Late Run Sends Army Past Loyola

Sunday, January 6

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

6-7, 1-1PL

Loyola Maryland

1-12, 0-2PL

Loyola

Army

Late Run Sends Army Past Loyola

January 06, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team closed out the game on a 14-1 run to earn the 69-57 victory over Loyola on Sunday afternoon in Patriot League action.

Jess Lewis dropped a season high 20 points thanks to 5-of-10 shooting from three-point lead, while Madison Hovren tallied her ninth double-double of the season with 18 points and 16 rebounds. Lindsey Scamman came off the bench and scored a career best 12 points and added seven rebounds in 19 minutes of action.

The Greyhounds were led by Taleah Dixon with 17 points, going 8-of-14 from the floor, while Stephanie Karcz posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

This was the 17th meeting between Army and Loyola in the series.
Army has now won four games in a row against the Greyhounds with today's win.
The Black Knights are now 12-5 all-time against Loyola and 7-2 at home.
Jessica Rawls made the third start of her career for the Black Knights.
Morgann Yancey has started in each of Army's last five games.
Sarah Bohn made the starting lineup for the first time during her rookie campaign.
The starting lineup for today's game was the seventh different one used by the Black Knights.
Army shot 42.9 percent and is 4-1 when shooting over 40 percent from the field.
The Black Knights had three players in double figures for the second time this year and is 2-0 in those game.
Hovren reached double digits in scoring for the 11th time this season and 65th time in her career.
Hovren tallied her 43rd career double-double and ninth this year.
It was her 10th game this year with 10 or more rebounds.
Lewis reached double digits for the sixth time this season and first since dropping 18 against Yale on Dec. 11.
Scamman scored a career high 12 points in the win and nine of the 12 came in the second half.
She also set a career best for rebounds with seven on the day.
Army outrebounded the Greyhounds by a 45-32 margin.
The Black Knights are now 5-0 when scoring 60 or more points in a game and Army is 6-0 when giving up less than 60 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

The Black Knights were led by Lewis' three-point shooting as she was 4-of-4 from distance through the first 10 minutes as Army led 16-9.
Army held Loyola to two points for most of the first but the Greyhounds got to within seven with the final five points of the quarter.

Second Quarter

Loyola came out of the break and went in an 11-2 run over the first five minutes to take a 20-18 lead on a layup by Dixon. Both Dixon and Courtney Vannoy led the visitors in the first half of the second quarter with four points apiece.
Army crawled back into the game thanks to a jumper by Alisa Fallon and then a 3-pointer from Sarah Bohn to cut the Loyola advantage to 26-23.
Bri Betz-White hit a three of her own on the next trip down the floor and then Scamman dropped a three-point play to make it 29-26 with 13 seconds remaining.
The Greyhounds answered with a layup from Karcz to close the scoring at 31-26 with Loyola leading.

Third Quarter

The Black Knights came out ready to play in the third quarter and took a 39-37 lead with just under five minutes to play thanks to a 9-2 run.
Scamman contributed by hitting two shots during the run, while Hovren added five points.
Army hung onto the lead heading into the fourth at 48-46. Kate Murray had four points down the stretch of the third, while Bohn also hit a jumper.

Fourth Quarter

Loyola was able to gain a one-point lead at 56-55 with 3:16 left in the game, but Army didn't panic.
The Black Knights answered with a 14-1 run to close out the game for the 69-57 win.
Lewis started the run with four quick points and the Hovren finished it off with the final seven points, including going 7-of-9 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.

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