Black Knights Fall to Boston U.

Saturday, January 16

West Point, N.Y.

3 PM

Army West Point

4-6,1-4Patriot

Boston University

5-0,5-0Patriot

Boston U.

Army West Point

Black Knights Fall to Boston U.

January 16, 2021 | Women's Basketball

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Despite matching its season high with 12 made 3-pointers, the Army West Point women's basketball team fell to unbeaten Boston University, 59-45, Saturday afternoon in Christl Arena.

The Black Knights opened the game hot from deep. Army was 8-13 from 3-point range in the first half. The Black Knights first eight made baskets were treys. The streak ended when Sabria Hunter connected on a layup with under 30 seconds remaining in the half.

Sarah Bohn and Natalie Stralkus were on fire in the opening 20 minutes. Bohn was 3-4 from deep, while Stralkus was 4-6. The junior tandem combined for 21 of Army's 26 points at the break.

Army cooled off in the second half shooting 28 percent from the field, while the Terriers shot at 45.8 percent clip.

Notes and Highlights:

Stralkus notched her second consecutive double-digit scoring effort.
Her four treys was a season high.
Bohn continues to inch closer to Jess Lewis (2015-19) on the program's all-time made 3-pointers list. She is up to 92 in her career, three shy of tying Lewis for ninth all-time.
Lauren Lithgow finished with nine points, shooting 3-5 from beyond-the-arc.
Army's 12 triples was two shy of tying the program's single game record. The Black Knights made 14 3-balls in both games against Colgate last season.

How It Happened
First Quarter

Both teams were scoreless for the first four minutes.
Sarah Bohn broke the stalemate with a triple to give Army a 3-0 lead.
Army shot an impressive 80 percent from 3-point range, sinking 4-5 attempts.

Second Quarter

Stralkus and Bohn were 7-8 from three, accounting for all 21 of Army's points with six minutes remaining in the second.
Boston U. had 11 turnovers in the first half, which led to nine Army points.
The Black Knights sank four more triples in the second quarter to improve their total to eight.

Third Quarter

The third quarter proved to be Army's slowest of the day. The Black Knights were only 3-13 from the floor and 1-5 from three for seven points.
Army's defense limited the Terriers to five made baskets in the third quarter, but four of them were from 3-point range.

Fourth Quarter

Boston U. shot 6-12 from the field in the fourth quarter, while Army was 4-12.
The Terriers were able to maintain their double digit lead throughout the fourth quarter.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Dave Magarity
On takeaways from the game:
"Obviously, Boston University is one of the best teams in the league. They have terrific talent. As opposed to last weekend, I thought we came out and we were ready to play and had a terrific first quarter in terms of our defensive focus."

On the second half:
"We just hit a wall offensively. I think their size really wore us down. Their 16 offensive rebounds was really devasting for us. They came at some tough times."

UP NEXT
The Cadets will take on Boston U. on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. in Christl Arena. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.