Women's Basketball

Patriot League Announces Women’s Basketball Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (1.15.22)

at HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (9-6, 3-1 PL) 62, COLGATE RAIDERS (2-15, 0-6 PL) 57
Box Score
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross Crusaders defended home court with a 62-57 win over Colgate on Saturday.
* Holy Cross junior guard Avery LaBarbera recorded 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season, to go with a game-high three assists.
* Sophomore guard Bronagh Power-Cassidy and sophomore forward Janelle Allen scored double-digits with 15 points and 10 points, respectively.
* Holy Cross outrebounded Colgate 37-30.
* Colgate finished with three players in double-digits in points, including freshman guard Taylor Golembiewski (21; career-high), sophomore forward Tiasia McMillan (10) and junior guard Alexa Brodie (10).
* McMillan added eight rebounds and two assists while junior guard Jenna Paul contributed eight points, nine rebounds and three steals.
Recaps: Colgate | Holy Cross
 
BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (9-7, 5-0 PL) 74 at NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (5-11, 2-4 PL) 63
Box Score
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Boston University Terriers are the lone Patriot League women’s basketball team still undefeated in League play after a 74-63 victory at Navy on Saturday afternoon.
* Junior guard Sydney Johnson and junior guard Liz Shean both led BU with 20 points each. Today was Johnson’s 11th double-figure scoring performance and Shean’s fifth game this season in which she scored in double digits.
* Sophomore forward Caitlin Weimar added 13 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.
* BU junior forward Maren Durant led all players in steals with three, to go along with nine points, seven boards and two assists.
* Boston held Navy’s bench players scoreless while BU’s reserves scored 20 points.
* Navy senior guard Jennifer Coleman led the team in points (career-high 32) and rebounds (16) for her 11th double-double of the season.
* Sophomore guard Sydne Watts netted a career-high 20 points, which marked her fifth game finishing with double-figures in points this season.
Recaps: Boston University | Navy
 
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (11-5, 3-2 PL) 72 at LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (3-11, 0-4 PL) 61
Box Score
BALTIMORE, Md. – Lehigh earned its third League win on Saturday with a 72-61 victory at Loyola Maryland.
* Lehigh sophomore guard Mackenzie Kramer and freshman guard Ella Stemmer scored 15 points apiece for the Mountain Hawks, followed by senior forward Emma Grothaus (12) and senior guard Megan Walker (10).
* Kramer and Stemmer both went 5-for-10 from the field and 5-for-9 from behind the arc.
* Grothaus added nine rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal to her stat line.
* Loyola junior guard Bri Rozzi led Loyola with 13 points, four assists and three steals.
* Greyhounds freshman forward Lex Therien recorded her fourth-straight and sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 boards.
* Senior guard Taleah Dixon and freshman guard Keegan Douglas chipped in nine points each.
* As a team, Loyola shot 90% (9-for-10) from the free-throw line.
Recaps: Lehigh | Loyola Maryland 
 
ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-6, 3-2 PL) 62 at LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (7-7, 3-1 PL) 56
Box Score
EASTON, Pa. – The Army West Point women’s basketball team snapped Lafayette’s three-game winning streak as they defeated the Leopards, 62-56.
* Senior guard Alisa Fallon led the Black Knights with 22 points, in addition to six rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block.
* Sophomore guard Lauren Lithgow finished the game with a season-high in points (11) and steals (3).
* Junior forward Sabria Hunter recorded eight points, nine boards and five assists.
* Lafayette had four players score double-digits, including junior guard Jessica Booth (16), senior forward Naomi Ganpo (11), freshman guard Claire Gallagher (11), and sophomore guard Makayla Andrews (10).
* Booth also led the team in assists (4) and steals (4) while Ganpo added a team-high nine rebounds.
* Lafayette held a 20-point edge in points in the paint, outscoring Army, 36-16.
Recaps: Army West Point | Lafayette 

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