LEWISBURG, Pa. - The American University women's basketball team (9-5, 2-2 PL) cut to within five midway through the fourth quarter, but couldn't quite come back from a 17-point halftime deficit and fell to Bucknell (12-4, 3-2 PL), 62-52 on Sunday.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Senior Jade Edwards fell just one rebound shy of her second double-double of the season with a team-high 22 points and nine rebounds.
• Senior Taylor Brown was also looking at a double-double with 14 points and eight boards. 
• Junior Lauren Stack added five steals while senior Emily Fisher pitched in four assists.
• The Bison were led by a 14-point effort from Cecelia Collins. Carly Krsul added 11 off the bench and Taylor O'Brien threw in 10 along with a team-high eight rebounds. 
• The Eagles were held to 34 percent (17-50) from the floor while Bucknell shot 46.7 percent (21-45) including 40 percent (6-15) from three and 77.8 percent (14-18) from the line.
• American led in points off turnovers, picking up 22 off Bucknell's 20 miscues while the Bison added 21 from the Eagles' 22.
• AU also held the advantage in second chance points, 12-6, while Bucknell led in the paint, 28-26.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bucknell took advantage of AU's shooting woes in the first quarter, hitting 50 percent (7-14) while the Eagles were held to only 3-for-12 (.250).
• American continued to struggle in the second quarter as Bucknell hit a series of early three's to take a 27-13 lead, forcing the AU timeout with 5:47 left in the half.
• The Bison picked up another five points out of the huddle to take the largest lead of the game at 32-13. Both teams struggled to land a shot in the final four minutes with Brown adding the last basket of the half to go into the locker room at 32-15.
• American found its rhythm in the third quarter, improving from a .222 field goal percentage in the first half to 37.5 percent and, most importantly, 80 percent (8-10) from the line as the Eagles took advantage of a quick five fouls from Bucknell to open the half.
• Bucknell matched basket-for-basket, though, as the Eagles couldn't come up with the defensive stops they needed to close the gap. 
• By the end of the third, AU still had an 18-point deficit to overcome. 
• Back-to-back jumpers from sophomore Kayla Henning opened the fourth quarter and sent the Eagles on a 17-4 run to cut the Bison's lead down to five with just under four minutes left in the game.
• Back-to-back turnovers and a pair of shooting fouls halted the AU run, though, as Bucknell bounced back to rebuild a 10-point lead at 46-56 with 2:21 left on the clock.
• The Eagles couldn't find that closing run they needed as the Bucknell defense limited clean looks at the basket.

UP NEXT
American returns home next week to host Army West Point at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, then Loyola Maryland at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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