Monday, February 24
7:00 PM
Lehigh University
12-15, 5-11PL
69
vs
78
Army
20-7, 12-4PL
1
2
F
ARMY
30
48
78
Lehigh
47
22
69
Army comes back for 78-69 win over Lehigh
2/24/2014 9:38:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women's basketball team couldn't hold on to a 17-point halftime lead as third-place Army outscored the Mountain Hawks 48-22 in the second half to claim a road win Monday night at Stabler Arena. Lehigh shot a blistering 65.4 percent in the first half, but Army answered with a 7-for-12 showing from beyond the arc in the second half to claim its 20th win of the season.
"It was a tale of two halves," said head coach Sue Troyan. "The first half may have been the best half of basketball that we've played all season. We allowed them to do what they wanted to do on both ends of the floor in the second half."
Army improved to 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the league with the win, while the Mountain Hawks fell to 12-15 overall and 5-11 in the Patriot League.
Sophomore Kerry Kinek led the Mountain Hawks with 18 points and five rebounds. Junior Sarah Williams chipped in 15 on a 4-for-4 effort from downtown, while freshman Kiernan McCloskey tallied a career-high 12 points after shooting 4-for-4 from floor with a three-pointer added in.
Army's Kelsey Minato scored a game-high 31 points while dishing six assists. Jen Hazlett (13) and Jean Parker (12) also scored in double digits for the Black Knights.
Lehigh shot 44.9 percent (22-for-49) from the floor for the game. The Mountain Hawks made 5-of-23 shots in the second half following a 17-for-26 effort in the first. Army shot 55.2 percent (16-for-29) in the second half and 40.9 percent (27-for-66) for the game. Army held a 40-34 rebound advantage including an 18-8 edge on the offensive glass.
The Black Knights got out to an early 8-2 lead, but a jumper from freshman Kayla Burton sparked a 10-0 Lehigh run that was capped off with a pair of three-pointers from Williams as Lehigh grabbed a 12-8 lead with 15:01 to play.
Army hung around to go basket-for-basket with Lehigh over the next seven minutes as the Mountain Hawks clung to a 20-19 lead with 8:17 on the clock. Williams sank back-to-back three pointers to start Lehigh on a 12-0 run that featured five points from Kinek and free throws from Williams and O'Reilly as Lehigh jutted out to a 32-19 lead with 5:19 left in the opening half.
A Kelsey Minato three-pointer broke the streak, but another string of eight unanswered Lehigh points followed with the help of five points from McCloskey and three from senior Lindsay Hoskins. A pair of free throws from freshman Kayla Burton gave Lehigh its largest of the game, 47-28, with 58 seconds left in the half as the Mountain Hawks rode a 47-30 lead into the locker room.
Army opened the second half on a 14-5 lead with the help of 13 points from Minato as Lehigh's lead was trimmed to 52-46 with 15:55 left to play. A free throw from Army's Parker tied the game at 59 with 10:42 on the clock before Parker followed with a three-pointer and the Black Knights took the lead for good.
Army used a 9-0 run to lengthen its lead to ten at 71-61 with 5:44 and the Mountain Hawks could never recover despite closing the game on a 6-2 run as Lehigh suffered its 15th loss of the season.
The Mountain Hawks remain home to host Bucknell Wednesday at 7 p.m. before heading to Colgate to close out the regular season Saturday at 4 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on the Patriot League Network and can be heard on 91.3 WLVR-FM or wlvr.org.
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Team Stats
ARMY
LEHIGH
FG%
.409
.449
3FG%
.407
.714
FT%
.684
.667
RB
40
34
TO
13
16
STL
8
5
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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