Women’s Basketball Falls to Lehigh

Saturday, February 1

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

5-16,1-9Patriot

Lehigh

14-7,6-4Patriot

Lehigh

Army West Point

Women’s Basketball Falls to Lehigh

February 01, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball fell to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks by a score of 94-65 on Saturday afternoon at Christl Arena.

Lindsey Scamman led the way for Army with a double-double, as she scored 13 points and grabbed 11 boards. Hope Brown also dropped in 13 points, while Kate Murray added 12 and Alisa Fallon chipped in 10.

Lehigh's leading scorer was Mary Clougherty, who finished with 24 points on 9-of-11 from the field and 6-of-7 from beyond-the-arc. Camryn Buhr (16 points) and Emma Grothaus (14) also put up double-digit scoring performances.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES

Scamman's double-double was her eighth this season and the eighth of her career. She now has 16 double-digit scoring games this season (team-best) and 19 for her career.
Brown's 13-point effort now gives her six double-digit scoring games this season.
Fallon's five assists marks her third career game where she has had five or more assists. The 10-point effort puts her at 16 career double-digit scoring games.
Murray now has three double-digit point games this year and 13 for her career.
The Cadets were 21-of-24 from the charity stripe on the afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lehigh jumped out to an early 11-6 lead, but Army scored the next six points on a pair of Morgann Yancey free throws and a pair of Brown free throws, followed by a Brown layup to give the Black Knights a 12-11 lead with 1:27 to go in the first quarter.
With the contest knotted up at 16 with nine minutes to go in the first half, Lehigh put together a 9-0 run to give the Mountain Hawks a 25-16 advantage. Murray hit a three-pointer to end the run, but Lehigh then scored the next six to make it 31-19.
The Black Knights would get within nine in the first half, but Lehigh carried a 40-28 lead heading into the midway point.
In the second half, the Mountain Hawks got off to a fast start, kicking things off with a 9-2 run. Army scored the next five on a Yancey three-pointer and two Murray free throws to make it 49-35.
Lehigh closed out the third quarter on a 19-13 run to make it a 68-48 Mountain Hawk lead.
Army was outscored 26-17 in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT
Army returns to action next Saturday when it hosts American at 1 p.m.