Wednesday, December 6
Bethlehem, Pa.
11 a.m.
Lehigh University
vs
NJIT
Photo by: Rebecca Gillard
Lehigh to Welcome NJIT for Education Day on Wednesday Morning
12/5/2017 2:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Lehigh (5-4) vs. NJIT (0-8) |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 – 11 a.m. |
| Location | Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa. |
| TV | Service Electric 2 Sports |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network |
| Internet Audio | Lehighsports.com/watch |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh Game Notes | NJIT Game Notes |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's basketball team returns home for the final time in non-league play on Wednesday morning to face NJIT as the team and the University hosts the eighth annual Education Day, where they will welcome elementary and middle school students from Lehigh Valley area school districts. At last year's game, Lehigh set a women's basketball attendance record with 4,410 fans packing Stabler Arena.
Lehigh will look to remain unblemished all-time against NJIT, with both teams coming off defeats over the weekend. Lehigh turned around an 18-point deficit to get within one of Sacred Heart in the fourth quarter on Sunday before falling 66-55. Sophomore Gena Grundhoffer picked up 18 points and 13 rebounds in the game, sophomore Camryn Buhr had 13 points and seven rebounds, and senior Bernadette Devaney added 12 points. Lehigh held a 45-38 advantage on the boards, but was outscored in the fourth quarter for the first time all season, despite nearly completing the comeback attempt.
Lehigh will conclude its non-league schedule on Sunday afternoon against LIU Brooklyn at the Barclay's Center. After a break for final exams and the holidays, the Mountain Hawks will open Patriot League play Dec. 29 at home versus Lafayette.
ALL-TIME VS. NJIT
The Mountain Hawks and Highlanders will meet up for the 12th time in program history, and the 12th year in a row, dating back to their first matchup on December 9, 2006 in Newark, N.J., which the Mountain Hawks won by a score of 70-44. Lehigh has won all 11 matchups between the two programs.
In the 11 meetings between the two teams, Lehigh has faced NJIT five times at Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks have outscored NJIT by an average of 71.8-51.4.
Lehigh's largest margin of victory over NJIT at home was last year's 32-point, 84-52 win on Nov. 30, 2016. The 77-72 victory over the Highlanders on November 11, 2013 is the slimmest margin of victory for Lehigh at home. Lehigh's 84 points scored last year is the most points scored by either team in the series.
SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
NJIT enters Wednesday's matchup with a 0-8 record on the season. NJIT is 0-5 on the road this year, including their most recent 55-43 setback at Morgan State on Saturday. Redshirt junior Tatianna Torres lead the Highlanders with 16 points and freshman Ellyn Stoll also netted double figures with 10 points.
Torres, a Preseason All-Atlantic Sun selection was also picked as the fan-voted ASUN Preseason Player of the Year, returns after scoring 10.3 ppg last season and setting a NJIT D-I program record with 67 steals. This season, she is leading NJIT with 11.6 points per game and senior Taj Lewis is also scoring in double figures at 10.8 ppg. Lewis leads the squad with a 52.8 field goal percentage, with all 72 of her shots attempts coming from inside the arc. Freshman Dez Allen is the Highlanders biggest threat from the outside, shooting 27.3 percent from three-point range, and sophomore Danielle Tunstall, the team's top returning forward as an ASUN All-Rookie pick last season, leads the Highlanders with seven rebounds per game.
Lehigh and NJIT have no common opponents yet this season. The Highlanders did drop a 79-49 decision to Patriot League foe Army West Point, and also fell 67-49 to LIU Brooklyn, who Lehigh will play this Sunday.
NJIT was picked to finish sixth out of eight teams in the Atlantic Sun Preseason Poll.
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