Goucher Falls to Division I Opponent Navy

Annapolis, MD – The Goucher College Women's Basketball team (1-6) played a Division I opponent  in Navy (7-3) at the United States Naval Academy on Wednesday night, and the Gophers fell by a score of  93-40. This was the first ever meeting between both teams. Goucher scored the first basket of the game and led 2-0 for the first minute of the game before Navy  hit a three point shot and took control of the game from that moment forward. Navy led the Gophers 27-9 after the first quarter.

Junior Briana Bull (Baltimore, MD) was the only Gopher in double figures with 16 points.  Bull also led in rebounds with seven and steals with four. Joyce Dos Santos (Shelton, CT) had eight points and four rebounds in 23 minutes of time coming off the bench.

Navy had five players in double figures led by Morgan Taylor with 19 points. Laural Jaunich led Navy in rebounds with eight.

How It Happened:

• Navy out-shot Goucher from the field 48% to 27%.
• Navy made seven three point shots compared to two for the Gophers
• The biggest difference was height:  Navy outscored the Gophers in the paint 52-18.
• Navy converted the 29 turnovers Goucher committed into 30 points.

Coach's Thoughts:

• "I thought we played well at times in the second and fourth quarter, but we committed too many unforced turnovers and did not convert on shots that we need to make. 
• "Moving forward we need to let our defense fuel our offense.   We are a young team that needs to be committed to getting stops on the defensive end."

Next Up:

• The Gophers return to action on Saturday, December 10, when they travel to Immaculata University. Tip-off is at 1 PM.