WASHINGTON - The No. 7 American University women's basketball team toppled No. 10 Navy for the third time in as many weeks on Saturday to advance to the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal, 63-53. The Eagles will take on No. 2 Boston University Monday at 6 p.m. in Beantown.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Only two days after securing the regular-season sweep over the Mids (57-42), the two teams faced each other once again in Bender Arena in the PL Tournament First Round.
• For the third consecutive game, sophomore Emily Fisher injected some vital energy and tempo for the Eagles and walked away with one of the highest offensive outputs in her career with 18 points.
• In what is most likely her final game in Bender Arena, senior Kaitlyn Marenyi earned her first career double-double, leading the team on the boards with 10 rebounds alongside her 14 points. 
• Sophomore Jade Edwards also walked away with 14 points and just missed a double-double of her own with nine rebounds.
• The Eagles closed shooting 37.8 percent (17-45) from the floor, 27.8 percent (5-18) from three, and 88.9 percent (24-27) from the line.
• The Mids were led by a season-high 21 point effort from Morgan Taylor, followed by 16 from Mary Kate Ulasewicz.
• Ulasewicz and Sophie Gatzounas shared responsibilities on the boards with six rebounds each.
• AU led Navy, 35-26, on the boards but Navy held the advantage in second chance opportunities, 10-4. The Mids also held the advantage in the paint, 30-24, but AU led in points off turnovers, 15-12, fast break points, 8-2, and points off the bench, 22-8.
• American gave up 19 miscues to Navy's 16.
• The Eagles struggled offensively in the first quarter, with only Edwards delivering a field goal with a made three in the third minute. 
• The Mids, on the other hand went 6-for-15 from the floor behind a perfect 4-for-4 from Taylor to take a 1-37 lead at the first break.
• Fisher lit the spark for AU right away in the second quarter, drawing the foul on a made layup in the first 15 seconds to convert the three-point play and cut Navy's lead down to four. Over the next two minutes, AU continued to track down the Midshipmen and finally tied the game at 15-15 after another Fisher layup, forcing Navy to call a timeout.
• Once again, it was Fisher who delivered coming out of the huddle, as she hit her ninth point of the day to give AU its first lead since the opening minute.
• The two teams went back-and-forth over the next two minutes, with Navy briefly rebuilding a four-point lead before another Edwards trey and a fast break layup from Fisher gave American the lead that would last the remainder of the half.
• The Eagles closed with a 7-0 run, including five from Marenyi, to take a 32-25 lead heading into the locker room.
• American bounced back from the dismal 1 of 11 shooting in the first quarter to put up 80 percent (8-10) in the second along with 87.5 percent (7-8) from the free throw line. Fisher closed the half with nine of her 18 points while Edwards put up eight of her 14 and Marenyi six of her final 14.
• AU lost a little bit of its traction in the third quarter, as Navy retook a two-point lead at 39-37 with 3:26 left in the stanza.
• The Eagles were quick to fight back, though, as a Marenyi triple sent AU on a 7-0 to retake a five-point lead heading into the final 10 minutes.
• Opening baskets from Brown and Sanders gave AU one of its largest leads of the game at 48-39 before Navy broke back within one at 48-47 and 50-49. 
• It was all AU in the final three minutes as the Eagles capitalized on the absence of Taylor, who fouled out with 2:19 remaining, to hit an 11-4 run to close the game.

NEXT UP...
American will travel to two-seed Boston University on Monday for a 6 p.m. tip in the Patriot League quarterfinal. The winner of that game will face either No. 3 Colgate or No. 6 Lehigh in the semifinal on Thursday, March 12. The Championship game will be at noon on Sunday, March 15.

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