{"id":1488,"date":"2022-11-07T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/black-knights-splash-15-threes-in-season-opening-win-vs-emmanuel-army-west-point\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:47:00","slug":"black-knights-splash-15-threes-in-season-opening-win-vs-emmanuel-army-west-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/black-knights-splash-15-threes-in-season-opening-win-vs-emmanuel-army-west-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Knights Splash 15 Three&#8217;s in Season Opening Win vs. Emmanuel &#8211; Army West Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game hide-on-small-down\">\n<div class=\"postgame_1-2_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-logo\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n<h2>Next Game:<\/h2>\n<p>at Binghamton University<\/p>\n<p>11\/10\/2022 | 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postgame_3_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-primary\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 10 (Thu) \/ 7:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/d14ordba5neen9.cloudfront.net\/images\/logos\/Binghamton_Bearcats.png\" alt=\"Binghamton University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-text--atVs\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span>Binghamton University<\/span>&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/binghamton-university\/41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History <span class=\"sidearm-icon sf-play-by-play-alt-minimal\"\/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><strong>WEST POINT, N.Y.\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; The Army West Point women&#8217;s basketball team (1-0, 0-0)\u00a0kicked off their season and home opener with a 77-53 win against Emmanuel College (0-1, 0-0). The Black Knights came out firing as they\u00a0set a program record of 15 made three-pointers, breaking the previous high (14) which was set in the 2019-20 season.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>How It Happened<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a contest that Army dominated, the Black Knights had three cadets reach double digit figures in scoring, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sabria-hunter\/19298\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19298\" target=\"_blank\">Sabria Hunter<\/a><\/dfn> with 18, Freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/reese-ericson\/19361\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19361\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Ericson<\/a><\/dfn> (18), and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lauren-lithgow\/19300\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19300\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lithgow<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0with\u00a015 points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sam-mcnaughton\/19301\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19301\" target=\"_blank\">Sam McNaughton<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0acted first to get Army on the board. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lauren-lithgow\/19300\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19300\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lithgow<\/a><\/dfn> followed suit making a three-pointer giving the Black Knights a 5-4 lead. Army and Emmanuel went back and forth in scoring, until Saints&#8217;\u00a0Allison Wild tied things up with a lay-up. Emmanuel&#8217;s Angelina Giordano gave them\u00a0a 14-11 lead with a 3-pointer. Army&#8217;s <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lauren-lithgow\/19300\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19300\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lithgow<\/a><\/dfn> fired back making her second three-point basket of the quarter, giving Army a 16-14 lead. The Black Knights ultimately finished the first quarter with a 16-15 lead, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sabria-hunter\/19298\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19298\" target=\"_blank\">Sabria Hunter<\/a><\/dfn> and Lithgow both with six points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the second quarter, Army continued where they left off with Lithgow firing off a 3-point bucket. Freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/reese-ericson\/19361\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19361\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Ericson<\/a><\/dfn> also saw success in the second quarter, firing off her\u00a0first three point make\u00a0of her career giving the Black Knights their largest lead of the game. Ericson was on fire in the second quarter, connecting again from three from an asssit from\u00a0Freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/charlotte-richman\/19365\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19365\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Richman<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0to give Army 29-17 lead. Richman and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/julianna-laguna\/19362\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19362\" target=\"_blank\">Julianna Laguna<\/a><\/dfn> had their first baskets of the season, both shooting off 3-pointers, further extending the Black Knights lead. Emmanuel&#8217;s Yannie Chan ended Army&#8217;s scoring run with a layup making the score 38-25 to conclude the first half.\u00a0Emmanuel scored\u00a014 points in the paint to\u00a0Army&#8217;s 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Army started the second half firing on all cylinders. 10 seconds into the third quarter, Ericson drilled\u00a0another three-point basket, extending it&#8217;s\u00a0lead. Army continued the attack; at the 6-minute mark when Lithgow made another three-point basket extending the\u00a0Army lead, 50-31.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the fourth quarter Army further extended it&#8217;s\u00a0lead when\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sabria-hunter\/19298\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19298\" target=\"_blank\">Sabria Hunter<\/a><\/dfn> connected\u00a0on\u00a0a layup, after making two free throws. With seven minutes left in the game, Richman again connected with Ericson who splahed\u00a0another 3-pointer further extending Army&#8217;s lead 64-43. With six minutes left, Hunter made an easy layup, giving\u00a0the Black Knights a 23-point lead. At the 4:26 mark, Emmanuel&#8217;s Caitlin Barker answered back with a three-pointer, assisted by Yannie Chan. With 2:10 left on the clock, Laguna\u00a0answered back with a three-pointer as Army cruised to the victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inside the Box<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Black Knights made 15 three pointers, a new program record.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Army shot 15-45\u00a0(33.33%) from three-point land.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sabria-hunter\/19298\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19298\" target=\"_blank\">Sabria Hunter<\/a><\/dfn> led the Black Knights with 18 points and 13\u00a0rebounds.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hunter had her third straight double-double dating back to the final home game of the season last year and her 17th of her career.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/charlotte-richman\/19365\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19365\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Richman<\/a><\/dfn> led Army with four\u00a0assists. She also connected on three three-pointers to score nine points.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/reese-ericson\/19361\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19361\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Ericson<\/a><\/dfn> finished with 18 points (4-7 from three)\u00a0and four\u00a0assists in her college debut.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lauren-lithgow\/19300\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19300\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lithgow<\/a><\/dfn> had 15 points and one\u00a0assist, shooting 5-12\u00a0from three.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three freshman scored the\u00a0first points of their careers.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Coach&#8217;s Corner<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;I thought we let the ball fly and that&#8217;s a big part of our offense. We need to do a better job of balancing that off with getting the ball inside to Sabria\u00a0(Hunter). I didn&#8217;t think we had balance in the first half. I thought we did a better job in the second half. But I love that we took 16 free throws and\u00a0\u00a0attacked.\u00a0\u00a0We were 12-16 from the free-throw line and we won the rebounding war. Sabria&#8217;s stat line is really impressive to me, 13\u00a0rebounds, 18 points, 2\u00a0assists, 4 steals, she really did it all; and that&#8217;s what she has to do, she has to impose her will, and I thought she was tremendous tonight. And\u00a0I can&#8217;t say enough about our shooters, they have been putting in extra work especially <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lauren-lithgow\/19300\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"19300\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lithgow<\/a><\/dfn>, who rattled off five threes tonight. I&#8217;m\u00a0really proud of her, she deserves that.&#8221; &#8212; Head Coach <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/missy-traversi\/1582\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1582\" target=\"_blank\">Missy Traversi<\/a><\/dfn><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Up Next<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Black Knights will go on the road to face Binghamton University on Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor complete coverage of Army West Point women&#8217;s basketball, follow the Black Knights on Twitter @<span data-scayt-word=\"ArmyWP\" data-wsc-id=\"la6vpnn317vbm7psk\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\">ArmyWP<\/span>_WBB, on Instagram @<span data-scayt-word=\"armywestpointwbb\" data-wsc-id=\"la6vpnn3vr2um8zy2\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\">armywestpointwbb<\/span>, and online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goarmywestpoint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.goarmywestpoint.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '587472198067786');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '184444848938668');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/news\/2022\/11\/7\/womens-basketball-black-knights-defeat-emmanuel-in-season-opener.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Binghamton University 11\/10\/2022 | 7:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; Nov. 10 (Thu) \/ 7:00 PM&#13; &#13; at\u00a0Binghamton University&#13; History &#13; WEST POINT, N.Y.\u00a0&#8211; The Army West Point women&#8217;s basketball team (1-0, 0-0)\u00a0kicked off their season and home opener with a 77-53 win against Emmanuel College (0-1, 0-0). 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