Saturday, January 20
Bethlehem, Pa.
2 p.m.
Lehigh University
12-7, 6-2PL
59
vs
55
Army West Point
9-10, 2-6PL
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Army West Point
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Lehigh
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Lehigh Defends Home Court, Tops Army 59-55
1/20/2018 8:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Gena Grundhoffer led the way with a career-high 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting to lead the Lehigh women's basketball team to a 59-55 win over Army West Point at Stabler Arena on Saturday. Grundhoffer was also a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line and pulled in seven rebounds and two steals. Sophomore Camryn Buhr added 14 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting, and senior Bernadette Devaney scored eight points and delivered both of the team's three-pointers. After shooting just 26.7 percent in the opening half, Lehigh shot 63.2 percent (12-for-19) over the final 20 minutes, and finished with 32 points in the paint. Army outrebounded Lehigh 40-33 while the Lehigh defense forced 20 West Point turnovers and collected nine steals. Lehigh improves to 12-7 overall and 6-2 in Patriot League play, while Army drops to 9-10, 2-6 PL.
"We have a lot of kids that are capable of stepping up and hitting the three, and this was a game where Army did a pretty good job of taking away our perimeter game," said head coach Sue Troyan. "Instead of forcing bad shots, we emphasized attacking the rim and sometimes you have to take what the defense gives you. We weren't great at shooting today, but we didn't settle on three-point shots either, we found other ways to score and we got contributions from different people."
Buhr found Grundhoffer with a bounce pass in the lane for a layup and drew the foul. Grundhoffer hit the free throw to give Lehigh a 7-2 lead at the first media timeout. Hannah Hedstrom raced ahead for a breakway layup after picking Army's pocket and Devaney added two free throws, both in the final minute, to give Lehigh a 15-9 lead after one.
(1/20/2018) Women's Basketball vs. Army, 1/20/2018
After Buhr made it 17-9 with a layup in the opening minute of the second quarter, Lehigh went on to miss their next 10 field goal attempts, but Army only outscored Lehigh 6-4 during the run, with all four Lehigh points coming from Grundhoffer free throws. Lehigh forced 10 Army turnovers in the second quarter, and 16 in the first half, building the lead back to eight with a breakaway steal and basket by Cameryn Benz at the two-minute mark, and a jumper by Hedstrom with 1:16 left to make it 25-17. Army scored four of the last five points of the frame from there to cut the deficit to 26-21 at the half.
Army got within three at the 6:46 mark of the third quarter, and crept within two following a free throw moments later. The two teams traded baskets for the next two minutes as Army got within one, then took a 35-34 lead following a pair of free throws at the 3:05 mark. Quinci Mann and Buhr quickly responded with back-to-back layups to give Lehigh the lead back at 38-35. Mann added four free throws before the end of the quarter and Grundhoffer hit a jumper in the paint in the closing seconds with the score 44-39 heading into the fourth.
Devaney opened the final quarter with Lehigh's first three-pointer of the game, after the team started 0-for-9 from downtown to grab an eight-point lead. She added another triple nearly three minutes later to grow the lead to a game-high 11 at 54-43. Trailing 56-46 with 2:31 to go, Army ran off six straight points to get within 56-52 with 59 seconds left. Grundhoffer sank two from the line with 33 seconds left, and after both teams had an empty possession, Army made it a one-score game with a three-pointer from Destinee Morris with six seconds left to make it 58-55. Mann went to the line after a foul on the inbounds, hit one free throw to make it 59-55, and Army's last shot was offline.
"It was an important win for us, looking ahead to who we have on our schedule with our next four on the road against tough opponents," Troyan said. "Army brings a physical toughness to their game and I thought our kids did a good job of matching that. It was not our best basketball on the offensive end, but they played really well on the defensive end and that gave us a chance to win."
Next up, the Mountain Hawks will start a four game road trip on Wednesday in Baltimore against Loyola. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Lehighsports.com/watch and PatriotLeague.TV.
Coach Quotables: Sue Troyan
"Bernie played some really good minutes off the bench and had some big buckets when we struggling to score and that opened up the lead. There were contributions from a lot of different people."
"I thought Gena did a good job taking what the defense gave her. She had some inside shots, outside shots and some shots off the dribble. She's a versatile post with lots of offensive abilities. Hopefully this is a game where she can gain a lot of confidence. It's nice to see as a sophomore the lights starting to go on and her gaining a lot of self-confidence."
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Gena Grundhoffer led the way with a career-high 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting to lead the Lehigh women's basketball team to a 59-55 win over Army West Point at Stabler Arena on Saturday. Grundhoffer was also a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line and pulled in seven rebounds and two steals. Sophomore Camryn Buhr added 14 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting, and senior Bernadette Devaney scored eight points and delivered both of the team's three-pointers. After shooting just 26.7 percent in the opening half, Lehigh shot 63.2 percent (12-for-19) over the final 20 minutes, and finished with 32 points in the paint. Army outrebounded Lehigh 40-33 while the Lehigh defense forced 20 West Point turnovers and collected nine steals. Lehigh improves to 12-7 overall and 6-2 in Patriot League play, while Army drops to 9-10, 2-6 PL.
"We have a lot of kids that are capable of stepping up and hitting the three, and this was a game where Army did a pretty good job of taking away our perimeter game," said head coach Sue Troyan. "Instead of forcing bad shots, we emphasized attacking the rim and sometimes you have to take what the defense gives you. We weren't great at shooting today, but we didn't settle on three-point shots either, we found other ways to score and we got contributions from different people."
Buhr found Grundhoffer with a bounce pass in the lane for a layup and drew the foul. Grundhoffer hit the free throw to give Lehigh a 7-2 lead at the first media timeout. Hannah Hedstrom raced ahead for a breakway layup after picking Army's pocket and Devaney added two free throws, both in the final minute, to give Lehigh a 15-9 lead after one.
After Buhr made it 17-9 with a layup in the opening minute of the second quarter, Lehigh went on to miss their next 10 field goal attempts, but Army only outscored Lehigh 6-4 during the run, with all four Lehigh points coming from Grundhoffer free throws. Lehigh forced 10 Army turnovers in the second quarter, and 16 in the first half, building the lead back to eight with a breakaway steal and basket by Cameryn Benz at the two-minute mark, and a jumper by Hedstrom with 1:16 left to make it 25-17. Army scored four of the last five points of the frame from there to cut the deficit to 26-21 at the half.
Army got within three at the 6:46 mark of the third quarter, and crept within two following a free throw moments later. The two teams traded baskets for the next two minutes as Army got within one, then took a 35-34 lead following a pair of free throws at the 3:05 mark. Quinci Mann and Buhr quickly responded with back-to-back layups to give Lehigh the lead back at 38-35. Mann added four free throws before the end of the quarter and Grundhoffer hit a jumper in the paint in the closing seconds with the score 44-39 heading into the fourth.
Devaney opened the final quarter with Lehigh's first three-pointer of the game, after the team started 0-for-9 from downtown to grab an eight-point lead. She added another triple nearly three minutes later to grow the lead to a game-high 11 at 54-43. Trailing 56-46 with 2:31 to go, Army ran off six straight points to get within 56-52 with 59 seconds left. Grundhoffer sank two from the line with 33 seconds left, and after both teams had an empty possession, Army made it a one-score game with a three-pointer from Destinee Morris with six seconds left to make it 58-55. Mann went to the line after a foul on the inbounds, hit one free throw to make it 59-55, and Army's last shot was offline.
"It was an important win for us, looking ahead to who we have on our schedule with our next four on the road against tough opponents," Troyan said. "Army brings a physical toughness to their game and I thought our kids did a good job of matching that. It was not our best basketball on the offensive end, but they played really well on the defensive end and that gave us a chance to win."
Next up, the Mountain Hawks will start a four game road trip on Wednesday in Baltimore against Loyola. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Lehighsports.com/watch and PatriotLeague.TV.
Coach Quotables: Sue Troyan
"Bernie played some really good minutes off the bench and had some big buckets when we struggling to score and that opened up the lead. There were contributions from a lot of different people."
"I thought Gena did a good job taking what the defense gave her. She had some inside shots, outside shots and some shots off the dribble. She's a versatile post with lots of offensive abilities. Hopefully this is a game where she can gain a lot of confidence. It's nice to see as a sophomore the lights starting to go on and her gaining a lot of self-confidence."
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Team Stats
ARMY
LEHIGH
FG%
.361
.408
3FG%
.214
.154
FT%
.727
.739
RB
40
33
TO
20
16
STL
7
9
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
5
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