THE GOOD NEWS
Leading scorer Andrew Brown will be back next year, and he should become the focal point of the offense. He scored 16.0 points per game this season as a junior, fifth in the Patriot League. Sophomore G Michael Gruner also showed signs of improvement as the season went along.

THE BAD NEWS
The Leopards are losing a lot of veteran players. G Bilal Abdullah, G Paul Cummins, F Ted Detmer and G Matt Betley will all graduate, leaving Brown as the only holdover from the starting lineup.

KEY RETURNEES
G Andrew Brown, G Michael Gruner, F Jesper Andersson.

ROSTER REPORT

--G Bilal Abdullah was a feel-good story for Lafayette. He lost his starting job last season due to his inability to shoot well, but he bounced back and had a terrific senior campaign, scoring 14.7 points per game and shooting 47 percent from the field.

--F Jesper Andersson was expected to step up this year and be more of a factor, but he didn't show much. The coaches are hoping he'll come through next year as a junior, because the team will have a lot of minutes to replace after graduating 80 percent of the starting lineup.

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