Black Knights Fall to Marist, 83-55

Saturday, December 5

West Point, N.Y.

1 PM

Army West Point

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Marist

1-0,0-0MAAC

Marist

Army West Point

Black Knights Fall to Marist, 83-55

December 05, 2020 | Women's Basketball

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball fell to Marist, 83-55, at Christl Arena Saturday afternoon.

After falling behind 11-0 early, Army (2-2) closed out the opening quarter on a 14-2 run to hold a 14-13 lead through the first 10 minutes of play. Marist (1-0) went on to pull away in the second quarter and stayed hot in the second half, shooting 21-of-29 (72.4%) from the floor.

Alisa Fallon was Army's leading scorer with 10 points. The Red Foxes finished with four players in double-digits: Sarah Barcello (15), Trinasia Kennedy (14), Caitlin Weimar (12) and Willow Duffell (12).

HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES

This was the first meeting between the two schools since Dec. 28, 1999. Army leads the all-time series 9-7, but Marist has won the last six contests.
Army Head Coach Dave Magarity served as the head coach of the Marist men's basketball team from 1986-2004, where he held a 253-258 all-time record.
Freshman Sam McNaughton was 3-of-4 from the field in the second half, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. The Fairfax, Va., native set a new season high with eight points.
Senior Liz Layne finished with nine points, her highest total since the 2018-19 season-opener against LIU Brooklyn when she had a career-high 10 points.
Layne corralled five offensive rebounds.
As a team, Army had 12 offensive boards, 11 of which came in the first half.
Fallon registered her third consecutive double-digit scoring effort.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First quarter

Marist jumped out to an early 11-0 lead, but Army used a 14-2 run to hold the one-point advantage at the end of the first.
Army started off the contest shooting 0-of-6 from the field and 0-of-4 from 3-point range, but managed to close out the quarter shooting 5-of-8 overall and 4-of-6 from 3-point range.
Conversely, the Red Foxes started 5-of-9 from the field in the first five minutes, but missed their next five attempts.

Second quarter

Marist used a 15-3 run in the second quarter to pull ahead 29-19 by the 3:31 mark of the second frame.
The Red Foxes started to heat up, shooting 43.8 percent from the floor in the second and 50 percent from downtown.
Layne attacked the offensive glass in the second frame, with three offensive boards. Fallon and Murray also had offensive rebounds in the quarter.

Third quarter

Army had its best shooting quarter in the third, connecting on 50 percent of its shots. McNaughton was 2-of-2 from the floor including a triple.
Marist, however, also had its best shooting quarter, making 11 of its 15 attempts and all four from deep range.
Sarah Barcello led the way for the Red Foxes with eight points in the quarter, connecting on a pair of 3-balls.

Fourth Quarter

Lauren Lithgow contributed six points in the fourth quarter, going 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.
Marist shot 10-of-14 from the field in the final frame.

FROM THE SOURCE
Freshman Guard Sam McNaughton
(Ref.: On the team's performance)
"We can learn a lot from this game. Their offense is something that we haven't played before. There's a lot of screening and just a ton of movement, so it was a lot to adjust to. Getting out on shooters is a thing that I think we can to work on."

UP NEXT
Army will travel out to Hamden, Conn., to take on Quinnipiac for a 2 p.m. tilt on Saturday, Dec. 12.