WASHINGTON - American University women's basketball (10-14, 6-8 PL) sophomore Jade Edwards put up her third double-double of the season to lead the Eagles to a 48-40 win over Navy (7-18, 2-12) in Annapolis on Wednesday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Edwards put up one of her strongest performances of the season with a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season, fifth of her career.
• Junior Indeya Sanders was next with 10 points and eight rebounds while senior Kaitlyn Marenyi, who struggled offensively, still found ways to contribute with a career-high 10 rebounds alongside her three steals.
• American shot 34.0 percent (18-53) from the floor, 20 percent (4-20) from three and 61.5 percent (8-13) from the line. 
• The Eagles came away with a season-high 44 boards against the Mids' 39 but trailed Navy in second chance points, 10-9.
• AU held a slight advantage in points off turnovers, 11-10, fast break points, 4-0, and points in the paint, 26-16.
• Mary Kate Ulasewicz led the Midshipmen with 15 points while Jasmine Bishop earned a team-high seven rebounds.
• Navy closed shooting 26.2 percent (16-61) from the field, 29.4 percent (5-17) from the perimeter, and 75 percent (3-4) from the line.
• The Eagles had a strong start to the game, gapping Navy 9-0 before the Mids were able to get on the board at the 5:05 mark.
• By the end of the first, AU had built up a 14-6 lead behind nine points from Edwards.
• The second quarter was a different story, though, as the Eagles struggled to regain that offensive tempo and hit a scoreless seven minutes while Navy went on a 10-0 run to pick up a 16-14 lead.
• Marenyi got AU back on track with a fast break layup after a steal and assist from Sanders to tie the game at 16-16 with 2:54 left in the half.
• By the end of the stanza, AU regained a two-point lead at 20-18 behind a pair of baskets from Sanders and sophomore Taylor Brown.
• Navy kept tight with American in the early minutes of the third quarter, landing within one on three occasions behind key baskets from Ulasewicz and Nyah Garrison.
• The two teams were locked at 25-24 for nearly 1:30 midway through the quarter before sophomore Laura Graytock sank her first of two treys to break the drought.
• A closing 7-2 solo run from Edwards brought the score to 37-30 heading into the final stanza.
• Edwards continued that run into the fourth quarter, sinking a layup in the first minute to give the Eagles their largest lead since the first quarter at 39-30.
• Once again, both teams hit a drought midway through the quarter with a 4:00 stretch stuck at a 44-38 lead before a pair of Navy free throws brought the Mids back within four with just over two minutes left.
• It was all AU in the final minute, though, as a jumper from Edwards and a pair of free throws from Sanders closed the game at 48-40.

NEXT UP...
American returns home on Saturday to host Boston University before taking on its final regular season road game on Wednesday at Lafayette.

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