Lehigh Suffers 82-64 Setback at American

Sunday, January 14

Washington, D.C.

3 p.m.

Lehigh University

10-7, 4-2PL

American

13-4, 6-0PL

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Lehigh	12	14	19	19	64
American	16	26	17	23	82

1/14/2018 5:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON D.C. – American had three players score at least 20 points to power past Lehigh 82-64 on Sunday afternoon. Carl had a game-high 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting and four three-pointers to lead the Eagles (13-4, 6-0 PL). Sophomore Camryn Buhr led Lehigh (10-7, 4-2 PL) with her fourth double-double of the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting. Quinci Mann and Gena Grundhoffer scored 11 points apiece, and Hannah Hedstrom added eight and freshman Mary Clougherty scored a career-high seven points. American shot 50 percent from the floor and 63.2 percent from beyond the arc to Lehigh's 35 percent overall and 38.1 percent from long range. American also outrebounded Lehigh 34-32 while converting 18 of their 19 free throw attempts.

"They shot the ball really well and we struggled shut down Carl," said head coach Sue Troyan. "She had a lot of clean looks at the basket and we didn't defend her. Give American credit, they don't give you a lot on the offensive end and you really have to execute to run your stuff well, and I didn't think we settled for great shots throughout the game."

American started the game fast and took a 7-0 lead before Buhr hit a free throw. Lehigh missed their first eight shots from the field before Cameryn Benz came away with a steal and found Mann in transition for a three-pointer to make it 9-4 at the media timeout.

Benz drained one from downtown coming out of the timeout to make it 9-7 before the Eagles went on a 7-2 run to take a 16-9 lead. Clougherty sank a late three as Lehigh cut the deficit to 16-12 after one quarter. LU finished the quarter by hitting four of their last six shots and came away with all five of their first half steals in the opening frame.

Lehigh missed its first four shots of the second quarter before Buhr made it 20-14 at the 7:21 mark and Hedstrom made it a six -point game once again with a left-handed layup off the glass just over a minute later. From there, American closed the half on an 18-10 run to hold a 42-26 edge at the break.

"Cam Buhr is so consistent for us right now," Troyan said. "She's playing well and just a great competitor. Besides her, we struggled to make a lot of shots from the field.

"Mary played well," Troyan said of Clougherty, a native of nearby Virginia who played in front of a hometown crowd. "I'm glad she had some opportunities here and stepped up and played well for us. I actually thought she did the best job for us when we had her guard Carl at the end and they couldn't get the ball to her."

American grew the lead to 19 over the first 4:31 of the second half before Buhr responded with a three. Hedstrom got it back to 13 with a three-point play following a jumper while drawing a foul. The AU lead grew to 17 once more before Benz and Grundhoffer combined for three points over the final two minutes to make it 59-45 entering the fourth.

Mann, Grundhoffer and Hedstrom all hit threes in less than two minutes in the middle of the fourth quarter to get LU back within 12 at 66-54 with 5:36 left, but American had the answer as Katie Marenyi and Carl combined for 17 of the American's 23 points in the fourth to keep the Mountain Hawks at bay. Marenyi had a layup and a three-pointer to grow the lead to 18 on two separate occasions, and American drained another three to give them a game-high 22 point, 82-60 lead with 1:11 remaining. Buhr and Clougherty each tacked on two points in the final minute for Lehigh.

"Whoever was opened on the perimeter, they knocked it down," Troyan said. "We're not going to win too many games giving up 80 points. We have to be better than that."

Next up, Lehigh will head to Hamilton, N.Y. to take on Colgate on Wednesday night. Live coverage will be available at PatriotLeague.TV and Lehighsports.com/watch.

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