Bucknell University
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Virginia
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Bucknell Women's Basketball Falls 80-35 to UVA
11/9/2025 4:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Charlottesville, Va. — Bucknell women's basketball (0-2) fell to Virginia (2-0) 80-35 on Sunday afternoon in JPJ Arena. The Cavaliers went on a 13-point run to open the game and carried that momentum through the win. Despite a very close second quarter of scoring between the two teams, the Bison were unable to come back from their deficit due to turnovers, missed shots and being out-rebounded throughout the game. UVA used its size and offensive power to extend its lead throughout the second half.
Captain Tuana Coskun was the lone Bison to hit double-digit points as she recorded 10 which all came in the second quarter. She also had one assist and two rebounds in the game. Freshman Kaila Richards came off the bench and led the team in rebounds with four and freshman Ella Kreuzer came off the bench to lead the team in assists with three. Reese Zemitis recorded two steals which led the team and was second in scoring with nine points on the afternoon. Four other Bison found four points apiece in the game; Anna Kunzwiler, Elana Weisman, Kreuzer and Richards.
The Bison struggled to get the ball to fall in the basket with an overall shooting percentage of 27.8% on a 20-for-72 performance. Bucknell went 15-of-52 from the field and 1-of-15 from three. The Bison shot 80% from the free-throw line on a 4-of-5 performance. The Bison also struggled with turnovers as they committed 16 throughout the game.
Virginia was led by Kymora Johnson who put up 23 points, seven assists, five steals and three rebounds. They also had one other double-digit scorer in Tabitha Amanze. The Cavaliers out-rebounded the Bison 52-23 and had 10 steals on the afternoon.
The first quarter was all Virginia as the Cavaliers opened the game with a 13-point scoring run in the first five minutes. The Bison saw many opportunities and put up a lot of good shots throughout the run, but none fell in their direction. After the media timeout halfway through the quarter, Kunzwiler broke UVA's scoring streak with a driving layup to put the Bison on the board. The middle of the quarter went back-and-forth in terms of scoring, but Virginia closed out the first with three layups back-to-back to hold a 20 point lead.
The second quarter was a much more competitive 10 minutes with the Cavaliers only outscoring the Bison by two points. Coskun had a stellar scoring quarter for the Bison with 10 points. She opened with a layup to start Bucknell's momentum against a tough UVA defense and the Bison were able to force three turnovers to slow down the Cavaliers scoring efforts from the first quarter of play. While the Bison were able to find the basket and limit UVA, it wasn't enough to close the gap as Virginia held a 42-20 lead at the half.
Paris Clark opened the third quarter with a layup for the Cavaliers and Zemitis immediately responded with one of her own. After that, Virginia dominated as they went on an 11-point run before Zemitis broke the streak with a three-pointer, the Bisons only made three of the day. The teams traded baskets and stops for the next couple of minutes, which included points from Kreuzer and Weisman for the Bison. After the second media timeout of the quarter, UVA utilized the Bison's fouls to put up seven unanswered points to end the third quarter with a 66-27 lead.
The Bison opened the fourth with a Kreuzer fast break layup off of a UVA turnover and then made a stop. On the next offensive play, Zemitis was fouled and made two free-throws. Virginia broke the four-point Bison run with a seven-point run of its own. Richards hit a layup to break up that UVA scoring run, before the Cavaliers put up five more points. Kunzwiler hit the final shot of the game to cut Virginia's win to 80-35.
The Bison will head back to Lewisburg for a quick turnaround before its home opener at Sojka Pavilion on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. Bucknell will face Mount St. Mary's in the non-conference contest.
