Lehigh Stops Army's Win Streak

Saturday, February 23

Bethlehem, PA

7:30 PM

Army West Point

11-15, 6-9PL

Lehigh

17-9, 9-6PL

ARMY

Lehigh

Madison Hovren drives to the hoop against Holy Cross on Feb. 20, 2019

Lehigh Stops Army's Win Streak

February 23, 2019 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Army West Point women's basketball team saw its three-game winning streak come to a close on Saturday night as Lehigh earned the 55-46 victory in Patriot League action at Stabler Arena.

The Black Knights slide back to seventh in the league standings with its loss tonight and Colgate's win over Loyola.

Madison Hovren finished with 21 points and 15 rebounds for her 19th double-double of the season. She was 6-of-14 from the floor and 9-of-13 at the line. Kate Murray recorded another double-digit game with 11 points and four rebounds. Army shot 31.5 percent from the field and committed 19 turnovers.

Lehigh had three players in double figures with Camryn Buhr and Clair Steele leading the way with 14 apiece. Hailey Pascoe had 13 points and was 3-of-10 from beyond-the-arc in the win.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

This was the 68th meeting between Army and Lehigh with the Black Knights leading 35-33.
Army is now 11-20 all-time at Lehigh.
The Mountain Hawks have swept the season series from Army.
Army has now held 12 opponents under 60 points and is 10-2 in those games.
The Black Knights are now 3-3 in month of February.
Jess Lewis has now started in 28 straight games dating back to last season, which is a career high.
Lewis continues to climb the all-time single-season assist list with 130 after three tonight and is now seventh on the list.
Hovren reached double-digit scoring for the 25th time this season and 80th time in her career.
She added her 19th double-double of the year and 52nd of her career.
She has scored in double digits in 21-straight games, which is a career best.
Hovren recorded 20 or more points in a game for the 10th time this season and 28th time in her career.
She passed Erin Anthony for second all-time in career rebounds after 15 tonight to give her 1,033 and she is 110 boards away from tying Katie Macfarlane for most in a career.
She had double digit rebounds for the 19th time this year and 55th time in her career.
Kate Murray reached double digits in points for the sixth-straight game and seven of her last eight.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

Lehigh jumped out to an early 9-2 lead in the first five minutes as Army hit only one of its first seven shots from the field.
The Mountain Hawks increased their lead to 17-6 thanks to five quick points from Steele and then Morgann Yancey cut the lead to eight with a 3-pointer from the left wing and the quarter ended with the Black Knights down 17-9.

Second Quarter

There were not a lot of points scored in the second quarter, but Lehigh extended its lead to 26-11 with a 9-2 run to start the frame with Buhr hitting a pair of layups, while Pascoe got on the board with a three.
Army tried to take advantage of the home squad turning the ball over on five-straight trips down the floor, but only cut the lead down to 28-15 at the half. Hovren led the Black Knights with six points at the break.

Third Quarter

Army got the Lehigh lead down to 10 points with a Murray layup and an and-1 from Hovren to make it 30-20 with 7:50 on the clock. Pascoe then answered with a three and Hannah Hedstrom hit a layup to get it back to a 15-point lead.
The Black Knights battled back to get it down to 10 points with another Murray layup and a 3-pointer by Lewis, but Lehigh closed out the quarter on a 7-2 run and had a 42-27 lead after three.

Fourth Quarter

Hovren got Army to single digits with 10 straight points and outscored the Mountain Hawks 10-2 over a five-minute stretch and with 2:22 remaining Army was down nine at 46-37.
The Lehigh lead was too much to overcome in the last two minutes of the game as the Mountain Hawks hit their free throws and put the game out of reach for the 55-46 win.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights are on the road this coming Wednesday for a huge game with tournament seeding at stake as Army heads to Colgate for an 8:30 p.m. tip.