Opening Tip
- The Leopards travel to West Point to play in their second "Youth Day" game in three games, having played at Colgate last week.
 
- Last time out, sophomore Natalie Kucowski recorded her ninth double-double of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds in a losing effort to Patriot League favorite Bucknell. She also dished out three assists in the game and added on to her conference lead with a rejection.
 
- The matchup places the conference's best rebounding team up against the team that allows the fewest rebounds per game. Lafayette pulls in 42.1 a contest while Army is limiting opponents to just 34.6 an outing.
 
- Lafayette will remain on the road as it travels to Loyola on Saturday before returning home for "Youth Day" on Jan. 23 when Navy comes to town for the first of two meetings.
 
 
Scouting Army
Army is coming off back-to-back Patriot League losses to Bucknell and American after picking up its first conference win against Loyola. 
 
The Black Knights feature the league's second leading scorer in Madison Hovren who averages 18.1 ppg while pulling in a conference leading 12.3 rpg.
 
Jess Lewis leads the way in the assists department, leading the Patriot League with 4.3 apg while scoring 9.3 ppg, second on the team.
 
Hovren scored her career-high 35 points against the Leopards in her sophomore campaign and has a season-best 32 points against Wagner in non-conference play.
 
In his 13th season, Army is led by head coach Dave Magirity.
 
All-Time Series
The matchup dates back to the 1983-84 season with the Black Knights holding a 40-24 advantage overall. 
 
Last Meeting
Army completed the season sweep of Lafayette in 2017-18 when it defeated Lafayette, 48-39.
 
Each team struggled offensively as the Leopards shot just 32 percent from the floor and Army was even less efficient at 28 percent.
 
Hovren led all scorers with 15 points and 16 rebounds for a double-double.
 
A Long-Distance Battle
Sophomores Olivia Martino and Drew Freeland have been going back-and-forth on the all-time Lafayette 3-point field goals list this season.
 
Martino sits in 16th with 51 in her career while Freeland is currently tied with Brya Freeland '15 with 50. Next in the ranks is April Shippee '99 who hit 55 in her career.
 
The duo passed teammate Sarah Agnello earlier this season. Agnello has 47 makes from deep in her career, putting her in 19th place.
 
Efficiency Too
Along with climbing the 3-point field goals chart, Freeland and Martino would rank No. 1 and 2, respectively, on the all-time 3-point field goal percentage list. Freeland is shooting 39 percent from beyond the arc in her career and Martino is a 37 percent career shooter from deep.
 
The current No. 1 is Anna Ptasinski '18 who shot 39 percent a season ago. In her career, she shot 36 percent and hit 159, ranking third in program history.
 
50 Rebound Games
Lafayette has pulled in 50-plus rebounds four times this season after doing so zero times in 2017-18. The last time a Lafayette team has had multi 50-plus rebounding games was in the 2013-14 season when it occurred seven times. Before this season, the last time the Leopards had a 50-plus rebound game was the opener of the 2016-17 season at La Salle.
 
Winning the Tip
Sophomore Natalie Kucowski has done the honors in the circle each game this season and has won 12-of-15 opening jumps on the season.
 
Double-Doubles
Kucowski has already matched last season's double-double total with nine already in 2018-19. She opened the season with four straight double-doubles and has four in the last six games.
 
Free and Easy
The Leopards have shot 20-plus free throws six times already in 2018-19 compared to just one game last season. Against Delaware, Lafayette shot 29 free throws, making 22 in the game. It was the most free throws a Lafayette team attempted and made since Feb. 8, 2017 when the Leopards were 23-of-32 from the line in a win over Holy Cross.
 
Against the Crusaders this season, the Leopards took 24 free throws in the fourth quarter alone, going 18-of-25 in the game.
 
Getting Over the Hump
The Leopards hold a 5-1 record when scoring at least 60 points this season compared to their 1-8 mark when scoring under 60 points. Lafayette is also 2-0 when scoring over 70 points, doing so once in regulation and once in overtime this season.
 
Classroom Success
The 2017-18 Leopards ranked No. 14 among Division I women's basketball programs for team GPA. Lafayette compiled a team GPA of 3.538 last season and were 1-of-2 Patriot League institutions to rank inside the top-25.
 
Wanted For Stealing
Kucowski had a career-high seven steals against Holy Cross as part of the Leopards' season-high 15 steals against the Crusaders. It was the most thefts by a Lafayette player since Jamie O'Hare had nine against Bucknell in the 2015-16 season.
 
Free Throw Success
The Leopards shot it over 80 percent from the free throw line for just the second time this season against Lehigh. In the game, Lafayette was 9-of-11 from the stripe and 7-for-7 in the second half.

The other game was at Manhattan when Lafayette was 19-of-23 (83 percent), its season high on the year. Surprisingly, the Maroon and White is 0-2 on the year when shooting above 80 percent at the line.
 
Block Party
Sophomore Natalie Kucowski leads the Patriot League in total blocked shots (32) and blocked shots per game (2.1) by nearly 10 and 1.0 respectively.
 
Over the course of the last six games, Kucowski has had at least three rejections in four of those and 14 blocks over the span. She has helped the Leopards take the third spot in the Patriot League rankings in blocked shots per game behind Bucknell.
 
Heating up
Freeland is starting to feel it as Patriot League play heats up. The Roanoke, Virginia native has scored in double-figures in three straight contests.