team's three game losing streak, the Mountain Hawks are scoring an average of 48 points per game and shooting 31.8 percent from the field and 20 percent (11-for-55) from three-point range.
ALL-TIME VS. ARMY WEST POINT
Lehigh enters Saturday's matchup trailing Army in the all-time series 33-31. The Black Knights have won 10 of the last 13 dating back to February 2013. The two programs met three times in 2014-15 and 2015-16, with Lehigh winning twice during the 2014-15 season,
including a 76-57 win at Army in the Patriot League semifinals. Army has won three straight at Christl Arena.
Army won the first 11 matchups in the all-time series between the two schools, with their first meeting coming in the 1983-84 season. Lehigh had a six game winning streak from 2004-2006.
Earlier this year, Lehigh ended their five game losing skid to Army with a 59-55 win at Stabler Arena. Gena Grundhoffer tallied a career-high 21 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting and Camryn Buhr had 14 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting.
Last year at Christl Arena on Feb. 25, Army forced 20 turnovers and grabbed 13 steals in a 70-52 win. Despite Lehigh outshooting Army by a wide margin, Army outscored Lehigh 18-4 off turnovers and 20-4 on second chance points in the game.
SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS
Army has won four of its last six games since falling to Lehigh back on Jan. 20. After finishing 7-4 out of league, preseason co-PL favorite Army struggled to a 2-5 start to league play, but has fought its way back to 6-8 and fifth place in the Patriot League, just one game behind the Mountain Hawks. Scoring 62.0 ppg this season, the Black Knights have scored 55.9 ppg through 14 league games (9th in PL). Holding a +2.6 scoring margin and a .380 field goal pct. overall this season, Army is shooting 34.6 percent in league play and holds a -3.2 scoring margin, which has risen over six points since the last time the two teams met.
During their 4-2 stretch over the last six games, Army is 2-1 at home with wins of 62-47 over Loyola and 48-39 over Lafayette.
Preseason Player of the Year Madison Hovren has risen to third in the league in both scoring (15.1) and rebounding (10.4). She is seventh in field goal pct (.447). Last year's Defensive Player of the Year, Aliyah Murray, scores 10.5 ppg and is eighth in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game, but has not played in four consecutive games. Diazjah Morris ranks second in the league with 2.0 steals per game, leading the way for a team that ranks tied for second in the league with 9.0 steals per contest this season. As a team, Army ranks third by dishing out 12.7 assists per game, led by Janae McNeal (2.7 apg). McNeal is one of three Cadets to average double figures in league play with 11.2 ppg, which is third on the team.
Army also leads the PL by pulling in 15.5 offensive rebounds per game.
UP NEXT
Lehigh will return home this coming Wednesday to face Loyola at 6 p.m.
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