Cadets Drop Close Contest to Lafayette

Wednesday, January 22

West Point, N.Y.

6 PM

Army West Point

5-13,1-6Patriot

Lafayette

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Lafayette

Army West Point

Cadets Drop Close Contest to Lafayette

January 22, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team fell, 57-52, in a nail-biter to Lafayette Wednesday evening in Christl Arena.

With just over 35 seconds remaining in regulation, Alisa Fallon hit a 3-pointer to cut Lafayette's lead to 53-52. Though, the Leopards were a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line following the shot to secure their fourth Patriot League victory this season.

Kate Murray led the Cadets with 15 points, shooting 3-of-6 from 3-point range and a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Also scoring in double figures on the evening were Fallon, who finished with 14 points, and Sarah Bohn, who had 13. As a team, the Black Knights were 10-of-23 from beyond-the-arc.

The dominating force for the Leopards proved to be Natalie Kucowski, who registered a double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds and added six blocks. Drew Freeland also had a big game for Lafayette with 16 points.

ARMY NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Murray registered her second double-digit scoring effort of the season.
She was one point shy of matching her season high of 16, which she set against Boston U. on Jan. 12.
Since Patriot League play commenced, Murray is shooting 43.3 percent from beyond-the-arc.
Fallon has now reached double-digit scoring in 13 games this season, which is tied with Lindsey Scamman for the team lead.
Fallon also dished out six assists, just one shy of her career high, which she established against Colgate on Jan. 5.
Bohn notched her sixth double-digit scoring game of the season.
She was 5-of-7 from the floor, including 3-of-4 from downtown.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army started the game quick out of the gates with an 8-0 run with a pair of treys from Hope Brown and Fallon. Though, Lafayette responded with a run of its own, eventually tying the contest 10-10 near the midway mark of the opening frame. The remainder of the first quarter was neck-and-neck with the Cadets claiming a 17-15 lead through one quarter of play.
Army started to separate itself in the beginning of the second quarter. A made layup by Bohn with just over seven minutes remaining gave the Black Knights a nine-point cushion, its largest lead of the game.
Both teams went cold in the final stretch of the first half, with neither hitting a field goal in the final 4:49. Still, Army headed into halftime with the 31-23 lead.
Lafayette came out of the break hot, opening on a 11-0 scoring run to push ahead 34-31 and earn its first lead of the game. The Black Knights answered back to with run of their own to hold the 41-37 advantage with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter. However, it would be Lafayette that took the slight 42-41 lead into the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter was incredibly tight with neither team holding more than a five-point lead. Though it was the Leopards that pulled away at the end.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will travel down to Annapolis, Md., to play archrival Navy at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.