South Mountaineer Volume 36, Issue 14

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Volume 36, Number 14
January 18, 1994
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
MARIANI MOVING ON —Fred Mariani.
who has served as Lehigh olTensive lino
coach for five years, has accepted a position
as offensive coordinator at Fordham
University! The new position represents an
opportunity for professional advancement
and allows Mariani to live closer id his
family in Northern New Jersey.
MISSISSIPPI STARS - All-American
wide receiver Dave Cecchini and All-East
punier Craig Melograno have been selected
lo play in a collegiate All-Star game on
February 6 in Jackson. Mississippi. The
game matches all-stars from Division I-AA
against all-stars from Division I-A.
WRESTLING DINNER — The 11th
Annual Lehigh Wrestling Club Dinner
will be held this Saturday following the
Engineers' match with Rider. This year's
event honors Lehigh University. President
Dr. Peter Likins. who was inducted into
the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an
"Outstanding American" on May 15. 1993.
Fellow Hall-of-Famcr Mike Caruso will
serve as master of ceremonies. The
festivities will take place in the University
Center with an open bar reception in Room
308 at 4:15 p.m. and dinner in ihc Asa
Packer Dining Room al 5:00 p.m. Cosi for
Ihc dinner is $18'per person and those
interested should mail a check (made
payable to Lehigh University) to :
Lee Barthold '50
439 High Street
Bethlehem. Pa. 180IX
For reservations, contact the wrestling office
at 758-4304 or Thad Turner, associate
director of ihc alumni association, at 758-
3134.
RUTZEN REACHES HALL - Former
Lehigh University matman Arthur C.
Rut/en. senior vice presidentof Wells Fargo
Investment Group, has been elected to
collegiate wrestling's National Hall of
Fame. He and three others will be inducted
ino that organization's Hall of Outstanding
Americans on April 16 in Stillwater. Okla.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Wrestling battling the best... 2
Mudry making her move 3
Women's hoops stats  3
Winter sports slates 4
Olympic sports roundup 4
DID YOU KNOW?
The Lehigh men's
basketball team's recent
wins at Navy and Holy
Cross marked the first
time since 1987-88 that
the squad won its first two
league games on the
road. Lehigh beat Bucknell
and Hofstra in the East
Coast Conference      ry-»
that yean |£l
Lehigh extends win streak to four
Men upset Navy Holy Cross on road; grab first place in league
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director.
When the season began members of
the Lehigh basketball team vowed to
play better defense and work harder
with all-out hustle in every game.
Through the early portion of an
absolutely murderous schedule which
included Iowa. Tulane. Houston and
Penn. it was difficult to gauge just how
much the team had improved from one
year ago.
Now. two games into the Patriot'
League season it is very obvious that the
team knew what it was talking about.
Basketball is fun again at Lehigh and
although fans at Stabler Arena haven't
had much opportunity to see the "New"
Engineers, thanks to a stretch which
sees Lehigh in road uniforms in seven of
eight games.the hometown fans will
finally get theiropportunity this Saturday
night when Lehigh hosts Army at 7:30
p.m.
But before we look too far ahead to
that contest let's enjoy what has happened
in the last week.
January 8th at Stabler. Lehigh is
missing three players against Yale, but
sophomore Kem Widmer and junior
Jason Fichter score 19 points and senior
Mike McKee ties an arena record with 12
assists. The result: Lehigh wins 76-73.
"We were hungry." McKee said.
"We've got to get even hungrier too.
We've been searching for wins. We
needed something like this to get us
started."
January 10th at Columbia. Lehigh
found itself down 37-27. but rallied in
the second half to defeat the Lions 78-67
in overtime behind 21 points from
Rashawne Glenn and a career-high 12
points from McKee.
and Navy look us out of
everything." Duke said. "We
remembered that. This year we're
stronger and more mature."
Finally the Hart Center in
Worcester. Massachusetts.
Fichter lips in a Glenn miss with
four seconds left to give Lehigh
a stirring 87-85 win. Junior Ivan
Wilkins is the story in this game
as he scores a career-high 19
points to go along with nine
rebounds. Campbell contributes
with 17 points including five
three pointers, while Glenn and
Fichter each have 17 points.
McKee. who is playing the best
point guard for Lehigh since Scott
Layer, contributes with 10assists
and only one turnover.
"The league has started,
and it's time for us lo gel busy."
Wilkins said. "Coach said we
had lo step it up and I'm one of
those guys who had to step il up."
So  here  lhey  are.  the
Lehigh Engineers at 2-0 in the
Patriot League and winners of
four straight. Already they have
won more games than all of last
year(6).The four-game winning
slreak is the longest since the end
Next it was time to turn to the Patriot'   of the 1990-91 season. And the emphasis on
League schedule. Last year Lehigh also had     defense and hard work is paying off and
won two straight entering league play only lo     being  noticed by everyone,
get buried 81-57 by the Midshipmen. But "I was really impressed with Lehigh's
these are the "New" Engineers and they ability locomeoutandtakeustolheeleaners."
brought their defensive intensity and will to Navy head coach Don DeVoe said alter his
win with them to Annapolis. Leading 65-63 team lost. "For a team that's been on a bus all
with 2:14 left, senior Allan Campbell sank a day to go on the road and outrun the home
three-point shot and was fouled. The four     team is to be complimented."
Jason Fichter tipped in a missed shot with :04 remaining to lift
Lehigh to a big victory at Holy Cross. -Photo by Joe Ryan
point play gave Lehigh a six point lead and
the Engineers won 74-69. Glenn had 18
points. Fichter 17 points and Campbell 12 for
Lehigh which held Navy to just 4(Wc shooting.
"Last year we came in here off two wins
"It's great to look around the lockerroom
and see these guys so happy." Coach Duke
said after the Holy Cross win. "They know
now what il takes to win and that comes from
the work ethic that's been instilled in them."
1993-94 LEHIGH MEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS
SEASON AVERAGES
.'
TOTAL
3-PT
OFF
DEF
TOT
Player
G/GS
FG/A
%
FG/A
%
FT/FTA
%
PTS.
AVG
REB
REB REB AVG
PF/D
AST
TO
BLK STL
MIN
Rashawne Glenn
14/13
86/212
.406
18/53
.340
57/73
.381
247
17.6
4
36
40
2.9
28/0
32
43
1
15
494
Jason Fichter
14/13
65/130
.500
2/5
.400
42/57
.737
174
12.4
30
58
88
6.3
47/3
12
40
6
14
399
Ivan Wilkins
12/12
61/102
.598
0/1
.000
5/14
.357
127
10.6
38
40
78
6.5
35/1
28
17
16
18
381
Allan Campbell
11/0
35/74
.473
17/39
.436
20/29
.690
107
9.7
6
32
38
3.5
19/0
5
23
4
3
194
Kem Widmer
14/14
53/121
.438
0/2
.000
26/37
.703
132
9.4
i3
32
45
3.2
36/1
14
31
12
17
343
Mike McKee
14/14
22/70
.314
9/30
.300
20/26
.769
73
5.2
0
32
32
2.3
44/4
85
54
1
20
397
Maurice Hallett
13/1
18/41
.439
0/0
.000
26/33
.788
62
4.8
11
26
37
2.9
45/0
5
11
0
5
189
Kirk Hodgson
14/1
15/24
.625
0/0
.000
21/38
.553
51
3.6
17
32
49
3.5
39/1
2
12
14
0
178
Diallo Daniels
13/1
10/22
.455
0/3
.000
14/25
.560
34
2.6
3
5
18
1.4
18/0
26
26
0
9
188
Kevin Nardi
6/1
4/7
.571
0/0
.000
0/0
.000
8
1.3
3
6
9
1.5
5/0
1
2
1
2
47
Javier Alvarez
4/0
0/0
.000
0/0
.000
2/4
.500
2
0.5
1
0
1
0.3
0/0
2
2
0
0
7
Alex Rappoport
2/0
0/0
.000
0/0
.000
0/0
.000
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
1/0
0
1
0
0
4
Mike Tedesco
2/0
0/1
.000
0/0
.000
0/0
.000
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
1/0
0
0
0
1
4
Team Rebounds
49
LEHIGH
14/14
369/804
.459 46/133
.346
233/336
.694
1017
72.6
126
309
484
34.6318/10
212
262
55
104
—
Opponent
14/14
399/892
.447 70/210
.333
269/403
.668
1137
81.2
207
312
580
41.4
305/7
235
233
33
137