NEW YORK - The Army West Point women's basketball team sprinted out to 16-2 lead and led throughout in a convincing 75-38 victory over Navy in Patriot League action on Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The Black Knights captured the women's basketball gold star in the 2015-16 Star Series presented by USAA. Army collects its sixth win in a row to improve to 16-2 overall and 7-1 in the conference, while Navy slips to 9-10 and 3-5. Senior Kelsey Minato led all scorers with 22 points to include a 4-for-8 performance from three-point range. Click here to watch the video.
She also added five rebounds and four assists. Classmate Jean Parker finished with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting and 3-of-5 shooting from deep, while sophomores Destinee Morris and Aliyah Murray each added eight points off the bench, with Morris' eight points coming as a career high. Senior Aimee Oertner finished with seven points and a game-high eight rebounds, freshman Madison Hovren tallied six points and four boards, and sophomore Janae McNeal recorded five points and five rebounds. Taylor Dunham paced Navy with nine points, while Sarita Condie added eight. "This was a tremendous performance by this group," said head coach Dave Magarity. "I was a little concerned with all of the distractions today, but we came out about as well as we've played to start a game all season long. I think today was the case of us executing the game plan, both offensively and defensively. Read More
The Men's Game has been posted due to emergency weather conditions.