Women’s Basketball Rolls Past Mount St. Mary’s, 73-48

Saturday, November 14

Emmitsburg, Md.

2 p.m.

Bucknell University

1-3,0-0Patriot

Mount St. Mary's

0-5,0-0Metro

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Bucknell	21	24	10	18	73
Mount St. Mary's	18	4	11	15	48

Game Notes

Photo by: Victoria Riccobono

11/14/2026 4:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

EMMITSBURG, Md. – Freshman Tessa Liggio authored a breakout performance in her fourth career game, logging 22 points, seven assists, four rebounds, and three steals to lead the Bucknell women's basketball team to a convincing 73-48 win over Mount St. Mary's on Saturday at Knott Arena.

The Bison (1-3) carved up the Mount St. Mary's (0-5) zone all day. They were unconscious from the 3-point arc in the first half, connecting on 10 of 15 from downtown on the way to a commanding 45-22 halftime lead. After cooling off from long range after the halftime break, Bucknell went to work in the interior with 20 points in the paint in the second half along with some lock-down defense.

"This was our best 40 minutes of the year from start to finish," said head coach Trevor Woodruff. "Every team at this point in the season is searching for consistency, and we're no different, but there were a lot of positives. Things that we have been stressing the last few days in practice, I thought our team did a good job of executing for most of the day."

Liggio came into the game with 21 total points in her first three collegiate games. She exploded for 22 in this one, controlling the game from the high-post spot in the middle of the Mount's zone. Liggio scored Bucknell's first seven points of the day and had 10 in the first quarter. She finished 10-for-14 from the field, 2-for-4 from the arc, and either scored or assisted on 17 of the team's 28 buckets.

What a start for Tessa Liggio! She scored 10 of our first 12 points and then assisted on a Mariah Hardy and-1. The Bison lead 14-8 at the first media TO. BU is 5-6 FG, Mount 4-9. Watch: https://t.co/MZtSQCe6Gr @PatriotLeague | @ESPN https://t.co/UsygSdCZy0
— Bucknell WBB (@Bucknell_WBB) November 14, 2026

The Bison shared the ball very well, recording 25 assists on 28 made field goals. Ella Kreuzer added six assists and Elana Weisman had five. Weisman stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, eight rebounds and the five helpers, and Isabella Casey got going from long range and tallied 13 points. Casey entered the contest 0-for-6 from the arc on the season but made her first four in this one, all coming in Bucknell's dominant 24-4 second-quarter surge. Reese Zemitis was Bucknell's fourth double-digit scorer with 11.

At the defensive end, Bucknell forced 19 turnovers and held Mount St. Mary's to 36.0 percent shooting from the floor and only four 3-pointers in 21 attempts.

The Bison trailed only once all day at 2-0, with Liggio's hot start quickly flipping the scoreboard. It was just a 9-8 game when Liggio's 3-pointer ignited an 8-0 that gave them some separation for the first time. The Mount scored the final seven points of the first period to cut a 10-point deficit down to two, but the Bison completely dominated the second quarter.

Bucknell scored the first 16 points of the stanza, starting with a Liggio elbow jumper. Casey followed with two straight threes, Weisman knocked down a triple, and then Casey hit another one from the top of the key off an Anna Kunzwiler offensive rebound and kick-out. Kunzwiler beat the shot clock with a running bank shot to make it 37-18 before Mount St. Mary's finally found some points in transition with 2:44 left in the quarter.

Casey and Zemitis added two more treys to give the Bison a 45-22 lead at the break. Bucknell cooled off considerably in the third quarter, going 0-for-9 from the arc, but Liggio and Weisman each assisted on two layups to the other. Mariah Hardy scored all alone under the basket off a Weisman feed to make it 55-33 after three, and the Bison got more than enough stops down the stretch to put away their first win of the season.

Bucknell finished at 47.5 percent from the field and 38.7 percent (12-31) from downtown. Rebounds were even at 33-33, with both teams recording double-digit offensive boards. The Bison took good care of the basketball, finishing +8 in turnover margin, which led to a 23-9 edge in points off turnovers.