Balanced Effort Sends Army Past Delaware

Sunday, December 11

Newark, Del.

2 PM

Army West Point

Delaware

Balanced Effort Sends Army Past Delaware

December 11, 2016 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. – The Army West Point women's basketball team got back on the winning track with a 61-47 victory over Delaware on Sunday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Army improves to 8-2 on the year following the win, while Delaware falls to 6-4.

Sophomore Madison Hovren finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for her sixth straight double-double, while junior Destinee Morris netted 11 points off the bench. Junior Aliyah Murray came two points shy of a double-double, with eight points and 11 rebounds.

Junior Janae McNeal notched eight points, three assists and three steals, and sophomore Jess Lewis totaled seven points.

Nicole Enabosi finished with an 11-point, 13-rebound double-double for Delaware, and Sadé Chatman paced the Blue Hens with 14 points.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Sunday was the first-ever meeting between Army and Delaware.
Hovren tallied her sixth straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Murray added a team-high 11 rebounds for her second double-digit rebounding game of the season.
Hovren (16 points), Destinee Morris (11), McNeal (8), Murray (8), Lewis (7), and junior Lena' Hicks (6) all scored at least six points to mark the third time that has happened this season.
The feat was previously achieved during wins over Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 28) and Wagner (Dec. 5).
Army owned a 36-22 advantage on points in the paint, and led 19-9 in bench scoring for the game.

KEY MOMENT

Army trailed 8-2 after the game's first 1:54, but came back, thanks to a 21-5 run that lasted 7:59 and made the score 23-13 at the end of the first quarter. The Black Knights did not trail for the remainder of the afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware raced out to an 8-2 advantage after the opening 1:54, but Army used a 21-5 run during the next 7:59 to take a 23-13 lead by the end of the first quarter.
Destinee Morris contributed 11 points during the run, including a 2-of-2 showing from deep.
The Blue Hens held a 5-4 advantage in second-quarter points near the midway mark of the second frame, as the Black Knights led 27-18.
Murray scored on a lay-in with 5:21 left in the second to give the Black Knights an 11-point lead, 29-18.
Delaware trimmed its deficit back down to seven points on three separate occasions in the second quarter, doing so for the final time on a lay-up from Chatman with 1:39 left in the half, making the score 35-28.
McNeal converted a lay-in with 39 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give the Cadets a 37-28 lead that would hold until halftime.
Army outscored Delaware, 15-7, during the third quarter to boost the lead to 17 points, 52-35.
Lewis led the Black Knights with five points in the third frame, while Hicks and Hovren each scored four.
A fast-break lay-in from McNeal boosted Army's lead to 20 points, 61-41, with 3:32 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Delaware scored the game's final six points to cut the final deficit to 14 points.