Hot-Shooting Lehigh Downs Black Knights

Saturday, January 26

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

8-11, 3-5PL

Lehigh

13-6, 4-3PL

Lehigh

Army

Hot-Shooting Lehigh Downs Black Knights

January 26, 2019 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team had a six-point lead at the half, but Lehigh started the third quarter with a 15-2 run and earned the 73-50 win on Saturday afternoon in Patriot League action at Christl Arena.

Madison Hovren led the way for Army with 15 points and 18 rebounds for her 14th double-double this season. Kate Murray contributed with 10 points, while Sarah Bohn had nine. Lindsey Scamman had four points and nine rebounds and Jess Lewis finished with three points, three rebounds and five assists.

Lehigh saw four players reach double figures with Camryn Buhr scoring 15 on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. Overall, the Mountain Hawks saw nine different players hit 3-pointers in the game for a total of 13 on the day. They shot 54 percent from three, including 11-of-13 (84.6 percent) in the second half to erase Army's halftime lead.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

This was the 67th all-time meeting between Army and Lehigh.
The Mountain Hawks halted Army's two-game winning streak in the series and won for the 11th time at Army.
Army is now 6-2 when leading at the half this year and now 6-5 on its home court.
Jessica Rawls made the ninth start of her career for the Black Knights.
Morgann Yancey has started in each of Army's last 11 games.
Sarah Bohn was in the starting five for the fifth time.
Lewis has now started in 21 straight games dating back to last season, which is a career high.
The starting lineup for the Black Knights was the same for the fourth-straight game.
Hovren reached double-digit scoring for the 17th time this season and 71st time in her career.
Hovren is now 10 points shy of 1,500 in her career after scoring 15 today.
Hovren reached double digits in rebounds for the 14th time this season and for the 47th time in her career.
Bohn tied her career high for three pointers in a game with three.
Murray hit her first two 3-pointers of her career and was 2-of-4 on the day from distance.
Scamman collected a career high nine rebounds.
The 13 made 3-pointers by Lehigh were the most given up by Army this season.
Army gave up a season-high 73 points to the Mountain Hawks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

The teams traded buckets for the first five minutes with Bohn and Murray hitting 3-pointers from the top of the key, while Hovren added a layup, but Lehigh led 9-8 with 4:38 on the clock.
Army's three-point shooting continued with Morgann Yancey and Murray hitting from the outside during the quarter. The Black Knights had the 16-15 lead after Alisa Fallon found Hovren for a layup at the buzzer.

Second Quarter

It was a low-scoring second quarter with Army putting up 14 points to Lehigh's nine as the Black Knights took a 30-24 lead into the break.
Hovren finished with seven in the quarter and had 11 points and 12 rebounds at the break. Army was 5-of-10 from three in the first half and Bohn hit her second of the day with a minute left in the frame. Then Fallon hit a jumper to give Army its biggest lead at 30-22, but Lehigh answered with Buhr knocking down a short jumper to make it 30-24.

Third Quarter

Lehigh turned it on out of the break with a 15-2 run in the first 5:29 of the quarter. The Mountain Hawks hit three-consecutive 3-pointers and led 39-32 with 4:31 on the clock. Buhr had four points during the run, while four others contributed with points.
The Mountain Hawks outscored the Black Knights 28-10 in the frame and took a 52-40 advantage into the final quarter. Megan Walker led the way for the visitors with eight points in the quarter. Lehigh was 5-of-7 from distance in the quarter, which allowed the Mountain Hawks to extend their lead.

Fourth Quarter

Lehigh's hot shooting continued in the fourth quarter as the Mountain Hawks were 6-of-6 from distance in the frame. Army got to within eight at 52-44 with nine minutes left, but answered with three-consecutive 3-pointers with two coming from Hailey Pascoe.
The Mountain Hawks ended up with the 73-50 victory and outscored Army 21-10 in the final quarter.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights are back at Christl Arena on Wednesday night against Colgate. Tickets are still available and the game will be live on the Patriot League Network at PatriotLeague.tv.