Patriot League title game: Bucknell vs. Lafayette
The winner of Wednesday night's Patriot League Championship game will head to the NCAA Tournament next week.
LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS
Last Game
| Final - 3.13.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Leopards | 18 | 38 | 56 |
| Bucknell Bison | 26 | 38 | 64 |
Stories
Minnesota dominates Lafayette, 75-50
Joe Coleman had 12 points and four rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting from the field to help lead Minnesota over Lafayette, 75-50, on Saturday. The win was Minnesota's eighth in a row as the 13th ranked Golden Gophers improved to 12-1 on the season.
Lafayette: Roar!
The Leopards have five wins since 2011. That isn't good.
Maryland Survives 3-Point Barrage From Lafayette
Maryland survives a barrage of three pointers from Lafayette to hold off the upset-minded Leopards en route to a 83-74 victory.
Terps Slip Past Lafayette, 83-74
Maryland defeated Lafayette Tuesday evening being the strong play of their front court.
Terrapins get win over feisty Lafayette squad
The Maryland Terrapins avoided an upset and knocked off the Lafayette Leopards on Tuesday.
Terps Set To Take On Leopards
Maryland faces 1-3 Lafayette in their third home game of the year, looking to grab another easy win.
Leopards Mauled by Wildcats: Postmortem
Kentucky runs over the Lafayette Leopards, 101-49 in Rupp Arena.
Eulogizing the 2012 College Lacrosse Season: (47) Lafayette
Lafayette lost a head coach in the 2012 offseason, but what were they like when they had him? (Answer: Meh.)
Jim Rogalski Named Alpha Male of Lafayette's Leopard Prowl
Lafayette has a new head lacrosse coach. It's not me.
Mangan Resigns from Lafayette; Hoya Suxa to Leopards: "I'm Available"
Lafayette has a vacancy in its men's lacrosse program after Terry Mangan stepped down yesterday. Do you know what that program needs to get headed in the right direction? More Hoya Suxa, obviously.
From Long Distance with Jared Mintz
From Long Distance - We continue our blog posts from Canadian pros overseas with Jared Mintz.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis, NY Terriers | Friday, November 09 2012 | loss 65 - 76 | coverage |
| Long Island U. Blackbirds | Monday, November 12 2012 | win 98 - 94 | coverage |
| @ Kentucky Wildcats | Friday, November 16 2012 | loss 49 - 101 | coverage |
| @ Morehead St. Eagles | Sunday, November 18 2012 | loss 74 - 88 | coverage |
| @ Maryland Terrapins | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | loss 74 - 83 | coverage |
| Princeton Tigers | Saturday, November 24 2012 | loss 53 - 72 | coverage |
| @ Monmouth Hawks | Monday, November 26 2012 | loss 60 - 65 | coverage |
| Delaware Blue Hens | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | win 63 - 60 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Long Island U. Blackbirds | Saturday, December 01 2012 | loss 60 - 71 | coverage |
| St. Francis, Pa. Red Flash | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 61 - 58 | coverage |
| @ Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | Friday, December 07 2012 | loss 80 - 82 | coverage |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Sunday, December 09 2012 | win 72 - 70 | coverage |
| Arcadia | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 86 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Minnesota Golden Gophers | Saturday, December 22 2012 | loss 50 - 75 | coverage |
| @ Stanford Cardinal | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 59 - 65 | coverage |
| January | |||
| NJIT Highlanders | Wednesday, January 02 2013 | win 83 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Penn Quakers | Tuesday, January 08 2013 | win 85 - 83 | coverage |
| Navy Midshipmen | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 64 - 47 | coverage |
| @ Army Black Knights | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | loss 54 - 77 | coverage |
| @ Bucknell Bison | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 51 - 66 | coverage |
| Holy Cross Crusaders | Wednesday, January 23 2013 | win 63 - 53 | coverage |
| @ Lehigh Mountain Hawks | Sunday, January 27 2013 | win 78 - 57 | coverage |
| Colgate Red Raiders | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | win 69 - 40 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ American U. Eagles | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 64 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Navy Midshipmen | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 70 - 47 | coverage |
| Army Black Knights | Wednesday, February 13 2013 | loss 68 - 85 | coverage |
| Bucknell Bison | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 63 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Holy Cross Crusaders | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 79 - 76 | coverage |
| Lehigh Mountain Hawks | Sunday, February 24 2013 | win 79 - 71 | coverage |
| @ Colgate Red Raiders | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | win 80 - 67 | coverage |
| March | |||
| American U. Eagles | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 80 - 72 | coverage |
| Holy Cross Crusaders | Wednesday, March 06 2013 | win 77 - 54 | coverage |
| Lehigh Mountain Hawks | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 82 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Bucknell Bison | Wednesday, March 13 2013 | loss 56 - 64 | coverage |
Roster
Lafayette Leopards Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Detmer | 4 | GUARD | 181 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Alan Flannigan | 22 | FORWARD | 211 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Ben Freeland | 34 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-10 | freshman | |
| Levi Giese | 24 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Seth Hinrichs | 12 | GUARD | 214 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Tony Johnson | 3 | GUARD | 177 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Billy Murphy | 44 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Nathaniel Musters | 54 | CENTER | 230 | 6-10 | freshman | |
| Joey Ptasinksi | 5 | GUARD | 172 | 6-2 | sophomore | |
| Zach Rufer | 21 | GUARD | 180 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Bryce Scott | 14 | GUARD | 185 | 6-2 | freshman | |
| Les Smith | 23 | GUARD | 190 | 6-0 | junior | |
| Dan Trist | 20 | FORWARD | 217 | 6-9 | sophomore |
Stats
Lafayette Leopards Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Seth Hinrichs | 34 | 28.6 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 46.1 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 45.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 77.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| Tony Johnson | 34 | 31.2 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 54.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 46.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 81.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 13.3 |
| Dan Trist | 29 | 25.8 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 53.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 67.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 12.4 |
| Joey Ptasinksi | 34 | 28.8 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 42.6 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 37.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 75.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Bryce Scott | 33 | 24.6 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 44.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 42.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 86.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| Levi Giese | 34 | 25.2 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 40.6 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 31.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 60.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 6.9 |
| Alan Flannigan | 29 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 39.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 68.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| Zach Rufer | 34 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 20.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 73.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Les Smith | 28 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 28.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 40.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Billy Murphy | 14 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Ben Freeland | 20 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Nathaniel Musters | 33 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Jack Detmer | 20 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
