Women's Basketball Release 1.12.16 

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- The Patriot League slate continues, as Bucknell owns sole possession of first place in the standings at 4-0. All ten teams will play on Wednesday at the seven o'clock hour and will then play this weekend. Four games will be played on Saturday, while one will take place on Sunday. All of the Patriot League action this week can be seen for free on the Patriot League Network.

Patriot League Twitter Notebook - @PL_WBB
* Army senior Kelsey Minato earned her fourth Patriot League weekly honor this season and became the League's all-time leader with 14 career weekly honors
* Bucknell made a comeback-road win over Holy Cross, 58-51, to remain as the only undefeated team in the League at 4-0.
* The Bison are 4-0 for the first time since the 2001-02 season.
* Lafayette captured its first League win of the season, defeating Boston U. at home on Saturday, 71-56.
* On Saturday, senior Jamie O'Hare became the 18th player in the Leopards' program history to reach 1,000 career points.
* Both American and Navy secured wins on Saturday to improve to 2-2 on the season.
* Navy senior Peri Curtis registered her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead the team to a 51-41 win over Colgate.
* American sophomore Maria Liddane hit an incredible all-net buzzer beater from beyond half court to end the first period.

Patriot League Notebook

Bucknell Takes Over Sole Possession of First, Lafayette Grabs First PL Win
This past Saturday featured the battle of the two 3-0 teams -- Bucknell at Holy Cross -- and of the two 0-3 teams -- Boston University at Lafayette. The Leopards captured a convincing 71-56 win over the Terriers for their first win of the Patriot League season. Lafayette was led by senior Jamie O'Hare, who netted a team-high 19 points and became the 18th player in the team's program history to reach 1,000 career points when she drained a pair of free throws with 1:38 left in the third quarter. On the other side of things, the Crusaders pulled out to an 11-point lead with 7:01 to go in the second quarter. This Bison's Jacquie Klotz hit a trey to tie the game at 24-24 but Holy Cross went on a 12-3 to take a 36-27 lead into the break. Bucknell chipped away at the lead and another Klotz basket once again tied the game, 41-41. Freshman Kaitlyn Slagus knocked down a shot from three-point land to give the Bison a 44-41 lead into the fourth. Bucknell led the rest of the way to a 58-51 victory on Saturday at the Hart Center.

Next Round of Patriot League Games Slated for Wednesday
All ten teams will be in action on Wednesday, with each of the five games airing on the Patriot League Network. All five games will also begin at the 7 o'clock hour, with Boston University, Army West point, Bucknell, Loyola Maryland, and Holy Cross serving as hosts. American will head north to Boston, while Lafayette will head north to Worcester, Mass. Colgate will remain in their home state as will Navy, and Lehigh.

Follow the Action on the Patriot League Network
Once again, the Patriot League will partner with Campus Insiders on the Patriot League Network, a streaming platform that will enable fans to watch League regular season and postseason events for free. With the exception of the contests on CBS Sports Network, all home games both in non-League and Patriot League play will feature free live streaming on PLN.

Minato's Making More Moves in League History Book
Army West Point's Kelsey Minato earned her fourth Lids Team Sports Women's Basketball Patriot League Player of the Week award on Monday, following another impressive week on the court. With the honor, she has a career total of 14 POW awards and is now the all-time leader in Patriot League history. And the season is far from over. The senior guard had posted her second-straight 30 point game, scoring exactly 30 points versus Lafayette after totaling 35 against Bucknell, and most recently, she netted 23 at home against Loyola Maryland to help the Black Knights improve to 3-1 in the League. So far this season, Minato has totaled 336 points for a career mark of 2,149 -- just 313 points from tying Bucknell's Molly Creamer (1999-03), the all-time leader, with 2,462 points. She is averaging 25 points per game and if she keeps that up with 14 games left in the regular season alone, she's well on her way to surpassing the League record.

Patriot League Among NCAA Statistics
There a handful of players and teams that rank among the nation's top in NCAA Division I. Colgate senior Josie Stockill set an NCAA individual game-high of 13 blocks and also set a new Patriot League record during the opening game of the Patriot League season at Lafayette. Currently, she leads the nation with 4.29 blocked shots per game and is second with 60 blocks this season. Stockill's 13 blocks also helped the Raiders to an NCAA team game-high of 18 blocks, and as a team, Colgate is third in the nation with 6.7 blocked shots per game. Army West Point also appears in several team stats among DI programs, with its highest ranking being No. 2 in three-point FG percentage at 41.9 (203-of-246). Also ranked among the nation's best individually from the Patriot League is Lehigh's Lexi Martins, who is No. 1 in defensive rebounds per game (10), No. 2 in rebounds (217), and No. 2 in rebounds per game (14.5). There are several other players in the League as well as teams that are among the Nation's Top 25 statistically, which can be found on the fifth page of this document.

Holy Cross Adds Two Charter Games to Schedule, Plays Lehigh on Sunday in ASN Game
The Crusaders added a pair of games to their schedule that will be aired by Charter, in addition to being broadcast on the Patriot League Network: Holy Cross' game versus Lafayette on Wednesday (1/13/16) and game against Loyola Maryland on Feb. 24. Aside from Charter and the PLN, the Crusaders can also be seen on ASN (American Sports Network) when they play at Lehigh on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m.

Patriot League Championship, Army-Navy on CBS Sports Network
Both matchups between Army West Point and Navy this season are scheduled to air on CBS Sports Network, with the first of the two being played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, January 23 at 11:30 a.m. as part of a double-header feature with the men's teams. A second double-header featuring the Army West Point and Navy squads is on tap for Saturday, February 20, this time from Annapolis with the women tipping off at 11 a.m. CBS Sports Network will also televise the 2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championships, for the seventh year in a row, on Saturday, March 12 at 6 p.m.
CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, and to access the CBS Sports Network channel finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

American Sports Network to Carry Pair of Regular Season Games
American Sports Network will broadcast two women's basketball contests, beginning with action between Holy Cross and Lehigh in Bethlehem , Pa. on Sunday, January 17 at 3 p.m. The ASN schedule concludes with the regular season as Bucknell visits Lafayette on Wednesday, March 2 at 6 p.m.
American Sports Network is a sports programming initiative of Sinclair Networks Group, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 37.5% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates.

2016 Patriot League Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Tournament, featuring all 10 teams playing at campus sites, begins with the first round on Saturday, March 5 (#10 seed plays at the #7 seed and the #9 seed visits the #8 seed) followed by the quarterfinals two days later (#1 overall seed hosting the 9/8 winner and the #5 seed playing at the #4 seed on one half of the bracket and the #2 seed at home against the 10/7 winner with the #6 seed at the #3 seed on the other side). The four remaining squads then move to on the semifinals and championship, which will be hosted by the highest-seeded semifinal team on Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12. The first round and quarterfinal games will be shown on Patriot League Network as will the semifinals, while the championship game will be aired on CBS Sports Network. All Patriot League Tournament games will be played at the site of the higher seed.
More information can be found on the women's basketball championship page, here.

Team Notebook

AMERICAN (4-11, 2-2) The Eagles held off a late rally by the Mountain Hawks in the fourth quarter to earn their second win of the Patriot League season with a 59-55 win on Saturday at Stabler Arena ... AU went on a 10-2 run to end the first quarter, which was capped off by a ridiculous half-court shot by Maria Liddane that was all net for an 18-11 lead ... The Eagles maintained control until the fourth quarter, when the Mountain Hawks began to make a comeback and came within two with 14 seconds on the clock, 57-55 ... A foul by Lehigh at 11 seconds put Liddane on the line, who converted both and gave the Mountain Hawks one last chance ... However, they were unable to convert and American claimed the road win ... Junior Lauren Crisler led the Eagles with 18 points, while Liddane posted 11, and freshman Cecily Carl had 10 along ... Crisler and Carl also led the team with nine rebounds each.

ARMY WEST POINT (12-2, 3-1) The Greyhounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but seniors Kelsey Minato and Jean Parker teamed up to score 13-straight points for a ten-point lead, 13-3 ... It was a lead the Black Knights would not relinquish, as they went on to win 70-37 at Christl Arena Saturday afternoon -- their eighth-straight win at home this season (8-0) ... Army limited Loyola to single digits in three periods, while the Black Knights scored 25 and 26 points in the first and fourth quarters respectively ... Army was led by Minato, who netted 23 points and posted three steals ... Classmates Parker and Aimee Oertner each grabbed eight rebounds and chipped in six points.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY (0-15, 0-4) The Terriers captured a one-point lead, 5-4, at 7:03 in the first quarter, but it was the last lead they would hold all day as the Leopards ran up the score to lead by as many as 21 in the third ... Both teams battled for their first win of the Patriot League season, but it was the home team who came away with a 71-56 win at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton ... Kara Sheftic had three blocks and a team-best 16 points, while Sarah Hope contributed nine points of her own.

BUCKNELL (10-5, 4-0) The Crusaders pulled out to an 11-point lead with 7:01 to go in the second quarter ... A Jacquie Klotz trey tied it at 24-24 but Holy Cross went on a 12-3 to take a 36-27 lead into the break ... The Bison came back and chipped at the lead and a Klotz layup tied the game at 41-41 ... Freshman Kaitlyn Slagus then drilled a basket from three-point land to give Bucknell a 44-41 lead into the fourth ... The Crusaders came within three with 5:35 left, but it was the closest they would come the rest of the way as the Bison went on to remain as the only unbeaten team in the League at 4-0 with a 58-51 final score on Saturday at the Hart Center ... Klotz led the team to its fourth-straight Patriot League victory - the first time since 2001-02 season - with a double-double of 24 points and 12 rebounds ... Junior Claire DeBoer also reached double-figures with 11 points.

COLGATE (3-11, 1-3) The Raiders jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first quarter but back-to-back treys from the Mids' Taylor Dunham and Sara Jones put their team ahead and for good ... Colgate fell to Navy, 51-41, on Saturday at Alumni Hall ... The Mids had an advantage of 17 points off of turnovers to the Raiders' five ... The Raiders' Josie Stockill recorded a double-double, with 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Kateri Stone netted nine points.

HOLY CROSS (6-9, 3-1) The Crusaders pulled out to an 11-point lead with 7:01 to go in the second quarter ... The Bison's Jacquie Klotz tied the game at 24-24 with a basket from three-point land, but Holy Cross went on a 12-3 to take a 36-27 lead into the break ... Bucknell came back once again and chipped away at the lead ... Another Klotz basket tied the game yet again, at 41-41, and the visitors grabbed a 44-41 lead on a Kaitlyn Slagus trey ... The Crusaders came within three with 5:35 left in regulation, but it was the closest they would come the rest of the way as the Bison went on to win 58-51 on Saturday at the Hart Center ... Holy Cross was led by sophomores Infiniti Thomas-Waheed and Tricia Byrne, as each scored 10 points ... Senior Molly Hourigan and junior Madelyn Ganser led the Crusaders with nine rebounds apiece.

LAFAYETTE (3-11, 1-3) The Leopards began the game knowing one team would walk away with its first win of the Patriot League season ... And it was Lafayette who did just that ... Senior Jamie O'Hare, who netted a team-high 19 points, became the 18th player in the Leopards' program history to reach 1,000 career points when she drained a pair of free throws with 1:38 left in the third quarter and led the home team to a 71-56 win over Boston University on Saturday at the Kirby Sports Center ... The Terriers captured a one-point lead, 5-4, at 7:03 in the first quarter, but it was the last lead they would hold all day as Lafayette ran up the score to lead by as many as 21 in the third ... Along with O'Hare, freshman Alex Cantwell contributed career-highs of 17 points and seven assists, while junior Harriet Ottewill-Soulsby chipped in 10 points of her own as well as seven rebounds ... Junior Ashley Lutz pulled down a team-high 11 boards.

LEHIGH (9-6, 2-2) The Mountain Hawks went on a late rally in the fourth quarter but came up short, falling to the Eagles 59-55 on Saturday at Stabler Arena ... Lehigh's Jordan Elizabeth made a trey to give the home team a 9-8 advantage, but American's Elina Koskimies made a trey of her own, beginning a 10-2 first-quarter run for AU ... Down 52-36 in the fourth, Lexi Martins began a 19-5 run that ended with a Quinci Mann trey to come within two with 14 seconds on the clock, 57-55 ... A foul by Lehigh at 11 seconds put Liddane on the line, who converted both ... Martins posted her 12th double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Mann finished with 14 points.

LOYOLA MARYLAND (5-10, 2-2) The Greyhounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Black Knights scored 13-straight points for a ten-point lead, 13-3 ... Army didn't let up and Loyola Maryland fell 70-37 at Christl Arena Saturday afternoon ... The Black Knights limited the Greyhounds to single digits in three periods ... Loyola shot 30.2 percentage from the field and were limited to only three attempts beyond the arc with none being converted ... Sophomore Bri Betz-White led the Greyhounds with six points, while freshman Courtney Vannoy netted five points and totaled eight rebounds.

NAVY (8-7, 2-2) The Raiders jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first quarter but back-to back treys from the Mids' Taylor Dunham and Sara Jones put Navy ahead and for good ... The Mids were able to hold Colgate to no more than 10 points in the first three quarters, helping them to a 51-41 victory over the Raiders on Saturday at Alumni Hall ... Navy's bench contributed 24 points, as opposed to Colgate's 11 and the Mids also had an advantage of 17 points off of turnovers to the Raiders' five ... Navy senior Peri Curtis registered her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead the team ... Sarita Condie contributed nine points of her own while Dunham pitched in eight.