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Lehigh Falls Victim to Late Shot in 67-64 Loss at Loyola
1/24/2018 10:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BALTIMORE, Md. – Alexis Gray's long three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left lifted Loyola past Lehigh 67-64 on Wednesday night. The Mountain Hawks, who entered the game shooting 75.6 percent in league play from the free throw line, went just 9-for-18 from the charity stripe in the game, including a 7-for-16 clip in the second half. Quinci Mann scored 32 points on 12-for-19 shooting to become the first Lehigh player to score 30+ points in a game since Jenny Callan (31) in February 2006. Camryn Buhr scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, and Cameryn Benz and Gena Grundhoffer scored eight points apiece. Mann and Buhr led the team with seven rebounds each.
Loyola shot 49.1 percent overall and was 6-for-10 from three-point range, while Lehigh shot 45.3 percent and went 7-for-14 from beyond the arc. Each team committed 14 turnovers and had 10 assists, and Loyola won the rebounding battle 30-29. The Greyhounds also had a 20-13 edge in points off turnovers.
"We definitely missed a lot of opportunities by leaving a lot of points on the foul line," said head coach Sue Troyan. "We knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in. They have a number of players that can score in a number of different ways. Give them credit for hitting last shot. It was a well played game on both sides."
Loyola scored seven straight points to go up 7-2 before Grundhoffer hit a three-pointer and went coast-to-coast to knot it 7-7. After a Loyola made a layup, Grundhoffer made her third straight field goal to tie it at nine at the 4:27 mark. Buhr gave Lehigh a 13-11 lead on assist from Bernadette Devaney at 2:33. After Loyola made it 13-12, Lehigh scored six straight, including four from Benz to give Lehigh the 19-14 after one.
Mann opened the second quarter on fire, hitting three consecutive three-pointers to help Lehigh build their lead to 28-18 at the 6:31 mark. From there, Loyola went on an 18-4 run to close the half, including a 9-0 stretch to make it 28-27, before Devaney went around a defender for a basket to make it 30-27 with 3:34 to go. After a three-pointer gave Loyola a 32-30 lead, Buhr tied it with a layup with 1:39 to go before the Greyhounds scored the final four points to take a 36-32 lead into the locker room.
After not committing a turnover in the first quarter, Lehigh turned it over seven times in the second, leading to 12 Greyhound points. The Greyhounds shot 51.7 percent in the opening 20 minutes to Lehigh's 43.3 percent
"There were parts throughout the game where we didn't run a great offense and I thought they dug in on defense there in the second half on us," Troyan said. "We didn't defend strongly in the first half and I thought we got much better in the third quarter on both the offense and defensive ends."
Lehigh took a 44-43 lead in the third quarter following a Mann three-pointer. Benz followed with a layup, and Mann hit another layup to extend the LU run to 9-0 and give Lehigh the 48-43 lead. Loyola responded with seven straight points of their own to go up by two, before Buhr tied it with two free throws. Gray put Loyola up 53-50 late with a three-pointer, but Mann responded with her fifth triple of the night to retie the game 53-53 in the closing seconds of the third quarter.
Lehigh built a three-point, 57-54 lead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter before the Greyhounds rattled off eight consecutive points to go up 62-57 with about five minutes left. After Mann and Grundhoffer each hit one free throw, Mann used back-to-back layups to give Lehigh the lead back at 63-62 with 55 seconds remaining. After a steal by Benz, Mae Williams hit one of two from the line to make it 64-62, before Stephanie Karcz retied it on a layup with 30 seconds left. After fouling, Loyola got the ball back following two missed free throws and Gray swished a long three to the left of the key with 1.2 seconds left. Lehigh called timeout and advanced the ball to the frontcourt, but a game-tying attempt by Mann hit the front of the rim. Lehigh converted on just three of their 10 attempts from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
"I thought we settled for some bad shots, particularity in the fourth quarter, and Quinci bailed us out with some good shots and drives to the basket," Troyan said. "I thought our girls at times pressed and took some bad shots, and they're not a team with a lot of height and I didn't think we took advantage of that enough inside."
Lehigh will head back down to Maryland this Saturday night for a league matchup at Navy. Tipoff will be at 7 p.m.
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Loyola shot 49.1 percent overall and was 6-for-10 from three-point range, while Lehigh shot 45.3 percent and went 7-for-14 from beyond the arc. Each team committed 14 turnovers and had 10 assists, and Loyola won the rebounding battle 30-29. The Greyhounds also had a 20-13 edge in points off turnovers.
"We definitely missed a lot of opportunities by leaving a lot of points on the foul line," said head coach Sue Troyan. "We knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in. They have a number of players that can score in a number of different ways. Give them credit for hitting last shot. It was a well played game on both sides."
Loyola scored seven straight points to go up 7-2 before Grundhoffer hit a three-pointer and went coast-to-coast to knot it 7-7. After a Loyola made a layup, Grundhoffer made her third straight field goal to tie it at nine at the 4:27 mark. Buhr gave Lehigh a 13-11 lead on assist from Bernadette Devaney at 2:33. After Loyola made it 13-12, Lehigh scored six straight, including four from Benz to give Lehigh the 19-14 after one.
Mann opened the second quarter on fire, hitting three consecutive three-pointers to help Lehigh build their lead to 28-18 at the 6:31 mark. From there, Loyola went on an 18-4 run to close the half, including a 9-0 stretch to make it 28-27, before Devaney went around a defender for a basket to make it 30-27 with 3:34 to go. After a three-pointer gave Loyola a 32-30 lead, Buhr tied it with a layup with 1:39 to go before the Greyhounds scored the final four points to take a 36-32 lead into the locker room.
After not committing a turnover in the first quarter, Lehigh turned it over seven times in the second, leading to 12 Greyhound points. The Greyhounds shot 51.7 percent in the opening 20 minutes to Lehigh's 43.3 percent
"There were parts throughout the game where we didn't run a great offense and I thought they dug in on defense there in the second half on us," Troyan said. "We didn't defend strongly in the first half and I thought we got much better in the third quarter on both the offense and defensive ends."
Lehigh took a 44-43 lead in the third quarter following a Mann three-pointer. Benz followed with a layup, and Mann hit another layup to extend the LU run to 9-0 and give Lehigh the 48-43 lead. Loyola responded with seven straight points of their own to go up by two, before Buhr tied it with two free throws. Gray put Loyola up 53-50 late with a three-pointer, but Mann responded with her fifth triple of the night to retie the game 53-53 in the closing seconds of the third quarter.
Lehigh built a three-point, 57-54 lead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter before the Greyhounds rattled off eight consecutive points to go up 62-57 with about five minutes left. After Mann and Grundhoffer each hit one free throw, Mann used back-to-back layups to give Lehigh the lead back at 63-62 with 55 seconds remaining. After a steal by Benz, Mae Williams hit one of two from the line to make it 64-62, before Stephanie Karcz retied it on a layup with 30 seconds left. After fouling, Loyola got the ball back following two missed free throws and Gray swished a long three to the left of the key with 1.2 seconds left. Lehigh called timeout and advanced the ball to the frontcourt, but a game-tying attempt by Mann hit the front of the rim. Lehigh converted on just three of their 10 attempts from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
"I thought we settled for some bad shots, particularity in the fourth quarter, and Quinci bailed us out with some good shots and drives to the basket," Troyan said. "I thought our girls at times pressed and took some bad shots, and they're not a team with a lot of height and I didn't think we took advantage of that enough inside."
Lehigh will head back down to Maryland this Saturday night for a league matchup at Navy. Tipoff will be at 7 p.m.
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Team Stats
LEHIGH
LOY
FG%
.453
.491
3FG%
.500
.600
FT%
.500
.538
RB
29
30
TO
14
14
STL
5
9
Game Leaders
Pts
32
FGM
12
3FGM
5
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
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