Women’s Hoops Tripped Up by Loyola

Thursday, January 5

West Point, NY

6:00 PM

Army West Point

3-10,1-2Patriot

Loyola Maryland

7-7,2-1Patriot

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Loyola Maryland	11	16	20	20	67
Army West Point	12	19	11	6	48

Women’s Hoops Tripped Up by Loyola

January 05, 2023 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. –The Army West Point women's basketball team (3-10, 1-2 PL) fell to the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds (7-7, 2-1 PL), 67-48 Thursday evening at Christl Arena.

How It Happened

Army's Sabria Hunter led the Black Knights with 13 points, her 10th double figure effort of the season. Kamryn Hall followed with nine points, and Lauren Lithgow and Natalie Rhine both had eight points.

The Black Knights struck first when Sabria Hunter made her first two free throw attempts and then Loyola followed with a layup from Laura Salmeron. Hunter took the lead back with her own layup.

At the 6:06 mark, Trinity Hardy had a layup to give Army a four-point lead. With 4:35 left in the first quarter, Lauren Lithgow made a three-point shot with an assist by Reese Ericson further extending the Black Knights lead to seven. Loyola responded with several bucket and with five seconds left in the first quarter senior Hope Brown connected with Kamryn Hall for a three-pointer, putting Army up by one entering the second quarter.

In the second quarter, the Greyhounds struck first with a three-point bucket from Taleah Dixon. Loyola added to their lead with a layup by Koi Sims. Shortly after, Hunter answered with a layup of her own. The scoring between Army and Loyola went back and forth. After Lex Therien of Loyola scored a jumper, Natalie Rhine scored a fast break layup. With 6:50 left on the clock, the Black Knights cut the Greyhounds lead to one after Rhine made a shot from beyond the arc making it 20-19. Junior Sam McNaughton tied everything up with 1:12 left in the quarter. Army took the lead with 45 seconds left in the quarter after Hunter made a three-point play after being fouled by Loyola's Caramina Tanedo. With four seconds left, Lauren Lithgow made a three-pointer, putting the Black Knights up by four points entering halftime, 31-27.

In the second half, Loyola cut their deficit by three after Therien made a free throw attempt. Scoring again went back and forth between the two teams, shortly after Army answered back with a jump shot by McNaughton. However, Therien followed suit with a jumper of her own making it a three-point game. Dixon made a layup off the glass followed by Brown making a jumper. After taking a one-point lead, the Greyhounds extended their lead by three-points after a jump shot by Salmeron. With Loyola having a five-point lead with 2:52 left on the clock, the Black Knights cut into the Greyhounds lead with a shot off the glass from Hunter. Again, Loyola answered back with their own layup from Dixon, extending the Greyhounds lead by five. With 44 seconds left in the third quarter, Rhine made her second three of the night putting Army two points behind Loyola. Dixon followed with a three-pointer of her own putting the Greyhounds up by five entering the final ten minutes of action.

In the fourth, with 9:10 on the clock, Hunter was fouled by Dixon making both of her attempts from the charity line, Hunter put Army within five points. At the 7:16 mark, Hope Brown made a layup in the paint penetrating into Loyola's lead to six points. The Greyhounds went on a 6-0 run, putting Loyola up by 12 points. After Devyne Newman made a jump shot, Hall made a layup making it a ten-point game. Half-way through the fourth quarter, the Greyhounds went on a 9-0 run, extending their lead to 19 points. Loyola defeated the Black Knights 67-48.

Inside the Box

Sabria Hunter had 13 points, five rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
Senior Kamryn Hall had nine points, four assists, and one steal.
Lauren Lithgow finished the night with eight points and one assist.
Hope Brown led Army with a season high seven rebounds, and two assists.
Off the bench, senior Natalie Rhine had eight points, and two rebounds.
The Greyhounds outscored the Black Knights 40-17 in the second half.

Coach's Corner

"It was the battle of the paint, and we lost it on both sides of the ball. I thought Sims and Therien (for Loyola) they brought it, they were physical, they got second chance opportunities for their team, and we did not. We did not get it done on the post, out coached and out worked. This is a tough one because I really thought that after last game that we would come with some fire power on the defensive end." – Head Coach Missy Traversi

Up Next
The Black Knights will go on the road to face Colgate on Sunday, January 8 at 2 p.m.

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