THE MATCHUP
The Leopards stay on the road to take on Army for the second time this season. The Black Knights enter the contest at 14-14 (8-7 PL) after losing to both Colgate (93-86) and Navy (70-53). Army is led by junior Jalen Rucker, who is averaging 15.6 points per game. Army ranks second in the Patriot League in scoring at 73.8 points per game.

LAST MEETING
Army captured the last meeting, 82-65 on Jan. 2 in Easton. Kyle Jenkins led the Leopards with 18 points, one of three Lafayette players in double figures. Rebounding was a telling number as the Black Knight out-rebounded Lafayette 36-26. Army shot 59 percent from the floor for the game, paced by 21 points form Jalen Rucker. 

1,000 POINTS
Senior Leo O'Boyle is closing in on 1,000 points as a Leopard with 953 career points. He will need to average at least 11.7 points per game over the final four contests to reach the century mark. O'Boyle currently averages 11.5 points per game. O'Boyle would become the 48th Leopard to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

FOUR IN A  ROW
The Leopards won four games in a row for the first time since the shortened 2020-21 season. The Maroon and White captured victories over American (70-59), Holy Cross (62-48), Bucknell (74-67) and Navy (59-50). Senior Leo O'Boyle led the Leopards by averaging 15.7 points per game over that span. The win streak, which began on Jan. 11 at Navy, was snapped in a 61-49 loss at Lehigh on Jan 21.

SOLO SENIOR
Just one senior is rostered for Lafayette in Leo O'Boyle, who plays a versatile role as a big body and a shooter.  O'Boyle netted a career-high 24 points against Bucknell on Jan. 9 and has scored in double figures during 16 games. Against Loyola Md. on Jan. 25, O'Boyle netted 18 points during a 62-46 Lafayette victory. He leads the Leopards in scoring at 11.5 points per game.

FINDING THE FRESHMAN
Freshman forward Josh Rivera netted a career-high 27 points at American on Jan. 18. On Jan 28. at Colgate, Rivera recorded his first career double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Against Army on Jan. 1, Rivera managed 16 points and six rebounds. During the second game of the season against St. John's, he scored a then career-high 17 points, secured five rebounds and managed two blocks. Rivera is averaging 10.7 points per game in conference play. 

He earned Patriot League Rookie of The Week on Jan. 30 after his performances against Colgate and Loyola Md. Against Lehigh on Feb. 4, Rivera almost recorded his second career double-double, finishing with 23 points and nine rebounds. Against Holy Cross, Rivera scored 25 points and grabbed five rebounds. Last time out at Loyola, Rivera netted 19 points and hauled in nine rebounds.

SHOOTERS SHOOT
Lafayette ranks 15th in the country in three-point attempts per game at 26.8. Three different Leopards have attempted more than 100 shots from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard TJ Berger leads the Leopards with 166 three-point shot attempts. Senior Leo O'Boyle (145) and sophomore CJ Fulton (141) round out the top three.    

SHUFFLING STARTERS
The Leopards have used 14 different starting lineups throughout this season. Mike Jordan and his staff have shuffled through nine different starters, but have used the same starting five now for 12 consecutive games. CJ Fulton is the only Leopard to start every game this season.

FAMILIAR FOES
Lafayette has played 481 games against current Patriot League members. In League play, Lafayette is 205-276 in the regular season and 23-28 in the Patriot League Tournament.

CASHING IN AT THE CHARITY STRIPE
Senior forward Leo O'Boyle ranks second in the Patriot League in free-throw percentage at 85.5%. O'Boyle has netted 59 of his 69 free-throws attempted in 2022-23.

DOMINATING DEFENSE
Lafayette has held four different opponents to 50 points or fewer this season: CCSU (50), Navy (50), Holy Cross (48) and Loyola Md. (46). The Leopards took home victories in all four of those games. The last time a Lafayette team held four or more opponents to 50 or fewer points was during the 2003-04 season. The Leopards currently rank first in the Patriot League in scoring defense, allowing only 64.7 points per game.

THAT MIKE JORDAN
For the first time in 27 seasons, the Leopards have a new leader roaming the sidelines in 2000 Penn graduate Mike Jordan, the 19th head coach in Lafayette history. Jordan won three conference championships in the last four seasons as an assistant coach and was named head coach of the Leopards on March 29, 2022. Jordan played 11 seasons professionally across Europe and was a three-time All-Ivy League selection, two-time Ivy League champion and Ivy League Player of the Year.

BLOCK PARTY
Junior forward Kyle Jenkins registered four blocks in an overtime win versus Bucknell on Jan. 8. That marked the second consecutive game that a Lafayette player recorded at least four blocks. At Boston University on Jan. 5 sophomore Justin Vander Baan recorded four blocks in a 73-69 overtime loss, and two blocks in a 62-48 victory over Holy Cross on Jan. 14. He also managed three blocks against Lehigh. Jenkins managed two more blocks in the victory at Navy on Jan. 11. Freshman Josh Rivera registered four blocks against Loyola Md. on Jan. 15 and two more blocks out at Colgate. The Leopards currently rank third in the Patriot League in blocked shots with 83 on the year and 2.96 blocked shots per game.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
The Leopards scored a season-high 90 points in their second victory of the season against La Salle on Dec. 21. The Maroon and White had four players score in double figures in CJ Fulton (20), Leo O'Boyle (13), Josh Rivera (12) and TJ Berger (10). The Leopards shot 61.5% from the field and 57.7% from beyond the arc.

FAMILIAR FACES, FAMILIAR FOES
Mike Jordan and the Leopards took on some old pals along the way, highlighted by the final non-conference test at La Salle against his college head coach, Fran Dunphy, who is also in his first season as the head coach of the Explorers. Lafayette hosted Jordan's alma mater, Penn, earlier this year and will play his former boss and college teammate, Matt Langel of Colgate, twice in the league stretch of the schedule. Jordan worked as an assistant under previous foe Drexel's head coach Zach Spiker in 2020-21, helping lead the Dragons to their first-ever CAA title and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years.

NEED SOME ASSISTANCE?
Sophomore guard CJ Fulton is second in the Patriot League in assists at 5.0 per game. In 28 games, the Belfast, Ireland native has dished out 139 assists.

MAJOR MINUTES
CJ Fulton rarely comes off the floor, averaging a Patriot League best 36.4  minutes per game. In the overtime loss to Penn, Fulton played 42 minutes, scoring 12 points to go along with seven assists and seven rebounds. Against UMBC, Fulton registered 39 minutes on the court. The Belfast, Ireland native also clocked 40 minutes versus St. Joseph's, where he totaled five steals. Teammate Kyle Jenkins sits behind him in seventh with 32.4 minutes per game.

KNOCKING DOWN THE THREE BALL
The Leopards are averaging 8.9 threes per game this season, ranking them first in the Patriot League. Leading the team in three-pointers made are senior Leo O'Boyle (57), sophomore CJ Fulton (57) and sophomore TJ Berger (49).