Women’s Basketball Shoots Past Loyola

Saturday, February 4

West Point, N.Y.

1 PM

Army West Point

16-6 (7-4PL)

Loyola

9-13 (5-6PL)

Loyola Maryland

Army West Point

Women’s Basketball Shoots Past Loyola

February 04, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team earned its second straight win with a 67-48 defeat of Patriot League-rival Loyola on Saturday afternoon at Christl Arena.

Army improves to 16-6 overall and 7-4 in the Patriot League with the victory, while Loyola slips to 9-13 and 5-6. The Black Knights' 19-point win was its largest Patriot League victory of the season, topping their previous high of eight points.

Sophomore Madison Hovren netted a game-high 28 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season. She converted 10-of-12 attempts at the free-throw line to lead Army, which finished 17-of-21 (81.0 percent) on free throws in the game.

Junior Daizjah Morris scored 12 points and tallied four steals, while Destinee Morris also totaled 12 points.

Stephanie Karcz led Loyola with 23 points and five steals, and Lauren Daugherty netted 10 points and grabbed five boards.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army improves to 9-5 all-time versus Loyola and moves to 8-1 against the Greyhounds in Patriot League regular-season contests.
Hovren finished with 28 points and 15 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season, and her first since going for 30 points and 22 boards at Colgate on Jan. 11.
Hovren's 12th double-double moved her into a tie with Aimee Oertner (USMA '16) for fourth on Army's career double-double list since the 1990-91 season.
Freshman Libby Tacka earned her first collegiate start.
The Black Knights used their fifth different starting lineup of the season, with Hovren, Daizjah Morris, Tacka, Janae McNeal and Aliyah Murray starting.
Army outrebounded Loyola, 40-24.
The 19-point win is the most in Patriot League action by the Black Knights this season, topping their previous best of eight points, set in victories over Holy Cross (67-59) and Lafayette (63-55).
McNeal finished with six points, six rebounds and five assists.

TURNING POINT

Army led, 29-25, at halftime, following a 17-4 Loyola run to close the second quarter. The Cadets outscored the Greyhounds, 24-14, in the third quarter alone to boost their lead to 14, 53-39, at the end of three.
Hovren led the way with nine points in the third quarter and Destinee Morris added six.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army controlled an 18-8 lead after the first quarter, with Hovren pacing the Cadets with six points in the period, and Daizjah Morris and Destinee Morris each contributing four.
Destinee Morris knocked in a three-pointer from the corner and was fouled before converting the follow-up free throw to cap a 5-0 run and bring the score to 13-4 with 1:57 left.
Daizjah Morris and Tacka each knocked in threes during the opening 1:16 of the second quarter to increase Army's advantage to 16 points, 24-8.
Loyola responded with a 17-5 run to close the half and get back to within four, 29-25, at the break.
The Greyhounds scored 17 of 19 points during a 6:19 span in the second quarter to move the score from 24-8 to 26-25 with 1:52 left in the half.
Daugherty scored six of the final nine points of the half for Loyola and Hovren netted the final points of the frame, with three straight free throws.
Loyola moved back to within two points early in the third quarter, but Army answered with four straight points, including a three from Daizjah Morris and a free throw from Hovren, to make the score 35-29 with 8:34 left in the period.
Hovren led the Cadets with nine points and six rebounds in the third quarter alone.
Destinee Morris buried a three from the corner as time expired in the third period to give the hosts a 53-39 lead entering the fourth.
Hovren scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to kick off a 6-0 run by the Black Knights and bring the score to 59-39 with 7:51 left.
Army kept the pressure on and didn't allow its lead to slip below 13 the rest of the way.