Nov. 24, 2007

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Navy women's basketball team committed 26 turnovers and converted only 2-of-15 attempts from behind the three-point line in a 53-47 loss to Kent State, Saturday evening in the consolation game of the Rocky Mountain Invitational at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.

"Turnovers and foul trouble were a problem for us, but regardless of that we need to start knocking down shots from the outside," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott.

After Kent State held a slim lead during most of the first half, the Golden Flashes closed the half on a 5-0 run to take a 27-20 lead at intermission. The margin grew to as many as nine points several times during the early portion of the second half, including at 40-31 with 9:28 remaining in the game, but the Mids were able to close to within four points at 40-36 with 7:55 left on the clock.

Kelly Altschul (So., San Antonio, Texas) converted 1-of-2 free throw attempts to start the rally, Cassie Consedine (Fr., Bartlesville, Okla.) followed by sinking a pair of shots from the foul line and Whitney Davidson (Jr., New Oxford, Pa.) made a layup following a K.C. Gordon (So., Vienna, Va.) steal.

The two teams traded baskets on their respective ensuing possessions, then Kent State went on another 5-0 run to take a 47-38 lead with 5:56 left in the game. From there, Navy could only close to within six points over the remainder of the game.

Kent State scored 23 of its 53 points following Navy turnovers, while the Mids scored 10 points off of Kent State's 17 turnovers.

Neither team shot the ball particularly well in the game. The Mids converted 37.2 percent of their shots from the field and 13-of-20 shots from the charity stripe, while Kent State made 34 percent of its shots from the floor, including a 4-of-16 effort from behind the three-points stripe, and just 13-of-24 attempts from the foul line.

Gordon scored 13 points to pace the Navy offense, while Kent State's Anna Kowalska scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead all players.

"I need to be patient with this team," said Marryott. "We have a number of inexperienced players who are receiving a lot of minutes against good players from veteran teams. We need to improve at decision making to limit our errors, but that is part of the learning process we are going through."

The Mids fell to 2-6 on the year with the loss, while the Golden Flashes improved to 1-4 with the win.

Navy will next be in action Nov. 29 when the Mids play at Radford.