Black Knights Drop League Opener

Thursday, January 3

Boston, MA

7 PM

Army West Point

5-7 (0-1PL)

Boston University

5-6 (1-0PL)

Army West Point

Boston University

Lindsay Scamman makes a move against Connecticut College in Army's win on Dec. 30, 2018

Black Knights Drop League Opener

January 03, 2019 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOSTON – The Army West Point women's basketball team kicked off its Patriot League schedule on Thursday evening and fell at Boston University, 63-51.

Madison Hovren led Army with 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Sarah Bohn had nine point on 3-of-5 shooting from distance, while Jess Lewis and Lindsey Scamman contributed with seven points each.

The Terriers saw four of their five starts reach double digits with Payton Hauck scoring a game-high 14 points. Naiyah Thompson was all over the court with 13 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double, while also recording two blocks. Boston University shot 43 percent from the floor and had 40 of its 63 points come from the paint.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights are 10-3 in Patriot League openers under head coach Dave Magarity.
This was the first Patriot League opener against Boston University for the Black Knights.
Army leads the all-time series at 9-6, but Boston U. has won three of the last four meetings.
Jessica Rawls made the second start of her career for the Black Knights.
Morgann Yancey has started in each of Army's last four games.
Hovren reached double digits in scoring for the 11th time this season and 65th time in her career.
She was held under 10 rebounds for the first time since the Binghamton game on Nov. 25 and only the third time all year.
Bohn hit three shots from distance for the second-straight game and is 7-of-10 from three this season.
She joins Lewis as the only two on the team to have made three or more shots from beyond-the-arc in at least two games this year.
Army tied a season high with 10 steals, matching the mark set at TCU on Dec. 3.
The Black Knights were outrebounded for the fourth time this year and for the first time since their visit to TCU.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

The Black Knights and Terriers traded baskets through the first five minutes of the game with Boston U. leading 8-7 at the 4:53 mark.
The Terriers then went on a 10-1 run late in the frame and led 20-11 with 11 seconds left.
Bohn was Army's leading scorer in the quarter with six points and hit her second three of the frame in the final seconds to make it a 20-14 game.

Second Quarter

Army got to within five in the opening moments of the quarter with Hovren making a nice steal and layup to cut the Boston U. lead to 22-17.
The Terriers answered with Katie Nelson hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to push the advantage up to 28-17 with 7:27 remaining in the period.
Boston University was able to build to it largest lead at 32-21 with 4:52 remaining, but Army answered. The Black Knights closed out the half with a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 34-30. Jess Lewis hit a 3-pointer, while Gabby White, Alisa Fallon and Rawls contributed with points as well over that stretch.

Third Quarter

The home squad came out ready to play in the first part of the third quarter and pushed its lead to 42-30 thanks to an 8-0 run over the opening five minutes.
Army tried to cut into the advantage with Hovren hitting a layup with 1:24 left to make it an 11-point game at 46-35, but the Terriers got a 3-pointer from Hauck and an three-point play from Nelson to push the lead to the largest of the night at 52-35.
Hovren put home a layup with 14 seconds left to head into the final quarter with a 15-point deficit at 52-37.

Fourth Quarter

The quarter started off great for the Black Knights with an 8-2 run to slice the Terrier lead to nine at 54-45 with 5:23 on the clock. Gabby White had a pivital steal and a layup, while Scamman added four points during the run as well.
Hauck answered Scamman's second layup with one of her own to stop the run and get the lead back up to double digits with 4:54 left.
Bohn then sunk her third three of the night to make it an eight-point game, but that was the closest Army got as the Terriers closed out the game for a 63-51 victory.

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