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Bucknell Women's Basketball Drops 91-79 Decision at Army
2/23/2003 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2003
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army's Katie Macfarlane scored 17 second half points on her way to a game-high 32 to lead the Black Knights to a 91-79 victory over Bucknell in Patriot League women's basketball action on Sunday, February 23. The loss marks the first time in the last nine tries for the Bison that the squad has not defeated Army.
The Bison opened the game with two quick three-pointers from senior Molly Creamer and freshman Lindsey Geosits, and led by as many as 10, 18-8, six minutes into it. The Black Knights came charging back with a 13-6 run, capped by a three-pointer from Mallory Fritz, to get within three, 24-21. A layup by Creamer pushed the Bucknell lead back to five, 26-21, but Army responded with an 11-2 run, fueled by six points from Lindsay Brent, to take over the game, 32-28.
The Black Knights led by only two, 35-33 after another Geosits triple, but went on to outscore BU 11-2 over the final 2:55 of the half. Army's Katie Macfarlane scored the final nine points of the frame for Army on the way to the 46-35 halftime lead.
Army carried momentum into the second, opening it up with a 7-0 run to jump out to a 53-35 lead. Junior Desire Almind got the Bison offense moving with a jumper at the 17:45 mark, in the process netting her 1,000th career point. The Orange and Blue proceeded to climb back into it with a 10-3 run over a three-minute span to get within nine, 56-47.
Over the course of the next four minutes, Bucknell saw its deficit grow to 19, 68-49, behind eight points from Macfarlane during a 12-2 Army run. The Bison committed seven fouls during the spurt to put Army in the shooting bonus, and the host team took advantage of the free opportunities, connecting on 4-of-5 foul shots during the stretch.
The Orange and Blue slowly chipped away at the disadvantage, getting within 10, 70-60, on the strength of two Kate Franks three-pointers. Army's lead was at 15 again with 6:18 to play, but Bucknell cut it to 10 three more times over the next three minutes. A jumper by freshman Jennie Ruth with 2:31 to play cut the deficit to single-digits for the first time since before the break at 81-73.
The Black Knights left the window open by hitting only 8-of-12 free throws in the final 1:22 of the game, but the Bison could get no closer than eight.
In addition to Macfarlane, who also had a game-high 11 rebounds, Army placed four other players in double-figures scoring. Fritz and Amy Saal posted 14 each, while Shavonne Holden added 12 and Brent tallied 10. Bucknell was led by 27 from Creamer, 19 from Franks and 12 from Almind.
