Ellie Pingree makes a driving layup against George Washington.
Bob Blakley
62
Winner George Washington GWU 6-4,0-1 Atlantic 10
47
American Americ 0-9,0-0 Patriot
Winner
George Washington GWU
6-4,0-1 Atlantic 10
62
Final
47
American Americ
0-9,0-0 Patriot
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
George Washington GWU 16 18 15 13 62
American Americ 8 11 12 16 47

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Hoops Drops Crosstown Clash to George Washington

WASHINGTON – Despite some strong individual performances, the American University women's basketball team struggled throughout against the Revolutionaries of George Washington on Monday night in Bender. The Eagles fell 62-47 to the crosstown opponent.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Anna Rescifina led the Eagles with 10 points. She and graduate student Ivy Bales led American on the glass with eight rebounds each. Rescifina also tallied three assists while Bales totaled four while also grabbing a steal.
  • Junior point guard Laura Nogues clocked out for the night with 10 points, six of which came from perimeter shooting. She stuffed her stat line with four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
  • Ellie Pingree, a freshman forward from New Hampshire, played the most minutes of any Eagles on the floor (34) and earned her first collegiate start. She finished the game with nine points and six rebounds.
  • GW's Makayla Andrews (formerly of Lafayette) led all players on the floor with 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting. The Revs shot 40 percent from the floor to the Eagles' 27 percent. They outrebounded American 49-38, and the GW bench outscored the Eagles 34 points to 11.
How it Happened
  • Pingree earned her first collegiate start and handily won the tip and starred the game on the right foot for the Eagles, but the Revs score the first three baskets of the game, up 6-1 at 5:28.
  • Nogues with the steal and the basket on the other end to spark. It was slow to build, but AU fought back into it, down 10-8 with a minute to go in the opening frame.
  • At the midway point of the second period, the Eagles were down ten, 26-16. GW had taken seven points from turnovers and outscoring AU 18-8 in points in the paint.
  • The second half started off with the Eagles outscoring the Revolutionaries 7-5 by the midway point of the third period. Three different AU players scored: Rescifina, Nogues, and Pingree.
  • Pingree topped all Eagles with nine points at this point. Rescifina, with six points, led the Eagles in rebounds with seven. American trailed by thirteen, 39-26, with 4:43 to go in the penultimate frame.
  • Rescifina picked up her fourth foul with 3:33 to play in the third and 13:33 to go in the game.
  • American struggled through the third frame after the promising start. They only shot 23 percent from the floor, going 4-for-17, to GW's 42 percent. The Eagles were down 49-31 with one frame to go, GW outscoring them 15-12 in the third period.
  • The fourth frame saw both teams struggling. American had scored two triples in the five minutes though, courtesy of Lexi Salazar and Bales. AU had a 17 point deficit to recover in the final 4:24, down 56-39 to GW.
  • The Eagles, despite six points coming from perimeter shooting from Nogues, couldn't close the gap and fell 62-47 in the crosstown clash with George Washington.
On the Horizon
The Eagles face off with the Hawks of Monmouth on the road on Saturday, Dec. 21 in an afternoon, 4:30 p.m., tip off.
 
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