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Bucknell Women's Basketball Gets 69-52 Win at Patriot League Rival Navy
1/12/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2002
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Sophomore Desire Almind (Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Regional) matched her season-high with 17 points, and three other Bucknell women's basketball players were in double figures, as the Bison squad defeated Navy, 69-52, in Annapolis on Saturday afternoon.
The victory, Bucknell's fourth straight, improves the Orange and Blue to 9-6 overall and 2-0 in the Patriot League. Navy falls to 8-7 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
Both teams played sluggishly to start the game with Navy clinging to a one-point lead, 15-14, with 8:10 left in the half. The Mids built a four-point advantage, their largest of the contest, on a three-point play a minute later, but the Bison responded with a 10-2 run to turn the deficit into a four-point lead for themselves. Navy scored six unanswered to go ahead 26-24 with just under two minutes left in the frame, but Bucknell closed a 6-0 run with a Vicki Quimby (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) layup with two seconds left to carry a 30-26 lead into the intermission.
Bucknell carried its momentum into the second half, opening up a nine-point lead, 39-30, just over two minutes into the stanza. The Bison extended their advantage to as many as 13, 51-38, with 10 minutes left to play, but the Mids came marching back to get within six, 52-46, with 5:23 left on the clock. The Orange and Blue were held without a field goal for over five minutes during the Navy run, and held a 54-48 lead with over four minutes remaining.
Navy's Nikki Curtis hit two free throws with 2:04 left in the game to get the Mids within eight, but Bucknell outscored the host team, 11-2, to close out the game with the 69-52 victory.
Almind led the way with her 17 points, joined by junior Molly Creamer (Mendham, N.J./West Morris Mendham), Quimby and Kate Franks (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) in double-figures. Creamer tallied the third double-double of her career, scoring 16 points and handing out 10 assists. Quimby chipped in 15 markers, while Franks scored 12 points and led the squad with a career-best eight rebounds.
Bucknell tri-captain Monique LeBlanc (Cumberland, R.I./Bishop Feehan), who spent most of the game defending the Patriot League's leading scorer, Courtney Davidson, recorded three steals and helped to hold Davidson to a season-low nine points. Bryanna Herring was Navy's only player in double-figures with 10 points. Navy shot just 28.8% from the floor, 22.2% from three-point territory.
Bucknell returns home to host Army in a 5:15 p.m. conference matchup on Wednesday, February 16.
Bucknell (69)
LeBlanc 1-4 1-2 7, Quimby 6-13 3-5 15, Rounsley 1-2 2-3 4, Creamer 7-17 0-0 16, Franks 4-12 3-5 1-2 12, May 0-2 2-2 2, Hatalsky 0-1 0-0 0, Almind 8-13 1-2 17, Hettler 0-1 0-0 0, Valdner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 10-16 69.
Navy (52)
Luchsinger 2-7 2-2 6, Campbell 3-9 0-0 8, Herring 3-10 4-4 10, Shimoda 4-15 0-0 9, Davidson 2-9 4-4 9, Kavanaugh 0-0 0-0 0, Dunn 2-5 0-0 4, Flacke 0-1 0-0 0, Zapf 1-1 1-1 3, Jensen 0-1 1-2 1, Maslowski 0-1 0-0 0, Curtis 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 17-59 14-15 52.
Halftime: Bucknell 30, Navy 26. 3-Point Shots: Bucknell 5-15 (Franks 3-5, Creamer 2-7, May 0-2, Hettler 0-1), Navy 4-18 (Campbell 2-8, Davidson 1-2, Shimoda 1-7, Luchsinger 0-1). Rebounds: Bucknell 43 (Franks 8), Navy 42 (Campbell 8). Assists: Bucknell 18 (Creamer 10), Navy 7 (Luchsinger, Campbell 2). Steals: Bucknell 12, Navy 7. Fouls: Bucknell 16, Navy 18. Fouled Out: Herring (Navy). Technical Fouls: none. Attendance: 645. Team Records: Bucknell 9-6, 2-0 PL, Navy 8-7, 0-2 PL.
