Feb. 27, 2008

Final Stats

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American scored the opening nine points of the game and shot nearly 40 percent from the field for the night in posting a 69-37 victory over the Navy women's basketball team, Wednesday night at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.

"Our level of play tonight was a departure from how we have played over the last four games," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. "American took control right from the opening tip on both ends of the floor and we did not respond to the challenge."

American (16-12, 10-3 Patriot League) quickly built a 9-0 lead over the opening three minutes of the game before Navy (6-22, 2-11) scored its field goal with 16:51 left in the half. The Mids would also score the next bucket of the game four minutes later to make the score 9-4, but the Eagles went on an 11-2 run to build a 20-6 advantage with just over seven minutes left in the half. Navy was able to cut the margin down to single digits at 20-11 with just under six minutes left in the first half, but went into the locker rooms at intermission trailing 31-15.

American started the second half in similar fashion to the first half by scoring seven of the opening nine points to jump in front 38-17 with 17 minutes left to play. The Eagles would lead by at least 18 points over the remainder of the game.

The Eagles dominated the glass in the game, recording 48 rebounds to Navy's 35, while shooting 38.3 percent from the floor and holding Navy to 23.6 percent shooting. Additionally, the Eagles connected on 18-of-21 attempts from the field line and converted 5-of-12 three-point attempts in the game, while the Mids were 11-of-16 from the charity stripe and misfired on all 15 attempts from beyond the three-point arc.

Navy was led in both scoring and rebounding by Cassie Consedine (Fr., Bartlesville, Okla.) who tallied 12 points and seven boards, with K.C. Gordon (So., Vienna, Va.) adding nine points for the Mids.

American's Michelle Kirk paced all players in the game with 16 points.

Navy will close the regular season Saturday when the Midshipmen play host to Colgate in a 7 p.m. game in Alumni Hall..