Hovren’s Double-Double Fuels Army Past Colgate

Wednesday, January 11

Hamilton, N.Y.

12 PM

Army West Point

12-4 (3-2PL)

Colgate

5-11 (2-3PL)

Army West Point

Colgate

Hovren’s Double-Double Fuels Army Past Colgate

January 11, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Sophomore Madison Hovren netted 30 points and tied an Army single-game record with 22 rebounds to lead the Army West Point women's basketball team to a 76-69 win over Colgate in Patriot League action on Wednesday afternoon at Cotterell Court.

Army improves to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in the Patriot League with the win, while Colgate falls to 5-11 and 2-3.

Hovren finished with at least 30 points for the second time this season after scoring a career-best 35 against Lafayette on Jan. 5. The sophomore's 22 rebounds matched the team single-game record set by Army Hall-of-Famer Pam Pearson (USMA '86) on Jan. 2, 1984 against St. Francis (Ill.). The double-double is her fifth in a row and 11th of the year.

Junior Destinee Morris went 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and scored 11 points, while classmate Daizjah Morris added nine points and five rebounds. Junior Janae McNeal posted six points, six rebounds, and a career-high-tying seven assists, and classmates Aliyah Murray and Lena' Hicks each scored six points, with Murray adding seven boards.

Katie Curtis led Colgate with 19 points, while going a perfect 10-for-10 from the foul line, and controlled six rebounds. Chelsey Koren added 18 points and eight rebounds.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army wins its seventh in a row over Colgate to move to 41-22 in the all-time series between the schools.
Hovren matched an Army single-game record with 22 rebounds, tying the previous mark set by Army Hall-of-Famer Pam Pearson (USMA '86) against St. Francis (Ill.) on Jan. 2, 1984.
The sophomore's 22 boards also equaled the Patriot League single-game rebounding record including only league games, established by 2016 Lehigh-graduate Kerry Kinek on Feb. 20, 2013 against Bucknell, and were one shy of the overall Patriot League record of 23 set by former Lehigh player Lexi Martins on Nov. 19, 2015 versus NJIT.
Hovren notched her fifth consecutive double-double and her 11th double-double of the year.
McNeal matched a career high with seven assists.
The Black Knights outrebounded the Raiders, 50-38, for their second 50-rebound game of the year, after grabbing 55 at Minnesota on Dec. 8.
Army also held an advantage in turnovers, forcing 24 and committing 15.
Freshman Libby Tacka scored four points off the bench for her first career points in Patriot League action.
Hovren shot 13-of-25 (52.0 percent) from the floor, with her 13 made field goals coming as a career best.

TURNING POINT

Army led, 35-28, at halftime before outscoring Colgate 22-13 in the third quarter to take a 16-point lead, 57-41, into the fourth period. The Raiders came back to make it a five-point game, 70-65, with 1:23 remaining, but didn't come any closer.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army and Colgate stood tied at 22 after a first quarter that saw six lead changes. The Cadets netted the final four points of the period, with a lay-in from McNeal and a lay-up from Daizjah Morris at the first-quarter buzzer.
Kateri Stone hit a three-pointer 27 seconds into the second quarter to give the Raiders back the lead before the Black Knights scored 11 straight points as part of a 13-3 run to close the half.
Tacka converted a lay-up with 45 ticks remaining in the half to give the visitors a 35-28 lead.
Army used a 13-0 run during the third quarter to boost the lead to 20 points, 54-34, with 3:58 remaining in the frame. Hovren capped the run with a lay-in, while Daizjah Morris led the Black Knights with five points during the scoring stretch.
Colgate outscored Army, 5-1, during that last 2:11 of the third quarter to make the score 57-41 heading into the fourth.
The Raiders opened the fourth quarter on a 12-3 run during the first 3:53 of the frame to get back to within nine points, 62-53.
Colgate eventually got its deficit down to five, 70-65, after a three from Stone at the 1:23 mark.
The Black Knights hit three straight free throws to move the margin back up to eight, 73-65, and wouldn't allow the Raiders to get closer than six the rest of the way.