Mountain Hawks set to return home Tuesday night

Tuesday, November 12

Bethlehem, Pa.

7 p.m.

Lehigh University

Cairn

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Mountain Hawks set to return home Tuesday night

11/11/2019 5:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men's basketball team will look to build off a 74-70 road win at Albany Saturday when it returns home to host Cairn on Tuesday night. Gametime is set for 7 p.m. on the Patriot League Network. Last time out, the Mountain Hawks picked up the first-ever road win for either side in the all-time series between Lehigh and Albany. Lehigh used a 21-10 run to end the first half to take a 10-point halftime advantage, on the way to its first win of the season.

The Mountain Hawks extended their lead to 17 midway through the first half. The Great Danes staged a comeback and pulled as close as three in the final seconds, but junior James Karnik knocked down a big free throw with eight seconds remaining for a four-point lead, which proved to be the final as the Mountain Hawks' spoiled the season (and home) opener for the perennial America East contenders.

Karnik filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, five rebounds (to reach exactly 500 in his career), a steal and three blocks. It marked Karnik's second straight game with three blocks after never tallying more than two in a game over his first two seasons. Senior Jordan Cohen led the offense with 17 points while sophomore Jeameril Wilson also reached double figures for the first time this year, scoring 10. Junior Marques Wilson filled up the stat sheet with eight points, seven rebounds and four assists while freshman Reed Fenton scored eight points as well, along with a rebound and two steals.

Fenton's point total was his high through two games. Same was true for classmates Jake Betlow (five points) and Jakob Alamudun (six). Alamudun scored four first-half points, marking the first points of his collegiate career. Senior Ed Porter also scored for the first time this season.

Saturday marked Lehigh's first win against an America East team since Dec. 28, 2014, a 58-55 victory at UMBC. Lehigh has only played five current members of the America East (Albany, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Vermont and UMBC). Saturday was also the third straight year Lehigh has won its first road game of the season (winning at Marist in 2017-18 and at Monmouth in 2019-20).

Following Tuesday's game, the Mountain Hawks head to Virginia Tech to face the Hokies of the ACC on Saturday before returning home to host Misericordia next Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the second game of a women's and men's basketball doubleheader.

Cairn was picked to finish first in its preseason CSAC (Colonial States Athletic Conference) poll. The Highlanders finished last season 18-9, 10-2 in conference play. The team's top three scorers from last season return in Malachi Hall (16.6), Julian Collazo (14.9) and Jerimiah Harris (14.2). Collazo led the team in rebounding (8.4) while Hall finished second (7.2). As a team, Cairn averaged 82.9 points per game while allowing 79.1 per contest.

Tuesday night marks the first-ever meeting between Lehigh and Cairn.

Lehigh heads to Virginia Tech on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., one year after advancing to the Sweet 16.

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Date:	November 12, 2019
Opponent:	Cairn Highlanders
Tip-off:	7:00 PM
Arena/Capacity:	Stabler Arena/5,600
Location:	Bethlehem, Pa.
Lehigh's Record:	1-1, 0-0 Patriot League
Cairn's Record:	0-0, 0-0 CSAC
Series:	First Meeting
Radio:	Fox Sports Lehigh Valley 1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM 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:	Cairn Official Website