Jan. 12, 2008

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Bucknell shot 55 percent from the field in opening up a 20-point halftime lead over the Navy women's basketball team on its way to recording a 71-45 victory over the Midshipmen, Saturday night in Alumni Hall. The game served as the Patriot League opener for both programs.

Navy (4-12) struggled right from the start of the game on both ends of the floor. The Mids misfired misfired on its opening nine shots from the field until bucket by Cassie Consedine (Fr., Bartlesville, Okla.) ended the Navy drought to cut the margin down to 10-3 with 14:45 left to play in the half. Bucknell (6-9), meanwhile, converted 11 of its first 17 shots from the field (64.7%) to take a 27-11 lead before going into halftime holding a 42-22 lead.

The Mids shot 29.4 percent from the field in the first half, while making just 1-of-8 three-point attempts and sinking 1-of-2 shots from the foul line. The Bison in turn shot 55.6-percent from the field, made 3-of-4 three-point attempts and converted 9-of-13 free throw attempts.

"We were a bad basketball team, right from the get go," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. "It was a complete defensive letdown right from the start. Offensively, we missed some good opportunities to score early on, which will happen, but our defense dug such a big hole for ourselves that we started to rush the offense and tried to do too much and do things we weren't capable of. It wasn't effort problems on defense, it was not doing what we were supposed to do."

Bucknell, whose five starters logged 157 of the 200 minutes in the game and appeared together as a quintet with as late as the five minute mark while holding a 24-point lead, led by at least 20 points over the final 20 minutes of play.

The Bison cooled off somewhat in the second half, shooting 35.5 percent from the field after intermission and ending the game with an overall shooting percentage of 44.8 percent. Navy shot 34.8 percent from the field after halftime to conclude the contest with a shooting percentage of 31.6 percent. Additionally, Bucknell held a 44-30 advantage in rebounds.

A trio of Mids would score in double figures in the game. Kelly Altschul (So., Highland Village, Texas) scored a career-high 12 points to lead all Navy players, Angela Myers (Fr., San Antonio, Texas) finished with 11 points and Consedine added 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots.

Four of Bucknell's starters scored in double figures on the night, with Lauren Schober's 17 points pacing all players in the game and Kesha Champion contributing 15 points and 11 assists.

Navy will take to the road for a pair of games in the Lehigh Valley this week. The Mids will face Lehigh Wednesday in Bethlehem, Pa., and then will return to the region Saturday for a game against Lafayette in Easton, Pa.