Army West Point Athletics
Wednesday, February 7
West Point, NY
7 PM
Army West Point
vs
Lafayette
Cadets Host Lafayette for Midweek Tilt
February 06, 2018 | Women's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball game against Lafayette scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Christl Arena will go on as scheduled.
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HOW TO FOLLOW
AUDIO • Black Knights Radio
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
LIVE STATS • GoArmyWestPoint.com
GAME NOTES • Army | Lafayette
GAME NOTES • GoArmyWestPoint.com
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• Junior Madison Hovren is 22 points shy from tying Mary Langendorf for 15th in all-time scoring with 1,053 points.
• Lafayette looks to get back to its winning ways, having dropped each of its last two outings.
• The Leopards have not won at Christl Arena since Feb. 10, 1999 (62-53). Army has claimed the following 19 meetings at home since then.
• Each of the last three contests between these two squads have been decided by eight points or less.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Series record: Army 37, Lafayette 24
• First meeting: Nov. 26, 1983, Army won, 64-47
• Last meeting: Feb. 1, 2017, Army won, 63-55
ARMY (11-11, 4-7 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Senior Janae McNeal was tabbed the Patriot League Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.
• It marks the fourth time this season that a Cadet received player of the week recognition from the league.
• Sophomore Morgann Yancey has been heating up from long range over the past six games. During that stretch, she is 12-for-28 (43%) from deep. She has connected on multiple 3-pointers in four straight outings and has made at least one three in six straight.
• Nationally, the junior forward is tied for seventh in double-doubles (14) with Channon Fluker of Cal. State Northridge. Hovren is the only forward under the six-foot mark inside the top-20 nationally in double-doubles.
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LAFAYETTE (8-13, 4-7 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Lafayette has dropped four of its last five outings and is coming off a pair of home losses to Holy Cross and Bucknell. The Leopards have struggled on the road, picking up just three wins in 10 opportunities.
• Freshman forward Natalie Kucowski has powered the Maroon and White in her rookie campaign, averaging a double-double (11.9 ppg, 10.9 rpg). She is just one of two Patriot League players averaging a double-double on the season. Senior Anna Ptasinski has also been a threat on the offensive end, connecting on 46 shots from long range and connecting on 40 percent of her shots from deep.
• The youth for the Leopards have performed well in their first year as Drew Freeland and Olivia Martino are averaging 8.3 and 7.2 points per game, respectively. Freeland has started in all 21 games and is the team's most efficient shooter with a 45 percentage from the field and 46 percentage from three.
• Through the league slate, the Leopards sit seventh in scoring offense (58.3 ppg), but ninth in scoring defense (65.3 ppg). Lafayette has also been allowing its Patriot League foes to connect on 42 percent of their shots, which ranks ninth in the league.
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AUDIO • Black Knights Radio
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
LIVE STATS • GoArmyWestPoint.com
GAME NOTES • Army | Lafayette
GAME NOTES • GoArmyWestPoint.com
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• Junior Madison Hovren is 22 points shy from tying Mary Langendorf for 15th in all-time scoring with 1,053 points.
• Lafayette looks to get back to its winning ways, having dropped each of its last two outings.
• The Leopards have not won at Christl Arena since Feb. 10, 1999 (62-53). Army has claimed the following 19 meetings at home since then.
• Each of the last three contests between these two squads have been decided by eight points or less.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Series record: Army 37, Lafayette 24
• First meeting: Nov. 26, 1983, Army won, 64-47
• Last meeting: Feb. 1, 2017, Army won, 63-55
ARMY (11-11, 4-7 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Senior Janae McNeal was tabbed the Patriot League Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.
• It marks the fourth time this season that a Cadet received player of the week recognition from the league.
• Sophomore Morgann Yancey has been heating up from long range over the past six games. During that stretch, she is 12-for-28 (43%) from deep. She has connected on multiple 3-pointers in four straight outings and has made at least one three in six straight.
• Nationally, the junior forward is tied for seventh in double-doubles (14) with Channon Fluker of Cal. State Northridge. Hovren is the only forward under the six-foot mark inside the top-20 nationally in double-doubles.
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LAFAYETTE (8-13, 4-7 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Lafayette has dropped four of its last five outings and is coming off a pair of home losses to Holy Cross and Bucknell. The Leopards have struggled on the road, picking up just three wins in 10 opportunities.
• Freshman forward Natalie Kucowski has powered the Maroon and White in her rookie campaign, averaging a double-double (11.9 ppg, 10.9 rpg). She is just one of two Patriot League players averaging a double-double on the season. Senior Anna Ptasinski has also been a threat on the offensive end, connecting on 46 shots from long range and connecting on 40 percent of her shots from deep.
• The youth for the Leopards have performed well in their first year as Drew Freeland and Olivia Martino are averaging 8.3 and 7.2 points per game, respectively. Freeland has started in all 21 games and is the team's most efficient shooter with a 45 percentage from the field and 46 percentage from three.
• Through the league slate, the Leopards sit seventh in scoring offense (58.3 ppg), but ninth in scoring defense (65.3 ppg). Lafayette has also been allowing its Patriot League foes to connect on 42 percent of their shots, which ranks ninth in the league.
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