LEWISBURG, Pa. \u2014 Bucknell women’s basketball is on the road for its second Patriot League game of the season. The Bison will be taking on Lehigh on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m. in Bethlehem. This will be the 103rd meeting between the two teams and Bucknell currently leads the series 52-50.<\/p>\n
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What: Bucknell vs Lehigh<\/p>\n
When: Saturday, Jan. 3 – 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa.<\/p>\n
Streaming: ESPN+<\/p>\n
Radio: 90.5 WVBU<\/p>\n
Live Statistics: lehighsports.com<\/p>\n
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Probable Bison Starters:<\/p>\n
Guard: So. Isabella Casey<\/a> (9.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.7 apg)<\/p>\n Guard: So. Reese Zemitis<\/a> (11.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.0 apg)<\/p>\n Guard: Jr. Anna Kunzwiler<\/a> (4.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.6 apg)<\/p>\n Forward: Jr. Tuana Coskun<\/a> (13.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg)<\/p>\n Forward: So. Elana Weisman<\/a> (10.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.8 apg)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Bucknell at a Glance<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n Lehigh at a Glance<\/p>\n
Series History with the Mountain Hawks<\/p>\n
Bucknell’s Last Time Out<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n A Bison Win Would\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n Inside the Record Book<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n Milestone Watch<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Up Next<\/p>\n Bucknell hosts Navy for a midweek conference matchup on Wednesday, Jan 7 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEWISBURG, Pa. \u2014 Bucknell women’s basketball is on the road for its second Patriot League game of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-76372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tBucknell is on the road for its second conference game of the year. The Bison will take on Lehigh in Bethlehem at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3 looking for its first Patriot League win of the season.\u00a0
\n\tThe Bison enter the contest with a 4-8 overall record, after a slim 58-55 final minute loss to Holy Cross in its conference home opener.\u00a0
\n\tTuana Coskun<\/a> leads Bucknell in scoring with 13.3 points per game and assists per game with 2.08.\u00a0
\n\tIsabella Casey<\/a> leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.2.\u00a0
\n\tAnna Kunzwiler<\/a> leads the team in blocks with 9.\u00a0
\n\tElena Houghton<\/a> leads the team in steals with 12.\u00a0
\n\tThe Bison finished their 2024-25 season 17-14 overall with an 11-7 Patriot League record.\u00a0
\n\tThe Bison returned eight players from last season and lost four to a combination of graduation and the transfer portal.\u00a0
\n\tBucknell welcomed five newcomers to the squad ahead of the 2025-26 season; four freshman and one sophomore transfer.\u00a0
\n\tSophomore Reese Zemitis<\/a> returns to the Bison after a stellar freshman campaign earned her 2024-25 All-Patriot League Rookie Team honors.\u00a0
\n\tBucknell was picked seventh in the 2025-26 Patriot League Preseason Poll. This is a step above last season, when they were picked eighth and finished sixth.\u00a0
\n\tThe Bison did not place any members on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team this season.\u00a0
\n\tJunior Tuana Coskun<\/a> was named captain of the Bison for the 2025- 26 season.\u00a0
\n\tBucknell women’s basketball is entering its seventh season under head coach Trevor Woodruff<\/a>. Woodruff was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in his first two seasons.
\n\tIn addition to Woodruff and returning assistant coaches Edward Joyner Jr.<\/a> and Shelby Case<\/a>, the Bison had two new additions to their coaching staff in the off-season. Lauren Holden joined the Bison as the associate head coach and Danielle Patterson joined Bucknell as an assistant coach.
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\n\tLehigh enters the contest 5-7 overall and 1-0 in the Patriot League after defeating Army on New Years Eve.\u00a0
\n\tIn their last time out, the Mountain Hawks earned their first Patriot League victory of the season with a 77-66 win over Army on Saturday.\u00a0
\n\tThe Mountain Hawks shot a season-best 52% from the field and 50% from 3-point range, knocking down nine of 18 attempts from beyond the arc. Six of those nine 3-pointers came in the first half. Lehigh also converted a season-high 24 of 27 free throws. Defensively, the Mountain Hawks held Army to 40% shooting from the field and just 18% from 3-point range.\u00a0
\n\tWhitney Lind leads the Mountain Hawks in points per game with 14.4.\u00a0
\n\tLeia Edwards leads the team in rebounds per game with 6.9.\u00a0
\n\tJessie Ozzauto leads Lehigh in assists per game with 2.9.\u00a0
\n\tBelle Bramer leads the team in steals per game with 2.0 and total steals with 18.\u00a0
\n\tKatie Hurt leads the Mountain Hawks in blocks with 6.
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\n\tThis will be the 103rd matchup between Bucknell and Lehigh.
\n\tBucknell leads the series 52-50.
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\n\tDespite coming back to take a 55-54 lead with 58 seconds left in the game, Bucknell women’s basketball (4-8, 0-1 PL) dropped its Patriot League home opener 58-55 to Holy Cross (7-5, 1-0 PL) after the Crusaders ended the game with four consecutive free-throws to take the win in Sojka.
\n\tThe Bison’s main scoring efforts generated from Isabella Casey<\/a> and Tuana Coskun<\/a> who both saw double-digit scoring. Casey broke her career-high in scoring in a second consecutive game as she notched 19 points in the loss on 9-of-11 shooting from the field. Coskun had a team-high 23 points. Hope Masonius<\/a>, Anna Kunzwiler<\/a> and Ella Kreuzer<\/a> each notched four rebounds and Elena Houghton<\/a> led the team in assists with seven. Coskun and Casey each had one steal apiece.\u00a0
\n\tBucknell outperformed Holy Cross in shooting from the field going 22-for-47 (.468) compared to the Crusaders 20-for-51 (.392) performance. Both teams were even from three with three three-pointers each. The difference maker came from the free-throw line in this afternoon’s conference matchup as Bucknell went 8-for-11 and Holy Cross went 15-for-16 from the line.
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\n\tImprove Bucknell’s record to 5-8 on the season.\u00a0
\n\tImprove the Bison’s record on the road to 2-5.
\n\tMake the overall series record 53-50 with Bucknell in the lead.
\n\tImprove Bucknell’s overall record under Coach Woodruff to 105-74.
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\n\tThe team set multiple single-game team records against Gwynedd Mercy; Widest Margin of Victory (79), 3-pt. Field Goals (15) and Assists (31).\u00a0
\n\tReese Zemitis<\/a> holds sixth place in three-pointers made in a single season with 62 in 2024\/25 and fifth place in three-point attempts in a single season with 169 in 2024\/25.\u00a0
\n\tTuana Coskun<\/a> tied the single-game three-pointer record with eight against Gwynedd Mercy on 12\/20\/25.
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