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Bucknell Women's Hoops Travel to Navy Looking to Extend Win Streak to Three Games
Feb. 13, 2004
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ABOUT THE NAVY GAME: The Bison come into today's game winners of their last two games, with both being over teams above them in the standings. The Orange and Blue defeated American last Saturday (51-39), before knocking off Lehigh on Wednesday (74-59). Navy, on the other hand, has dropped its last two contests to the same two teams. The Mids fell 77-53 to Lehigh last Saturday, before dropped a 59-48 decision at American on Wednesday. THE NAVY SERIES: Bucknell leads in the all-time series 18-13. Although the Mids have won 13 games since the series began in 1981, it has been all Bucknell in the past 13 meetings. The Orange and Blue have not dropped a decision to Navy since 1999, when the Mids used overtime to defeat Bucknell, 65-58, at Alumni Hall. THE LAST TIME THEY MET: The Bison broke a 31-31 halftime tie with a 10-2 run to open the second half and jump out to a 41-33 lead they would not relinquish. Junior Lillian Drumgold scored the final six points of the run for the Orange and Blue. Navy would only get as close as three the rest of the way, as Bucknell held on for its first Patriot League win of the season. The win was BU's 13th-straight over the Midshipmen. Senior Desire Almind led all scorers in the game with 18 points, including a Sojka Pavilion record 14-for-15 performance from the free throw line. TEAM DEFENSE STEPPING UP: In Bucknell's last two wins, the Bison defense is giving up just 49.0 points per game, well below the season average of 62.8 ppg. In all of BU's wins this season, the team only allows 58.3 ppg and has only given up more than 70 points on one occasion, while holding teams under 50 in three of those victories. ALMIND'S PURSUIT ON RECORDS CONTINUES: With her 11th rebound of the game against American last Saturday, Bucknell senior Desire Almind pulled down her 290th rebound of the season, passing Kirsten Ellison (1989-90) for first place on the Bison single-season list. With 303 on the year, Almind's next mission is the Patriot League single-season record of 344. With at least six games left in the season, Almind needs to average 7.0 rebounds per game the rest of the way to reach the mark, well below her season average of 13.8 rpg. GEOSITS IMPROVES IN LEAGUE: Sophomore Lindsey Geosits has stepped her game up a notch since Patriot League play started. The point guard ended the non-conference schedule with a career-high 17 points at Iona, and has carried that momentum into the conference ledger. She has scored in double-figures in four league games, including three of the last four. Out of conference, Geosits averaged 5.0 ppg, shot .311 from the field and .333 from downtown. Since entering league play, Geosits is scoring 8.0 ppg, connecting on .472 of her shots from the field, and .400 from three-point territory. Both of the latter categories are tops on the team. HOLLOBAUGH HITS FOR 20-PLUS: Freshman Lindsey Hollobaugh snapped out of a mini-slump on Wednesday, leading the team with 21 points for her third career 20-point game. The rookie shot 7-for-14 (.500) from the field and went 6-for-6 from the free throw line. In seven games before that, Hollobaugh was just 25-of-103 (.243) from the field, 4-of-32 (.125) from downtown, and 19-for-29 (.655) from the free throw line. She was held to single-digits three times during that span, and scored no more than 14 points in any game.
BISON SWIPE SEASON-HIGH FROM LEHIGH: The Bucknell squad grabbed a season-high 15 steals in the game against Lehigh, including a career-best four from freshman Lindsey Hollobaugh. That team total for thefts is the highest since the squad swiped 20 against American in the Patriot League opener last season.
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