Wednesday, February 20
Bethlehem, Pa.
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Army West Point
Mountain Hawks begin final stretch at home vs. Army Wednesday night
2/19/2019 2:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Coming off its first-ever regular-season sweep of Boston University, the Lehigh men's basketball team returns to Stabler Arena for its final two home contests of the regular season, beginning on Wednesday night against Army West Point. Wednesday's game is part of Recylemania and is presented by JFR Salvage. Opening tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are currently in second place in the league, standing one game ahead of Colgate in third and a game ahead of Bucknell in first, entering Tuesday night's Bucknell at Colgate contest.
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Recyclemania is an eight-week long national waste diversion and recycling competition against colleges and universities to promote waste reduction activities in campus communities. This year, Recyclemania will be from February 3 - March 30. The focus of Recyclemania 2019 at Lehigh will be striving toward Zero Contamination Recycling throughout the competition and beyond. To learn more, please click here.
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Lehigh is coming off its first-ever regular-season win at Boston University's Case Gymnasium, defeating the Terriers 84-79 on Saturday. In doing so, the Mountain Hawks continued their streak of not losing back-to-back games all season; Lehigh is now 8-0 after defeats. Lehigh jumped out to as much as a 15-point first-half lead, taking a 45-32 edge at the break following a Jordan Cohen trey as the clock expired. The lead reached as much as 19 in the second, but the Terriers used a late charge to make it a game in the final minute. Andrew Petcash took a three with eight seconds remaining, but sophomore James Karnik grabbed the rebound, was fouled and hit both free throws to seal the victory.
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Lehigh again used a balanced attack, as four Mountain Hawks scored between 13 and 18 points, led by 18 from senior Kyle Leufroy. Leufroy moved from 19th to 17th place in school history for career scoring (now with 1,333 career points), passing Bill Griffin (1,316) and Mackey McKnight (1,327). Senior Lance Tejada had 17, Karnik scored 14 and Cohen recorded 13. Leufroy, Tejada and Cohen were all 3-of-6 from three, as the Mountain Hawks finished 10-of-22 for the game (with the 45.5 percentage better than their season average). Junior Pat Andree also made a big impact with nine points and a career-high 16 rebounds, the most rebounds by a Mountain Hawk since Tim Kempton had 16 on March 8, 2017 at Bucknell. Freshman Jeameril Wilson had six points, four rebounds and two assists while classmate Joe Foley made a significant impact in a career-high 15 minutes, posting five points and a block while taking a big charge with less than three minutes remaining.
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Defensively, the Mountain Hawks held the Terriers to just 59 points over the game's first 36:23 before Boston University made its late charge. Lehigh's defense played well in long stretches despite the Terriers shooting 46.2 percent from distance (12-of-26).
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The win was Lehigh's first regular-season victory at Case Gym in program history. The Mountain Hawks' other win came in the 2017 Patriot League Semifinals. Lehigh improved to 3-2 in February and 25-4 in the month of February since 2016. The Mountain Hawks are now 5-2 at home and on the road in Patriot League play. Lehigh has reached double-figure league victories for a fifth straight season and seventh time in the last eight years.
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The Mountain Hawks and Black Knights will play on Wednesday for the second time in 18 days. Lehigh began the month by coming back from a 19-point deficit at Army, marking the largest comeback win in Brett Reed's 12 seasons as Lehigh head coach.
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Army West Point is in the midst of an up-and-down season, beginning league play with a 6-2 record, but has dropped five of its last six. The lone win in the last six came at home vs. Boston University, 71-61. Most recently, the Black Knights fell at Navy, 79-68. Matt Wilson leads the team in scoring (13.4) and rebounding (8.8), which leads the Patriot League. Tommy Funk comes in at 12.2 points and a league-high 163 assists. Funk also leaves the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3).
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Lehigh has won two straight and five of the last seven to pull within 64-44 of Army in the all-time series. The last time they played at Stabler Arena, the Mountain Hawks won 84-53 last February, marking their largest-ever margin of victory against the Black Knights. That win helped avenge the Mountain Hawks' loss at Army less than a month earlier, which was Lehigh's only loss vs. the Black Knights since 2016. The first-ever meeting between the two sides came in 1906-07, a 26-24 Lehigh victory. Army won the next matchup in 1914-15 by a 19-6 final.
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Following Wednesday's game, Lehigh returns home for Senior Day on Sunday, Feb. 24 vs. Holy Cross at 12 p.m. It will also be CJ McCollum Day as part of Legends Weekends Presented by Coordinated Health as McCollum's #3 will be honored and displayed in the Stabler Arena rafters. To purchase tickets, please click here.
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Recyclemania is an eight-week long national waste diversion and recycling competition against colleges and universities to promote waste reduction activities in campus communities. This year, Recyclemania will be from February 3 - March 30. The focus of Recyclemania 2019 at Lehigh will be striving toward Zero Contamination Recycling throughout the competition and beyond. To learn more, please click here.
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Lehigh is coming off its first-ever regular-season win at Boston University's Case Gymnasium, defeating the Terriers 84-79 on Saturday. In doing so, the Mountain Hawks continued their streak of not losing back-to-back games all season; Lehigh is now 8-0 after defeats. Lehigh jumped out to as much as a 15-point first-half lead, taking a 45-32 edge at the break following a Jordan Cohen trey as the clock expired. The lead reached as much as 19 in the second, but the Terriers used a late charge to make it a game in the final minute. Andrew Petcash took a three with eight seconds remaining, but sophomore James Karnik grabbed the rebound, was fouled and hit both free throws to seal the victory.
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Lehigh again used a balanced attack, as four Mountain Hawks scored between 13 and 18 points, led by 18 from senior Kyle Leufroy. Leufroy moved from 19th to 17th place in school history for career scoring (now with 1,333 career points), passing Bill Griffin (1,316) and Mackey McKnight (1,327). Senior Lance Tejada had 17, Karnik scored 14 and Cohen recorded 13. Leufroy, Tejada and Cohen were all 3-of-6 from three, as the Mountain Hawks finished 10-of-22 for the game (with the 45.5 percentage better than their season average). Junior Pat Andree also made a big impact with nine points and a career-high 16 rebounds, the most rebounds by a Mountain Hawk since Tim Kempton had 16 on March 8, 2017 at Bucknell. Freshman Jeameril Wilson had six points, four rebounds and two assists while classmate Joe Foley made a significant impact in a career-high 15 minutes, posting five points and a block while taking a big charge with less than three minutes remaining.
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Defensively, the Mountain Hawks held the Terriers to just 59 points over the game's first 36:23 before Boston University made its late charge. Lehigh's defense played well in long stretches despite the Terriers shooting 46.2 percent from distance (12-of-26).
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The win was Lehigh's first regular-season victory at Case Gym in program history. The Mountain Hawks' other win came in the 2017 Patriot League Semifinals. Lehigh improved to 3-2 in February and 25-4 in the month of February since 2016. The Mountain Hawks are now 5-2 at home and on the road in Patriot League play. Lehigh has reached double-figure league victories for a fifth straight season and seventh time in the last eight years.
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The Mountain Hawks and Black Knights will play on Wednesday for the second time in 18 days. Lehigh began the month by coming back from a 19-point deficit at Army, marking the largest comeback win in Brett Reed's 12 seasons as Lehigh head coach.
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Army West Point is in the midst of an up-and-down season, beginning league play with a 6-2 record, but has dropped five of its last six. The lone win in the last six came at home vs. Boston University, 71-61. Most recently, the Black Knights fell at Navy, 79-68. Matt Wilson leads the team in scoring (13.4) and rebounding (8.8), which leads the Patriot League. Tommy Funk comes in at 12.2 points and a league-high 163 assists. Funk also leaves the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3).
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Lehigh has won two straight and five of the last seven to pull within 64-44 of Army in the all-time series. The last time they played at Stabler Arena, the Mountain Hawks won 84-53 last February, marking their largest-ever margin of victory against the Black Knights. That win helped avenge the Mountain Hawks' loss at Army less than a month earlier, which was Lehigh's only loss vs. the Black Knights since 2016. The first-ever meeting between the two sides came in 1906-07, a 26-24 Lehigh victory. Army won the next matchup in 1914-15 by a 19-6 final.
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Following Wednesday's game, Lehigh returns home for Senior Day on Sunday, Feb. 24 vs. Holy Cross at 12 p.m. It will also be CJ McCollum Day as part of Legends Weekends Presented by Coordinated Health as McCollum's #3 will be honored and displayed in the Stabler Arena rafters. To purchase tickets, please click here.
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Like Lehigh Men's Basketball on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive content, team updates and more.
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| Date: | February 20, 2019 |
| Opponent: | Army West Point Black Knights |
| Tip-off: | 7 PM |
| Arena/Capacity: | Stabler Arena/5,600 |
| Location: | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| Lehigh's Record: | 17-8, 10-4 Patriot League  |
| Army's Record: | 12-15, 7-7 Patriot League |
| Series: | Army leads, 64-44 |
| Radio: | Fox Sports Lehigh Valley 1230 and 1320 AM and Lehighsports.com with Tom Fallon and Greg Falkenbach '72. Pregame coverage gets underway at 6:30 p.m. |
| Television: | Service Electric 2 Sports |
| Internet Video: | Patriot League Network |
| Behind Enemy Lines: | Army Official Website |
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