Lehigh University Athletics
Monday, March 5
Bethlehem, Pa.
6 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
No. 5 Army West Point
Lehigh to Host Army in Patriot League Quarterfinals on Monday Night
3/4/2018 1:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Army West Point (16-13, 9-9 PL) at Lehigh (15-14, 9-9 PL) |
| Date/Time | Monday, March 5, 2018 – 6 p.m. |
| Location | Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa. |
| TV | Service Electric 2 Sports |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) |
| Radio | ESPN Radio of the Lehigh Valley 1160/1230/1320 AM |
| Audio | ESPNLV.com |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh | Army West Point |
| @LehighWBB | |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team will take to the court on Monday night to host Army West Point at Stabler Arena in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament. The fourth seeded Mountain Hawks and fifth seeded Black Knights each tallied 9-9 records in Patriot League play this season, and are coming off losses in their regular season finales at home last Wednesday.
Army West Point closed the regular season by winning four of their last five games to climb up into a fourth place tie with Lehigh at 9-9 in the Patriot League. Lehigh earned fourth place and the quarterfinal home game, having split with Bucknell, while the Black Knights dropped both of their matchups with the Bison. Lehigh and Army split their two games this season, with the home team winning each game.
Lehigh will be making its 27th appearance in the Patriot League quarterfinals and has advanced to the semifinals 13 times in their history. Lehigh is 10-3 over the last 14 years in the quarterfinals and is 4-4 all-time against Army in the postseason.
ALL-TIME VS. ARMY WEST POINT
Lehigh enters Monday's matchup trailing Army in the all-time series 34-31. The Black Knights have won 11 of the last 14 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 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 then-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.
Army took the second matchup this season 55-50 on Jan. 17 in West Point. Lehigh made an 8-0 run in the closing minutes before falling short, outshooting Army 43.8-41.5 percent.
SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS
Last time out, Army dropped a 75-55 decision at home to Bucknell. Janae McNeal led the way with 14 points on 6-of-15 shooting, Madison Hovren scored eight and senior Aliyah Murray returned to the lineup after missing seven games with eight points and a team-high eight rebounds. Army shot 33.9 percent for the game and 30 percent from downtown, while Bucknell held a 36-26 edge in rebounds. Bucknell was hot offensively, shooting 57.1 percent overall and from three-point range.
Hovren and McNeal represented the Cadets on the All-Patriot League teams, with Hovren earning Second Team honors and McNeal being named to the All-Defensive team. McNeal enters the postseason having scored double figures in 10 consecutive games. Hovren has registered 17 double-doubles and seven 20-point performances this season. She led Army in scoring and rebounding for the second straight year, ranking fifth in the PL with 14.6 ppg and third with 9.8 rebounds.
Murray and Hovren rank in the PL's top four in field goal percentage at 47.1 and 45.9 percent, respectively. As a team, Army ranked eighthduring league by scoring 56.1 ppg, but ranked fourth in scoring defense (58.3), one spot ahead of Lehigh. Lehigh and Army were fairly even overall this season offensively, with Lehigh ranking fifth (61.6) and Army sixth (61.3). Army was also the second-best rebounding team in the league this season, holding a rebounding margin of +4.9 overall and +3.0 in league play.
UP NEXT
The winner of Monday's game will advance to play either No. 8 Lafayette or No. 1 American in the semifinals on Thursday.
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