Nov. 10, 2007

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ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Navy women's basketball team shot just 21 percent from the field and turned the ball over 21 times in a 47-33 loss to Winthrop, Saturday afternoon at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C. The Midshipmen fall to 0-2 on the opening weekend of the season with the loss, while the Eagles improved to 2-0.

"We never were able to get into any kind of offensive flow," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. "You can credit Winthrop for some of that, but we also share a great deal of the responsibility for failing to get into the offense."

The Mids misfired on their opening 13 shots from the field as the Eagles built a 12-1 lead. Navy's Cassie Consedine (Fr., Bartlesville, Okla.) finally broke the Navy scoring drought by sinking a jumper with 9:09 remaining in the half.

The Eagles would eventually build a 15-point advantage (20-5) with a little more than six minutes remaining in the half before going into intermission holding a 22-13 advantage.

Navy rallied and sliced the deficit down to just three points at 26-23 with 10:54 left in the game, but Winthrop tallied the next seven points to push the margin back to double figures at 33-23. The closest the Mids would come over the remainder of the game was seven points (37-30) with four minutes left on the clock.

While the Navy offense was struggling, its defense played fairly well, holding the Eagles to 30.8-percent shooting from the field and forcing 14 turnovers. Both teams finished the game with 39 rebounds.

Consedine accounted for six of Navy's 11 made field goals on the afternoon and was the lone Mid to make multiple field goals. She finished with 14 points and hauled in a game-high 12 rebounds to record her second double-double in as many days, while also setting a Navy freshman class record with five blocked shots.

Winthrop was led in scoring by Tiffany Rodd who poured in 21 points to lead all players.

Navy will conclude play at the Winthrop Classic Sunday at 1 p.m. when the Mids face North Texas. Both the Mids and the Mean Green have lost to Winthrop and Rice over the first two days of the tournament.