Jan. 5, 2008

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Ohio held the Navy women's basketball team to 19 percent shooting from the field in the first half and then shot nearly 65 percent from the floor in the second half to record an 81-52 victory over the Mids, Saturday evening at Alumni Hall.

A Cassie Consedine (Fr., Bartlesville, Okla.) jumper with 12:05 left in the first half cut the Navy deficit down to 17-10, but it would be the last field goal of the half for the Mids as Navy misfired on each of its remaining 12 shots from the floor leading up to halftime. While its offense struggled, the Navy defense played pretty well down the stretch and forced the Bobcats into 4-of-19 shooting from the field during the same time frame. That would result in Ohio taking a 28-14 advantage into the locker rooms at intermission.

Navy's offense started to click early in the second half as the Mids needed less than six minutes to match its first half scoring tally, but Ohio connected on nine of its opening 11 shots from the floor to build a 52-31 lead with just under 12 minutes left to play. The Bobcats closed that initial 9-of-11 stretch by sinking eight-straight field goal attempts.

"We were not good at all on offense in the first half," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. "But even with that, if we had played some defense we would have been fine. The second half was a complete letdown on the defense end. Ohio is a very good offensive team, but our lack of paying attention to detail led to a lot of open shots for them and you can't allow a good team to have those."

Ohio converted 20-of-31 field goal attempts (64.5%) and drilled 6-of-10 attempts (60%) from behind the three-point line in the second half. The Bobcats outshot Navy 49.2%-29.1% from the field in the game and connected on 10-of-19 three-point attempts (52.6%), while holding the Mids to a 2-of-5 effort (40%) from behind the three-point stripe.

Ohio's Lauren Kohn finished with 19 points to lead all players in scoring, while Consedine recorded her seventh double-double of the year for the Mids with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Navy ends its non-conference season with a 4-11 record, while Ohio improves to 7-6 on the year. The Mids now turn their attention to the start of the Patriot League season Jan. 12 when Navy plays host to Bucknell in Alumni Hall.