Lehigh - Tidbits (What to know about our Opponent)

[BigEastPhil]

- Lehigh was 4-11 last year as 14 of their 15 games were conference games in Patriot League. They started their season in January 2021.

- Last year Lehigh was outscored 76-68 on the average.

- Some stats from last year: 32% 3 point shooting (averaged 5 per game) / 70% FT Shooting

- Veteran team lead by 5th year G Marquis Wilson (15 ppg) / 6"11 Senior Center Nic Lynch (12 PPG) / 6'6 JR G Evan Taylor (9 PPG) / 6'7 Sr F Jeremial Wilson (9 PPG)

- Some notable OOC games they will play this year include road games at Monmouth; At Virginia and At Syracuse.

- HC is Dr. Brett Reed in his 15 th year. He was the HC when Lehigh upset Duke with CJ McCullum.

- In 1995,Lehigh changed its nickname from the Engineers to the Mountain Hawks.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

The recipe for Lehigh success would be…..
Stay close on the boards
Keep good care of the basketball
Hope for a +10/-10 on both sides of 3fg shooting.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Lehigh team profile …

Season Preview: Mountain Hawks Poised for Success - Lehigh University Athletics

The 2021-22 Lehigh men's basketball team is poised for success. Returning almost its entire roster, while bringing in a number of talented freshmen, the Mountain

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[toby83]

Wilson their only guy to be concerned about

 

[BigEastPhil]

Wilson their only guy to be concerned about

I'm sure we'll see Caleb play defense against Wilson for most of the game.

Hopefully Cliff plays well and doesn't get into foul trouble as emotions will be super hyped for the opener as one would expect.