Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, January 2
Lewisburg, Pa.
2 PM
Army West Point
at
Bucknell
Women’s Basketball Faces Road Test at Bucknell
January 01, 2016 | Women's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Coming off its seventh consecutive victory, the Army West Point women's basketball team takes to the road for a two-game trip, beginning with a contest against Bucknell on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. in Lewisburg, Pa.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM/1260 WBNR-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com
LIVE STATISTICS • BucknellBison.com
GAME NOTES • Army Notes
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
STORYLINES
Army began Patriot League action with a 63-39 home victory over Lehigh on Dec. 30. The Black Knights improved their record to 10-1 to match the best start to a season in program history. Army started the year 10-1 in 1978-79 and 2000-01, but has never been 11-1.
Sophomore Janae McNeal netted a career-high 20 points to lead Army in the win against Lehigh. McNeal scored 17 of her points during the second half to help the Black Knights outscore the Mountain Hawks, 42-26, in the second half.
THE ARMY-BUCKNELL SERIES
Bucknell owns a 32-24 advantage in the all-time series between the schools. Army has won three straight meeting, including a pair of victories in 2014-15.
Army trailed by 10 late in the first half during its last meeting against Bucknell, on Feb. 15, 2015. The Black Knights led by one with under a minute to play before Daizjah Morris came up with a steal that led to a pair of free-throws by Kelsey Minato to make the score 49-46. The Bison missed a three-point attempt and the Black Knights hit one more free-throw to close out the 50-46 win.
ARMY WEST POINT (10-1, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) NOTES
• McNeal led the way with a game-high 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 17 points and an 8-of-10 shooting performance in the second half.
• Minato finished with 19 points, six rebounds, a season-high seven assists and a career-best six steals. Minato increased her Army career scoring record to 2,061 points and enters the weekend 17 shy of passing 1999 Holy Cross graduate Amy O'Brien for second on the Patriot League's career scoring list.
• Senior Aimee Oertner totaled eight points, 10 boards and four blocks, while classmate Jean Parker scored eight points and pulled down seven rebounds.
• Wednesday's win marked the fourth game this season that Army has held its opponent below 30 percent shooting, as Lehigh converted 28.8 percent (15-of-52) of its attempts from the field.
BUCKNELL (7-5, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) NOTES
• Bucknell collected a 51-41 victory at Navy to open its Patriot League slate on Jan. 30.
• Freshman Kaitlyn Slagus netted a career-best 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while junior Claire DeBoer notched 13 points and nine rebounds.
• Freshman Kyi English registered nine points and sophomore Jacquie Klotz tallied nine rebounds.
• Klotz, along with Lehigh's Lexi Martins, is one of two players in the Patriot League to average a double-double, with 15.0 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game.
DIALED IN FROM DOWNTOWN
Army has continued to shoot the three-pointer well this year after finishing each of the last three seasons atop the Patriot League in three-point shooting percentage (2012-13: 33.3 // 2013-14: 37.2 // 2014-15: 35.4). Through 11 contests this season, the Black Knights have made 41.2 percent of their three-point attempts and currently stand first in the Patriot League and fourth among the nation's Division I programs in the category.
Army's long-range success is due, in large part, to two of the most-accurate three-point shooters in Academy history, in Minato and Parker. Minato paces the team with 33 triples and stands fifth in the conference with a 44.0 percentage from deep. Parker has converted 22 shots from beyond the arc and ranks second in the league, and eighth nationally, at 50.0 percent. Minato is Army's career leader in three-pointers, with 254, while Parker ranks fifth in team history with 113.
NATIONAL ATTENTION
Army is receiving a vote in the USA Today Coaches Poll (released on Dec. 29) this week to mark the fifth week, out of a possible eight, that it has receiving at least a vote in the poll.
Week 1 (Preseason): no votes, Week 2 (11/16): no votes, Week 3 (11/23): 2 votes, Week 4 (11/30): no votes; Week 5 (12/17): 1 vote, Week 6 (12/14): 2 votes, Week 7 (12/21): 1 vote, Week 8 (12/28): 1 vote
Army led for the entire first half of a 72-61 loss at a Duke team ranked 14th in the AP Poll and ninth in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Nov. 22 before defeating an Albany squad receiving four votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll by a score of 65-62 on Dec. 5.
UP NEXT
The Black Knights conclude their brief two-game road trip with a matchup at Lafayette on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM/1260 WBNR-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com
LIVE STATISTICS • BucknellBison.com
GAME NOTES • Army Notes
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
STORYLINES
Army began Patriot League action with a 63-39 home victory over Lehigh on Dec. 30. The Black Knights improved their record to 10-1 to match the best start to a season in program history. Army started the year 10-1 in 1978-79 and 2000-01, but has never been 11-1.
Sophomore Janae McNeal netted a career-high 20 points to lead Army in the win against Lehigh. McNeal scored 17 of her points during the second half to help the Black Knights outscore the Mountain Hawks, 42-26, in the second half.
THE ARMY-BUCKNELL SERIES
Bucknell owns a 32-24 advantage in the all-time series between the schools. Army has won three straight meeting, including a pair of victories in 2014-15.
Army trailed by 10 late in the first half during its last meeting against Bucknell, on Feb. 15, 2015. The Black Knights led by one with under a minute to play before Daizjah Morris came up with a steal that led to a pair of free-throws by Kelsey Minato to make the score 49-46. The Bison missed a three-point attempt and the Black Knights hit one more free-throw to close out the 50-46 win.
ARMY WEST POINT (10-1, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) NOTES
• McNeal led the way with a game-high 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 17 points and an 8-of-10 shooting performance in the second half.
• Minato finished with 19 points, six rebounds, a season-high seven assists and a career-best six steals. Minato increased her Army career scoring record to 2,061 points and enters the weekend 17 shy of passing 1999 Holy Cross graduate Amy O'Brien for second on the Patriot League's career scoring list.
• Senior Aimee Oertner totaled eight points, 10 boards and four blocks, while classmate Jean Parker scored eight points and pulled down seven rebounds.
• Wednesday's win marked the fourth game this season that Army has held its opponent below 30 percent shooting, as Lehigh converted 28.8 percent (15-of-52) of its attempts from the field.
BUCKNELL (7-5, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) NOTES
• Bucknell collected a 51-41 victory at Navy to open its Patriot League slate on Jan. 30.
• Freshman Kaitlyn Slagus netted a career-best 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while junior Claire DeBoer notched 13 points and nine rebounds.
• Freshman Kyi English registered nine points and sophomore Jacquie Klotz tallied nine rebounds.
• Klotz, along with Lehigh's Lexi Martins, is one of two players in the Patriot League to average a double-double, with 15.0 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game.
DIALED IN FROM DOWNTOWN
Army has continued to shoot the three-pointer well this year after finishing each of the last three seasons atop the Patriot League in three-point shooting percentage (2012-13: 33.3 // 2013-14: 37.2 // 2014-15: 35.4). Through 11 contests this season, the Black Knights have made 41.2 percent of their three-point attempts and currently stand first in the Patriot League and fourth among the nation's Division I programs in the category.
Army's long-range success is due, in large part, to two of the most-accurate three-point shooters in Academy history, in Minato and Parker. Minato paces the team with 33 triples and stands fifth in the conference with a 44.0 percentage from deep. Parker has converted 22 shots from beyond the arc and ranks second in the league, and eighth nationally, at 50.0 percent. Minato is Army's career leader in three-pointers, with 254, while Parker ranks fifth in team history with 113.
NATIONAL ATTENTION
Army is receiving a vote in the USA Today Coaches Poll (released on Dec. 29) this week to mark the fifth week, out of a possible eight, that it has receiving at least a vote in the poll.
Week 1 (Preseason): no votes, Week 2 (11/16): no votes, Week 3 (11/23): 2 votes, Week 4 (11/30): no votes; Week 5 (12/17): 1 vote, Week 6 (12/14): 2 votes, Week 7 (12/21): 1 vote, Week 8 (12/28): 1 vote
Army led for the entire first half of a 72-61 loss at a Duke team ranked 14th in the AP Poll and ninth in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Nov. 22 before defeating an Albany squad receiving four votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll by a score of 65-62 on Dec. 5.
UP NEXT
The Black Knights conclude their brief two-game road trip with a matchup at Lafayette on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.
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