CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – With American and Lehigh already off for the final exam break, eight Patriot League women’s basketball teams were in action on Tuesday and Wednesday night with both of the academies posting the only wins of the weekday non-League contests. On Tuesday, Army West Point traveled to St. Francis Brooklyn and collected its seventh win of the season while Navy captured a home victory over Johns Hopkins to improve to over .500.

Women’s Basketball Quick Recaps

* Army West Point defeated St. Francis Brooklyn 74-35 on the road Tuesday night … The Black Knights were 12-of-24 from beyond the Arc and were just one three-pointer shy of the team record that was set at Boston University on Jan. 29, 2015 … Army was 51.9 percent (28-of-54) from the floor, shooting at least 50.0 percent for a second-straight game ... Senior Kelsey Minato recorded a season-best 30 points and netted eight treys to match her own Academy record … Minato now has a total of 1,997 career points.

* Navy captured a 77-45 home victory over Johns Hopkins on Tuesday night … Seven members of the team made at least one three-point field goal, while 11 different players scored for the Mids … After a slow start to the game in the first quarter, Navy was 28-of-59 (47.5%) from the field and was 10-of-27 (37.05%) from beyond the arc … The team also tallied 24 assists on 31 of the converted baskets.

* Bucknell couldn’t get past UMBC’s tough defense and fell to the Retrievers 65-52 on Tuesday night … The Bison made 11 three-point field goals against UMBC for the second consecutive season, coming up just one shy of matching the program’s record of 12 … Junior Megan McGurk matched a career-high 15 points, making all five baskets of her 12 attempts from downtown … Classmate Claire DeBoer led the team with 12 rebounds and added eight points, while rookie Kyi English chipped in 10 points to reach double figures for the second-straight game.

*Loyola Maryland made the trip to College Park on Tuesday night and fell to No. 5 Maryland 97-47 … While the Terrapins outscored the Greyhounds in the first half, 24-12, the Green and Grey had more success from the three-point range knocking down four three-points field goals as opposed to the nationally ranked foe’s one … Senior Diana Logan came up one point shy of tying a career-best 19 points, notching a career-high five three-point baskets – which ties for fifth in Loyola’s single-game record books.

* Lafayette reached double-digits in steals for the fourth time in five game, finishing with 12 in the 69-48 road loss to Wagner on Wednesday night … The Leopards also forced 18 Seahawk turnovers but were outrebounded, 52-36 … Senior Jamie O’Hare led the team with 11 points and also had five assists, while freshman Alex Cantwell had her most productive game of the season as she contributed six points along with a team-high eight rebounds and four steals … O’Hare also pitched in three steals.

* Holy Cross connected on 26-of-64 shots from the floor (40.6%) but struggle in three-point land to only connect on 3-of-19 attempts (15.8%) in the Crusaders 75-67 road loss to UMass-Lowell on Wednesday night … However, Holy Cross was hot from the line making 12-of-14 (85.7%) … Senior Molly Hourigan posted her second double-double of her career as she played in her 100th game of her collegiate career … She also crossed the 500-point milestone, while sophomore Katie Doherty and senior Kate Gillespie each reached their 300th career point during the contest … In addition, Doherty pitched in a season-high 16 points and senior Lisa Mifsud contributed a season-high 17 points.

* Boston University is happy to see the return of a healthy Sarah Hope (junior guard), who tallied seven treys and matched a program record in addition to setting a new personal best mark … She accumulated a career-high 23 points to lead BU … However, it wasn’t enough as the Terriers suffered a loss to Rhode Island at home on Wednesday night, 57-41.

* Colgate was overpowered by No. 1 and three-time defending national champion UConn 94-50 on Wednesday night in front of a sold out crowd of 1,782 fans – the first official sellout in the Raider’s program history at Cotterell Court … However, senior Paige Kriftcher had the game of her life to date, notching a career-best 7-of-8 from beyond the arc to best her previous mark of three treys in a game (which occurred on five different occasions) … Colgate posted a 35.2 team shooting percentage – just 2 percentage points below its season average – from the field and shot 39.3 percent in the second half … After the Huskies’ Breanna Stewart left the game with 50 seconds remaining in the third quarter, the Raiders outscored UConn 22-20.

Coming Up
Five teams return to action this weekend, with Army playing in the only scheduled game on Friday. Both Holy Cross and Boston U. will play at home on Saturday, while Colgate and Navy wrap up the weekends’ non-League contests on Sunday at 2 p.m.