Nov. 21, 2010
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Cassie Consedine (Sr., Bartlesville, Okla.) blocked a shot with 17 seconds left to play and Chey Arvin (So., Noblesville Ind.) followed with a pair of free throws to allow the Navy women's basketball team secure a 65-60 victory over Harvard Saturday night at Alumni Hall in Annapolis. The game closed out the two-day Navy Classic.
Navy (3-1) seemingly could do no wrong and Harvard to do nothing right over the first 16 minutes of the game as the Mids jumped out to a 36-10 lead over the Crimson. Navy shot 57.9 percent (11-19) from the floor during this time while Harvard connected on just 15 percent (3-20) of its attempts in the same span. That allowed the Mids to head into halftime holding a 40-19 lead over the Crimson.
Harvard scored the first six points of the second half to pull to within 15 points of Navy, but the Mids still led by 16 points at 55-39 with eight minutes left to play. The Crimson then went on an 8-0 run to make it a single digit game at 55-47 with six minutes remaining in the game. The Mids promptly pushed the margin back to 10 points at 61-51 with 2:11 remaining on the clock. Three straight field goals by Harvard sandwiched around a pair of missed field goal attempts by Navy made it a one possession game at 61-58 with 1:10 left to play.
Navy answered with a jumper by Angela Myers (Sr., San Antonio, Texas) to make the score 63-58 with 50 seconds remaining. Harvard's Brogan Berry was fouled on the team's next possession, and she sank a pair of free throws to slice the margin back to three points with 42 seconds left. Harvard would regain possession of the ball four seconds later when Christine Matera stole the ball from Myers, and the Crimson called timeout with 37.9 seconds remaining in the game.
After working the ball around, Christine Clark drove to the basket where Consedine was waiting for her. Navy's all-time blocked shots leader picked up her third rejection of the night on Clark's attempt, followed by her eighth carom of the contest. The ball was quickly pushed out to Arvin who was fouled with 14.1 seconds left on the clock. Her two free throws accounted for the final points of the game.
"To hold Harvard to four three-point field goals made and 60 points is a great team effort," said Navy head coach Stefanie Pemper. "All of their players can really shoot the ball. This was a good team win."
After making 11 field goals in the first 16 minutes of the game, Navy made just 10 field goals (on 39 attempts, 25.6%) over the final 24 minutes of play. Conversely, Harvard sank 50 percent (18-36) of its field goal attempts over the same timeframe. Both teams would sink 21 field goals in the game, with Navy converting 6-of-21 three-point field goal attempts and Harvard finishing 4-of-14 from outside of the three-point line. The Mids also enjoyed a slight advantage over the Crimson in free throws made (17-14) and attempts (22-19).
Myers, who was named to all-tournament team, tallied 19 points, four assists and four steals to lead all players in each of the three statistical categories. Consedine added 11 points while teammate Jade Geif (Fr., Lakeview, Minn.) contributed 13 points and nine rebounds.
Emma Markley, Harvard's representative on the all-tournament team, and Clark both scored 12 points for the Crimson.
Navy will now take to the road to compete at the Dead River Company Classic on Nov. 26-27 in Orono, Maine. The Mids will open the tournament by taking on event-host Maine (6 p.m.) on Friday before facing either Florida or South Alabama on Saturday (12 Noon or 2 p.m.).
